Comparison

Cottage Garden vs HexRoller

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

HexRoller

This digital board game challenges players to strategically place rolled numbers onto a hex grid. Aim to fill areas and achieve special targets like connections and straights. Enjoy solo or two-player modes with auto-selection features.

Highlights
  • Digital edition of a popular dice game
  • Strategic hex grid number placement
  • Fill areas and achieve targets
  • Solo and two-player modes
  • Auto-select dice and auto-complete turn
  • Digital score pad and dice functionality
  • Leaderboard and achievements
Features
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HexRoller is the digital edition of the well-known dice game! In this fast and tricky roll-and-write game each player attempts to place the rolled numbers in their hex grid the best, to fill up areas and to reach special targets as connections and straights. • Official license • Easy start into the game • Game mode "Solo" for single players • Game mode "Duo" for two players on one device • Auto-Select Dice and Auto-Complete Turn • Using the app as a digital score pad or digital dice • Local leaderboard for solo mode • Supporting Game Center with leaderboard and achievements

Screenshots

Cottage Garden4 screens
HexRoller4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: HexRoller at 83% against Cottage Garden's 38%. HexRoller also leads on rating (4.0 vs 3.1). Cottage Garden's advantage is update cadence (every 2 months vs every 14 months) and price ($0.99 vs $3.99). On ads, in-app purchases, monetization model and device support 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 $0.99 and HexRoller $3.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

HexRoller holds the better App Store score, 4.0 against 3.1. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 25 and 8 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 38% of Cottage Garden's written reviews are positive against 83% of HexRoller's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Cottage Garden ships an update every 2 months, HexRoller every 14 months. The most recent releases landed on October 3, 2026 and September 30, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 5 level
Cottage Garden versus HexRoller: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCottage GardenHexRoller
Price$0.99 — better$3.99
Rating3.1 (25 ratings)4.0 (8 ratings) — better
Positive reviews38.2% of reviews83.3% of reviews — better
Number of ratings25 — better8
Update frequencyEvery 2 months — betterEvery 14 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidPaid
Best chart rank#54 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS12.011.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size180 MB21 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDIGIDICEDOutline Development

Customer experience

Cottage Garden

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

HexRoller

All ratings8 ratings
Positive75.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative25.0%
Written reviews6 reviews
Positive83.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative16.7%

In-app purchases

None

Cottage Garden

No in-app purchases

None

HexRoller

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Cottage Garden free?
Cottage Garden costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is HexRoller free?
HexRoller costs $3.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Cottage Garden or HexRoller?
HexRoller is rated higher. Cottage Garden averages 3.1 out of 5 from 25 ratings, while HexRoller averages 4.0 from 8 ratings.
Do Cottage Garden or HexRoller have ads?
Neither Cottage Garden nor HexRoller shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Cottage Garden or HexRoller?
Cottage Garden ships an update every 2 months, and HexRoller every 14 months. Most recently, Cottage Garden was updated on October 3, 2026 and HexRoller on September 30, 2026.

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