Prune

Name: Prune
Price: 4.99 USD
Rating: 4.3 (566 reviews)
Author: Joel McDonald LLC

By: Joel McDonald LLC

Cultivate what matters

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Features & Capabilities

Prune marks its 10th anniversary as a serene, minimalist game about cultivating a tree. With a swipe of your finger, grow toward the sun in a tranquil landscape and uncover a quiet story beneath the soil.

Key features include no IAP, a clean interface, meditative music, and iCloud sync across devices. Share your unique tree creations with friends as you explore a calm, meditative world of beauty and patience.

User Growth & Download Statistics

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By:

Joel McDonald LLC

Rating:

4.30

(566) 2 new ratings

Version:

1.1.6 Last updated: 2024-02-07

Version code:

863158102

Creation date:

2015-07-23

Compatible devices:

Size:

123.41MB

Price:

4.99

URLs:

Website ,Privacy policy

Full description:

Source:

Apple Apps Store

Data ingested on:

2026-06-10

Compare stats and ranking:

Ranking

# 77,028 ▲ 130

Other rankings

#12 in Play With Nature #24 in Spectacular Soundtracks

Other platforms

Prune (v1.1.6)

232,318 4.02

(5,089)

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Developed by:

Joel McDonald LLC

Apple Apps Store

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/prune/id972319818

Website:

http://www.prunegame.com

User Reviews

Prune is widely praised for its stunning visuals, elegant design, and calming, meditative feel. Players love the unique, poetic puzzle concept and often replay levels. A frequent drawback is the game's short length and limited content, with many requesting more levels, worlds, or a sequel/update. Some also desire quality-of-life improvements and modes (sandbox/creative, landscape/60fps enhancements). Despite the concise content, the game remains highly cherished for its artful mood and relaxing, almost ASMR-like experience.

Pros

Beautiful visuals and elegant, artful design.
Calming, meditative, relaxing experience with stress relief.
Unique, poetic concept that blends pruning puzzles with a digital-poetry feel.
Replayable and lasting appeal; players often revisit levels.

Cons

Content is very short/limited; finishes in a few hours and leaves little challenge left.
Many want more content: additional levels, worlds, or a sequel/update and new modes (e.g., sandbox/creative).
Needs performance/UX polish (faster frame rate or smoother animation; some choppiness reported).

Recent reviews

Let me clear one thing first- I love the game on Android. It feels so calm and peaceful, and the UI is buttery smooth. So I thought about buying and playing on my iPhone (15P). But the experience is complete opposite here. The UI is extremely laggy and the levels are literally unplayable. The game hasn’t been updated for 2 years, so maybe it’s not optimized for newer devices and iOS. I would love to give it a 5 star review, but not until this lag is fixed.

by au*****, 2026-05-22

I’ve never written a review for a game before, but I’m compelled to say- this is such a beautiful game. It’s so unique and so well designed. It may not be what you’re looking for, but it might be what you needed anyway.

by Sc*****, 2025-01-24

Omg! I have had this on my phone for years and kind of forgot about it but it used to be my go-to for some calming, meditative distractions. Cleared all the levels long ago. Now it is back with the first update in years (5 years). I am so pumped! Thank you for the update to one of my favs! It was worth the wait.