# GemGame: Cozy Match 3 Puzzle — Swap Gems, Grow Your Garden > Swap Gems, Grow Your Garden (iPhone/iPad app by George Wall.) - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/gemgame-cozy-match-3-puzzle/id6761720994 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`) - Developer: [George Wall](https://appshunter.io/developer/1854899932) - Category: Games, Puzzle - Price: Free with in-app purchases - Age rating: 4+ - Requires: iOS 18.0 · 64 MB - Languages: American English - Released: 2026-05-28 - Data updated: 2026-08-04 - User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/gemgame-cozy-match-3-puzzle/id6761720994/reviews.md ## What is GemGame? Cozy match 3 — no ads, fair by design, no forced purchases to progress. Swap gems, chain huge cascade combos, and rebuild a starlit garden at your own pace. GemGame is a relaxing match-3 puzzle for iPhone with a striking "Galactic Casino" look — deep-space backdrops lit by neon cyan, casino gold, and cosmic violet, a world apart from candy-pastel sameness. Every level sits on a hand-tuned difficulty curve and is simulation-tested before it ships — automated playthroughs have to clear a board before you ever see it. Depth and care you can feel, not algorithmic grind tuned to sell you boosters. FREE GAME MODES • Relic Run: a daily roguelike run — draft a relic before each board, then climb five escalating boards in one push • Weekend Gauntlet: a free Friday-to-Sunday sudden-death ladder with Rookie, Gardener, and Expert tiers • The Atelier: unlock and equip cosmetic board themes for your board TUNED LEVELS, FAIR BY DESIGN • Score, collect, and clear goals on a hand-tuned difficulty curve • Earn a 1-3 star rating on every level • Break ice and obstacles to hit your goals • Every board simulation-tested for a fair clear rate — no pay-to-win spikes BIG CASCADE COMBOS • Match and swap six gem types • Striped, wrapped, rainbow, and comet special gems • Chain specials together for huge, satisfying cascade combos GROW A STARLIT GARDEN • Spend the stars you earn to restore celestial districts • Rebuild the Starlight Promenade, Moonpetal Square, and beyond • Unlock garden perks that boost your next puzzle run — progress you can see NO ADS, NO PRESSURE • No ads, ever • No pay-to-win difficulty spikes — every level is beatable for free • No forced purchases to progress • Free lives that refill on their own over time — never gated behind an ad or a paywall • Move-based levels with no countdown clock rushing you • Relaxing play you can enjoy offline, with fast restarts BOOSTERS & POWER-UPS • On-demand hint power-up • Hammer, Shuffle, and Extra Moves boosters • A coin economy and a booster shop DAILY REWARDS & A REWARD TRACK • Daily rewards every time you return • Mission contracts that pay out bonus coins and boosters • A Celestial Pass reward track with free and premium ladders GAME CENTER • 3 leaderboards: total stars, highest level, high score • 6 achievements to unlock FREE TO PLAY, FAIR BY DESIGN GemGame is free to download. Optional purchases — coin packs, per-chapter Celestial Passes, and a one-time Hard Mode Pack that adds 50 tougher boards — are there if you want them. No subscription, no ads. Built by a solo indie developer who hand-tunes every difficulty band and simulation-tests every board. Swap gems, grow your garden — download GemGame today. ## Pricing and in-app purchases Base price: Free. **One-time purchases** | Purchase | Price | Type | | --- | --- | --- | | Hard Mode Pack | $1.99 | one-time | | Sack of Gold — 2,800 | $2.99 | one-time | | Pouch of Gold — 500 | $0.49 | one-time | | Nebula Parlour Pass | $2.99 | one-time | | Celestial Pass — Void Vault | $2.99 | one-time | | Chest of Gold — 6,000 | $4.99 | one-time | | Plasma High Roller Pass | $2.99 | one-time | | Celestial Pass — Cosmic Foyer | $2.99 | one-time | | Celestial Pass — Aurora Lounge | $2.99 | one-time | | Vault of Gold — 15,000 | $9.99 | one-time | ## Version history (last 5 releases) ### 2.1.6 — 2026-07-30 Your streaks and bests finally stick around. • Daily Star now keeps your all-time best score and longest streak — both survive a missed day. • Relic Run tracks its own longest streak and how many runs you have won. • New Records card in Settings gathers your Daily Star, Relic Run, and Gauntlet bests, with a two-week play calendar. • New Milestones screen shows how close you are to every goal, with no Game Center sign-in needed. • Relic Run now features a different relic every week. • Both daily modes now say it plainly: miss a day and your streak survives. • Reminders are yours to control — switch any of them off