Comparison

Rainrelay vs Sunsprout

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

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About

Rainrelay

Features
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A little rain. A garden in bloom. Step inside Rainrelay, a cozy puzzle game set in a clay-style greenhouse. Place a few umbrellas, choose where the rain should go, and find a path to every plant. EVERY UMBRELLA COUNTS Each garden gives you a limited set of umbrellas. Point ordinary umbrellas left or right, use split umbrellas to feed two branches, and leave useful sockets empty so the rain can fall straight through. Some flowerpots pass water to the plants below. Think through the route, then tap Rain to see your idea come to life. 30 GARDENS TO EXPLORE Start with a single turn and grow into puzzles with several tiers, shared streams, and winding paths. Water every plant to finish a garden. Reach both bells in the same successful run to earn all three stars. Retry, undo, and step-by-step hints let you explore at your own pace, without timers or lives. A GREENHOUSE OF YOUR OWN Earn seeds through play and use them to build your collection: 9 umbrella styles, 10 flowers, and 8 decorations. Arrange flowers and furniture, admire your folded umbrellas on the rack, and watch your owned umbrella fabrics bring variety to the puzzle boards. MAKE TIME FOR A LITTLE CALM Swipe around your spacious greenhouse and zoom in on a favorite corner. The light follows your device's local time, while in-game wind and snow bring movement to the view outside. Play the puzzles and enjoy your greenhouse offline. From Garden 04, you can choose an optional rewarded ad for extra seeds when an ad is available; continuing, retrying, and hints remain available without watching one. The collection uses seeds earned in the game. Available in English and Vietnamese, with layouts for iPhone and iPad, sound controls, and a reduced-motion setting. No account is needed to play.

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Sunsprout

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Move the sun, plant a few seeds and watch life spread over grey ruins. Sunsprout is a calm puzzle game about light and shadow: no rush, no timers and no lives. THE LIGHT OF THE MOMENT Each seed grows with the light shining when you plant it, and whatever has grown stays. Plant, move the sun, plant again: most levels need two or three different lights. While you drag a seed, the tiles it would cover glow, so you can experiment as much as you like. EIGHT PLANTS, MANY IDEAS • Grass: grows in the sun and can't climb or drop a step. • Moss: loves the shade and can climb one step. • Ivy: climbs walls and covers the ledge above. • Mushroom: grows in the shade and also spreads diagonally. • Sunflower: grows in a straight line toward the sun, crossing steps. • Water lily: covers sunlit water, and its leaves become a bridge. • Dandelion: grows like grass, and the wind carries its fluff to the ledge below. • Moonflower: planted under the moon, it grows in moonlight. Later on you'll meet lanterns that light up the night, ice that blocks the way, steam vents that cast shade, clouds that hide the sun, mirrors that carry the sun across a whole row, prisms that split it in two, ramps that join two terraces, roots that link tiles that don't touch, the wind and moonlit nights. A JOURNEY THROUGH BIOMES Meadow, autumn forest, snowy valley, sleeping volcano, lantern night, frozen lake, steam valley, the city of mirrors, the mushroom forest, the crystal caves, rice terraces, the jungle, summer fields, lagoons, windy cliffs and the starry night. Every level has its own weather: breeze, rain, distant storms, crickets at dusk or cicadas in summer, with soft music in the background. AT YOUR OWN PACE • Unlimited undo and restart. • Dragonfly hints: the first one is free; the rest cost dewdrops, which you earn by playing. • Golden flowers for anyone who wants an extra challenge. • Stuck on a level? Leave it for later and come back from the map. • Spin the island 360°, tilt it and pinch to zoom. • Plays offline. FAIR AND STRESS-FREE Sunsprout is free to play. The first levels have no ads; after that there's one between levels, never while you play. A single purchase removes them for good. Themes change the look of the whole game and can be earned by playing or bought: nothing gives an advantage or rushes you. 999 levels across ten worlds and a grand finale: bring the whole world back to green.

Screenshots

Rainrelay4 screens
Sunsprout4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Rainrelay at none against Sunsprout's 9. Rainrelay also leads on iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). On price, ads 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. Sunsprout sells 9 one-off in-app purchases. Rainrelay asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard2 real differences · 4 level
Rainrelay versus Sunsprout: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRainrelaySunsprout
PriceFreeFree
Update frequency—Daily
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size224 MB280 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDINH TAN HOANGJorge Andreu Royo

In-app purchases

None

Rainrelay

No in-app purchases

9 purchases

Sunsprout

One-time9
  • Handful of Dew$0.99
  • Morning Dew$1.99
  • Enchanted Autumn Theme$1.99
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  • Snowy Valley Theme$1.99
  • Sleeping Volcano Theme$1.99
  • Neon City Theme$1.99
  • Remove Ads$2.99
  • All Themes$3.99
  • Welcome Pack$3.99

Questions

Is Rainrelay free?
Rainrelay is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Sunsprout free?
Sunsprout is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Rainrelay or Sunsprout have ads?
Both Rainrelay and Sunsprout show ads.

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