Prune vs Hot Takes!
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
Hot Takes!
Decide what deserves the hype and what doesn't in this addictive swipe-based game. Judge movies, music, food, and pop culture with intuitive Tinder-style swiping and receive personalized feedback on your judgment style.
- Tinder-style card swiping
- Multiple judgment categories
- Personalized personality feedback
- Shareable verdict cards
- Detailed game statistics
- User content submissions
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HotTakes is the addictive swipe-based game where you decide what deserves the hype and what doesn't. From movies and music to food and pop culture, nothing is safe from your judgment. How It Works Swipe left if something's overrated. Swipe right if it's underrated. It's that simple. Choose from diverse categories packed with items to judge, make split-second decisions, and discover your true judgment style. Features • Intuitive Tinder-style card swiping • Multiple categories: movies, TV shows, food, celebrities, and more • 200+ unique sarcastic responses tailored to your choices • Dozens of themes to personalize your experience • Detailed stats revealing your judgment patterns • Share your verdicts as shareable cards • Track your game history and see your evolution • Submit your own categories and cards • Advanced stats for subscribers (favorite categories, judgment breakdown, and more) Your Personality Revealed After each game, get brutally honest feedback based on your choices. Are you an optimist who loves everything? A pessimist who finds fault everywhere? Or perfectly balanced like Thanos intended? With over 200 unique comments, you'll get fresh sarcasm every time. Share the Debate Generate beautiful shareable cards of your most controversial takes. Spark debates on social media and see if your friends agree with your hot takes. Premium Features Unlock detailed stats including your most played categories, judgment breakdown, play streaks, and unlimited content submissions. Free get limited submissions, but premium subscribers get unlimited opportunities to shape the game for everyone. Submit Your Ideas Think we're missing a category? Have the perfect item that should be judged? Submit your own content and help build the ultimate opinion-sharing app. Download HotTakes now and let your judgments fly. Find out if you're a harsh critic or an easy fan. Your hot takes await! Privacy Policy: https://www.rspoon3.com/hot-takes/privacy Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Hot Takes! at Free against Prune's $4.99. Hot Takes! also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.3) and update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 6 weeks). Prune's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2) and ratings volume (567 vs 4). On review sentiment 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
Hot Takes! is free to download; Prune costs $4.99 up front. Hot Takes! sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per 7 days. Prune asks for nothing beyond the download.
Hot Takes! holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Prune has 567 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 66% and 67% positive.
Prune ships an update every 6 weeks, Hot Takes! every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Prune | Hot Takes! |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $4.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.3 (567 ratings) | 5.0 (4 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 66.2% of reviews | 66.7% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 567 — better | 4 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Paid | Freemium — better |
| Best chart rank | #66 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 123 MB | 14 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Joel McDonald LLC | Richard Witherspoon |
Customer experience
Prune
Hot Takes!
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
Hot Takes!
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Prune
No in-app purchases
Hot Takes!
- Weekly Subscription$1.997 Days
- Yearly Subscription$9.991 Year









