# Grove - Cozy Wildlife Game — Meet the wildlife around you

> Meet the wildlife around you (iPhone/iPad app by Kasey Randall.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/grove-cozy-wildlife-game/id6807932841 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Kasey Randall](https://appshunter.io/developer/6807932843)
- Category: Games, Lifestyle, Casual
- Price: Free
- Age rating: 9+
- Requires: iOS 17.0 · 6 MB
- Languages: American English
- Released: 2026-09-27
- Data updated: 2026-10-24

## What is Grove?

Grove turns the animals you meet out in the world into a cozy little world of your own.

See a bird on a wire, a cat on a fence, a fox at dusk? Snap a photo and Grove works out who it is right on your phone, no account, no internet needed. Every friend you meet comes home to your Grove and settles into its habitat, from the Garden to the Pond to the Wilds.

• Snap & discover - point your camera at any animal and meet a new friend
• Grow your Grove - watch each zone fill with the life you've found
• Keep a field guide - 60+ friends to meet, from everyday sparrows to once-in-a-blue-moon legends
• Daily challenges & streaks - a gentle reason to step outside and look around
• Earn badges - little milestones as your collection grows
• Remember your adventures - each catch remembers where you met it

No ads. No accounts. Nothing leaves your phone - your photos and your Grove are yours alone.

Grove is a calm, kind little game about noticing the small wild lives around you. Go meet a friend.

## Is Grove safe?

Not enough ratings yet to assess Grove.

## Is Grove legit?

Grove - Cozy Wildlife Game has limited verification signals. The AppsHunter Legitimacy Score for Grove is 58 out of 100 points across 7 verification signals from App Store and developer data.


## Version history (last 4 releases)

### 1.3 — 2026-10-19

What's New

Lots of new friends to meet
Opossums, chipmunks, toads, herons, moose and many more have joined the Field Guide.

A Profile that's yours
Give yourself a name, pin your three favorite friends, and see who you met lately.

News when Grove updates
A heads-up when a new version is out, and a peek at what's new once you update.

iCloud backup in Settings
See whether your Grove is backed up, or turn iCloud backup off to keep it on this iPhone only.

Also in this version:
- 29 new friends for 97 total, and more to come
- Photos from your library from any date, with Where you met taken from the photo's GPS
- New notifications: today's challenge, almost-there achievements, memories and anniversaries
- Smarter update alerts
- Apple App Store review prompt 
- UI updates and fixes
- Crash fix for builds without iCloud
- Schema V3 (favoritedAt) deployed to CloudKit Production 2026-10-18

### 1.2 — 2026-10-17

Your Grove, safe in iCloud:
Your friends, photos and profile now live in your own private iCloud. Delete the app, get a new device, or pick up your iPad, and your Grove comes right back. Settings shows whether you’re backed up, and lets you know if sync pauses, for example when your iCloud storage is full.

A brighter catch moment:
Meeting a new friend is all in one place: name them right where you snap them, choose what kind of animal they are and where they live, and see their rarity, sparks and any new achievements at a glance.

Friends live where you say:
Where a friend lives is always your choice. A fox can live at Home if that’s where you met.

Easier editing:
Edit now matches the catch screen, saves as you go, and has cropping built in.

A friendlier Grove:
Empty zones suggest who might visit and where to look.
A brand-new Grove points you to the easiest first finds.
Busy zones spread out to full width.
A cleaner header, with today’s challenge tucked beside the title.

Little touches:
A new launch screen featuring our friendly hedgehog.
Rarity uses simple names: Common, Uncommon, Rare, Epic, Legendary.
Farm animals have moved to the Meadow, and the peacock to the Garden.

### 1.1 — 2026-10-14

Lens buttons on the camera: jump between your phone’s lenses (0.5×, 1×, 2× and more) with one tap.

Crop your photos: choose exactly what shows on a friend’s card, right after you snap or upload, or any time later. Your full photo is always kept.

Zoom in on photos: pinch or double-tap a friend’s full-screen photo to get a closer look.

Where you met: a friend’s page now shows a map of the spot you met. Tap it to explore the area and see who else you’ve found nearby.

Quicker naming: tap a friend’s name to rename them, and name a Mystery Friend in one tap.

### 1.0 — 2026-09-27

No release notes.

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