Comparison

Harmonia Island vs Duskroot

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Harmonia Island

Experience a tranquil simulation game on a peaceful island. Cultivate crops, develop the land, and embark on a personal journey of self-discovery at your own pace. The game offers a contemplative experience with unique character stories.

Highlights
  • Peaceful island simulation
  • Crop cultivation and island development
  • Personal story progression
  • Character customization
  • Contemplative gameplay
  • No time pressure
Features
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Develop your farm and uncover the story as you go! ◆ Choose your favorite character and start your adventure! ◆ Each character has their own unique story! ◆ Simple controls with no complicated commands! ◆ Harvest crops, chop trees, and break rocks! ◆ Complete each area and move on to the next! ◆ Travel with your character and see their story through to the end!

About

Duskroot

Cultivate crops, manage a shop, and explore dangerous mines in this cozy farming adventure. Develop your character through a unique skill tree and make strategic decisions in both commerce and combat.

Highlights
  • Farming and crop cultivation
  • Shop management and haggling
  • Mine exploration with combat
  • Branching skill tree progression
  • Optional rewarded ads
  • Cosmetic in-app purchases
Features
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Your grandmother Wren left you her farm. She left the shop too, and the hole in the ground under the field, and not much of an explanation. Water both, she said. Duskroot is a cosy farming game with a mine underneath it. FARM BY DAY Clear the ground, till it, plant it, water it, and bring it in. What you grow is what you have to sell. RUN YOUR OWN SHOP Put a thing on a shelf and put a price on it. Villagers come in, look at what you are asking, and decide. Too dear and they wince. Too cheap and you have fed them for nothing. Nobody ever tells you what anything is worth. You work it out by selling. DELVE BY DUSK Take a pick and a sword down and see how far you get. A sword combo, a bow you hold to draw, slimes, skeletons and a couple of things that are worse. Fall down there, or stay past midnight, and half of what you are carrying stays behind. ONE TREE, TWO LIVES Farming, fighting, mining, fishing and haggling all feed one pool of stars, and one branching tree spends them. There is no class to pick at the start. What you spend it on is who you turn into. FREE, AND IT STAYS FREE There is no paywall anywhere in Duskroot. Two moments offer you a short advert in exchange for a favour: a hint at the shop, and a hand up when you fall in the mine. Both are optional, both are capped, and skipping them costs you nothing. If you would rather never see an advert, the Rootkeeper's Pact takes the adverts away and leaves the favours. There is also a pet to follow you around and a night bloom for the tree, if you want to say thanks. Both are just for looks. Grow it. Sell it. Go down and get more.

Screenshots

Harmonia Island4 screens
Duskroot4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Harmonia Island at 3.9 against Duskroot's 2.0. Harmonia Island also leads on review sentiment (62% vs 25%) and ratings volume (7 vs 1). Duskroot's advantage is update cadence (daily vs every 2 months). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Harmonia Island sells 2 one-off in-app purchases and Duskroot sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Harmonia Island holds the better App Store score, 3.9 against 2.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Harmonia Island has 7 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 62% of Harmonia Island's written reviews are positive against 25% of Duskroot's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Harmonia Island ships an update every 2 months, Duskroot daily. The most recent releases landed on October 18, 2026 and October 9, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Harmonia Island versus Duskroot: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHarmonia IslandDuskroot
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.9 (7 ratings) — better2.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews61.5% of reviews — better25.0% of reviews
Number of ratings7 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsDaily — better
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.615.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size58 MB332 MB
Age rating9+9+
DeveloperCoffeeBreak Inc.Midknight Entertainment LTD.

Customer experience

Harmonia Island

All ratings7 ratings
Positive57.1%
Neutral14.3%
Negative28.6%
Written reviews13 reviews
Positive61.5%
Neutral7.7%
Negative30.8%

Duskroot

All ratings1 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive25.0%
Neutral25.0%
Negative50.0%

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Harmonia Island

One-time2
  • Remove Teleport Ads$2.99
  • Skip Video Ads$5.99
1 purchases

Duskroot

One-time1
  • Rootkeeper's Pact$3.99

Questions

Is Harmonia Island free?
Harmonia Island is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Duskroot free?
Duskroot is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Harmonia Island or Duskroot?
Harmonia Island is rated higher. Harmonia Island averages 3.9 out of 5 from 7 ratings, while Duskroot averages 2.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Harmonia Island or Duskroot have ads?
Both Harmonia Island and Duskroot show ads.
Which is updated more often, Harmonia Island or Duskroot?
Harmonia Island ships an update every 2 months, and Duskroot daily. Most recently, Harmonia Island was updated on October 18, 2026 and Duskroot on October 9, 2026.

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