Comparison

Rainrelay vs Moonsill

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

Head to head
About

Rainrelay

Features
Read full description

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.

About

Moonsill

Features
Read full description

When it rains where you live, it rains on your windowsill. Moonsill is a small garden on a painted windowsill that follows your real weather. Rain fills your rain barrel, and you pour it on your plants. Sunny days help them bloom. The view outside changes with your season, from monsoon rain to snow, and at night the moon you see in the window is tonight's moon. REAL WEATHER, NOT A GUESS Most weather apps show a forecast, even for "now". Moonsill checks what's actually happening: nearby airport weather reports, and satellite rain where there's no airport close. If it's dry and hot outside, it's dry and hot on your sill. GROW A GARDEN THAT FITS YOUR SKY - 32 plants, each with the weather it loves: hibiscus, jasmine and the waling-waling orchid in the tropics, hydrangea, plum blossom and peony in East Asia, snowdrops, hellebores and forget-me-nots where winters are cold - Plants never die. A missed week just means a thirsty garden - 14 visitors come by in the right weather: a frog in heavy rain, a tuko gecko on humid evenings, a kingfisher at dawn after a night of rain, a white moth on still full-moon nights AN ALMANAC OF YOUR YEAR Every day is pressed into your almanac: rain days and dry days, the flowers that bloomed, the visitors who came. Press your best blooms into a scrapbook page and share it. THE SKY OVER YOUR CITY Moon phases, the next full moon and meteor showers, worked out for where you are. On a full moon, the moonflower opens, if the clouds allow. YOUR GARDEN ON YOUR HOME SCREEN Widgets for your window, the rain jar, the sky, the plant of the day and more. Or save your window as your wallpaper. GARDEN WITH FRIENDS Swap friend codes, send a plant or a note. No chat, no typing, no followers. Your friends never see where you live. GENTLE BY DESIGN No ads. No energy timers. No streaks to lose. When there's a storm warning where you are, the garden goes quiet and calm. FREE TO PLAY, ONE PURCHASE IF YOU LOVE IT Your sill of four spots, your real weather, gifts from friends and everything you grow are free, always. The full garden opens the shelf and hooks, every plant and visitor, all the widgets and the scrapbook. One purchase, no subscription, nothing else to buy. PRIVATE No account and no sign-up. Moonsill uses your city as a 10 km area, never your exact location, and you can just type a city instead. Weather: airport reports from the NOAA Aviation Weather Center, satellite rain from GSMaP (c)JAXA, and Apple Weather.

Screenshots

Rainrelay4 screens
Moonsill4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Rainrelay at none against Moonsill's 1. Rainrelay also leads on device support (3 vs 1). Moonsill's advantage is ads (none vs shown). On price and iOS requirement 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. Moonsill sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Rainrelay asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard3 real differences · 3 level
Rainrelay versus Moonsill: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRainrelayMoonsill
PriceFreeFree
Update frequency—Every 4 days
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.0 — better16.4
Further details — not scored
Size224 MB97 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDINH TAN HOANGJustin Mark Luzano

In-app purchases

None

Rainrelay

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Moonsill

One-time1
  • The full garden$3.99

Questions

Is Rainrelay free?
Rainrelay is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Moonsill free?
Moonsill is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Rainrelay or Moonsill have ads?
Rainrelay shows ads; Moonsill does not.

Other comparisons