Comparison

Bloomstream vs Arrow Escape

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

Head to head
About

Bloomstream

Features
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Water always finds its way. Your job is to show it where to go. Bloomstream is a cozy water-flow puzzle. Tap a mound of earth to dig it out and the spring pours through the gap โ€” down, sideways and up again, filling every space it can reach, just like real water. Tap open ground to build a wall and hold the flood back. One finger, two moves: dig or dam. Everything else is the water. WHAT THE WATER IS FOR โ€ข Seedlings bloom the moment the water reaches them. Every one has to bloom. โ€ข Fish need their pool filled before you can finish. โ€ข Cats must stay dry. Flood the cat and the level is over โ€” so wall it off before you open the channel that would soak it. โ€ข Frost spreads along any water it touches and turns it solid. Ice levels are races: dig your route before the cold gets there. Built a wall too late? Build another. Cutting a pool off from the spring drains it away again, the blooms fold back into seedlings, and you can try a different line. Nothing is wasted, nothing is punished. NO PRESSURE, EVER โ€ข No timers. โ€ข No move limits, no par, no star ratings. โ€ข No lives, no energy, no waiting to play again. โ€ข Play offline, anywhere, for as long as you like. You lose a round only by making a genuinely wrong move, and you can start it over instantly. Most levels come apart in a minute or two, once you spot the one dig that routes the water around the thing you were trying to protect. That moment โ€” "oh, THAT's where the channel goes" โ€” is the whole game. HAND-BUILT LEVELS, EVERY ONE PROVED SOLVABLE Over fifty levels, ordered so the gardens grow with you: a tiny board and two taps at the start, then bigger gardens, cats to protect, and finally the frost. Every level has been checked by a solver before release, so there are no impossible boards and none that solve themselves by accident. GENTLE ON THE EYES AND EARS A warm little garden diorama, soft toy-like blocks, water that sweeps across each tile as it arrives, and the small sounds of digging, splashing and blooming โ€” each dig a step up a scale as you carve a channel. Sound and vibration can be switched off in settings. A PUZZLE GAME FIRST No farm to decorate, no story to sit through, no meters to refill. Just a garden, a spring, and the question of where to dig. Something calm for the end of the day that still makes you feel clever. Grab a level. Let it flow.

About

Arrow Escape

Features
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A few little friends. A maze of possibilities. In Arrow Escape, move corner pieces to make a path through the maze. Connect the arrow to the right exit and watch your colorful crew set off. Then a new color arrives, and the same board becomes a new little puzzle. FIND A WAY TOGETHER Guide each crew to its matching gate. Plan a few turns ahead, try a different arrangement, and enjoy the moment it all clicks. MAKE EVERY TURN COUNT Gather stars along the way. As the mazes grow, more crews and trickier layouts give you more to think about. You can move free corner pieces while the current crew is walking, ready for whoever comes next. A LITTLE DAILY RITUAL Come back for a daily challenge on a larger board. Pinch to zoom, drag empty space to look around, and find your way through one turn at a time. Keep a streak and revisit your daily results. SMALL CREWS. HAPPY HOMECOMINGS. Soft colors, playful sounds, and cheerful little celebrations bring each maze to life. Take a moment, follow an idea, and bring every crew home.

Screenshots

Bloomstream4 screens
Arrow Escape4 screens

Verdict

The call

Bloomstream and Arrow Escape are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters โ€” price, ads, in-app purchases and device support among them โ€” neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Bloomstream versus Arrow Escape: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBloomstreamArrow Escape
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyโ€”Every 2 days
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.015.0
Further details โ€” not scored
Size143 MB146 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPixel Envision Ltd.Cortex (Apps)

In-app purchases

None

Bloomstream

No in-app purchases

None

Arrow Escape

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Bloomstream free?
Bloomstream is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Arrow Escape free?
Arrow Escape is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Bloomstream or Arrow Escape have ads?
Both Bloomstream and Arrow Escape show ads.

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