Comparison

Prune vs RPS Lizard Spock

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

RPS Lizard Spock

Engage in the classic Rock Paper Scissors game with the added strategic elements of Lizard and Spock. Challenge friends and family in live multiplayer matches directly within your iMessage conversations. This simple yet fun application helps resolve group decisions with an entertaining game.

Highlights
  • Rock Paper Scissors Lizard Spock gameplay
  • Live multiplayer challenges
  • iMessage integration
  • No account required
  • Decision-making tool
  • Simple rules
Features
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Play the classic game Rock Paper Scissors and add 2 extra options: Lizard and Spock. Challenge friends and family. With this multiplayer app you can play live. No accounts needed. It's super easy, and integrates nicely in your iMessage conversations. Download the app now and start challenging your friends! Make group decisions fun and let a game of Rock Paper Scissors Lizard Spock decide: - who will do the dishes - who gets the last piece of pie - who will take out the garbage - who gets to pick first - who can control the remote - ... What our users say: "Fun extension on the classic game" - Mark "Great app to use with friends, easy to use" - Jhon "We now play this game for each decision we need to make" - Carmen The app is super easy to use: 1) Select a start move 2) Opponent selects a countermove 3) View who won Not familiar with the game? No problem, the rules are simple. Start the game by selecting a move, which can be Rock, Paper Scissors, Lizard or Spock. Your opponent also selects a move. The moves are compared to check who won. Sheldon Cooper from The Big Bang Theory explains how the moves are compared: "Scissors cuts paper, paper covers rock, rock crushes lizard, lizard poisons Spock, Spock smashes scissors, scissors decapitates lizard, lizard eats paper, paper disproves Spock, Spock vaporizes rock, and as it always has, rock crushes scissors." It's a tie when both players select the same move. Have fun! Want to remove the app? Follow the instructions here: www.bit.do/del-app

Screenshots

Prune4 screens
RPS Lizard Spock3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: RPS Lizard Spock at 4.8 against Prune's 4.3. RPS Lizard Spock also leads on price ($0.99 vs $4.99). Prune's advantage is review sentiment (66% vs 29%) and ratings volume (568 vs 6). On ads, in-app purchases, monetization model 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 RPS Lizard Spock $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

RPS Lizard Spock holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Prune has 568 ratings behind it against 6, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 66% of Prune's written reviews are positive against 29% of RPS Lizard Spock's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Prune ships an update every 6 weeks, RPS Lizard Spock every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on November 11, 2026 and November 2, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 5 level
Prune versus RPS Lizard Spock: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPruneRPS Lizard Spock
Price$4.99$0.99 — better
Rating4.3 (568 ratings)4.8 (6 ratings) — better
Positive reviews66.2% of reviews — better28.6% of reviews
Number of ratings568 — better6
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeks — betterEvery 3 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidPaid
Best chart rank#35 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS11.011.0
Further details — not scored
Size123 MB27 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJoel McDonald LLCFanatic Development

Customer experience

Prune

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

RPS Lizard Spock

All ratings6 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews7 reviews
Positive28.6%
Neutral14.3%
Negative57.1%

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

RPS Lizard Spock

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Prune

No in-app purchases

None

RPS Lizard Spock

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Prune free?
Prune costs $4.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is RPS Lizard Spock free?
RPS Lizard Spock costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Prune or RPS Lizard Spock?
RPS Lizard Spock is rated higher. Prune averages 4.3 out of 5 from 568 ratings, while RPS Lizard Spock averages 4.8 from 6 ratings.
Do Prune or RPS Lizard Spock have ads?
Neither Prune nor RPS Lizard Spock shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Prune or RPS Lizard Spock?
Prune ships an update every 6 weeks, and RPS Lizard Spock every 3 months. Most recently, Prune was updated on November 11, 2026 and RPS Lizard Spock on November 2, 2026.

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