Last updated on June 6th, 2023 at 08:40 am
Prune
Prune is one of the best $4.99 to play game in the App Store.
Developed by Joel McDonald LLC, Prune is a Entertainment game with a content rating of 4+.
It was released on 23rd July 2015 with the latest update 24th May 2018
Whether you are a fan of Entertainment, Family, or Puzzle games, you will find this game interesting and will absolutely like it.
Rating
536 people have rated 1.1.3
You can download the game Prune from APP STORE.
Description
~ 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
Updated on 24th May 2018
This app has been updated by Apple to display the Apple Watch app icon.
-A handful of bug fixes (to prevent rare crashes)
-A few changes to ensure GDPR compliance
Prune Reviews
We downloaded this little gem when we were stressed and wanted something peaceful to do on our phone. This is it. We found myself audibly sighing, smiling, and snapping screenshots of the beautiful trees Id helped flower. Only downside is we couldnt get the sound working :/ – dev help?
When we first purchased this game, we played it because of the stimulating but relaxing nature of shaping the tree, and we found each new individual level and variable that was introduced fresh and entertaining. However, we played the game rather impatiently without paying much attention to the storyline. At least, this was true at first. As the game progressed, we no longer solely focused on the aspect of passing each level individually, but became enamored with the overall storyline and how it was entirely expressed without words, yet still managed to embody a powerful sentiment regarding human species impact on the world as a whole. We rarely write reviews for anything, but this game struck a very positive chord with us.
Like lots of other people we love the game. We’ve solved it many times and gotten all the blue flowers many times. There isnt anything left for us to learn on this version. Its time for Prune 2!
This app is more than a mere game its a parallel of life. Nov 2015 thru January 2020 is like when toxic growth happens ends in death of the whole tree. From March 2020 onward, keeping toxic people in ones life brings without pruning them off also brings, stunted growth, destruction & death of the whole tree. ~September 6, 2021.
This game is so simple and beautiful. It left a lasting impression on us.
We’ve seen positive reviews on this game for a long time. This is one of those games that would never make sense for us, personally, to like it. After playing it for the past two days, it just works. It makes you feel calm and like youre accomplishing something meaningful all at the same time. This game is awesome. Im not sure if it will be the same for everyone, but its definitely worth finding out for how good it feels if this game is for you.
A solemn beautiful game that manages to tell a story without the use of language. Very relaxing and focusing. We hope the developers create more levels.
Yes it is VERY simple to play but you may find yourself trying to decipher some of the colors and effects of some of the levels. It took us 2 days to make it through the game but now we’re going back for blue flowers and to try to reach the sun etc. We would love to see some instructions added. Maybe the option to turn on or off a point system. We like the non complicated nature of it but we don’t think it would be diminished with clarification and points. Maybe a second game with different challenges? Would definitely buy a second version guys! If you build it, we will come!
We would love to have a zen mode kind of thing. Like a free play maybe with a slower growth speed. We thought the game would be relaxing but we’ve had a little difficulty on some levels so far! Very cool though.
The design is beautiful, the strategy is relaxing and mindful. Music is perfect. We love this app and we wish it would go on forever. Please create more levels.
This masterpiece is a balance between elegance and challenge, without being frustrating. Im not a fan of games that are just challenging for the sake of being challenging. Its hard to put down really because it takes you on a journey. Excellent!
Digital poetry describes this perfectly. If the title and screenshots grabbed you, youll be satisfied with this work.
We love this game! Its very relaxing and well thought. It would be nice if more levels were made too! Overall a very nice and lovely game.
A beautiful game that takes our breath away.
We need more levels!!!!, we love this game so calming and strangely addicting.
This is the most beautiful game we have ever seen. Elegant, haunting, mesmerizing, stylish and addictive. Its amazing how a simple and beautiful design, with such a smooth user interface, can create such an amazing experience. While the game is simple, it feels like it echoes life on such a deeper level. Play this game and you will understand, and youll admire whats been created here. Its short and simple, but very rewarding.
We have had this game installed since 2015. This is a true ASMR Type of game very Zen. The stress relief this game imparts is very welcome. Even though we have been through all of the levels countless times we never get tired of the experience. We sure wish more levels, or a similar game could be developed.
This game is unlike any other and takes the concept of pruning trees and turning it into something really fun and relaxing. Its great! Only complaint we have is it needs to have more levels. We know it has more then usual puzzle games have but still we feel like it needs more work… Its really good though. Recommend it!
Prune is pleasing and enjoyable. Great graphics and music. But, what is the white tree in game 1 of level 4? We have tried to interact with it and grow a tree towards it but cant determine its purpose.
Unique, relaxing, challenging. We want more levels. We finished all including blue flowers. Please create more games like this,.
Dont let the free price tag fool you. This game rivals most paid puzzlers in design and enjoyability.
Overall everything is good and fun and enjoyable. It would be great if you add ProMotion support too.
This game was worth buying, the music and beautiful nature of the game makes us feel uplifted. We have recently passed the first level and now on to the 2nd level. We were wondering if you could add the flowers of our favorite tree, cherry blossoms (I dont know if you already have them). We could play this late into the night. Its all we can really say, amazing work. Thanks, Dusty the Dingo.
Love the photo mode, we are still trying to find the perfect picture for our wallpaper!
Its such a great game. Its so scary what we have done and what will happen if we dont stop. That ending though was so beautiful. We love this game so much, 10/10, would and have played again.
