PathBloom vs Needle in Haystack
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
PathBloom
This game transforms your walks into a vibrant exploration experience. As you explore new streets, your city map blooms with color and virtual flowers appear along your path. Progress is earned through discovery, not just distance, with cosmetic rewards and leaderboards to track your achievements.
- Map blooms with color as you walk
- Discover real-world places and landmarks
- Daily walking expeditions
- Time-lapse of your walking history
- Customize voxel explorer and trail
- Earn badges and daily quest chests
- Weekly and global leaderboards
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Your world starts gray. Every walk makes it bloom. PathBloom turns everyday walks into real-world exploration. The map around you is dormant and colorless — walk somewhere new and it blooms: streets flush with color and tiny voxel flowers sprout along the exact path you traveled. Nothing you can buy ever touches your progress. Not your XP, not your streak, not your rank. Everything that matters is free, and every cosmetic can be earned by walking. EXPLORE, DON'T JUST EXERCISE • A fresh expedition every day: PathBloom designs a walking loop through the most unexplored streets near you, past parks, plazas, viewpoints, and local spots you've never visited. • Discover real places: every park, mural, and corner cafe you pass gets collected — common finds to legendary landmarks. • Rewards novelty, never distance: XP comes from new ground and new places, so a curious wander beats a treadmill grind every time. WATCH A YEAR OF WALKING IN SIX SECONDS Your bloom map remembers everything. Open the atlas, drag the slider, and watch every street you have ever walked fill in from your first day to today — a time-lapse of your own two feet. MAKE IT YOURS • Build your voxel explorer and watch them grow from Curious Sprout to legend, level by level. • Earn badges, souvenirs, and daily quest chests. • Keep a streak alive by discovering — and bank Streak Freezes for rest days. • Dress your trail in seasonal themes, stand voxel keepsakes on your home stage, and frame your walks with share cards. CLIMB THE RANKS • Weekly and all-time leaderboards for your city and the world — ranked by places explored, not miles walked. • Opt out anytime with one switch. YOUR MAP STAYS ON YOUR PHONE Your GPS traces and routes never leave your device. Leaderboards only ever see your nickname, avatar, city, and score. FREE TO PLAY, HONEST FOREVER Cosmetic trail themes and keepsakes can be bought or earned by walking, and a one-time Supporter Pack removes interstitial ads forever. That is the whole of it. The world outside your door is bigger than you think. Go bloom it.
Needle in Haystack
Search for a hidden needle among thousands of hay pieces. Collect and sell hay, unlock tools, feed animals, and complete community challenges to earn rewards. Explore the farm and barn in this engaging search game.
- Search for hidden needles
- Collect and sell hay
- Unlock and upgrade tools
- Feed farm animals
- Complete community challenges
- Explore farm and barn
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There’s one tiny needle hidden somewhere inside a massive haystack. Finding it sounds simple. It’s not. Search through 150 MILLION pieces of hay, grow your own crops, raise animals, drive vehicles, explore Downtown, and build your dream farm in a unique farming simulator with online multiplayer! BUILD, COLLECT & SEARCH • Search for the one hidden needle • Collect and sell massive amounts of hay • Unlock and upgrade powerful farming tools • Explore a giant hayfield with 150 million pieces of hay • Upgrade your Pitchfork to collect hay faster • Unlock powerful machines to automate your work GROW YOUR OWN CROPS • Plow the fields and prepare the soil • Choose from different seeds and plant your crops • Water your fields and help your crops grow • Collect animal manure and use it as natural fertilizer • Harvest your crops and sell them for coins • Manage your farmland and expand your farming activities RAISE ANIMALS & BUILD YOUR FARM • Feed and take care of your farm animals • Collect animal manure to fertilize your fields • Unlock automatic animal feeders • Use automatic hay sweepers and robots • Turn collected hay into hay bales • Feed your animals, sell hay, or prepare it for delivery • Explore the barn and develop your farm EXPLORE DOWNTOWN & RIDE YOUR MOTORBIKE • Hop on your motorbike and ride into Downtown • Explore a lively town filled with pedestrians and traffic • Enjoy a relaxing ride through the streets • Take a break from farming and discover a different environment • Experience motorcycle riding beyond your farm PLAY ONLINE WITH FRIENDS • Explore the farm with other players in Online Mode • Collect hay together with friends • Play together in larger multiplayer groups • Express yourself with fun emotes • Join Community Challenges • Work together to complete goals and earn rewards • Participate in live admin events and gift giveaways DRIVE, DELIVER & EARN • Drive the Delivery Truck yourself • Transport hay and complete delivery missions • Earn coins by selling hay and harvested crops • Unlock new equipment and farming machines • Upgrade your tools to work faster and more efficiently DAILY REWARDS & SPECIAL EVENTS • Collect Daily Rewards • Earn Weekly Rewards • Unlock special Monthly Grand Rewards • Join community events for extra prizes • Participate in special events with other players MORE THAN JUST FINDING A NEEDLE Start with simple tools and turn your farm into a thriving operation. Grow crops, care for animals, collect hay, operate powerful machines, ride your motorbike through Downtown, and enjoy multiplayer farming with friends. Whether you love farming, driving, collecting, upgrading, or simply exploring, there’s always something to do. ONE NEEDLE. 150 MILLION PIECES OF HAY. Somewhere inside that enormous haystack, one tiny needle is waiting to be discovered. Will you find it quickly, or will you clear the entire haystack? Can you actually find a needle in a haystack? Download Needle in Haystack and start your farming adventure today! Privacy Policy: https://www.nilplay.net/privacy_policy/ End User License Agreement: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: PathBloom at 5.0 against Needle in Haystack's 4.0. Needle in Haystack's advantage is update cadence (every 4 days vs every 2 weeks) and ratings volume (13 vs 1). 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
Both are free to download. PathBloom sells 10 one-off in-app purchases and Needle in Haystack sells 8 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
PathBloom holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Needle in Haystack has 13 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
PathBloom ships an update every 2 weeks, Needle in Haystack every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on November 13, 2026 and November 10, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | PathBloom | Needle in Haystack |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | 4.0 (13 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 11.8% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 13 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks | Every 4 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 58 MB | 245 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Simple Tree LLC | SERAP KIZILTEPE |
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PathBloom
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In-app purchases
PathBloom
- Cartographer's Coat$0.99
- Trailblazer's Pack$0.99
- Firefly Lantern$0.99
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- Postcard Frame$0.99
- Gold Leaf Frame$0.99
- Sakura Scarf$1.99
- Wisteria Rain Trail$1.99
- Maple Ember Trail$1.99
- Frostlight Trail$1.99
- Firefly Night Trail$1.99
Needle in Haystack
- 100 Hays + No-Ads$0.49
- 250 Hays + Double Collect + No-Ads$0.99
- One-Time Exclusive Starter Bundle$2.99
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- 500 Hays + 3x Collect + No-Ads$2.99
- 1000 Hays + 5x collect + No-Ads$3.99
- Vehicle Bundle$8.49
- Emotes Bundle$19.99
- Ultra Coin Pack$19.99
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