Comparison

Prune vs INKS.

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

Head to head
About

Prune

Cultivate a digital tree in a hostile world by guiding its growth towards sunlight. Uncover a hidden story and bring life to a forgotten landscape with this meditative and beautiful game.

Highlights
  • Grow and shape trees
  • Minimalist art and interface
  • Meditative music and sound
  • No in-app purchases or monetization
  • Share tree creations
  • iCloud progress synchronization
Features
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~ Apple Game of the Year 2015 ~ ~ TIME Magazine Game of the Year 2015 ~ Prune is a love letter to trees. A game about the beauty and joy of cultivation. With a swipe of a finger, grow and shape your tree into the sunlight while avoiding the dangers of a hostile world. Bring life to a forgotten landscape and uncover a story hidden deep beneath the soil. • A unique digital plant for your pocket • Beautiful, minimalist art and a super clean interface—it's just you and the trees • Meditative music and sound design for you to zen out to • No IAP, no monetization strategy, no currencies • Share screenshots of your unique tree creations with friends • Synchronize progress across all your devices using iCloud ----- RECEPTION ----- "Unlike anything I've played before... the kind of experience I want to pull out to show my friends." - The Verge "Wildly creative, totally addictive, and oddly soothing" - Entertainment Weekly "Prune is a gorgeous and unique experience." - 5/5 TouchArcade "Prune is an awe-inspiring work of digital poetry that transcends its initial subject material to explore a much larger, much more complex theme, in an articulate and powerfully moving manner" - 10/10 Pocket Gamer "A collaboration that feels more like a dance than puzzle-solving." - Kill Screen ----- AWARDS ----- • Winner - Best Upcoming Game - 11th International Mobile Gaming Awards • Finalist - IndieCade Festival 2015 • Official Selection - Brazil's FILE Festival • Runner-Up - IndiePlus "Make Something Great" Contest • Official Selection - Out of Index Experimental Games Festival

About

INKS.

Experience a fresh take on pinball where each play session becomes a unique work of art. Smash an ink-covered ball across colorful canvases, creating vibrant layers and a visual history of your gameplay. Enjoy over 100 unique tables with perfectly balanced mechanics.

Highlights
  • Artistic pinball gameplay
  • Over 100 unique tables
  • Color-bursting mechanics
  • Visual game history
  • Share levels and scores
  • Tactical challenges
Features
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** App Store Best of 2016 ** ** Apple Design Award Winner 2016 ** From the makers of BAFTA-winning Lumino City comes INKS. INKS updates pinball for a new generation. It combines the joy of pinball with skilful tactical challenges, and allows you to create wondrous works of art as the ball smashes around the canvas. Blocks of colour burst like beautiful fireworks across the surface, building up in vivid layers and recording a visual history of your game as you perfect your score. FEATURES: - Beautiful and elegant design - Over 100 unique tables to play - Perfectly balanced gameplay - Each canvas tells the story of your game - Share your favourite levels and high scores If you're enjoying INKS and want to extend the experience further you can also buy Powerups - slow-mo 'Precision' aim, and the 'Stopper' to prevent you from losing the first precious Gold Ball. “Amazing looking... vibrant, full of life. Are we excited about this.” Pocket Gamer Inspired by artists like Miro, Matisse, Jackson Pollock and Bridget Riley, each table becomes a unique work of art, sculpted by the player as they fire an ink covered ball around the canvas. With State of Play’s creative flare and skill at crafting beautifully elegant gameplay, INKS offers something new: art and gameplay as one, for everyone.

Screenshots

Prune4 screens
INKS.4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Prune at none against INKS.'s 6. Prune also leads on chart position (#64 vs unranked). INKS.'s advantage is rating (4.7 vs 4.3) and price ($1.99 vs $4.99). On update cadence, 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

Prune costs $4.99 and INKS. $1.99 up front. INKS. sells 6 one-off in-app purchases. Prune asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

INKS. holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 568 and 1.8K respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 66% of Prune's written reviews are positive against 76% of INKS.'s.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Prune ships an update every 6 weeks, INKS. monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 13, 2026 and October 12, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard8 real differences · 3 level
Prune versus INKS.: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPruneINKS.
Price$4.99$1.99 — better
Rating4.3 (568 ratings)4.7 (1.8K ratings) — better
Positive reviews66.2% of reviews76.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings5681.8K — better
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeksMonthly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaidFree with in-app purchases — better
Best chart rank#64 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS11.09.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size123 MB443 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJoel McDonald LLCState of Play Games

Customer experience

Prune

All ratings568 ratings
Positive78.7%
Neutral9.0%
Negative12.3%
Written reviews574 reviews
Positive66.2%
Neutral15.7%
Negative18.1%

INKS.

All ratings1,831 ratings
Positive92.4%
Neutral3.6%
Negative4.0%
Written reviews463 reviews
Positive76.0%
Neutral11.4%
Negative12.5%

User reviews

Prune

From 568 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🌳 Beautiful, elegant design
  • 🕹️ Relaxing, meditative gameplay
  • 🎶 Calming, atmospheric soundtrack
  • 🌟 Unique, artistic experience
  • 👍 Simple and intuitive controls

Room to improve

  • ⏱️ Levels can feel too time-sensitive
  • 🤔 Unclear objectives and mechanics
  • 🕰️ Game is too short for the price
  • 🐛 Performance issues on older devices

INKS.

From 1.8K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🎨 Beautiful and artistic design
  • 👍 Relaxing and calming gameplay
  • 🎨 Satisfying color splatter effects
  • 👍 Simple and intuitive controls
  • 🎨 Unique take on the pinball genre

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Unresponsive or laggy flipper controls
  • 🔋 Drains battery life quickly
  • 🐛 Occasional crashes or glitches
  • 🤔 Levels can be too short or repetitive

Bugs and requests

Prune

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Progress reset after updates
  • Unresponsive controls at times

Requested features

4 requests
  • More levels and content updates
  • Zen mode with no time constraints
  • Level editor and sharing capabilities
  • Improved tutorials and explanations

INKS.

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Flipper controls not registering properly
  • Game freezes or crashes on certain levels
  • Powerups not working as intended

Requested features

4 requests
  • Add more levels and gameplay variety
  • Implement a sandbox or freeplay mode
  • Include background music or sound options
  • Add support for tilt/shake controls

In-app purchases

None

Prune

No in-app purchases

6 purchases

INKS.

One-time6
  • VespaFree
  • PlushFree
  • 160 Credits$0.99
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  • 350 Credits$1.99
  • 800 Credits$3.99
  • Infinite Credits$11.99

Questions

Is Prune free?
Prune costs $4.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is INKS. free?
INKS. costs $1.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Prune or INKS.?
INKS. is rated higher. Prune averages 4.3 out of 5 from 568 ratings, while INKS. averages 4.7 from 1.8K ratings.
Do Prune or INKS. have ads?
Neither Prune nor INKS. shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Prune or INKS.?
Prune ships an update every 6 weeks, and INKS. monthly. Most recently, Prune was updated on October 13, 2026 and INKS. on October 12, 2026.

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