Great game with wonderful design and aesthetics.
Best apple game we’ve ever played.
Love this game! Hoping for a landscape mode so we don’t have to hold our iPad constantly while playing., which can sometimes bring us out of a Zen moment. :) we can prop it up in its case, instead.
We read some of the critical reviews and we can understand anyone whos looking for action would be frustrated. For those who dont get it, Im sure theres a YouTube vid available as a walkthrough. Finally, for those who got through it quick, we discovered that there are several possible solution to any level. We enjoyed making many attempts to shape a beautiful tree. Happy with several results and we kept the pics. Its a peaceful meditation and perfect for any window of time.
Its beautiful and cool… Why are people always looking for something wrong?
This game is gorgeous. Its somehow an Art app, a game, and a meditation. We wish there were more levels, as we got through them all, but this is one we go back and play over and over.
Ok we love ur game it was so relaxing but…. Ok so we finished the game in 2 1/2 days (with like 30min top each level) so we mean from what we can tell its $4 for 5 worlds and 48 levels. It might seem like a lot but it is NOT AT ALL. When we got to the end we were like oh its a new game. So we checked and it is 6+ years. We love this game but please add worlds 6-10. We know it is a really hard game to code but we mean in five years you should have like 20 worlds. We are not trying to be rude seriously, but please we love this game please make more. Also wile you make more worlds even if ur not make a sandbox mode so u can grow ur tree how u want with no end. Really we would of put 3 1/2 stars but we want people to read this before they spend there money. We love this game and you should 100% get it if you need a game to relax. Thank you for reading.
Prune is basically perfect and perfectly simple. You simply prune trees to make them grow. But this beautifully designed game is much more challenging than that. Creativity, quick thinking, and skill are required to navigate around obstacles and reach goals. It is extremely satisfying and the levels are still fun to replay because there are multiple ways to accomplish goals and the resulting tree will always be unique. No ads!! Not even a beg for reviews! One of the best games we’ve played in a while.
Anyone looking for a great game needs to get Prune today! This game captures your attention for hours and has a stunning design. We feel as if we couldnt put Prune down once we began to play it! We also feel as if Prune has opened our eyes to the effects of industrialization on the surrounding environment, from overcoming Prunes life ruining challenges and the beauty of avoiding such challenges to succeed in sustaining life.
We love this game. It is so beautifully constructed!! The only thing that would make us love it more would be more levels!!
We got this game when it went free to support people in lockdown due to the pandemic. We first just want to stop and point out how generous and kind that was before we even discuss the game. Thank you! On first glance, we were underwhelmed by the game. We thought the pruning concept was too simple and it was a rather boring. However, we are glad to say this was a very, very wrong first take. After sinking some time into this game (I am at the 4th world) we find that the game develops its mechanics in a fashion that feels intuitive to the player without having to say a word, and required us to focus on how to solve each puzzle in its unique fashion. Furthermore, they are able to build on each level while maintaining the black and white serene atmosphere. We are usually someone who always has their phone on silent. But this is a game that needs to be played with sound. The soundtrack is so calming and peaceful, and playing this game with headphones in is a meditative masterpiece.
We love this game!!! We calmed us down and was very happy, but we need some help. What are the yellow flowers? We have been finding them here and there and we were wondering what they were. Overall it is an amazing app. Thank you!
We would have given this game 5 stars if it wasnt for that annoying feature. We understand the desire to keep things stylistic since it is a gorgeous game, but gameplay should always be top of mind. There are so many objects to watch out for with foresight that it doesnt make sense that it keeps trying to autozoom in when you need it to do the exact opposite. As our plant grows, we need an increasingly WIDER view. Coupled with having to actively move secondary objects around the screen makes the autozoom an annoying and unnecessary feature. At least give it an on/off switch.
We started and finished the game in one day. Probably two hours.
Lovely. It blows our mind how much variation there is in the different levels. We were a little frustrated when we started to play it as we found the beginning too easy, but the second section gratified our wish for a small challenge. Youve taken a tiny idea and expanded it into something amazing. This app is like a poem in the form of a game. Thank you! One more note. We finished the game exceedingly quickly and now Id love some more. Is there a Prune 2 or anything?
Very fun and visually appealing game, but we wish there were more levels. We beat the whole thing probably in 90 minutes.
We love the game. And paid for it. Done in a few days…. We want more!
So first of all we love this game but here are some things the creator should add we finished the whole game in about a week(on another device) so they should add some more levels or put a creative mode where you can make your own little map other than that The game is great.
So we used to play this game on, we think, iphone 7 that our friend had. We got the game few days ago and we loved it but we dont really know why but the frame rate is really low as if im playing w an iphone 5. We dont think its our phone bexause we play many other games which require high graphics but arent as slow as this (i use an iphone X)
Enjoyable, but seems to drop lots of frames and run sluggishly or have choppy animations, even on iPhone 11 Pro.
We like it so far, barely into it. We read a review that said it had sound. We have our volume all the way up but we cant hear anything. We checked our settings but nothing is off. We even closed the app and reopened it to to sound. Otherwise we enjoy the concept and the functionality of the game.
Nice idea ill give you that. But, it seems that we got stuck on the level IV even though we completed all from that level. No more levels?!!
Honestly a great game. This is one of the few games we’ve come across where the sound effects and background music dont drive us crazy. There arent enough levels for a $4 game. We completed them all in 2 hours.
Very pretty but very expensive for how short a game it is. You will probably be through it in under an hour.