in Settings. • Four new landmark looks to spend garden coins on. • Restart a campaign board from the pause menu without spending a life. No ads. No pay-to-win. Fair by design. ### 2.1.5 — 2026-07-29 A clearer, more generous update — and one fix we are not proud we needed. • Fixed: finishing a Relic Run or Weekend Gauntlet no longer loses your best score, and your discovered relics stay discovered. Campaign progress was quietly resetting them. • Out of lives now shows the free ways back in first, above anything you can buy. • Home leads with one clear next thing to do instead of stacking every mode at once. • The win screen shows the star maths: how far you got, and what the next star costs. • The tutorials now draw the match you need to make, and say what each special gem does when you set it off. • The garden shows its chapter-pass finishes instead of hiding them, so you can see what a pass actually adds. • The Weekend Gauntlet says when it comes back rather than vanishing until Friday. • Hard Mode now explains up front how its 50 boards are built. ### 2.1.4 — 2026-07-28 A clearer, more generous update — and one fix we are not proud we needed. • Fixed: finishing a Relic Run or Weekend Gauntlet no longer loses your best score, and your discovered relics stay discovered. Campaign progress was quietly resetting them. • Out of lives now shows the free ways back in first, above anything you can buy. • Home leads with one clear next thing to do instead of stacking every mode at once. • The win screen shows the star maths: how far you got, and what the next star costs. • The tutorials now draw the match you need to make, and say what each special gem does when you set it off. • The garden shows its chapter-pass finishes instead of hiding them, so you can see what a pass actually adds. • The Weekend Gauntlet says when it comes back rather than vanishing until Friday. • Hard Mode now explains up front how its 50 boards are built. ### 2.1.3 — 2026-07-28 The celestial route is clearer and steadier in this update. • Home, lives, stars, and coin balances now stay readable on compact screens and with larger text. • The level-map Home button and regenerating-lives countdown no longer wrap or get cut off. • VoiceOver and automated navigation are more reliable across levels, missions, rewards, and the coin shop. • Daily reward, garden, and premium-route copy now stays consistent with what is shown on screen. • More layout, contrast, and touch-target fixes throughout. ### 2.1.2 — 2026-07-26 This one is all about making GemGame easier to see, hear and play — plus a fairer screen when you run out of lives. • Big VoiceOver pass: the board now names each gem, not just the tile, and your star rating and the win/fail panels are finally reachable. • Out of lives? There is always a free way to keep playing — the blocker no longer hides your free Daily Star run behind a coin offer. • No more dead ends: retry after a loss works from the fail screen, and a free retry is never charged for. • Honest shop and pre-game: prices show in your own currency, and the lives you have sit right next to what a level costs. • Clearer overlays, steadier layouts at large text sizes, and dozens of readability and touch-target fixes throughout. ## Apps similar to GemGame | App | Rating | Price | Category | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | [Jewel Pirate - Matching Games](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/jewel-pirate-matching-games/id1486530153) | 4.7 (8,613) | Free | Games | | [Gloomy Tales: Halloween Hotel](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/gloomy-tales-halloween-hotel/id6670277367) | 4.6 (166) | Free | Games | | [Hidden Objects: Crime Shadows](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/hidden-objects-crime-shadows/id6759252870) | 4.4 (139) | Free | Games | | [GizSugar](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/gizsugar/id6772817933) | — | Free | Games | | [Pong-RT](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/pong-rt/id6474062979) | 4.3 (7) | Free | Games | | [Detective Club 2: Find Objects](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/detective-club-2-find-objects/id6749333788) | 4.7 (46) | Free | Games | ## More apps by George Wall - [NoBooze](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/nobooze/id6755612993) - [Fleet Commander: Galaxy War](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/fleet-commander-galaxy-war/id6760207805) All apps by George Wall: https://appshunter.io/developer/1854899932 --- *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 2026-08-04.*