# Design Diary - Garden & Match — user reviews > 26 indexed App Store user reviews of Design Diary by Hangzhou Mengku Technology Co., Ltd., rated 4.80/5 from 431 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/design-diary-garden-and-match/id6472796891/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/design-diary-garden-and-match/id6472796891.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 372 · 4★ 34 · 3★ 12 · 2★ 6 · 1★ 7 ## What do users think of Design Diary? Overall sentiment: mixed **Pros** - 🎨 Stunning graphics and beautiful visual design - 😊 Relaxing and enjoyable gameplay experience - 🏠 Fun house/room decoration mechanics - ⭐ Levels are not overly difficult early on - 💰 Optional spending - progression possible without paying - 🎮 Match-3 mechanics are well-designed and intuitive - 🧩 Clear objectives and easy navigation - ✨ Engaging storyline and character appeal - 🎯 Rainbow ball mechanics don't interfere with other boosters **Cons** - 📺 Excessive forced ads after every level - 😤 Ads are extremely long (100+ seconds) and intrusive - 📈 Difficulty spike dramatically increases after level 100-170 - 💸 Becomes pay-to-win at higher levels - 🎨 Decorative items are too childish/pre-teen oriented - 🐌 Slow game updates and content expansion - ❌ Merge game mode lacks new content for months - 🎯 Impossible to progress without additional paid moves at later levels - 🚫 Limited ad-watching opportunities at higher levels **Commonly reported bugs** - Game progress lost on device change or glitches - Levels become impossible to complete without paid boosters - Accessibility issues for players with special needs **Most requested features** - Game progress save/cloud backup system - More mature decoration styles for adult players - Continued expansion of merge game storyline - More frequent content updates and new features - Better explanation of in-game currency usage - Optional ads instead of forced ads - Additional bonus rewards at higher difficulty levels ## Newest reviews (6 of 26) ### 4/5 — Love the game but…. *2024-11-14* Hate the forced ads after every beaten level. There’s tactful ways of encouraging the player to watch ads versus forcing them just so they can progress in the game. There’s a short merge part of the game that, in months of waiting, have yet to add any more parts to it. Now they’ve added another side game with more promises of more to come on that too but after waiting months for more of the merge story, I’m not holding my breath on it. **Developer response:** Thank you very much for your sincere feedback every time. The update content of Merge Diary is under continuous development. We will try our best to update it in the next few versions. The new content Secret Story will update the new room in the next version, so stay tuned. Although our team is small, we will continue to update. Thank you for your understanding. If there is anything else we can do for you, please let us know! Have a good day. ### 4/5 — I love the match-3 *2024-06-25* Love the game but hate the forced ads. I wanted to play the game for awhile before leaving a review. As this is a fairly new game, doing it any other way, imo, doesn’t give an honest nor insightful feedback about the game. I love how the rainbow balls are not disturbed if another booster is at play. That’s one of my favorite aspects of this game and I’ve only ever seen one other match-3 that lets this happen during gameplay. Usually they’ll go off if hit. This match-3 game reminds me a lot of Matchington Manor (my favorite match-3 before downloading and playing this one). What’s expected of the player is clear and the game is easily navigable to what you’re trying to do or where you’re trying to be. The levels are passable without starting with additional boosters but it may take a few times of trying to pass them. Spending money seems to truly be optional at this point and that is an appreciable quality. The only con I’ve come across thus far is the decorative items is a bit childish. Ex: bright purple, pink or orange walls and this game seems to lean more towards the pre-teen genre. I’m an older adult so the decorative items is WAY too immature for my taste. I’ll decorate because that’s part of the game and you get boosters after each completed room but I don’t look forward to doing so and I have no interest in seeing what the next room is going to be. If I could get by and still get my boosters after so many levels passed, I’d do it that way and not even worry with the decorative side of the game. The match-3 is great and if that’s the fun and important part of a game that you’re looking for, this game is definitely worth the download. **Developer response:** It's great to receive such a sincere comment from you. We appreciate your players' ideas and suggestions that help us improve the game. Your feedback on the decoration style has been passed on to our team and we will continue to fix the issues to provide a better experience. If we can do anything for you, please let us know at designdiary@bigcool.com! Thank you again for your love and contribution! ### 5/5 — 好玩 *2024-03-28* 非常棒 玩到停不下来！ **Developer response:** Thanks for your love. If you have any questions when you are playing, feel free to contact us at designdiary@bigcool.com at any time! Have a wonderful day！ ### 5/5 — Good，I love bigcool games very much!~!~ *2024-03-28* It's amazing，I love it!~!~ **Developer response:** Thanks for your love. If you have any questions when you are playing, feel free to contact us at designdiary@bigcool.com at any time! Have a wonderful day！ ### 5/5 — おもしろいゲーム *2024-03-28* とても爽快感があり最高に気持ちいいです！!パズルを進めていくと部屋がだんだん豪華になっていって飽きません！キャラクターも可愛いし楽しいです！! **Developer response:** 好きでいてくれてありがとう。 ゲーム中にご不明な点がございましたら、designdiary@bigcool.com!までお気軽にお問い合わせください。 素敵な一日を！ ### 5/5 — Good *2024-03-28* The plot is very attractive, the room decoration is also nice, and it’s a fun game that I can play all the time. **Developer response:** Thanks so much for your great review. And we are pleased that you enjoyed the game. If you have any questions when you are playing, feel free to contact us at designdiary@bigcool.com at any time! We are always here to help. Have a wonderful day! ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — 튤립 *2025-05-03* 튤립 400개 넘게 모았는데 쓸데가 없어요. 도대체 왜 다음 작업을 안주나요? 튤립 몇개씩 주면서 못받으면 큰일나는 것처럼 해놓고, 언제 어디다 쓸 수 있는지도 안 알려주고, 장난해요? ### 1/5 — 광고 많음 *2024-11-10* 뒤로갈수록 한게임 끝나면 광고 나옴 **Developer response:** 광고로 인해 좋지 않은 경험을 하게 된 점 진심으로 사과드립니다! 우리는 플레이어에게 더 나은 게임 경험을 제공하기 위해 노력하고 있습니다. 하지만 게임을 무료로 유지하려면 광고 수익이 필요합니다. 대부분의 광고는 건너뛸 수 있으며, 게임에 덜 방해가 되도록 최선을 다하겠습니다. 광고를 제거하기 위해 구매를 할 수도 있습니다. 이해해주셔서 감사드리며, 좋은 하루 보내세요. ### 1/5 — Design diary *2024-04-09* Would of given you 3 stars for limited ads buuuut sense it had rotating belt and some levels limited moves made it difficult for my god niece who has special needs and anxiety so I deleted the game **Developer response:** Thanks for your love. We try to make our levels challenging, fun and suitable for as many players as possible. And we admit that in order to pass the difficult levels, players need some skills. If you can provide specific level id, we will try to help you and improve it. Also, we give you a free booster before the level (you can get it by watching a short video) And if you keep collecting bonuses like Daily Bonus, Lucky Spin, Lovely Bowknot, Airplane Cinematics, you will get some boosters and Lives. Sometimes this will help players a lot. If there is anything else we can do for you, please let us know. Have a good day! ### 2/5 — I love the match-3 *2024-07-04* …. But that’s all the positivity I can say about it. The decorations are pre-teen (ex: bright purple/pink/blue walls) and the forced ads completely ruin any of the fun that the match-3 part of the game provides. Fortunately, there’s many match-3 decorating games out there that doesn’t make you watch ads after every level and has decent decorations for decorating. **Developer response:** It's great to receive such a sincere comment from you. We appreciate your players' ideas and suggestions that help us improve the game. Your feedback on the decoration style has been passed on to our team and we will continue to fix the issues to provide a better experience. If we can do anything for you, please let us know at designdiary@bigcool.com! Thank you again for your love and contribution! ### 2/5 — Juego *2024-04-03* Muy difíciles los match! Esto es un juego de decoración no de Candy Crush. Si esto se arregla le doy 5 estrellas. Gracias **Developer response:** ¡Muchas gracias por su colaboración! Y lamentamos mucho las molestias. Nos esforzamos por hacer que nuestros juegos sean desafiantes y divertidos. Algunos niveles pueden ser demasiado difíciles para los jugadores. Si puedes proporcionar una identificación de nivel específica, intentaremos simplificarlo para optimizar nuestro juego. ### 3/5 — Love the game but…. *2024-08-04* Hate the forced ads after every beaten level. There’s tactful ways of encouraging the player to watch ads versus forcing them just so they can progress in the game. **Developer response:** It's great to receive such a sincere comment from you. We appreciate your players' ideas and suggestions that help us improve the