Prune: iPhone vs Android
Prune gets 100+ downloads a day worldwide (AppInsider estimate, October 2026, rounded down to a band).
Prune by Joel McDonald LLC is on both the App Store and Google Play. Here are both versions together: downloads, users, revenue, ratings and chart positions, store by store with totals.
Family PaidPrune at a glance
AI summary written from our chart and store data. It can be wrong: check the numbers above.
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App Store
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Google Play
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Prune downloads & installs
Both stores, worldwide. Bands are open; exact numbers are free with an account.
| Store | Downloads / day | Lifetime installs |
|---|---|---|
| iPhone | 100+ | 10k+ |
| Google Play | 50+ | 100k+ Measured |
| Total | 100+ Confidence | 100k+ Confidence |
How this is calculated
Where Prune's downloads come from Modelled
Last 30 days: organic search, browsing the store, features and paid ads.
Active users
All platforms, worldwide. Free with an account.
Retention · share of new users still active
Time spent · per daily user
How this is calculated
Where it ranks now
Both stores, across every country we track.
Ratings
Both stores. Store data, measured.
| Store | Rating | Ratings |
|---|---|---|
| App Store | 4.3 ★ | 568 |
| Google Play | 4.5 ★ | 5.1k 647 written reviews |
| Both stores | 4.5 ★ weighted by ratings | 5.7k |
What users say about Prune
From the 50 most recent App Store reviews in the US.
Mixed but leaning positive (70% of recent reviews give 4–5 stars). People like it for its features and content, and being fun. The main complaints are about price and subscriptions, and missing features or content.
What people like
- Features & content: “Please create more levels”
- Fun: “Beautiful and challenging”
- Design: “Beautiful and challenging”
- Ease of use: “This game is so simple and beautiful”
Common complaints
- Price & subscription: “Way too expensive for a silly BORING game!”
- Features & content: “Great game with no content”
- Fun: “From the outset I thought this would be a relaxing, artful experience”
About Prune
~ 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
Prune iPhone
Prune gets 100+ downloads a day worldwide (AppInsider estimate, October 2026, rounded down to a band).
Prune is #58 in Games › Family Paid in Japan and charting in 15 of 30 countries we track.
Updated 25 Oct 2026 · rankings refresh through the day
24 Sep 2026 Games › Family PaidPrune at a glance
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Prune on the App Store
App details
Prune downloads
Worldwide, per day, and installs to date. The band is open; the exact number is free with an account.
How this is calculated
Where Prune's downloads come from Modelled
Last 30 days: organic search, browsing the store, features and paid ads.
Active users
All platforms, worldwide. Free with an account.
Retention · share of new users still active
Time spent · per daily user
How this is calculated
Where it ranks now
Every top chart it appears in across 30 countries.
| Country | Charts | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| Japan | Games › FamilyPaid | #58 |
 South Korea | Games › FamilyPaid | #28 |
| United States | Games › FamilyPaid | #109 |
 India | Games › FamilyPaid | #35 |
 Germany | Games › FamilyPaid | #64 |
 Brazil | Games › FamilyPaid | #36 |
 Russia | Games › FamilyPaid | #32 |
 United Kingdom | Games › FamilyPaid | #90 |
 France | Games › FamilyPaid | #56 |
 Indonesia | Games › FamilyPaid | #28 |
| South Korea | Games › PuzzlePaid | #93 |
 Italy | Games › FamilyPaid | #48 |
| Germany | Games › PuzzlePaid | #119 |
 Australia | Games › FamilyPaid | #73 |
| India | Games › PuzzlePaid | #80 |
| Brazil | Games › PuzzlePaid | #82 |
 Canada | Games › FamilyPaid | #82 |
 Saudi Arabia | Games › FamilyPaid | #61 |
 United Arab Emirates | Games › FamilyPaid | #41 |
| Indonesia | Games › PuzzlePaid | #62 |
| Canada | Games › PuzzlePaid | #163 |
| United Arab Emirates | Games › PuzzlePaid | #84 |
Apps near Prune on the chart
Games › Family Paid, around #58.
Ratings
App Store, worldwide.
