Comparison

Match Town Makeover・My Match 3 vs Design Diary

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

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About

Match Town Makeover・My Match 3

Restore a dream beach town by matching and blasting through levels. Use your design skills to renovate homes, shops, and attractions, uncovering a storyline full of twists and turns. Unlock new areas and build your ultimate holiday destination.

Highlights
  • Match-3 puzzle gameplay
  • Town renovation and design
  • Intriguing storyline with mystery
  • Hundreds of design options
  • Challenging match-3 levels
  • Unlockable town areas
Features
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Welcome to West Haven Bay! This paradise beach town used to be the stuff of dreams, but now it needs your help to be restored to its former glory. Match and blast through the levels to advance in a storyline full of unexpected twists and turns, enjoy the company of lovable characters and rebuild your dream town! Use your design skills to decorate homes, renovate tourist attractions and help residents makeover their shops and restaurants. Bring life back into this holiday dream destination, solve its hidden mystery, unlock new areas of the town and continue building! ● PLAY through a unique, never-before-seen combination of match-3 and town renovation in one game! ● LIVE out your designer dreams in an intriguing and cinematic storyline that blends history, mystery and customization ● EXPLORE hundreds of exciting and colorful design options for your beach town ● MASTER hundreds of unique match-3 levels ● WIELD incredible boosters and power-up combos ● BEFRIEND dozens of charming characters ● FOLLOW your friends’ progress with the innovative built-in social network ● UNLOCK a variety of areas in the town and renovate, design and develop While this game is absolutely free to play, you have the ability to unlock optional bonuses via in-app purchases from within the game. You may disable in-app purchases in your device settings. You can play this game whether you’re offline or online. ____________________________ Game available in: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish, Russian, Korean, Chinese, Japanese ____________________________ Sign up now for a weekly round-up of the best from G5 Games! www.g5e.com/e-mail ____________________________ G5 Games - World of Adventures™! Collect them all! Search for "g5" on the App Store! ____________________________ Visit us: www.g5e.com Watch us: www.youtube.com/g5enter Find us: www.facebook.com/g5games Follow us: www.twitter.com/g5games G5 End User License Supplemental Terms: https://www.g5e.com/G5_End_User_License_Supplemental_Terms

About

Design Diary

Design beautiful homes and solve engaging match-3 puzzles in this free offline game. Help characters renovate various spaces, from courtyards to coffee bars, unlocking new areas and furniture as you progress through hundreds of addictive levels.

Highlights
  • Creative home design
  • Fascinating storylines
  • Hundreds of match-3 puzzles
  • Multiple houses and areas to decorate
  • Unlockable 3D furniture
  • Offline play
Features
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Friendship? Design? Puzzles? Find all you want in Design Diary! Design a home while solving match-3 puzzles with this new free puzzle game! Help Claire and Alice renovate all kinds of houses to make them top house designers! Swipe colors, beat fun matching levels, unlock fantastic episodes, exploring and decorating more hidden areas along the way! Various home decorating challenges await! From a quiet courtyard to a beautiful terrace, a neat living room to a cozy bedroom, and even a romantic wedding to an elegant coffee bar. What are you waiting for? Come and start the makeover for free! FEATURES Creative Home Design Gameplay: • Simply tap to decorate houses at your fingertips! • Renovate, decorate and customize everything in your favorite style! Fascinating Storylines & Characters: • Live an absorbing story while decorating the home! • Meet and interact with dozens of fantastic characters! Tons of Match-3 Puzzles: • A unique and fun match-3 game for both masters and new players! • Get ready to challenge hundreds of addictive matching levels - fun never ends! Multiple Houses & Areas: • Explore and decorate new areas, including the coffee bar, courtyard, terrace, and more! • Complete each room's design to win loads of free coins and boosters! And What's More: • Incredible boosters and powerful combos! • Thousands of 3D furniture are waiting for you to unlock! • 100% free and no wifi needed! Play without internet anytime and anywhere! Design Diary is a free offline game, combining home decor, renovation, house design and classic matching puzzles. Any questions? Contact us at designdiary@bigcool.com. We value your feedback! Ready to decorate and renovate a home? Download now and show us your house designer talents!

Screenshots

Match Town Makeover・My Match 34 screens
Design Diary4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ratings volume: Match Town Makeover・My Match 3 at 17K against Design Diary's 431. Match Town Makeover・My Match 3 also leads on review sentiment (82% vs 69%). Design Diary's advantage is rating (4.8 vs 4.6). On price, 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

Both are free to download. Match Town Makeover・My Match 3 sells 10 one-off in-app purchases and Design Diary sells 26 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Design Diary holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Match Town Makeover・My Match 3 has 17K ratings behind it against 431, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 82% of Match Town Makeover・My Match 3's written reviews are positive against 69% of Design Diary's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Match Town Makeover・My Match 3 ships an update fortnightly, Design Diary every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 23, 2026 and September 19, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Match Town Makeover・My Match 3 versus Design Diary: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMatch Town Makeover・My Match 3Design Diary
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (17K ratings)4.8 (431 ratings) — better
Positive reviews81.6% of reviews — better69.2% of reviews
Number of ratings17K — better431
Update frequencyFortnightly — betterEvery 3 weeks
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS11.0 — better12.0
Further details — not scored
Size182 MB275 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperG5 Entertainment ABHangzhou Mengku Technology Co., Ltd.

