Comparison

Cottage Garden vs Board Game Buddy

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

Board Game Buddy

Simplify board game scoring and track your gameplays. Easily upload your game history to your favorite board game websites. Offers general scoring and custom score sheets for numerous games.

Highlights
  • Simplify board game scoring
  • Track gameplays
  • Upload game history
  • Custom score sheets
  • General scoring
Features
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Spend more time playing your favourite table top board games and less time fiddling with complicated scoring. And when you are done, easily upload your game play to your favourite board game website! General scoring and custom scoresheets for many games - or you can create your own smart scoresheet! Have fun and keep gaming!

Screenshots

Cottage Garden4 screens
Board Game Buddy4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Board Game Buddy at 100% against Cottage Garden's 38%. Board Game Buddy also leads on price (Free vs $4.99) and rating (5.0 vs 3.1). Cottage Garden's advantage is ratings volume (25 vs 2). On ads, in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement 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

Board Game Buddy is free to download; Cottage Garden costs $4.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Board Game Buddy holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Cottage Garden has 25 ratings behind it against 2, 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 100% of Board Game Buddy's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Cottage Garden ships an update every 2 months, Board Game Buddy every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 23, 2026 and September 9, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Cottage Garden versus Board Game Buddy: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCottage GardenBoard Game Buddy
Price$4.99Free — better
Rating3.1 (25 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews38.2% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings25 — better2
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS12.0 — better13.0
Further details — not scored
Size180 MB46 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDIGIDICEDAndrew Morrison

Customer experience

Cottage Garden

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

Board Game Buddy

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews5 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Cottage Garden

No in-app purchases

None

Board Game Buddy

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Cottage Garden free?
Cottage Garden costs $4.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Board Game Buddy free?
Board Game Buddy is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Cottage Garden or Board Game Buddy?
Board Game Buddy is rated higher. Cottage Garden averages 3.1 out of 5 from 25 ratings, while Board Game Buddy averages 5.0 from 2 ratings.
Do Cottage Garden or Board Game Buddy have ads?
Neither Cottage Garden nor Board Game Buddy shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Cottage Garden or Board Game Buddy?
Cottage Garden ships an update every 2 months, and Board Game Buddy every 2 weeks. Most recently, Cottage Garden was updated on September 23, 2026 and Board Game Buddy on September 9, 2026.

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