Comparison

Cottage Garden vs Scorecard

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

Scorecard

Easily track scores for any game with friends and family. Enter game and player details, and the scoreboard updates instantly. Group players, start new rounds, and share results.

Highlights
  • Instant scoreboard updates
  • Player and team grouping
  • Built-in calculator
  • Custom player avatars/photos
  • iCloud game syncing
  • Dark mode support
  • AirPlay scoreboard to TV
Features
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Love playing games with friends and family, but hate fiddling with tiny pencils, notebooks, or dice to keep score? Scorecard is an app that makes it easy to track scores in your favorite games. Enter the name of the game, add players, and start playing! As points are earned, watch as the scoreboard updates instantly to show who’s winning. If you enjoy playing the same games periodically, Scorecard lets you start new sessions with a single tap. While you’re playing, you can group players into teams, start new rounds, total up your scores, and even AirPlay the scoreboard to your TV. Once you’re done, pick a winner and celebrate your victory by sharing the final tally with your friends on social media. More features: • Sync your games to iCloud so they’re available on all your devices • Match each player’s mood or game piece with a custom color • Tap a score to access a built-in calculator to do more complex math • Snap a photo or choose an avatar for everyone in your group • Score points highest-to-lowest or vice versa, depending on the game rules • Long press on the app icon to resume a recent game or start a new one • Play at any time of day or night, with full support for dark mode Once you play with Scorecard, we’d love to know what you think! Leave us a review on the App Store or send us suggestions on Twitter at @getscorecardapp.

Screenshots

Cottage Garden4 screens
Scorecard4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Scorecard at 93% against Cottage Garden's 38%. Scorecard also leads on rating (4.7 vs 3.1) and update cadence (every 5 days vs every 2 months). Cottage Garden's advantage is iOS requirement (12.0 vs 16.0). On price, 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 Scorecard $4.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Scorecard holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 3.1. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 25 and 28 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 38% of Cottage Garden's written reviews are positive against 93% of Scorecard's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Cottage Garden ships an update every 2 months, Scorecard every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 13, 2026 and October 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Cottage Garden versus Scorecard: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCottage GardenScorecard
Price$4.99$4.99
Rating3.1 (25 ratings)4.7 (28 ratings) — better
Positive reviews38.2% of reviews93.3% of reviews — better
Number of ratings2528 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 5 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS12.0 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size180 MB5 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDIGIDICEDLickability

Customer experience

Cottage Garden

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

Scorecard

All ratings28 ratings
Positive89.3%
Neutral7.1%
Negative3.6%
Written reviews15 reviews
Positive93.3%
Neutral6.7%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Cottage Garden

No in-app purchases

None

Scorecard

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Cottage Garden free?
Cottage Garden costs $4.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Scorecard free?
Scorecard costs $4.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Cottage Garden or Scorecard?
Scorecard is rated higher. Cottage Garden averages 3.1 out of 5 from 25 ratings, while Scorecard averages 4.7 from 28 ratings.
Do Cottage Garden or Scorecard have ads?
Neither Cottage Garden nor Scorecard shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Cottage Garden or Scorecard?
Cottage Garden ships an update every 2 months, and Scorecard every 5 days. Most recently, Cottage Garden was updated on October 13, 2026 and Scorecard on October 3, 2026.

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