Comparison

Cottage Garden vs Dragon Castle

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

Dragon Castle

A digital board game inspired by Mahjong Solitaire. Players collect tiles to build realms, score points, and trigger special abilities. Compete solo against AI or test your skills in online multiplayer matches.

Highlights
  • Tile-matching gameplay
  • Solo mode against AI
  • Online multiplayer matches
  • Local Pass & Play mode
  • Build Shrines and trigger Spirit abilities
  • Variable boards and objectives
Features
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The critically acclaimed puzzle board game freely inspired by the Mahjong Solitaire: play solo or against players from all over the world with Online and Local Pass & Play modes! In Dragon Castle: The Board Game, you will pick tiles from the central castle to create sets of tiles of the same kind in your own realm and score points. You will also build Shrines, trigger powerful Spirit abilities, and appease the tastes of the Dragons to score bonus points! May the best builder win! HOW TO PLAY During your turn, you can take a pair of identical tiles from the central "castle" and place them on your own realm board to build your own castle. Alternatively, you may sacrifice these tiles to acquire shrines or extra points. Every time you create a set of tiles of the same kind, you flip them face down to score points and build shrines on top for even more points, if at the cost of limiting your building options! You may also take advantage of the spirits and their game-changing powers to manipulate the board... Finally, don't forget to check the active Dragon, and to follow the building requirements to score bonus points. TEST YOUR BUILDING SKILLS IN SOLO Play against up to 3 adjustable AIs to sharpen your castle building skills! OR PROVE YOUR MASTERY IN MULTIPLAYER MODE! Play against builders from all over the world online and get to the top of the worldwide leader-board! • The mystical universe of the board game, fleshed out and digitally enhanced • A tactical gameplay with variable boards, objectives, and powers, allowing for countless different playstyles and strategies! • Solo mode against up to 3 Computer Opponents • Asynchronous Online Multiplayer Mode with a worldwide leader-board To find more information about Horrible Guild, please go to https://www.horribleguild.com Having an issue? Looking for support? Please contact us: https://www.horribleguild.com/customercare/ You can follow us on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and YouTube! Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/HorribleGuild/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/HorribleGuild Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/HorribleGuild/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/HorribleGuild/ Languages available: English, Italian, German, Spanish, French. *IMPORTANT* Dragon Castle: The Board Game requires iPhone 5s, iPad Mini 2, iPad Air, iPad Pro, iPad (2018) or later.

Screenshots

Cottage Garden4 screens
Dragon Castle4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Dragon Castle at 4.3 against Cottage Garden's 3.1. Dragon Castle also leads on review sentiment (63% vs 38%) and chart position (#66 vs unranked). On ratings volume, update cadence, 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 Dragon Castle $3.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Dragon Castle holds the better App Store score, 4.3 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 63% of Dragon Castle's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 months. Both last shipped on September 23, 2026.

Scorecard4 real differences · 7 level
Cottage Garden versus Dragon Castle: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCottage GardenDragon Castle
Price$4.99$3.99 — better
Rating3.1 (25 ratings)4.3 (28 ratings) — better
Positive reviews38.2% of reviews63.4% of reviews — better
Number of ratings2528 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidPaid
Best chart rank#66 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS12.012.0
Further details — not scored
Size180 MB161 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDIGIDICEDHorrible Guild

Customer experience

Cottage Garden

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

Dragon Castle

All ratings28 ratings
Positive78.6%
Neutral14.3%
Negative7.1%
Written reviews41 reviews
Positive63.4%
Neutral17.1%
Negative19.5%

In-app purchases

None

Cottage Garden

No in-app purchases

None

Dragon Castle

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Cottage Garden free?
Cottage Garden costs $4.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Dragon Castle free?
Dragon Castle costs $3.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Cottage Garden or Dragon Castle?
Dragon Castle is rated higher. Cottage Garden averages 3.1 out of 5 from 25 ratings, while Dragon Castle averages 4.3 from 28 ratings.
Do Cottage Garden or Dragon Castle have ads?
Neither Cottage Garden nor Dragon Castle shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Cottage Garden or Dragon Castle?
Cottage Garden ships an update every 2 months, and Dragon Castle every 2 months. Most recently, Cottage Garden was updated on September 23, 2026 and Dragon Castle on September 23, 2026.

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