Comparison

Bonshira vs Waveform

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

Head to head
About

Bonshira

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Plant a seed and grow your own bonsai, day by day, in real time. Bonshira is a zen garden in your pocket. Your tree lives on even when the app is closed: it drinks, grows and sometimes falls ill. In 30 days it goes from seed to mature bonsai, and its shape is the sum of your choices. LOOK AFTER IT • Water when the soil is dry: touch it with your finger to feel whether it needs it. • Mist the leaves, feed it with the right dose, choose where it lives: windowsill, balcony, garden. • Every species has its own needs: Japanese maple, Chinese elm, ficus, carmona, juniper, pine, ginkgo. SHAPE IT • Prune branches with the scissors, pinch shoots that grow too strong. • Wrap the wire and bend trunk and branches into soft curves, up to three bends per branch. • Turn the pot: the canopy reaches for the light and the bend turns with you. • Repot at the right moment, even over a rock or as a little forest. WATCH CLOSELY • Use the lens to spot the first signs of aphids, spider mites or powdery mildew before they show. • Welcome visits from ladybugs, little birds, butterflies and a cat dozing next to the pot. • The Master gives you small tips and three tasks a day. KEEP IT • At the end your bonsai is judged and recognized for its style: Chokkan, Moyogi, Shakan and more. • A diary with your notes and photos, a time-lapse of its growth, a collection of finished bonsai. • Cuttings in the nursery, gifts to send to your family by AirDrop or Messages. • See it on your table in augmented reality, as a real 3D bonsai. AND MORE • Home Screen widget and an Apple Watch app. • Save your progress to a file and carry on on another iPhone. • In 37 languages. No ads, no account, no data collection: everything stays on your iPhone.

About

Waveform

An arcade game where you tap to switch between wave and particle states to navigate through walls. Bank your score multiplier before an observer collapses your state, or face a forced mode flip. Experience new color palettes and rising tension with each level.

Highlights
  • One-thumb arcade gameplay
  • Switch between wave and particle states
  • Score multiplier banking
  • Dynamic color palettes
  • Playable on Apple Watch
  • Game Center leaderboards and achievements
Features
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Waveform is a one-thumb arcade game inspired by quantum physics. Are you a wave or a particle? It depends on the wall. HOW IT WORKS? • Wavy wall? Pass it as a WAVE • Flat wall? Pass it as a PARTICLE • Tap anywhere to switch. That's the only control BANK BEFORE YOU'RE OBSERVED Every wall you pass grows your score multiplier from ×1 up to ×5. Swipe down to bank it. Wait too long and the Observer collapses your state: when a 5-4-3-2-1 countdown inside your character reaches zero, your mode flips by force. Greed pays, until it doesn't. A NEW REALITY EVERY 25 POINTS The world changes color as you climb. Fourteen hand-picked palettes appear in a different order every run, from sunny yellow to deep vacuum black. FEATURES • Pure one-thumb gameplay, easy to learn, hard to master • Rising difficulty with surprise double walls • A fair Observer: clear countdown, safe-moment flips and an optional Relaxed mode • Climb the worldwide Game Center leaderboard and unlock achievements • Fully playable on Apple Watch, no phone needed • Optimized for iPhone and iPad, in full screen • Haptics, background music and reactive sound, each with its own switch • Remove ads with a single, one-time purchase (also gives you a free continue each run) Short runs, instant restarts, one more try. Can you bank it before you are observed?

Screenshots

Bonshira4 screens
Waveform4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Bonshira at none against Waveform's 1. Waveform's advantage is device support and iOS requirement (16.0 vs 26.0). On price 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. Waveform sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Bonshira asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Bonshira versus Waveform: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBonshiraWaveform
PriceFreeFree
Rating—3.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—1 — better
Update frequency—Weekly
Ads—Yes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
Monetization—Ad-supported
Devices—iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS26.016.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size12 MB8 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDavide RadicchiSarp Gokdag

In-app purchases

None

Bonshira

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Waveform

One-time1
  • Remove Ads$3.99

Questions

Is Bonshira free?
Bonshira is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Waveform free?
Waveform is free to download, with in-app purchases available.

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