# The Garden! — user reviews

> 47 indexed App Store user reviews of The Garden! by Butch Hartman, rated 4.10/5 from 82 ratings.

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/the-garden/id1610776109/reviews
- App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/the-garden/id1610776109.md
- Rating breakdown: 5★ 54 · 4★ 8 · 3★ 6 · 2★ 2 · 1★ 12

## What do users think of The Garden!?

Overall sentiment: mixed

**Pros**

- 💖 Teaches Christian values
- 😂 Funny and enjoyable humor
- 🎶 Cute and catchy songs
- 🌟 Innocent and beautiful cartoon
- 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Safe for children
- 💡 Well-made content
- 🎨 Beautiful animation
- 🗣️ Great voice actors
- 🎮 Fun mini-games
- 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Great for families
- 👍 Highly recommended
- ✨ Engaging and entertaining

**Cons**

- 🐛 Frequent technical bugs
- ❌ App not working
- 🔌 Sign-up issues
- 🚫 Content not accessible
- 🔇 Audio problems
- 😵 Frozen app
- 🔄 Constant need to reset/reinstall
- 💰 Subscription issues
- 🤔 Episodes missing

**Commonly reported bugs**

- App not working
- Servers not responding
- Cannot sign up
- Something went wrong messages
- App freezes
- Hard reset needed daily
- Technical bugs
- App wouldn't open
- Blank avatar selection
- App sound doesn't work
- Audio issues
- App asks to renew subscription repeatedly
- No audio when streaming to TV
- Rainbow game difficult to control
- Cannot access any videos after subscribing
- Audio does not work
- Kicked out when tapping Lessons
- No audio for any videos
- No access to subscription
- Episodes suddenly stopped being available
- Error messages during sign up
- Cannot click on an avatar

**Most requested features**

- More games
- Appletv app
- Easier control for rainbow game

## Newest reviews (13 of 47)

### 4/5 — Good but

*2024-12-18*

There are some problems with the episodes. The episodes amazing space, shear happiness, party of one, brush with fame and toucan do it re not there. Second problem the episode the wanderer has the number screening up above and it annoys me and the third is the cloud 9 thumbnail. It has the picture of the episode the truth is the mane thing. Can you fix that and I think the garden needs more games. Thank you. PLEASE SHOW UP THE EPISODE WHERE LUCY IS TRYING TO FIND LENNY AND HER COUSIN LULU PLEASE!!!!

**Developer response:** Hey David, We believe we have addressed all of the issues you mentioned. Would you be willing to check again and let us know whatever we still need to do in order to earn that 5th star from you by emailing support@gardencartoon.com? Thanks for your help spreading the word about The Garden.

### 3/5 — I love this app, BUT

*2024-03-05*

There are too many bugs with it. I have to delete it and download it daily. Every day that my kids play on it, it is frozen the next day. Again, I love this app! I just need to get to the bottom of why I have to always “hard reset” the app.

**Developer response:** Hey Lacedup, Would you be willing to try again and email us at support@gardencartoon.com if you're still experiencing any issues? They should be addressed now. Anything we can do to earn those 2 stars back would be greatly appreciated.

### 5/5 — My kids love The Garden!!

*2024-02-26*

As a mom, I love that The Garden is a safe and fun cartoon I can trust for my kids to watch that teaches them the principles of the Gospel, Christian values, and about Jesus in a way they can relate to and understand. Plus they love it!!

**Developer response:** Thanks for the Love Meg!

### 4/5 — God-centered and Well Made! Some Bugs…

*2023-11-24*

My family is good friends with the Hartmans and so they told me about this app and my mom bought a year subscription for my daughter’s birthday. We LOVE “The Garden!” Show. It is hard to find Christian entertainment and education for kids in a world saturated with secular worldviews void of Christ. Every episode is so well made and beautifully animated with great voice actors. I grew up watching the Fairly Odd Parents so it is so cool that I can share a similar style show but one that teaches God’s Word through songs. When our daughter gets older I look forward doing the Bible Lessons in the app too.

The app definitely has had some bugs recently. Last month the app wouldn’t open. They did a bug patch three days ago so I updated the app but it still was acting funny so I deleted the app and reinstalled it which helped me get to the log in page! But when I get to the Choose an Avatar page it doesn’t have any avatars to select, its just blank. We are praying that Butch and his team can navigate this quickly with God’s wisdom so more kids can enjoy this ministry and grow stronger Christ!

