Comparison

Alien Garden vs Plants vs Goblins 3

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

Head to head
About

Alien Garden

Discover and grow unique alien plants in this addictive puzzle game. Slide and combine plant cards to create larger ones and fill your garden. It's a simple yet challenging experience with spectacular graphics and sound.

Highlights
  • Slide and combine plant cards
  • Discover and grow alien plants
  • Addictive puzzle gameplay
  • Spectacular graphics and sound
  • Simple to play, hard to master
Features
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A space seed has fallen from the sky into your garden and alien plants were born! Discover these amazing creatures and make them grow. Will you have the alien green thumb? Alien Garden is a puzzle game in which you have to slide and combine little plants in order to obtain bigger plants. Have you ever seen such an incredible garden? If you loved "Threes", "1024" and "2048" you will be crazy for Alien Garden: the visual alternative to the famous gameplay! The basic idea here is you take a "seed" card and a "pot" card, mash them together, and end up with a "tiny plant" card. Now Combine two equal plants to obtain a bigger plant. Go on combining equal plants in order to fill all the board with the biggest plant you can obtain. This game appears simple at first glance, but quickly becomes highly addictive as you aim to beat your high score. Managing the board while planning several moves ahead becomes essential; Simple, smart, funny, and addictive. Features: • Famous gameplay improved with innovative features • Simple to play, hard to master • A game of skill, a dash of cleverness and fun characters • Spectacular graphics and sound Stay tuned and come visit us on our social networks: https://www.facebook.com/balzoeu https://twitter.com/balzoeu www.balzo.eu You guys! come in my lawn!

About

Plants vs Goblins 3

Defend the Garden Kingdom from a new goblin invasion in this action-packed strategy game. Recruit new plant warriors, upgrade powerful skills, and uncover secrets to drive back the enemy.

Highlights
  • New plant warrior types
  • Vicious new goblin enemies
  • Upgradeable special skills
  • Mysterious benefactor character
  • Diverse quest system
  • Daily free rewards
  • Goblin information library
Features
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Peace has reigned over the verdant fields of the Garden Kingdom for several years following the Second Great Goblin War. While the greenhouses have been rebuilt and the nurseries flourish with budding new citizens, the remnants of war remain in the tales of grizzled veterans telling stories over a glass of fertilizer and dust covered outposts that remain ever vigilant for the threat of goblins from sky and land. The illusion of peace that the plants had hoped would last forever was burst one sunny afternoon day when the guards at a border outpost found themselves frozen in place by a strange looking goblin crackling with an arcane blue glow. Seconds later a goblin moving faster than any they had seen before came in and destroyed the outpost, laying it to waste and clearing the way for the marching hordes that followed over the horizon. War has come again to the Garden Kingdom, with greater threats and more powerful goblins than they’ve ever faced before. But all is not lost, in the time of peace new friends have joined the Garden Kingdom, prickly cacti, fiery Chili Peppers, deadly Dahlias and more all stand with our old heroes to drive the vile threat back to where it came from. In this newest edition of Plants and Goblins You’ll find: - New Cactus, Chili, Dahlia, Pear, Pumpkin, Sunflower, Tomato, and Tulip Garden Warriors - Vicious new mad goblin and freeze goblin enemies. - Upgradeable special Skills including Heavy Rockets, Freezing, Bombs, and more! - A mysterious benefactor known as the Botanist who can’t fight or defend… but has secrets to share. - An endless array of diverse quests that will have you swimming in gold and gems! - Multiple Free Rewards A day - A comprehensive library containing information about all your goblin foes!

Screenshots

Alien Garden4 screens
Plants vs Goblins 33 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Alien Garden at 100% against Plants vs Goblins 3's 44%. Alien Garden also leads on ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (monthly vs every 43 months). Plants vs Goblins 3's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and rating (3.5 vs 3.3). On price 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

Both are free to download. Alien Garden sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Plants vs Goblins 3 asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Plants vs Goblins 3 holds the better App Store score, 3.5 against 3.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 15 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 100% of Alien Garden's written reviews are positive against 44% of Plants vs Goblins 3's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Alien Garden ships an update monthly, Plants vs Goblins 3 every 43 months. The most recent releases landed on October 26, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard8 real differences · 2 level
Alien Garden versus Plants vs Goblins 3: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAlien GardenPlants vs Goblins 3
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.3 (4 ratings)3.5 (15 ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better44.4% of reviews
Number of ratings415 — better
Update frequencyMonthly — betterEvery 43 months
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesAd-supported — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS6.0 — better12.0
Further details — not scored
Size59 MB232 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBalzo srlAleksey Tselinko

Customer experience

Alien Garden

All ratings4 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral25.0%
Negative25.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Plants vs Goblins 3

All ratings15 ratings
Positive66.7%
Neutral6.7%
Negative26.7%
Written reviews9 reviews
Positive44.4%
Neutral11.1%
Negative44.4%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Alien Garden

One-time1
  • Remove ads$1.99
None

Plants vs Goblins 3

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Alien Garden free?
Alien Garden is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Plants vs Goblins 3 free?
Plants vs Goblins 3 is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Alien Garden or Plants vs Goblins 3?
Plants vs Goblins 3 is rated higher. Alien Garden averages 3.3 out of 5 from 4 ratings, while Plants vs Goblins 3 averages 3.5 from 15 ratings.
Do Alien Garden or Plants vs Goblins 3 have ads?
Plants vs Goblins 3 shows ads; Alien Garden does not.
Which is updated more often, Alien Garden or Plants vs Goblins 3?
Alien Garden ships an update monthly, and Plants vs Goblins 3 every 43 months. Most recently, Alien Garden was updated on October 26, 2026 and Plants vs Goblins 3 on October 24, 2026.

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