Comparison

Wild Bloom vs Shipmate

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

Head to head
About

Wild Bloom

Features
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Wild Bloom: Aussie Journey is a relaxing adventure where you travel across Australia to restore nature after devastating fires. Join a brave girl and her companion Kai the kangaroo as they explore forests, deserts, coasts and mountains in search of rare plants. Gather ingredients through skill-based mini games where timing and precision matter. Use what you collect to craft magical potions by combining ingredients and activating the right catalysts. Apply your creations to heal damaged locations and bring life back to the world. Unlock new areas, discover unique plants and build your collection as you progress. With cozy exploration, engaging mechanics and a meaningful mission, Wild Bloom: Aussie Journey offers a calming yet rewarding gameplay experience focused on restoration and discovery.

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Shipmate

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Shipmate: Pixel Seas is a landscape sailing adventure built around wind, exploration, trade and manual broadside combat. Every voyage creates a fresh sea. Read the wind, chart islands, dock at ports, take contracts and choose your battles. Strange waters hold named captains, a reef serpent, the Kraken and the Pale Sovereign. Track a goal from the journal or chart and follow sightings toward your next adventure. Bring your haul home to the harbour, collect your rewards and choose what to do next. Earn doubloons for ships and working fittings, build hull mastery and give your ship a new look. Explore the armoury, Hold, harbour games, chests, daily shop and season track. Season 1 begins on 7 December 2026, with a preseason before it. A voyage earns one free haul back after 40 leagues. Optional rewarded ads can also provide a revive or halve a chest timer once a day. From 16 November, optional ads can offer an extra crow's nest play or a voyage boon reroll where available. Pearls do not buy revives or stronger ships. Existing captain's charter benefits are preserved. Sailing works offline and needs no account. Purchases, rewarded ads and Game Center require a connection. Optional purchases include pearls, a one-time Starter bundle and the captain's charter. Pearls buy cosmetic looks and the season pass; paid season rewards are looks. The Starter bundle contains Sea glass hull paint, a Signal pennant and 300 pearls. Earlier Starter bundle owners keep the items their purchase granted.

Screenshots

Wild Bloom4 screens
Shipmate4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Wild Bloom at none against Shipmate's 7. Wild Bloom also leads on ads (none vs shown). Shipmate's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs every 2 months). On price, device support and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price ยท Rating ยท Positive reviews ยท Number of ratings ยท Update frequency ยท Ads ยท In-app purchases ยท Monetization ยท Best chart rank ยท Devices ยท Requires iOS

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

Both are free to download. Shipmate sells 7 one-off in-app purchases. Wild Bloom asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Wild Bloom ships an update every 2 months, Shipmate weekly. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and November 8, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences ยท 3 level
Wild Bloom versus Shipmate: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWild BloomShipmate
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsWeekly โ€” better
AdsNo โ€” betterYes
In-app purchasesNo โ€” betterYes
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad โ€” better
Requires iOS16.4 โ€” better17.0
Further details โ€” not scored
Size130 MB29 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperA POINT IN TIME, LLCAndrew Do

In-app purchases

None

Wild Bloom

No in-app purchases

7 purchases

Shipmate

One-time7
  • A handful of pearls$0.99
  • A pouch of pearls$2.99
  • Starter bundle$2.99
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  • Captain's charter$4.99
  • A chest of pearls$5.99
  • A hoard of pearls$12.99
  • A treasure of pearls$29.99

Questions

Is Wild Bloom free?
Wild Bloom is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Shipmate free?
Shipmate is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Wild Bloom or Shipmate have ads?
Shipmate shows ads; Wild Bloom does not.
Which is updated more often, Wild Bloom or Shipmate?
Wild Bloom ships an update every 2 months, and Shipmate weekly. Most recently, Wild Bloom was updated on November 5, 2026 and Shipmate on November 8, 2026.

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