What users say about Prune
From the 50 most recent App Store reviews in the US.
Mixed but leaning positive (70% of recent reviews give 4–5 stars). People like it for its features and content, and being fun. The main complaints are about price and subscriptions, and missing features or content.
What people like
- Features & content: “Please create more levels”
- Fun: “Beautiful and challenging”
- Design: “Beautiful and challenging”
- Ease of use: “This game is so simple and beautiful”
Common complaints
- Price & subscription: “Way too expensive for a silly BORING game!”
- Features & content: “Great game with no content”
- Fun: “From the outset I thought this would be a relaxing, artful experience”
About Prune
~ 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
Latest updates
More from Joel McDonald LLC
Prune Android
Prune gets 100+ downloads a day worldwide (AppInsider estimate, October 2026, rounded down to a band).
Prune is #13 in Family Paid on Google Play in United States and charting in 10 of 23 countries we track.
Updated 25 Oct 2026 · rankings refresh through the day
Family PaidPrune at a glance
AI summary written from our chart and store data. It can be wrong: check the numbers above.
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Prune on Google Play
App details
Prune downloads
Worldwide, per day, and installs to date. The band is open; the exact number is free with an account.
How this is calculated
Where Prune's downloads come from Modelled
Last 30 days: organic search, browsing the store, features and paid ads.
Active users
All platforms, worldwide. Free with an account.
How this is calculated
Where it ranks on Google Play
Every top 200 chart it appears in across 23 countries.
| Country | Charts | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| United States | FamilyPaid | #13 |
| United States | Games › PuzzlePaid | #26 |
| India | FamilyPaid | #25 |
 Mexico | FamilyPaid | #27 |
| Saudi Arabia | FamilyPaid | #25 |
| Indonesia | FamilyPaid | #26 |
 Netherlands | FamilyPaid | #26 |
| United Arab Emirates | FamilyPaid | #26 |
 Turkey | FamilyPaid | #28 |
| India | Games › PuzzlePaid | #48 |
 Thailand | FamilyPaid | #26 |
 Vietnam | FamilyPaid | #24 |
| Mexico | Games › PuzzlePaid | #48 |
| Saudi Arabia | Games › PuzzlePaid | #49 |
| Indonesia | Games › PuzzlePaid | #49 |
| United Arab Emirates | Games › PuzzlePaid | #46 |
| Netherlands | Games › PuzzlePaid | #47 |
| Turkey | Games › PuzzlePaid | #48 |
| Thailand | Games › PuzzlePaid | #49 |
| Vietnam | Games › PuzzlePaid | #48 |
Apps near Prune on the chart
Family Paid, around #13.
Ratings
Google Play, worldwide.
What users say about Prune
From the 100 most recent Google Play reviews in the US.
Mixed but leaning positive (64% of recent reviews give 4–5 stars). People like it for being fun, and its design. The main complaints are about not being fun, and crashes and bugs.
What people like
- Fun: “very chill and fun to play”
- Design: “beautiful and unique game”
- Features & content: “Good game wish there were more levels”
- Ease of use: “Such a simple visual but it is majestically and beautifully made”
Common complaints
- Fun: “thought it would be relaxing”
- Crashes & bugs: “It keeps crashing before coming up properly”
- Speed & performance: “poor performance and choppy frames”
- Features & content: “Give me the option to turn that off during play, and you'll have a fan”
About Prune
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 filler - 48 carefully chosen levels
• No IAP, no monetization strategy, no currencies
• Share screenshots of your unique tree creations with friends
Originally based on an experimental tree generation script, Joel McDonald carefully crafted Prune to perfection over the course of a year. Kyle Preston joined in to add his unique musical signature and sound effects.
----- RECEPTION -----
"Wildly creative, totally addictive, and oddly soothing" - Entertainment Weekly
"Breathtakingly beautiful design and gameplay work together perfectly for a tranquil, touching experience." - 4.5/5 Gamezebo
"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
What's new in 1.1.7
-patched an important security breach (in the Unity engine)
-fixed several of the bonus levels which were too difficult
-fixed a few UI/visual bugs