**Developer response:** Hey Hannah, thanks for working through some of the bugs with us. We believe we have most of them ironed out now. Would you be willing to download the latest version and give it another shot? If you have any issues please reach out to us again at support@gardencartoon.com

### 4/5 — I don’t know what is going on..

*2023-11-23*

It won’t let me click on an avatar.
But I still love this app.

### 3/5 — App development

*2023-10-07*

Love the show and definitely helps learn more . But your app does need improvement its always asking to renew subscription and when I do it isn’t playing anything the audio is also an issue on my device. Please fix would hate to cancel because we can access the material.

**Developer response:** Hey Evvellyn, Glad to hear you love the show. We've worked out a lot of the initial app kinks and have made the show FREE! Would love to earn those 2 missing stars from you if you're willing to let us have another chance. Please email support@gardencartoon.com if you have any suggestions for improvement.

### 5/5 — Excellent app for kids

*2023-09-23*

It’s absolutely awesome to have an app that I can trust to this extent, and not have to oversee every little thing my grandkids are watching on it. I highly recommend it.

**Developer response:** Thanks for the encouraging words Linn!

### 3/5 — Love but needs work

*2023-07-24*

I only gave it three stars because it needs some work. I love the stories the two that I can see that is that’s all you can see without subscribing and I don’t see enough episodes that make it worth five dollars a month. My granddaughter loves the matching game but the rainbow game is difficult to control so she doesn’t care for it. She really wanted to play that one though so if they can fix it to where it’s easier to move she’ll probably like playing that game also. One of the best Christian cartoons I’ve seen lately. Thank you.

**Developer response:** Hey Deb, We believe we've corrected the issues with the app and the stories are now all FREE once you setup an account. Would love to earn those additional 2 stars and help spread The Word through The Garden!

### 5/5 — Audio fixed!

*2023-07-17, version 1.1.0*

I loved the Fairly Odd Parents and I appreciate this show since learning about Butch Hartman becoming a Christian!

### 5/5 — Audio

*2023-07-11*

Update: The audio is working again.
I hope to get more episodes!😁

### 2/5 — Not working

*2023-06-25, version 1.0.9*

Wanted to love this, looks good. However after subscribing I could not access any videos. It would tell me to subscribe, which I had already. Tried everything. So paid for something I never got. I emailed the email that came up for help but received no response

### 5/5 — My son loves it!!

*2023-06-25, version 1.0.9*

My son loves it bright and colorful and not filled with adult innuendos. Please make an appletv app!!!

### 4/5 — Audio does not work

*2023-06-03*

I was excited to show this app to my kids, but I have tried multiple times to watch episodes however the audio does not work.

**Developer response:** Hey Camppmel, We've fixed any issues were aware of and would love for you to try it out again. All episodes are now FREE when you sign in.

## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated)

### 1/5 — I can’t sign up!!!

*2024-01-19, version 1.1.8*

It doesn’t let me sign up past the password window😭 please help!

### 1/5 — App not working for weeks

*2023-12-07*

Please fix the app. It doesn’t work. A message comes up saying: 

“Please try after sometime, our servers seems to be not responding. Sorry for the inconvenience, we are working on it!”

Is this being worked on? My kids really enjoy the show. We’re bummed that it hasn’t been working for works.

**Developer response:** Hey Sabiijxo, thanks for the feedback. We believe we've addressed that issue. Would you mind downloading the latest version and trying again? If you have any issue still please reach out to us at support@gardencartoon.com right away and we'll get to the bottom of your issue.

### 1/5 — Oh great

*2023-11-28, version 1.1.5*

now i can't even reset my password

### 1/5 — App Sound doesn’t work

*2023-10-16, version 1.1.2*

Thought this was a cute app from watching the commercial. After purchasing subscription we were unable to hear any of the videos. It’s very disappointing and unfortunate because this app really looked promising.

### 1/5 — App is not good

*2023-09-06, version 1.1.2*

I can’t currently use the app even though I am signed up for auto monthly renewal. The few episodes I can see, when I stream it to my tv we don’t get audio. I love the idea of this and I hope the app improves soon!

