Comparison

Nonsense Garden vs Duskroot

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

Head to head
About

Nonsense Garden

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Raise Momo and grow a busy bee Hive in Nonsense Garden, a cozy virtual pet game. Feed, play with, rest, and clean up after Momo. Train skills, enter competitions against players from around the world, face garden bosses, and use the Honey you earn to unlock new bees and expand the Hive. Drop in to say hi or stay longer to complete quests, chase achievements, and prepare Momo for the next challenge. Care for Momo - Feed Momo, play with toys, balance their needs, and clean up the mess. - Earn Growth XP and unlock more of the garden as Momo grows. Train and compete - Improve Strength, Speed, Jump, Swimming, Flying, Stamina, and Focus. - Put those skills to work in races, swimming challenges, and boss battles. Grow your bee Hive - Unlock new bees, upgrade crews, assign jobs, fill orders, and invest your Honey. - Open new Hive rooms and build long-term progress across the garden. Keep making progress - Complete daily and weekly quests, earn achievements, and collect login rewards. - Join garden events and receive gifts. Play your way - No forced or popup ads. Raise Momo, train your skills, and see how far your garden can grow.

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

Nonsense Garden4 screens
Duskroot4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Duskroot at daily against Nonsense Garden's fortnightly. On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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. Nonsense Garden sells 7 one-off in-app purchases and Duskroot sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Nonsense Garden ships an update fortnightly, Duskroot daily. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Nonsense Garden versus Duskroot: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterNonsense GardenDuskroot
PriceFreeFree
Rating—2.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—40.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—2 — better
Update frequencyFortnightlyDaily — better
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
Monetization—Free with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.015.0
Further details — not scored
Size35 MB333 MB
Age rating9+9+
DeveloperSumoa Slush LLCMidknight Entertainment LTD.

In-app purchases

7 purchases

Nonsense Garden

One-time7
  • Glow Seed Pouch$0.99
  • Monthly Glow Garden$2.99
  • Glow Seed Crate$4.99
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  • Glow Seed Barrel$9.99
  • Glow Seed Cart$24.99
  • Glow Seed Chest$49.99
  • Glow Seed Vault$99.99
3 purchases

Duskroot

One-time3
  • Rootkeeper's Pact$3.99
  • Feed the Tree$4.99
  • Menagerie$4.99

Questions

Is Nonsense Garden free?
Nonsense Garden is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Duskroot free?
Duskroot is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Nonsense Garden or Duskroot have ads?
Both Nonsense Garden and Duskroot show ads.
Which is updated more often, Nonsense Garden or Duskroot?
Nonsense Garden ships an update fortnightly, and Duskroot daily. Most recently, Nonsense Garden was updated on October 25, 2026 and Duskroot on October 31, 2026.

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