Comparison

Cottage Garden vs Similo

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

Similo

A cooperative card game where players work together to guess a secret card by giving and interpreting clues. It offers both local and online multiplayer modes for a social deduction experience.

Highlights
  • Cooperative social deduction gameplay
  • Online and local multiplayer modes
  • Illustrated by Naïade
  • Multiple themed card decks available
  • Combine card decks for expanded play
  • Intuitive clue-giving and guessing mechanics
Features
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The official adaptation of Similo, the critically acclaimed cooperative guessing game illustrated by world famous artist Naïade. Play together with players from all over the world Online or locally with your friends in Local Pass & Play mode! Similo: Animals is included! Play with 30 cards including Horse, Rabbit, Cat, Wolf, Deer, and many others: all your favorite pets from the farm, the forest, and more. Similo: Fables and Similo: History are also available as in-app purchases, with more decks coming soon, and remember: you can also combine your decks for maximum fun! In Similo, you have 5 rounds to help the other players find the Secret Card among the twelve shown. Play more characters as Clues, to suggest similarities or differences with the Secret Card. After each Clue, the other players must discard 1 or more characters from the roster. If they discard the Secret Card, you all lose! But, if the Secret Card is the only one left, you all win! HOW TO PLAY One player acts as the Clue Giver, the other players will be the Guessers. During their turn, the Clue Giver must play 1 Character from their hand as a clue, suggesting if they have something in common or something different from the secret character. Then, the Guesser(s) must discard an increasing number of characters (1 on the first round, 2 on the second, and so on). If they remove the Secret Card, the game ends immediately and you all lose. If the Secret Card is the only one left at the end of the fifth round, you all win! PASS & PLAY AND ONLINE MULTIPLAYER MODES Play with your friends with the local pass and play mode, or join games with players from all over the world with online multiplayer! • The wonderful art of the card game by Naïade, fleshed out and digitally enhanced • Social deduction gameplay, try to decrypt the minds of your friends and create the perfect clues • Local Pass & Play Mode for 2 to infinite players, the perfect party game • Online Multiplayer Mode! Join 1 on 1 matches with people from all over the world 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, YouTube, and Twitch! Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/horribleguild/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/horribleguild Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/horribleguild/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/horribleguild Twitch https://www.twitch.tv/horribleguild Languages available: English, Italian, German, Spanish, French. *IMPORTANT* Similo: The Card Game requires iPhone 5s, iPad Mini 2, iPad Air, iPad Pro, iPad (2018) or later.

Screenshots

Cottage Garden4 screens
Similo4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Similo at 4.5 against Cottage Garden's 3.1. Similo also leads on price ($1.99 vs $4.99) and chart position (#135 vs unranked). Cottage Garden's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 6) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.0). On ratings volume, update cadence, ads 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 $4.99 and Similo $1.99 up front. Similo sells 6 one-off in-app purchases. Cottage Garden asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Similo holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 3.1. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 25 and 26 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 38% of Cottage Garden's written reviews are positive against 47% of Similo's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Cottage Garden ships an update every 2 months, Similo every 6 weeks. Both last shipped on October 17, 2026.

Scorecard7 real differences · 4 level
Cottage Garden versus Similo: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCottage GardenSimilo
Price$4.99$1.99 — better
Rating3.1 (25 ratings)4.5 (26 ratings) — better
Positive reviews38.2% of reviews47.4% of reviews — better
Number of ratings2526 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 6 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaidFree with in-app purchases — better
Best chart rank—#135 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS12.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size180 MB255 MB
Age rating4+9+
DeveloperDIGIDICEDHorrible Guild

Customer experience

Cottage Garden

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

Similo

All ratings26 ratings
Positive88.5%
Neutral3.8%
Negative7.7%
Written reviews19 reviews
Positive47.4%
Neutral26.3%
Negative26.3%

In-app purchases

None

Cottage Garden

No in-app purchases

6 purchases

Similo

One-time6
  • Similo: History$1.99
  • Similo: Fables$1.99
  • Similo: Spookies$1.99
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  • Similo: Myths$1.99
  • Similo: Wild Animals$1.99
  • Similo Epic Bundle$3.99

Questions

Is Cottage Garden free?
Cottage Garden costs $4.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Similo free?
Similo costs $1.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Cottage Garden or Similo?
Similo is rated higher. Cottage Garden averages 3.1 out of 5 from 25 ratings, while Similo averages 4.5 from 26 ratings.
Do Cottage Garden or Similo have ads?
Neither Cottage Garden nor Similo shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Cottage Garden or Similo?
Cottage Garden ships an update every 2 months, and Similo every 6 weeks. Most recently, Cottage Garden was updated on October 17, 2026 and Similo on October 17, 2026.

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