### 1/5 — Each time I tap Lessons, it kicks me out.

*2023-05-31, version 1.0.8*

So each time I press the Lessons page on the main menu, it kicks me out of the app.
Dear Developer, please update your app. Thank You.

### 1/5 — No access to subscription

*2023-05-06, version 1.0.7*

We paid a week or so ago and it’s not letting us access our subscription. My daughter is upset. We have favorite episodes we cannot access. This needs to be fixed.

### 1/5 — What's the deal?

*2023-05-04, version 1.0.7*

i've subscribed to this app and yet some of the episodes suddenly stopped being available to watch. what's going on, butch?

### 1/5 — Can’t sign up

*2023-04-23, version 1.0.7*

I would love to use this app, but every time I try to sign up for an account it gives me an error message. Been trying for 3 days to sign up. Oh well 🤷🏼‍♀️

### 2/5 — Technical Bugs Overshadow This Gem

*2023-12-13*

My kids have enjoyed practical, humorous, and thought-provoking content. I have not been able to access any content for weeks after a two-month outage and have reached out to support for no assistance. I paid for a yearly subscription and have only had access for 3 of the 6 months of the subscription. I cannot say I recommend, but the content was enjoyable while it lasted

**Developer response:** Hey Jason, thanks for the feedback. Would love to fix our ratings and earn those 5 stars from you. Would you be willing to let us do that? We believe any issues have been resolved and there is no longer a charge to access all the great Garden content. Please email us at support@gardencartoon.com if there is anything else we can do.

## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated)

### 5/5 — Christ Following Show!

*2026-02-25*

Growing up as a kid, my favorite show was the Fairly Oddparents and when I found out the creator made a Christian cartoon, I had to watch! The show has funny humor, loving messages that are from scripture, and cute songs. While this show is created for kids, I believe it’s enjoyable to watch even as an adult!

### 5/5 — My fav cartoon!

*2026-01-14*

I absolutely love The Garden! It makes me have overwhelming joy. I am able to learn about God. It’s such an innocent and beautiful cartoon. Thank you for this cartoon. I appreciate the characters and the humor. I also enjoy the little games as well.💗

### 5/5 — Great game from Brycen

*2025-09-01, version 2025.08.09*

I loved rainbow rider and great music. I’m subscribed to your channel and I love the fairly odd parents thanks Butch.

### 5/5 — This is a fantastic app!

*2025-06-10, version 2025.05.13*

My daughter’s favorite.   We home school can’t wait to see any the lessons and preschool section will have

### 5/5 — Beautiful!

*2025-05-28, version 2025.04.24*

Awesome app, God bless the developers and creators of this amazing app.✝️

### 5/5 — I am having the same issue

*2025-05-01*

Truly my 4 year old grandson likes the app but I can not get it to work nor am I able to sign up?  I am having the same issues “ something went wrong” messages . Assistance please 🫶🏽🙏🏽

Review Update 5 stars Thank you sooo much for fixing the issue .. my grandson is six now and has a baby sister who he wants to share his favorite shows to .. thank for contacting me to readdress this matter.. May the LORD Jesus Christ continue to bless all you do for His glory and in His name ! Especially for the children “ encourage the little ones to come to Me “ 🙏🏽🥰❤️Amen !

**Developer response:** We've made it a lot simpler, fixed the issues and made it FREE! We'd love for you to come back and give us another shot so we can earn that 5th star!

### 5/5 — Great App for Little Ones!

*2025-04-20, version 2025.04.17*

Wonderful content - highly recommend for all families

### 5/5 — I like it ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

*2025-03-05, version 2024.08.05*

This has got to be one of the best apps in the world for kids of all ages! I wish I could meet you Lenny and Lucy!

### 5/5 — App not working for weeks

*2024-05-24*

Please fix the app. It doesn’t work. A message comes up saying: “Please try after sometime, our servers seems to be not responding. Sorry for the inconvenience, we are working on it!” Is this being worked on? My kids really enjoy the show. We’re bummed that it hasn’t been working for works.

Update:
My account was fixed after reaching out to the support team. Thank you! We love the new games that were added.

**Developer response:** Hey Sabiijxo, thanks for the feedback. We believe we've addressed that issue. Would you mind downloading the latest version and trying again? If you have any issue still please reach out to us at support@gardencartoon.com right away and we'll get to the bottom of your issue.

### 5/5 — Amazing!

*2024-03-29*

My kids love this show!

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