Comparison

Maple Home vs Elysia

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

Head to head
About

Maple Home

Create and customize a cozy woodland den as a little fox. Decorate your dream home with various items and express your creativity in this charming building and decoration game.

Highlights
  • Build and decorate a den
  • Play as a little fox
  • Customize woodland home
  • Creative decoration gameplay
  • Charming forest setting
Features
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Play as a little fox with a big dream: to build and decorate the most beautiful den in the woods.

About

Elysia

Features
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Nothing here moves by magic. Build a living Greek island city where every necessity travels on foot. Lay roads, raise homes, feed neighbourhoods, and watch named walkers carry water, grain, pottery, and more from one link of your supply chain to the next. Every street layout has consequences. A broken route stops a real delivery. A labour shortage leaves a workshop quiet. Clear city notices show what failed, why it failed, and what you can change. As your settlement grows from tents into a dense civic and sacred centre, the gods turn city planning into myth. Earn favour through sanctuaries and festivals, call heroes, trade across the Aegean, and defend the city when legendary beasts arrive. Play the complete Bay of Elysia founding mission free, with no timer or interruption. After victory, keep building that city for as long as you like. The one-time unlock opens The Long Summer, a larger challenge in your existing city, and the voyage on to three more islands with six more episodes: the vine terraces of Naxos, the floods of Lerna and the two shores of the Strait. Your founding city is preserved. Random islands, free for everyone, offer open-ended building with your choice of size and goal. Elysia is designed for touch and for focused sessions, while preserving the interlocking systems of a complete strategy game. - Walker-driven roads and supply chains - Evolving housing and visible production needs - A campaign across four islands: Elysia, Naxos, Lerna and the Strait - Greek gods, heroes, festivals, trade, and mythic threats - A painted miniature island made for landscape play - English, German and Turkish text; English and German voices - Offline single-player play with local saves and manual city export One purchase unlocks the full base game. There are no ads, energy meters, consumable purchases, resource packs, daily chores, or paid shortcuts.

Screenshots

Maple Home4 screens
Elysia4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Maple Home at none against Elysia's 1. Elysia's advantage is update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 2 months). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. Elysia sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Maple Home asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Maple Home ships an update every 2 months, Elysia every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 9, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Maple Home versus Elysia: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMaple HomeElysia
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.0 (2 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better16.4
Further details — not scored
Size642 MB339 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperFlorentin ErgeBirol Aksu

In-app purchases

None

Maple Home

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Elysia

One-time1
  • Full Game$9.99

Questions

Is Maple Home free?
Maple Home is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Elysia free?
Elysia is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Maple Home or Elysia have ads?
Neither Maple Home nor Elysia shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Maple Home or Elysia?
Maple Home ships an update every 2 months, and Elysia every 3 weeks. Most recently, Maple Home was updated on October 24, 2026 and Elysia on October 9, 2026.

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