game. Your feedback on the decoration style has been passed on to our team and we will continue to fix the issues to provide a better experience. If we can do anything for you, please let us know at designdiary@bigcool.com! We apologize for the bad experience the ads gave you! We strive to provide players with a better gaming experience. But we do need advertising revenue to keep the game free. Most ads can be skipped, and we will try our best to minimize the interruption of ads to your gameplay. You can also make any purchase to remove ads. Thank you for your understanding and have a great day. ### 3/5 — To hard *2024-06-29* I agree with the other comment that after level 100 the levels are ridiculously hard. Plus there are no extra bonuses. Games are supposed to be fun. This one is not! **Developer response:** Thank you very much for your feedback! And we are really sorry for the inconvenience. We strive to make our games challenging and fun. Some levels may be too difficult for players, if you can provide specific level id, we will try to simplify it to optimize our game. Thank you for your understanding! ### 3/5 — Gorgeous but gets too expensive *2024-05-31* This graphics are stunning and the story is fun. Unfortunately, around level 170 you can no longer watch an ad for extra moves and the puzzles are impossible to finish without them. It’s a shame, I can’t afford to constantly pay to add moves. Once in awhile, sure. But the game has become unplayable now sadly. **Developer response:** We apologize for the inconvenience. If your internet is working fine and you can open the App Store, this issue is caused by a lack of ads. This means there are not enough ads in your region. We will work with other ad networks as soon as possible to ensure there are enough ads. In addition, there is a limit to the number of ads that can be viewed per day. If you still cannot view ads the next day, you can contact us by sending an email through "Contact Us" in the game settings and we will do our best to resolve the issue. ### 4/5 — เกมปรับปรุงช้า *2025-02-28, version 1.33.0* เกมสนุกนะ แต่อีเว้นท์มันตัน โฆษณาเยอะมาก ที่สำคัญเกลียดโฆษณา Royal match มาก*บ้าบออะไรครั้งละ100กว่าวินาที มันก็ยาวเกินไปจนน่ารำคาญ ### 4/5 — ゲーム大好き💕 *2025-02-24* このゲームはパズルでエネルギーが稼げて装飾もマージもできて待ちに待っていた大好きゲームです。でも一つだけマージをしてても、材料を倉庫に入れるお金が中々貯まりません、どうしたら早く貯められるのか教えて下さい。先に進みたいのでお願いします。 ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Задания *2026-04-11* Здравствуйте! Подскажите, пожалуйста, почему не появляются задания на постройку двора, звезды копятся, а тратить нельзя… ### 5/5 — とても面白い♡🤣 *2025-12-23* 可愛いゲーム🩷ですねー💕 ### 5/5 — Mise à jour *2025-10-20* Il devrait y avoir une mise à jour cette version est obsolète pour nous qui avons terminé les niveaux ### 5/5 — Game xây dựng ước mơ *2025-07-05, version 1.34.0* Game dễ thương lắm. Chơi rất đã thư giãn ### 5/5 — Best game ever *2025-01-04* This game is the best you do not need pay for this game and you get to design your own house **Developer response:** Thanks for your love. If you have any questions when you are playing, feel free to contact us at designdiary@bigcool.com at any time! Have a wonderful day！ ### 5/5 — Game *2024-07-21, version 1.21.1* Tuyệt vời ### 5/5 — 🫶🏻 *2024-07-03, version 1.21.1* 10 \10 คะแนน ⭐️⭐️⭐️ ใครลังเลจะโหลดเกมนี้บอกเลยว่าโหลดเถอะเกมคุณภาพจริงๆตั้งแต่เล่นมาไม่มีโฆษณาเลยสักนิด ภาพสวย อีกอย่างที่ชอบคือด่านมันไม่ยากเลยสักนิด แถมปลดล็อคเฟอร์นิเจอร์ก็ใช้ดาวน้อยมาก ปกติเป็นคนไม่ชอบเล่นเกมแนวนี้เพราะเล่นยากมาก แต่มาเจอเกมนี้บอกเลยเลิฟสุดๆดูดวิญญาณมากเล่นเพลิน โหลดเถอะ🫶🏻♥️ ### 5/5 — เกมส์ดีสุดยอดมากค่ะ *2024-05-12, version 1.21.1* เกมส์สนุกภาพสวยมากค่ะ ### 5/5 — Game Save *2024-04-05* I am writing five stars because they say they will develop progress save for their games. Hopefully soon for all of them. A game without progress save is worthless. As soon as your game glitches, you change devices, or an update goes wrong, you lose thousands of levels worth of playing on each one. **Developer response:** Thanks for your feedback! We appreciate the ideas and suggestions our players have that help us improve the game. Your feedback has been passed on to our team, and we'll keep fixing problems to provide better experience. If there is anything we can do for you, just let us know at designdiary@bigcool.com! Thanks again for your love and contribution! ### 5/5 — ฉันพอใจมาก *2024-04-05, version 1.19.1* เล่นสนุกมากค่ะเกมนี้ไม่มีสะดุดไม่มีโฆษณาเข้ามากวนใจ ขอบคุณนะคะที่คุณสร้างเกมที่ดีแบบนี้มาให้ --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. Ratings, prices and chart positions refresh continuously; this snapshot is from 2026-09-01.*