Comparison

Garden Design Makeover Games vs Catando

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

Head to head
About

Garden Design Makeover Games

Restore neglected gardens and landscapes by solving match-3 puzzles to earn stars. Use your rewards to select plants, furniture, and decor, bringing unique stories and styles to life in each project.

Highlights
  • Renovate diverse garden types
  • Choose design options
  • Decorate with plants and furniture
  • Solve relaxing match-3 levels
  • Follow engaging storylines
  • Regular new projects and events
Features
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Garden Design Makeover is a cozy home and garden design game. Help Rose bring forgotten gardens and landscapes back to life: solve match 3 puzzles to earn stars, then spend them on plants, furniture and decor. Every project comes with its own story. WHAT YOU'LL DO • Renovate beach resorts, family gardens, a Moroccan courtyard, a diva's stage garden, a modern cafe and a chef's backyard • Choose between design options – your garden, your style • Decorate with hundreds of flowers, plants and furniture pieces • Solve easy, relaxing match 3 levels with boosters and combos • Follow Rose, Dixie and the neighbors through a light-hearted story • Enjoy new projects and events added regularly A cozy escape after a long day: no rush, no pressure, just the satisfaction of a before-and-after. Garden Design Makeover is free to download and offers optional in-app purchases. Contact: support@tinytactics.in

About

Catando

Features
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Catando is a cozy logic puzzle about cats and dogs. Fill the grid so every row and column has the same number of cats and dogs, never three of the same in a row, and every = and × clue is respected. Simple rules, satisfying "aha!" moments, and every puzzle can be solved by pure logic. No guessing. DAILY PUZZLE A fresh puzzle every day, the same for every player. Solve it to build your daily streak, and if you miss a day you get one grace day to rescue it. The daily ramps through the week, from easiest on Monday to hardest on Sunday. Solving it also earns you a hint. DAILY RECAP Come back the next day and see how you did: your solve, which team won yesterday and whether your team won or lost, the Energy you contributed, the rewards you earned, and where you rank. A good day earns Energy and items, and you can watch a short ad to double your prize. STAGE MODE Work through an endless run of stages. Every 10 stages ramp from easy to hard, and the board grows from 6×6 up to 10×10 as you improve. Clear stages to earn Energy and milestone bonuses, plus a hint for every 3 stages you clear. Every puzzle shows its difficulty at a glance: green for easy, orange for medium, red for hard. Check how your stage ranks against other players worldwide. Stage 1 is a guided 6×6 tutorial that teaches every rule one step at a time. Stuck? Hints point to a useful tile and explain why. Made a mess? Clear the stage to restart it with all your hearts. CAT VS DOG POWER Pick a team, cat or dog, and pitch in your Energy to the daily team tally. Watch the power bar move and see which side wins the day. Every stage you clear adds its Energy to your team's power right away. Once you've joined a team, watch your Energy bolt into its mascot on Home after you clear a stage. WAR BOARD Every player joins the global War Board automatically. See how your country, continent and team stack up against players around the world, and watch your Energy count toward your country. Your name stays hidden unless you choose to show it in Profile. TRACK YOUR PROGRESS A login-streak dashboard with a 7-day paw row, a 14-day activity chart, best times for every board size, your worldwide rank, and 12 badges to collect, from your first solve to a clean no-hint daily. LOOKS Choose how the cats and dogs look on the puzzle grid. Each team has five looks: Classic and one more are free, and the other three are one-time purchases, one at a time or in a Meow Pack or Woof Pack. Pick one cat look and one dog look in Settings > Looks. With Catando Plus, every look is unlocked while you subscribe. WHY YOU'LL LOVE IT • Relaxing brain training in short sessions • No account or sign-in required • No timers or pressure. Take all the time you want • Works offline • Soft, rounded pastel design with cute cat and dog mascots • Haptics (on/off) and sound effects with separate gameplay and celebration volume controls If you like binary puzzles, takuzu or sudoku-style logic games, you'll feel right at home. Download Catando and solve today's puzzle! Catando is free to play and supported by ads, or remove ads with a one-time purchase. Optional Remove Ads subscription: monthly, auto-renews until canceled in Settings. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Catando Plus (optional subscription): monthly, removes ads and unlocks every look while you subscribe; auto-renews until canceled in Settings. Looks can also be bought one at a time or in packs. Looks you buy separately stay yours.

Screenshots

Garden Design Makeover Games4 screens
Catando4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Catando at none against Garden Design Makeover Games's shown. Catando also leads on update cadence (every 5 days vs monthly). Garden Design Makeover Games's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). On price 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. Garden Design Makeover Games sells 10 one-off in-app purchases and Catando sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Garden Design Makeover Games ships an update monthly, Catando every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on November 8, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Garden Design Makeover Games versus Catando: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGarden Design Makeover GamesCatando
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (319 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews52.9% of reviews—
Number of ratings319 — better—
Update frequencyMonthlyEvery 5 days — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size359 MB39 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTiny Tactics Private LimitedKairos.ai Co., Ltd.

Bugs and requests

Garden Design Makeover Games

Reported bugs

5 issues
  • No stars awarded after rounds
  • Game freezes
  • Game glitches
  • Game locks up
  • Game crashes

Requested features

4 requests
  • Rotate screen on all devices
  • Add teams feature
  • Fix freezing issue
  • Fix game block at level 35

Catando

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

10 purchases

Garden Design Makeover Games

One-time10
  • Offer Pack 2$1.99
  • Coin Pack 1$1.99
  • Offer Pack 3$2.99
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  • Offer Pack 4$3.99
  • Offer Pack 5$4.99
  • Coin Pack 2$7.99
  • Golden Pass$9.99
  • Combo Pack 1$9.99
  • Combo Pack 2$19.99
  • Combo Pack 3$39.99
10 purchases

Catando

Subscriptions1
  • Remove Ads (Monthly)$1.991 Month
One-time9
  • Golden Retriever Look$1.99
  • Husky Look$1.99
  • Calico Cat Look$1.99
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  • Corgi Look$1.99
  • White Cat Look$1.99
  • Orange Tabby Look$1.99
  • Woof Pack$3.99
  • Meow Pack$3.99
  • Remove Ads$4.99

Questions

Is Garden Design Makeover Games free?
Garden Design Makeover Games is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Catando free?
Catando is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Garden Design Makeover Games or Catando have ads?
Garden Design Makeover Games shows ads; Catando does not.
Which is updated more often, Garden Design Makeover Games or Catando?
Garden Design Makeover Games ships an update monthly, and Catando every 5 days. Most recently, Garden Design Makeover Games was updated on November 8, 2026 and Catando on October 31, 2026.

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