Prune vs Spring Falls
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
Spring Falls
A tranquil puzzle game where players manipulate the landscape to guide water flow and cultivate wildflowers. Experience a meditative journey down a peaceful mountainside with soft visuals and an ambient soundtrack.
- Water flow manipulation
- Wildflower cultivation
- 60 hand-crafted levels
- Meditative experience
- Ambient soundtrack
- Portrait and landscape support
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Spring Falls is a puzzle game about water, erosion, and watching things grow. Manipulate the landscape and bring wildflowers to life as you make your way down a peaceful mountainside. Features: • 60 hand-crafted levels • Unique gameplay revolving around water flow • Soft visuals, ambient-folk soundtrack, and environmental sounds for a meditative, relaxing experience • Support for portrait and landscape modes • No ads or in-app purchases
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Spring Falls at 4.7 against Prune's 4.3. Spring Falls also leads on review sentiment (80% vs 66%) and price ($3.99 vs $4.99). Prune's advantage is ratings volume (568 vs 51) and chart position (#39 vs unranked). On update cadence, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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 Spring Falls $3.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Spring Falls holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Prune has 568 ratings behind it against 51, 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 80% of Spring Falls's.
Prune ships an update every 6 weeks, Spring Falls every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 13, 2026 and October 8, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Prune | Spring Falls |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $4.99 | $3.99 — better |
| Rating | 4.3 (568 ratings) | 4.7 (51 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 66.2% of reviews | 80.4% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 568 — better | 51 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Paid |
| Best chart rank | #39 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 12.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 123 MB | 106 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Joel McDonald LLC | Sparse Game Development Inc. |
Customer experience
Prune
Spring Falls
User reviews
Prune
From 568 App Store ratingsWhat 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
Spring Falls
From 51 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🎨 Beautiful art and music
- 💡 Innovative puzzle mechanics
- 🧘♀️ Relaxing and meditative experience
- 👍 Simple to learn, challenging to master
- ✨ High-quality, well-designed product
Room to improve
- ⏳ Too short, not enough levels
- ❓ Mechanics can be obscure/arbitrary
- 💰 Expensive for the length
- 🤔 Trial and error needed for some puzzles
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
Spring Falls
Reported bugs
4 issues- Black screen on launch
- Game crashes and becomes unplayable
- No sound
- Blank loading screen
Requested features
4 requests- More levels
- More game mechanics
- iCloud syncing of game progress
- Add more games like this
In-app purchases
Prune
No in-app purchases
Spring Falls
No in-app purchases
