Comparison

Cottage Garden vs Coffee

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

Coffee

Experience the thrill of being a solo coffee roaster. Use your senses to perfectly roast beans, sort unfavorable portions, and stop the process at the ideal moment. Then, test your creation in a decisive cup test to see if you're a master roaster.

Highlights
  • Solo coffee roasting simulation
  • Intuitive sensory gameplay
  • Bean sorting and roasting process control
  • Cup test for quality assessment
  • 22 unique coffee types
  • Weekly high score leaderboards
  • Achievement collection
Features
Currently charting
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Coffee Roaster – The Ultimate Solo Board Game Experience Become a master roaster! Follow your instincts, perfect the roast, and brew the ultimate cup of coffee in this official digital adaptation of the critically acclaimed solo board game. Are you a true coffee junkie who can’t start the day without a perfect brew? Or a board game enthusiast looking for a deep, rewarding solo challenge? Coffee Roaster brings the beloved tabletop experience by Saashi & Saashi (published by dlp games) straight to your mobile device! In this tactical pool-building game, you hold the destiny of the beans in your hands. Your mission: turn hard, green beans into a flawless roast, eliminate imperfections, and time your final brew to perfection. Do you have the nose and the strategy to achieve the perfect cup? HOW TO PLAY Your journey from bean to cup takes place in two distinct, thrilling phases: The Roasting Phase: You start with a bag of raw, uneven coffee beans. Turn by turn, you draw tokens from your bag to advance the roasting level. Use your skills to roast evenly, remove unfavorable bad beans, and leverage special effects to steer the roasting process in the right direction. But watch out! Roast too long, and your precious beans will burn! The Decisive Cup Test: Once you stop the roasting process at the ideal moment, it’s time for the ultimate evaluation. Brew your freshly roasted beans and pull tokens from the bag to fill your coffee cup. Will your creation satisfy the demanding taste of a true Master Roaster? GAME FEATURES Official Digital Adaptation: Experience the full depth of the hit solo board game by Saashi & Saashi, beautifully re-imagined for mobile play. 22 Unique Coffee Varieties: Travel the world of coffee! Roast 22 different types of beans, each possessing its own individual characteristics, flavor profiles, and difficulty levels. Endless Replayability: With distinct roasting targets for every variety, no two games are ever the same. Mix and match your strategies for countless roasting tasks. Weekly High Score Leaderboards: Think you’re the best roaster in town? Compete with a global community of players in our weekly challenges and climb to the top of the high-score list! Unlock Achievements: Prove your expertise by collecting a wide variety of achievements as you progress from a novice hobbyist to a legendary Coffee Guru. Fast & Engaging Gameplay: With a playtime of just 5–10 minutes per round, it’s the perfect game for quick breaks, daily commutes, or relaxing evenings. Atmospheric Visuals & Sound: Immerse yourself in a cozy, relaxing café atmosphere with intuitive touch controls and clean, modern aesthetics. WHO IS THIS GAME FOR? Board Game Fans: If you love modern board games, bag-building mechanics, and tight tactical puzzles, this is a must-have for your digital collection. Solo Gamers: Specifically designed as a solitaire experience, offering deep strategic choices without needing an internet connection or extra players. Coffee Lovers: Indulge your passion for coffee culture. Learn about different beans while mastering the delicate art of the roast.

Screenshots

Cottage Garden4 screens
Coffee4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Cottage Garden at 3.1 against Coffee's 2.7. Cottage Garden also leads on review sentiment (38% vs 28%) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 18.6). Coffee's advantage is chart position (#78 vs unranked) and price ($3.99 vs $4.99). 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 Coffee $3.99 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 2.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 25 and 29 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 38% of Cottage Garden's written reviews are positive against 28% of Coffee's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Cottage Garden ships an update every 2 months, Coffee monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 13, 2026 and October 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 6 level
Cottage Garden versus Coffee: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCottage GardenCoffee
Price$4.99$3.99 — better
Rating3.1 (25 ratings) — better2.7 (29 ratings)
Positive reviews38.2% of reviews — better28.2% of reviews
Number of ratings2529 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsMonthly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidPaid
Best chart rank—#78 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS12.0 — better18.6
Further details — not scored
Size180 MB35 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperDIGIDICEDBrettspielWelt

Customer experience

Cottage Garden

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

Coffee

All ratings29 ratings
Positive34.5%
Neutral17.2%
Negative48.3%
Written reviews39 reviews
Positive28.2%
Neutral15.4%
Negative56.4%

In-app purchases

None

Cottage Garden

No in-app purchases

None

Coffee

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Cottage Garden free?
Cottage Garden costs $4.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Coffee free?
Coffee costs $3.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Cottage Garden or Coffee?
Cottage Garden is rated higher. Cottage Garden averages 3.1 out of 5 from 25 ratings, while Coffee averages 2.7 from 29 ratings.
Do Cottage Garden or Coffee have ads?
Neither Cottage Garden nor Coffee shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Cottage Garden or Coffee?
Cottage Garden ships an update every 2 months, and Coffee monthly. Most recently, Cottage Garden was updated on October 13, 2026 and Coffee on October 10, 2026.

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