Comparison

Cottage Garden vs Five in Row

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
Read full description

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

Five in Row

Features
Read full description

Five in a row. Simple to learn, endlessly deep. Five in Row is the classic strategy game Gomoku, rebuilt from the ground up with a glowing neon look, a sharper computer opponent and new ways to play. Place your stones, read the board and be the first to connect five in a row – horizontally, vertically or diagonally. THREE WAYS TO PLAY • Classic – pure Gomoku on a 15 × 15 board. • Blitz – just 10 seconds per move. Run out of time and you lose. • Chaos – blocked cells reshape the board every game, so no two matches are alike. CHOOSE YOUR OPPONENT • Easy – relaxed games that forgive your mistakes. • Medium – solid defence that spots most of your threats. • Hard – thinks many moves ahead. Bring your best game. • 2 Players – pass the device and challenge a friend face to face. Decide who moves first: you, your opponent or random. PLAY SMARTER • Tactical alerts call out open threes, fours and double threats – and warn you when it's time to block. • Undo a move or ask for a hint when you're stuck. • Touch and drag to aim with a crosshair, release to place – precise on any screen. LEVEL UP • Earn XP for every game and rise through the ranks from Novice to Legend. • Build win streaks and unlock 9 achievements. • Track your record against every AI level. MADE TO FEEL GREAT • Glowing stones, light beams and celebrations on every win. • Crisp sound effects and haptic feedback on every move. • Designed for iPhone and iPad. Works offline. FREE TO PLAY, PREMIUM IF YOU WANT MORE Play up to 10 free games every day. Five in Row Premium is an optional auto-renewing monthly subscription that gives you unlimited games, plus unlimited undos and hints in every game. Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase. The subscription renews automatically unless it is cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. You can manage or cancel it at any time in your Apple Account settings. LEGAL • Privacy Policy: https://vybgss.github.io/five-in-row-docs/privacy-policy.html • Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Cottage Garden4 screens
Five in Row4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Five in Row at Free against Cottage Garden's $4.99. Cottage Garden's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 17.0). On 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

Five in Row is free to download; Cottage Garden costs $4.99 up front. Five in Row sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $0.99 per month. Cottage Garden asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Cottage Garden ships an update every 2 months, Five in Row every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Cottage Garden versus Five in Row: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCottage GardenFive in Row
Price$4.99Free — better
Rating3.1 (25 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews38.2% of reviews—
Number of ratings25 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 months — betterEvery 3 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaid—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS12.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size180 MB6 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDIGIDICEDVolodymyr Sichka

In-app purchases

None

Cottage Garden

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Five in Row

Subscriptions1
  • Unlimited Games - Monthly$0.991 Month

Questions

Is Cottage Garden free?
Cottage Garden costs $4.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Five in Row free?
Five in Row is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Cottage Garden or Five in Row have ads?
Neither Cottage Garden nor Five in Row shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Cottage Garden or Five in Row?
Cottage Garden ships an update every 2 months, and Five in Row every 3 months. Most recently, Cottage Garden was updated on October 29, 2026 and Five in Row on October 25, 2026.

Other comparisons