Comparison

Orange Tree vs Backyard Biome

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

Head to head
About

Orange Tree

Cultivate your own fruit farm in this relaxing simulation game. Care for your orange tree by watering and harvesting, then sell your produce to earn in-game currency. Use your earnings to decorate your home and unlock new features.

Highlights
  • Fruit tree care and harvesting
  • Home customization with earnings
  • Juicer for faster point earning
  • Character customization via clothes store
  • Egg hunt for hidden creatures
  • Leaderboards and achievements
Features
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Orange Tree is a relaxing fruit tree care game for anyone who enjoys farming, tending to plants, and growing and harvesting fruit. Start by choosing a character, then take care of your orange tree by watering it daily, harvesting oranges, and selling them to earn money. Use your earnings to buy new items for your home. Tap the watering can icon to water your tree. Tap the basket icon to harvest oranges. Water your tree at least three times before harvesting. Some watering cycles require waiting up to 20 minutes. Features Juicer The juicer costs 599 points and helps you earn points faster. Clothes Store Each purchase in the Clothes Store adds a new clothing item, allowing you to customize your character’s appearance. Egg Hunt Search for hidden mini trophy creatures inside eggs across different game locations. Tap an egg three times to hatch it—eggs remain in the same spot between taps. Successfully hatching a creature rewards additional points. Leaderboards & Achievements Earn karma points to compete on the leaderboards and challenge players worldwide. Fully upgrading any room unlocks Game Center achievements. Accessibility Orange Tree is designed with accessibility in mind and offers full VoiceOver support.

About

Backyard Biome

Features
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Backyard Biome is a calm but deep ecosystem simulation where every planting decision changes a living food web. GROW A SYSTEM, NOT A DECORATION - Shape a 10 by 7 yard with native flowers, grasses, shrubs, trees, ponds, logs, nest boxes, and rain capture - Balance soil, water, shade, nutrients, habitat, and seasonal change - Watch insects, birds, fungi, pollinators, predators, and decomposers respond to the yard you create - Handle drought, storms, disease, invasive species, and migration without timers or premium currency - Follow readable food-web links and discover why a beautiful yard can still be ecologically fragile LEARN THROUGH CONSEQUENCES - Explore a 32-species field guide with habitat roles and relationships - Read biodiversity, stability, watershed, population, and soil indicators - Compare choices across identical seeded Daily Garden and Weekly Watershed scenarios - Earn optional Game Center achievements and compete on Daily and Weekly leaderboards - Listen to an original 20-track generative-inspired soundtrack while the seasons turn BUILT AS A COMPLETE PREMIUM GAME - One paid download with no ads, subscriptions, in-app purchases, energy, or wait timers - No login and no developer-operated server - Gardens remain on device, with optional private iCloud synchronization - Dynamic Type, VoiceOver descriptions, reduced motion, haptic controls, and symbols that do not rely only on color The simulation is scientifically grounded entertainment and is not professional horticultural, pesticide, or environmental advice.

Screenshots

Orange Tree4 screens
Backyard Biome4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Orange Tree at Free against Backyard Biome's $2.99. Orange Tree also leads on device support (4 vs 2) and iOS requirement (14.0 vs 17.0). Backyard Biome's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 3) and ads (none vs shown).

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

Orange Tree is free to download; Backyard Biome costs $2.99 up front. Orange Tree sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Backyard Biome asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Orange Tree versus Backyard Biome: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterOrange TreeBackyard Biome
PriceFree — better$2.99
Rating4.3 (200 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews65.3% of reviews—
Number of ratings200 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 months—
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS14.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size54 MB102 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developerx2line.com LLCRobert Corbin

Bugs and requests

Orange Tree

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • VoiceOver not tested for egg hunt
  • Unlabeled images for VoiceOver users
  • Unable to sync with Facebook

Requested features

18 requests
  • Add more activities and things to do
  • Fix VoiceOver accessibility in egg hunt
  • Allow selling of oranges and juice
  • Add more characters
  • Make purchased items usable
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  • Create a dream home designer game
  • Develop a pool party game
  • Allow character customization with descriptions
  • Add egg hunts and egg matches
  • Include buyable clothes with previews
  • Add an orange shop to sell items
  • Implement weather-based gameplay with consequences
  • Add mini-games for objects like boats or dogs
  • Allow users to design their own homes
  • Add more virtual pet options (puppies, kittens, etc.)
  • Make the game less slow-paced
  • Reward correct fertilization and penalize incorrect fertilization
  • Add more minigames for objects

Backyard Biome

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Orange Tree

One-time3
  • 2500 points$1.99
  • 5500 points$3.99
  • 8500 points$5.99
None

Backyard Biome

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Orange Tree free?
Orange Tree is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Backyard Biome free?
Backyard Biome costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do Orange Tree or Backyard Biome have ads?
Orange Tree shows ads; Backyard Biome does not.

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