Comparison

The Flower Shop Visual Novel vs BBirthday

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

Head to head
About

The Flower Shop Visual Novel

Experience a summer of farming and romance. Manage your time, cultivate crops, and build relationships with characters, leading to multiple endings. Your choices impact your journey.

Highlights
  • Dating and farming simulation gameplay
  • Raise and sell crops
  • Weekly time scheduler
  • Character relationship system
  • Multiple endings for high replayability
Features
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The Flower Shop is a dating and farming simulation game. Steve's life has just taken a downward turn. His grades from his first semester in college are dismal, his relationship with his girlfriend is rocky at best, and now his dad is shipping him off to some farm for the summer so that he can "build character." What's a poor, lazy, college kid to do? Take control of Steve as he spends a summer in Fairbook, working on the farm, making new friends, and maintaining old relationships. - Mix between dating sim with farming sim gameplay - Raise your crops and sell them at the market - Plan how you spend your time with the weekly scheduler - Relationship system: each character has a relationship value that affects gameplay - High replayability: normal and special ending for a total of 9 different endings!

About

BBirthday

Experience a dreamcore visual novel where you guide Bianca through 15 years of her life from a new viewpoint. Solve escape room puzzles with horror undertones and discover multiple endings.

Highlights
  • Visual novel gameplay
  • Dreamcore aesthetic
  • Escape room puzzles
  • Horror elements
  • Multiple endings
  • Relive life events
Features
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Help Bianca to relive the 15 years of her life, but from another perspective. Enjoy this dreamcore style visual novel with escape room elements and hints of horror. Unlock different endings.

Screenshots

The Flower Shop Visual Novel4 screens
BBirthday4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: BBirthday at 90% against The Flower Shop Visual Novel's 43%. BBirthday also leads on rating (4.7 vs 3.2) and update cadence (monthly vs every 6 months). The Flower Shop Visual Novel's advantage is iOS requirement (7.0 vs 12.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. The Flower Shop Visual Novel sells 2 one-off in-app purchases and BBirthday sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

BBirthday holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 3.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: BBirthday has 1.6K ratings behind it against 11, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 43% of The Flower Shop Visual Novel's written reviews are positive against 90% of BBirthday's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

The Flower Shop Visual Novel ships an update every 6 months, BBirthday monthly. The most recent releases landed on June 3, 2026 and September 28, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
The Flower Shop Visual Novel versus BBirthday: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterThe Flower Shop Visual NovelBBirthday
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.2 (11 ratings)4.7 (1.6K ratings) — better
Positive reviews42.9% of reviews90.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings111.6K — better
Update frequencyEvery 6 monthsMonthly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS7.0 — better12.0
Further details — not scored
Size71 MB171 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperCelso RivaJuan Amaro

Customer experience

The Flower Shop Visual Novel

All ratings11 ratings
Positive45.5%
Neutral9.1%
Negative45.5%
Written reviews7 reviews
Positive42.9%
Neutral28.6%
Negative28.6%

BBirthday

All ratings1,578 ratings
Positive92.6%
Neutral3.4%
Negative4.0%
Written reviews548 reviews
Positive90.0%
Neutral6.0%
Negative4.0%

Bugs and requests

The Flower Shop Visual Novel

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

BBirthday

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Game crashes during boss battles
  • Dialogue/text gets stuck or freezes
  • Inability to progress past certain levels
  • Saved progress not loading correctly

Requested features

5 requests
  • Add Russian language support
  • Provide more free content/endings
  • Improve stability and reduce crashes
  • Add a skip/fast-forward option for dialogue
  • Adjust age rating to better fit content

In-app purchases

2 purchases

The Flower Shop Visual Novel

One-time2
  • Extra Money$0.99
  • Unlock Full Version$5.99
1 purchases

BBirthday

One-time1
  • BBirthday Premium Version$7.99

Questions

Is The Flower Shop Visual Novel free?
The Flower Shop Visual Novel is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is BBirthday free?
BBirthday is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, The Flower Shop Visual Novel or BBirthday?
BBirthday is rated higher. The Flower Shop Visual Novel averages 3.2 out of 5 from 11 ratings, while BBirthday averages 4.7 from 1.6K ratings.
Do The Flower Shop Visual Novel or BBirthday have ads?
Neither The Flower Shop Visual Novel nor BBirthday shows ads.
Which is updated more often, The Flower Shop Visual Novel or BBirthday?
The Flower Shop Visual Novel ships an update every 6 months, and BBirthday monthly. Most recently, The Flower Shop Visual Novel was updated on June 3, 2026 and BBirthday on September 28, 2026.

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