# Pottering About: Alchemy — Forage, Grow & Brew Potions.

> Forage, Grow & Brew Potions. (iPhone/iPad app by Sophie Van Hulten.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/pottering-about-alchemy/id6830658593 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Sophie Van Hulten](https://appshunter.io/developer/6827703325)
- Category: Games, Casual, Simulation
- Price: Free with in-app purchases
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 15.0 · 6 MB
- Languages: American English
- Released: 2026-11-06
- Data updated: 2026-11-13

## What is Pottering About?

Welcome to your very own garden, where very little is urgent and almost everything is slightly magical.

Pottering About is a cosy game of gardening, foraging and gentle alchemy. Plant a seed, wait for it to grow (rain helps, tapping it impatiently does not), then send your gardener into the woods with a basket and see what comes back. It might be a rare herb. It might be a very confident mushroom. Nobody knows.

GROW
Dig a hole, pop something in and see what happens. Every plant has its own habits, likes and dislikes, and some of them are very particular. Flowers come and go, herbs keep giving, and trees take their time, need the odd drink of water and eventually retire gracefully. Fruit trees even get their own walled orchard once you have cleared the brambles.

FORAGE
Wave your gardener off up the trail and wait for the basket to return. Over four hundred finds are out there, from common weeds to treasures you will boast about for days. Some only turn up at certain times, in certain seasons or in certain weather. Nobody will tell you which. The woods like their secrets.

BREW
Grind, chop, simmer and stir. Nearly two hundred recipes are waiting to be discovered, from honest dinners to potions with opinions. The recipes are secret, so you will have to experiment, keep a diary and listen to the old garden shrine, who is wise, but also a bit of a joker.

MEET THE VISITORS
Robins, hedgehogs, dragonflies, toads and a few very rare callers drop by when your garden suits them. Be a good host and they may leave a gift. Be a bad one and they will simply tut and leave.

SHOW OFF
Fill your encyclopaedia, earn awards, climb the leaderboard and swap spare finds on the listing board with other gardeners. Please be nice. The hedgehogs are watching.

NO ADVERTS. NO PRESSURE. NO RUSH.

The game is gentle on purpose, and no animals were harmed in the making of it. The whole thing can be played for free. The optional Garden Club (an auto-renewing subscription, monthly or yearly, with a bigger token pouch, faster tokens and a small daily gift) and the token and coin packs are just a little extra magic, and nothing is locked behind them. Payment is charged to your Apple ID, and subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the period. You can manage or cancel any time in your Apple ID settings. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

It is a game, so please never eat anything from a real hedgerow unless you are completely certain what it is. Your gardener has questionable judgement. You should not.

## Pricing and in-app purchases

Base price: Free.

**Subscriptions**

| Subscription | Price | Period |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Garden Club, monthly | $2.99 | per month |
| Garden Club, yearly | $22.99 | per year |

**One-time purchases**

| Purchase | Price | Type |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Pouch of 5 tokens | $0.99 | one-time |
| Basket of 15 tokens | $1.99 | one-time |
| Little purse, 150 coins | $0.99 | one-time |
| Fat purse, 800 coins | $3.99 | one-time |
| Starter bundle | $1.99 | one-time |


## Is Pottering About safe?

Not enough ratings yet to assess Pottering About.

## Is Pottering About legit?

Pottering About: Alchemy has limited verification signals. The AppsHunter Legitimacy Score for Pottering About is 58 out of 100 points across 7 verification signals from App Store and developer data.


## Version history (last 3 releases)

### 1.2 — 2026-11-11

Version 1.2 is the biggest update yet:

Friends! Visit other gardeners, pray at their shrines, lend a hand, send parcels and share gifts by link. 19 new items to find this way.
A brand new profile page with your level, stats, awards and the leaderboard in one place.
Seven new places to explore, one every 20 levels: the Pond, Mushroom Cave, Mossy Glade, Desert, Mine, Farm, Glasshouse and even the Moon Meadow. Each has its own plants, visitors and a weekly show with prizes.
The Flower Garden with bees, cross-bred flowers and honey, plus the Physic Garden for herbs and a drying rack for dried bundles.
A grown-up orchard with a fruit press, a grafting bench and a weekly harvest fair.
A big winter update with over 80 new finds, twelve winter visitors and a snowman and bird feeder to collect.
Faster gardening: tap once to harvest, and hold Plant to fill several beds in a row.
Search the encyclopaedia and your basket.
And now in German too! Switch language any time in Settings.

### 1.1 — 2026-11-08

A big update, and the garden got a bit out of hand.

NEW
- Flower Garden: at level 100 a new signpost appears in the orchard. Buy a hive, grow a varied garden and wait for a swarm to move in. Neighbouring flowers can produce brand new cross-bred varieties and colours, and your bees make honey.
- Weekly Flower Show: enter one flower each week and see how a fresh jury of fussy judges likes it. Compete on the leaderboard for a garden assistant, a hamper of rare seeds or a statue.
- Garden assistant: keeps watering, feeding and harvesting for up to 2 hours after you close the game.
- 15 special visitors from around the world, each with their own tastes. They leave things you cannot get anywhere else.
- Region finds: some plants and treats belong to a part of the world and travel to you through the trading board.
- The Physic Garden: a walled herb garden where herbs grow back again and again, and some plants get on better than others.
- A big winter update with over 80 new finds, new visitors and recipes.
- A Basket button in the bottom bar, with search, filters and sorting.

BETTER
- Faster gardening: tap a ready plant once to harvest it, and hold Plant to fill several beds.
- Workshop: the pot stays in view while you scroll, a Chop all button for recipes you know, and your discoveries are noted under each ingredient.
- Search in the encyclopaedia and your basket.
- Redrawn shrine, scarecrow and garden well.
- Later levels are a little steeper, so they feel earned.

### 1.0 — 2026-11-07

No release notes.

## More apps by Sophie Van Hulten

- [Flock To Skein](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/flock-to-skein/id6827703323)

All apps by Sophie Van Hulten: https://appshunter.io/developer/6827703325

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