Preserve™ vs Leaving home
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Preserve™
A peaceful puzzle game where you build vibrant ecosystems by strategically placing flora and fauna cards. Explore different biomes, unlock natural wonders, and enjoy a relaxing gameplay experience with a soothing soundtrack and charming visuals.
- Build living biomes
- Match flora and fauna synergies
- Multiple gameplay modes
- Unlock natural wonders
- Discover secret patterns
- Soothing visuals and soundtrack
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Preserve is free to download with no ads. In-app purchases are required to unlock the full experience. Restore the wild. One tile at a time. Preserve is a peaceful puzzle game that lets you build entire ecosystems through clever placement of flora and fauna cards. Whether you're growing a forest, cultivating a wetland, or balancing food chains in a meadow, your decisions shape how each biome evolves. Enjoy multiple game modes tailored to your mood—complete challenges in Puzzle mode, build freely in Creative, or find balance in classic mode. With its serene soundtrack, charming visuals, and relaxing yet rewarding gameplay loop, Preserve is a unique digital escape for the minds. - Grow living biomes by matching flora and fauna synergies - Multiple gameplay modes: Puzzle, Classic and Creative - Unlock natural wonders and discover secret patterns - Soothing visuals and relaxing soundtrack - Fully offline, no ads. Relax. Reconnect. Rewild the world.
Leaving home
A handcrafted point-and-click adventure game featuring quirky challenges and surreal surprises. Solve original puzzles across eight interconnected rooms, each with its own soundtrack, to escape.
- Point-and-click adventure gameplay
- Handcrafted puzzles
- Eight interconnected rooms
- Unique soundtrack per room
- Surreal surprises
- Quirky challenges
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It’s 7:00 AM, the alarm rings. Some mornings feel heavier than others... From puzzle maestro Bart Bonte comes a point-and-click adventure filled with quirky challenges, surreal surprises and moody tunes. Undo the knots in your mind, one click at a time... Leaving Home is a completely handcrafted point-and-click adventure that takes you through eight interconnected rooms, each with its own soundtrack, full of original puzzles that you must solve to make your way out.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Preserve™ at daily against Leaving home's every 6 weeks. Leaving home's advantage is review sentiment (94% vs 70%) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 17.0). On price, rating, ratings volume and ads there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Preserve™ sells 5 one-off in-app purchases and Leaving home sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.7 for Preserve™ against 4.8 for Leaving home. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1.2K and 437 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 70% of Preserve™'s written reviews are positive against 94% of Leaving home's.
Preserve™ ships an update daily, Leaving home every 6 weeks. Both last shipped on November 8, 2026.
| Parameter | Preserve™ | Leaving home |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (1.2K ratings) | 4.8 (437 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 69.9% of reviews | 93.8% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 1.2K — better | 437 |
| Update frequency | Daily — better | Every 6 weeks |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 789 MB | 31 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Plug In Digital | Bart BONTE |
Customer experience
Preserve™
Leaving home
User reviews
Preserve™
From 1.2K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Peaceful and pretty
- 👍 Relaxing gameplay
- 👍 Great game
Room to improve
- 💰 Paid levels after first free stage
- 🐛 Crashes on level 1
- 🔍 Hard to see details on small screens
Leaving home
From 437 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🎉 Fun and challenging
- 🧠 Good brain workout
- 🌈 Calm background music
- 👍 Cute, elegant, no glitches
- 💡 Interesting puzzles
Room to improve
- 🕰️ Short game length
Bugs and requests
Preserve™
Reported bugs
2 issues- Crashes on level 1
- Crashes on startup
Requested features
2 requests- Graphics upgrades
- Tablet support
Leaving home
Requested features
2 requests- More games like this
- Longer game duration
In-app purchases
Preserve™
- Jurassic Biome$2.99
- Marine Biome$2.99
- Savanna Biome$2.99
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- Iceage Biome$2.99
- Bundle 3 biomes$6.99
Leaving home
- no ads$2.99
