Comparison

Cottage Garden vs The Mind

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Cottage Garden

Compete in the art of gardening by filling flowerbeds with diverse plants, flowerpots, and garden cloches. Score completed beds and earn points to become the ultimate gardener. Enjoy a family-friendly, strategic experience with various play modes.

Highlights
  • Digital board game conversion
  • Local and online multiplayer
  • Cross-platform play
  • Family-friendly theme
  • Ranked and casual play
  • Real-time and asynchronous games
  • Interactive tutorial
Features
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COTTAGE GARDEN - a colorful sea of flowers, framed by walls, paths, and hedges. As ambitious gardeners, you face the challenge of filling the beds in every corner of your garden with plants, inspired by the limitations of space to create ever new compositions. You will use a variety of plants — as well as flowerpots and garden cloches — to design gardens that bloom with diversity. Be kind to the helpful cats! Goal of the Game - In Cottage Garden, you compete in the art of gardening. Plant two Flowerbeds with different flowers. Score each Flowerbed when there are no more free spaces visible on it, then exchange it for a new, unplanted one. You receive points for all visible Flower Pots and Garden Cloches on the completed Flowerbed, and you may also receive Flower Pots and Cats that will help you with your gardening. The player with the most points at the end of the game is the winner. Features • True digital conversion of Uwe Rosenbergs famous board game • 2-4 players locally, online or even cross-platform • Family friendly - non violent theme • Worldwide ranked multiplayer and casual play with your friends • fast real time games or asynchronous games with 24 hour time limit per turn • Easy interactive tutorial to learn the game from scratch • Analyze your best games or learn tricks from the best with Playback • 3 different computer opponents • uses the newest rules of the board game

About

The Mind

A cooperative card game where players must play cards in ascending order without communication. Experience a unique team challenge, either with friends online or AI opponents.

Highlights
  • Cooperative gameplay
  • No communication required
  • Play with friends online
  • Play with AI opponents
  • Collect achievements
  • Score top results
Features
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The Mind is more than just a game. It's an experiment, a journey, totally simple and the the greatest team experience ever. If you complete the last level together , you will float on cloud seven. For you must not discuss it, will not exchange any information. And still it works - if you really want ONE you will. Only with the help of your thoughts... This unique experience can now also be enjoyed as an app! If you don't have any other players available, you can still experience The Mind by simply playing with one to three of the six individually designed computer players! Of course, you can also play online with your friends or make new friends playing the game online! Collect achievements and score top results for particularly successful mastering of the challenge. Nominated for Game of the Year 2018!

Screenshots

Cottage Garden4 screens
The Mind4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Cottage Garden at 3.1 against The Mind's 2.5. Cottage Garden also leads on update cadence (every 2 months vs every 5 months). The Mind's advantage is price ($2.99 vs $4.99). On review sentiment, ratings volume, ads and in-app purchases there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Cottage Garden costs $4.99 and The Mind $2.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Cottage Garden holds the better App Store score, 3.1 against 2.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 25 and 10 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 38% of Cottage Garden's written reviews are positive against 32% of The Mind's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Cottage Garden ships an update every 2 months, The Mind every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on October 13, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Cottage Garden versus The Mind: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCottage GardenThe Mind
Price$4.99$2.99 — better
Rating3.1 (25 ratings) — better2.5 (10 ratings)
Positive reviews38.2% of reviews — better32.0% of reviews
Number of ratings25 — better10
Update frequencyEvery 2 months — betterEvery 5 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS12.012.0
Further details — not scored
Size180 MB70 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDIGIDICEDBrettspielWelt

Customer experience

Cottage Garden

All ratings25 ratings
Positive44.0%
Neutral16.0%
Negative40.0%
Written reviews34 reviews
Positive38.2%
Neutral23.5%
Negative38.2%

The Mind

All ratings10 ratings
Positive40.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative60.0%
Written reviews25 reviews
Positive32.0%
Neutral4.0%
Negative64.0%

In-app purchases

None

Cottage Garden

No in-app purchases

None

The Mind

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Cottage Garden free?
Cottage Garden costs $4.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is The Mind free?
The Mind costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Cottage Garden or The Mind?
Cottage Garden is rated higher. Cottage Garden averages 3.1 out of 5 from 25 ratings, while The Mind averages 2.5 from 10 ratings.
Do Cottage Garden or The Mind have ads?
Neither Cottage Garden nor The Mind shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Cottage Garden or The Mind?
Cottage Garden ships an update every 2 months, and The Mind every 5 months. Most recently, Cottage Garden was updated on October 13, 2026 and The Mind on October 14, 2026.

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