Leaf on the Wind vs PALINGENESIS
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Leaf on the Wind
A physics-based puzzle adventure where you guide leaves through hazardous environments. Navigate natural forces and machinery to reach your goal across 30 challenging levels with high replayability.
- Physics-based gameplay
- Navigate natural forces
- Avoid hazards
- 30 challenging levels
- High replay value
- Game Center integration
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'Leaf on the Wind' is an amazing physics-based puzzle/adventure game. Using your finger, you blow leaves around while avoiding natural forces and hazards such as fire, water, wind, and even man-made machinery. With elements of both puzzle games and adventure games, Leaf on the Wind is a truly unique experience! There are 30 levels which have great replay value as you continue to improve your scores. Challenge others on Game Center.
PALINGENESIS
Experience an album as an interactive music video game. Explore animated worlds, each tied to a song, and uncover a developing narrative through your journey. This unique application blends hand-crafted animation with interactive gameplay.
- Interactive animated worlds
- Music-driven environments
- Unfolding narrative
- Hand-crafted animation
- Visual sequences
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PALINGENESIS is a music video game. The album by GRIGS unfolds as a series of interactive animated worlds, with each environment built around a different song. Created entirely by animator and musician John Paul Grigsby, PALINGENESIS brings together hand-crafted animation, interactive environments, and visual sequences that appear as you move through each world. As you progress through the album, a larger story begins to take shape through the environments and the moments you come across along the way. Listen to PALINGENESIS by GRIGS wherever you stream music. www.johngrigsby.com
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Verdict
Leaf on the Wind and PALINGENESIS both sit at 4.8 stars, but that hides the real split: 100% of PALINGENESIS's written reviews are positive against 59% of Leaf on the Wind's. PALINGENESIS also leads on update cadence (every 9 days vs every 21 months). Leaf on the Wind's advantage is monetization model (free vs paid). On price, rating, ratings volume and ads 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.8 for Leaf on the Wind against 4.9 for PALINGENESIS. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 11 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 59% of Leaf on the Wind's written reviews are positive against 100% of PALINGENESIS's.
Leaf on the Wind ships an update every 21 months, PALINGENESIS every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on September 15, 2026 and September 13, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Leaf on the Wind | PALINGENESIS |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (4 ratings) | 4.9 (11 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 59.1% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 4 | 11 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 21 months | Every 9 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 38 MB | 741 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Pangea Software, Inc. | John Paul Grigsby |
Customer experience
Leaf on the Wind
PALINGENESIS
In-app purchases
Leaf on the Wind
No in-app purchases
PALINGENESIS
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Leaf on the Wind free?
Is PALINGENESIS free?
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