Comparison

Cottage Garden vs Between Two Cities Stonemaier

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

Between Two Cities Stonemaier

A partnership-driven tile-drafting game where players collaborate to design cities. Each player works with neighbors to place tiles representing city elements, aiming for high livability scores in two cities. The game emphasizes shared attention and strategic placement.

Highlights
  • Partnership-driven tile drafting
  • City design with various tiles
  • Scoring based on city livability
  • Play with 3-7 players
  • Simultaneous city development
Features
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Between Two Cities is a partnership-driven tile-drafting game in which each tile represents part of a city: factory, shop, park, landmarks, etc. You work with the player on your left to design the heart of one city, and with the player on your right to design the heart of another city. On each turn you select two tiles from hand, reveal them, then work with your partners separately to place one of those tiles into each of your two cities before passing the remaining hand of tiles around the table. At the end of the game, each city is scored for its livability. Your final score is the lower of the livability scores of the two cities you helped design. To win, you have to share your attention and your devotion between two cities. The player with the highest final score wins the game. The game features play for 3-7 players.

Screenshots

Cottage Garden4 screens
Between Two Cities Stonemaier3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Between Two Cities Stonemaier at 3.8 against Cottage Garden's 3.1. Between Two Cities Stonemaier also leads on price ($3.99 vs $4.99). Cottage Garden's advantage is update cadence (every 2 months vs every 4 months) and ratings volume (25 vs 4). On review sentiment, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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 Between Two Cities Stonemaier $3.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Between Two Cities Stonemaier holds the better App Store score, 3.8 against 3.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Cottage Garden has 25 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 38% of Cottage Garden's written reviews are positive against 40% of Between Two Cities Stonemaier's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Cottage Garden ships an update every 2 months, Between Two Cities Stonemaier every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on October 13, 2026 and October 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Cottage Garden versus Between Two Cities Stonemaier: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCottage GardenBetween Two Cities Stonemaier
Price$4.99$3.99 — better
Rating3.1 (25 ratings)3.8 (4 ratings) — better
Positive reviews38.2% of reviews40.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings25 — better4
Update frequencyEvery 2 months — betterEvery 4 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS12.0 — better13.0
Further details — not scored
Size180 MB129 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDIGIDICEDDTDA Games

Customer experience

Cottage Garden

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

Between Two Cities Stonemaier

All ratings4 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral50.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews5 reviews
Positive40.0%
Neutral20.0%
Negative40.0%

In-app purchases

None

Cottage Garden

No in-app purchases

None

Between Two Cities Stonemaier

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Cottage Garden free?
Cottage Garden costs $4.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Between Two Cities Stonemaier free?
Between Two Cities Stonemaier costs $3.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Cottage Garden or Between Two Cities Stonemaier?
Between Two Cities Stonemaier is rated higher. Cottage Garden averages 3.1 out of 5 from 25 ratings, while Between Two Cities Stonemaier averages 3.8 from 4 ratings.
Do Cottage Garden or Between Two Cities Stonemaier have ads?
Neither Cottage Garden nor Between Two Cities Stonemaier shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Cottage Garden or Between Two Cities Stonemaier?
Cottage Garden ships an update every 2 months, and Between Two Cities Stonemaier every 4 months. Most recently, Cottage Garden was updated on October 13, 2026 and Between Two Cities Stonemaier on October 3, 2026.

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