Prune vs Dream Bubblez
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- Grow and shape trees
- Minimalist art and interface
- Meditative music and sound
- No in-app purchases or monetization
- Share tree creations
- iCloud progress synchronization
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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
Dream Bubblez
Tap to burst the largest bubble among many in this relaxing game. Enjoy soothing animations and soundscapes designed to reduce stress and promote peace. Compete with friends for high scores and unlock new color themes.
- Burst largest bubble
- Soothing soundscape
- Relaxing animations
- Simple one-finger control
- Game Center integration
- Unlockable color schemes
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Seeing a bubble in your dreams signifies relaxation, peace and good fortune. A bubble has no noise till it exists and thus, it also indicates silence. Your task is easy, find in a growing number of bubbles the biggest and burst it by tapping! Soft and wonderful animations in conjunction with a soothing soundscape will free your mind from the stress of everyday life. Download "Dream Bubblez" and go on a unique journey where you will relax, meditate, and even dream! • Simple one finger control • Play forever and try to beat your friend's top score with Game Center! • Unlock up to 10 color schemes
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Dream Bubblez at $0.99 against Prune's $4.99. Dream Bubblez also leads on review sentiment (77% vs 66%). Prune's advantage is ratings volume (568 vs 29) and chart position (#72 vs unranked). On rating, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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
Prune costs $4.99 and Dream Bubblez $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Dream Bubblez holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Prune has 568 ratings behind it against 29, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 66% of Prune's written reviews are positive against 77% of Dream Bubblez's.
Prune ships an update every 6 weeks, Dream Bubblez every 5 weeks. Both last shipped on October 26, 2026.
| Parameter | Prune | Dream Bubblez |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $4.99 | $0.99 — better |
| Rating | 4.3 (568 ratings) | 4.4 (29 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 66.2% of reviews | 77.3% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 568 — better | 29 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks | Every 5 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Free — better |
| Best chart rank | #72 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 | 10.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 123 MB | 53 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Joel McDonald LLC | Marcus Dobler Applications UG (haftungsbeschrankt) |
Customer experience
Prune
Dream Bubblez
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
Dream Bubblez
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Prune
No in-app purchases
Dream Bubblez
No in-app purchases