Customer experience

Match Town Makeover・My Match 3

All ratings16,889 ratings
Positive89.0%
Neutral8.7%
Negative2.3%
Written reviews548 reviews
Positive81.6%
Neutral11.1%
Negative7.3%

Design Diary

All ratings431 ratings
Positive94.2%
Neutral2.8%
Negative3.0%
Written reviews26 reviews
Positive69.2%
Neutral11.5%
Negative19.2%

User reviews

Match Town Makeover・My Match 3

From 17K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Great game
  • 🚀 Fun and engaging gameplay
  • 💎 Enjoyable storyline
  • 🎨 Colorful and charming graphics

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Crashes and stability issues
  • ⏱️ Slow progression and high difficulty
  • 💰 Expensive in-app purchases
  • 🔁 Repetitive gameplay

Design Diary

From 431 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🎨 Stunning graphics and beautiful visual design
  • 😊 Relaxing and enjoyable gameplay experience
  • 🏠 Fun house/room decoration mechanics
  • ⭐ Levels are not overly difficult early on
  • 💰 Optional spending - progression possible without paying

Room to improve

  • 📺 Excessive forced ads after every level
  • 😤 Ads are extremely long (100+ seconds) and intrusive
  • 📈 Difficulty spike dramatically increases after level 100-170
  • 💸 Becomes pay-to-win at higher levels
  • 🎨 Decorative items are too childish/pre-teen oriented

Bugs and requests

Match Town Makeover・My Match 3

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Game crashes on loading
  • Levels become unwinnable
  • Saved progress not loading correctly

Requested features

4 requests
  • Add more buildings, characters, and mini-games
  • Improve the pacing and reduce the grind
  • Allow restarting from level 1
  • Implement more diverse character customization

Design Diary

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Game progress lost on device change or glitches
  • Levels become impossible to complete without paid boosters
  • Accessibility issues for players with special needs

Requested features

7 requests
  • Game progress save/cloud backup system
  • More mature decoration styles for adult players
  • Continued expansion of merge game storyline
  • More frequent content updates and new features
  • Better explanation of in-game currency usage
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  • Optional ads instead of forced ads
  • Additional bonus rewards at higher difficulty levels

In-app purchases

10 purchases

Match Town Makeover・My Match 3

One-time10
  • Starter Pack$0.99
  • Great Deal$0.99
  • Cushion of Coins$1.99
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  • Mega Deal$1.99
  • Box of Coins$4.99
  • Super Deal$4.99
  • Basket of Coins$9.99
  • Hyper Deal$9.99
  • Bag of Coins$19.99
  • Special Deal$19.99
26 purchases

Design Diary

One-time26
  • 1000 Coins$0.99
  • Special Offer$0.99
  • Christmas Sale$1.99
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  • Flash Sale$1.99
  • Mysterious Gift$1.99
  • Starter Pack$1.99
  • 2 Hours Unlimited Lives$1.99
  • Piggy Bank$2.99
  • 5000 Coins$3.99
  • Mysterious Gift$3.99
  • Special Offer$4.99
  • Flash Sale$4.99
  • Pro Pack$4.99
  • Piggy Bank$5.99
  • Mysterious Gift$6.99
  • Piggy Bank$7.99
  • Harvest Sale$7.99
  • Mega Pack$9.99
  • Piggy Bank$9.99
  • Mysterious Gift$12.99
  • Energy Pack$12.99
  • Special Offer$15.99
  • Super Pack$19.99
  • Mysterious Gift$29.99
  • Master Pack$39.99
  • Legendary Pack$79.99

Questions

Is Match Town Makeover・My Match 3 free?
Match Town Makeover・My Match 3 is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Design Diary free?
Design Diary is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Match Town Makeover・My Match 3 or Design Diary?
Design Diary is rated higher. Match Town Makeover・My Match 3 averages 4.6 out of 5 from 17K ratings, while Design Diary averages 4.8 from 431 ratings.
Do Match Town Makeover・My Match 3 or Design Diary have ads?
Both Match Town Makeover・My Match 3 and Design Diary show ads.
Which is updated more often, Match Town Makeover・My Match 3 or Design Diary?
Match Town Makeover・My Match 3 ships an update fortnightly, and Design Diary every 3 weeks. Most recently, Match Town Makeover・My Match 3 was updated on September 23, 2026 and Design Diary on September 19, 2026.

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