Comparison

Plant Tycoon ® vs Flowers Island

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

Head to head
About

Plant Tycoon ®

Nurture a virtual greenhouse, breeding and cross-breeding plants to discover rare species and solve a genetic puzzle. Manage your plants' health, sell creations to fund research, and customize your garden. This simulation game offers a persistent world and real-time gameplay.

Highlights
  • Breed and cross-breed plants
  • Discover rare and magic plant species
  • Manage plant health and growth
  • Sell plants to fund research
  • Customize virtual garden
  • Collectible insects
  • Genetic puzzle solving
Features
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Plant Tycoon® is a gardening sim game where you nurture plants and experiment with increasingly rare and valuable species. The object is to breed and cross breed plants until you find the 6 Magic Plants of Isola and solve the genetic puzzle. You start with limited cash, a handful of seeds, some soil and water. Grow plants, organize and harvest seeds, monitor your plants' health, age and maturity, and protect your plants from dehydration and infestations. Sell some of your creations to fund your research, buy better supplies to use in your Nursery, and purchase ornaments to customize your virtual garden. This is the same best-selling Mac and Windows game, now in a universal app for iPad, iPhone and iPod touch, so you can take your greenhouse full of plants with you wherever you go! More about Plant Tycoon * There are many approaches to solving the game, with over 500 different species of plants to discover. * Inhabited by a wide variety of collectible insects to catch and display. * There are dozens of different seeds to experiment with. * Gorgeous artwork with detailed, dynamically-generated plants. * You can prune your plants to customize the look of your creations. * It's a genetic puzzle: discover which combinations will create the 6 Magic Plants. * It's a simulation game: grow virtual plants in a persistent world. * It’s a virtual pet: care for your plants in your own virtual greenhouse. * It’s a tycoon game: test your business skills and horticultural skills at the same time! * The built-in snapshot feature allows you to capture photos of your favorite plants in various display settings. * Experience real-time game play, with new surprises every time you turn on the game! Visit our Official Plant Tycoon site at www.PlantTycoon.com for instructions, strategy guides, and much more!

About

Flowers Island

Cultivate a serene garden by planting a variety of flowers and decorating your own virtual flower shop. Upgrade your level to unlock more precious blooms and design unique spaces with diverse furniture. Explore rich creative gameplay, community events, and planting research.

Highlights
  • Plant hundreds of flowers
  • Decorate your garden
  • Design a unique flower shop
  • Upgrade your level
  • Unlock precious flowers
  • Community events
  • Planting research
Features
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Flowers Island is a casual garden game that will help you relax. All you need is to plant flowers in the field. The shop will offer or sell more precious flowers. And you can get more flowers by upgrading your level. Create your own flower shop. If you like beautiful flowers, this is the best game for you! How To Play Hundreds of flowers for you to plant and decorate your garden Unleash imagination to arrange flowers the way you like Furniture with various styles help you design a unique flower shop Interaction system, community events, planting research, etc. Rich creative gameplays are waiting for you to explore.

Screenshots

Plant Tycoon ®4 screens
Flowers Island4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Flowers Island at monthly against Plant Tycoon ®'s every 19 months. Plant Tycoon ®'s advantage is review sentiment (39% vs 14%) and ratings volume (293 vs 28). On price, rating, 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. Plant Tycoon ® sells 3 one-off in-app purchases and Flowers Island sells 19 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 3.1 for Plant Tycoon ® against 3.0 for Flowers Island. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Plant Tycoon ® has 293 ratings behind it against 28, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 39% of Plant Tycoon ®'s written reviews are positive against 14% of Flowers Island's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Plant Tycoon ® ships an update every 19 months, Flowers Island monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 27, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Plant Tycoon ® versus Flowers Island: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPlant Tycoon ®Flowers Island
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.1 (293 ratings) — better3.0 (28 ratings)
Positive reviews38.7% of reviews — better14.3% of reviews
Number of ratings293 — better28
Update frequencyEvery 19 monthsMonthly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS8.0 — better16.6
Further details — not scored
Size47 MB60 MB
Age rating4+9+
DeveloperLDW Software, LLC香港天苻科技有限公司

Customer experience

Plant Tycoon ®

All ratings292 ratings
Positive47.9%
Neutral9.9%
Negative42.1%
Written reviews305 reviews
Positive38.7%
Neutral18.0%
Negative43.3%

Flowers Island

All ratings27 ratings
Positive37.0%
Neutral29.6%
Negative33.3%
Written reviews28 reviews
Positive14.3%
Neutral32.1%
Negative53.6%

Bugs and requests

Plant Tycoon ®

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Game resets progress after in-app purchases
  • Crashes and freezes, especially when handling magic plants
  • Nursery sales not registering correctly

Requested features

6 requests
  • Ability to earn plant bucks through gameplay (e.g. watching ads, completing challenges)
  • Option to purchase the full game upfront without in-app purchases
  • Plant catalog/encyclopedia to track discovered species
  • Increased seed storage capacity
  • Faster growth rates for plants
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  • More frequent updates and new content

Flowers Island

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Plant Tycoon ®

One-time3
  • 10 Plant Bucks$0.99
  • 60 Plant Bucks$4.99
  • 150 Plant Bucks$9.99
19 purchases

Flowers Island

One-time19
  • $0.99 Diamond Pack$0.99
  • $1.99 Item Pack$0.99
  • $0.99 Daily Gift Bags$0.99
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  • $1.99 Daily Gift Bags$1.99
  • $1.99 Weekly Bag$1.99
  • $2.99 Item Pack$2.99
  • Video Card$3.99
  • $4.99 Diamond Pack$4.99
  • $4.99 Item Pack$4.99
  • $4.99 Flowers Pack$4.99
  • $5.99 Item Pack$5.99
  • VIP Card$7.99
  • $9.99 Diamond Pack$9.99
  • $9.99 Item Pack$9.99
  • $9.99 Flowers Pack$9.99
  • $14.99 Item Pack$14.99
  • $19.99 Item Pack$19.99
  • $24.99 Flowers Pack$24.99
  • $39.99 Item Pack$39.99

Questions

Is Plant Tycoon ® free?
Plant Tycoon ® is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Flowers Island free?
Flowers Island is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Plant Tycoon ® or Flowers Island?
Plant Tycoon ® is rated higher. Plant Tycoon ® averages 3.1 out of 5 from 293 ratings, while Flowers Island averages 3.0 from 28 ratings.
Do Plant Tycoon ® or Flowers Island have ads?
Neither Plant Tycoon ® nor Flowers Island shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Plant Tycoon ® or Flowers Island?
Plant Tycoon ® ships an update every 19 months, and Flowers Island monthly. Most recently, Plant Tycoon ® was updated on October 27, 2026 and Flowers Island on October 24, 2026.

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