Embark on an adventurous journey: beat match-3 levels, restore and decorate different areas in the garden, get to the bottom of the secrets it holds, and enjoy the company of amusing in-game characters, including Austin, your butler! What are you waiting for? Build your dream garden!

The game features:

● Unique gameplay: swap and match, restore and decorate the garden, and enjoy a novel storyline—all in one place!

● Hundreds of unique match-3 levels

● Dozens of in-game characters you can make friends with

● A lovely pet that is always there to cheer you up

● An in-game social network you can use to keep up on all the latest

● Different areas in the garden with unique structures: broken fountains, mysterious mazes, and many more

● A community that comes first—become neighbors with your Facebook friends!

Gardenscapes is free to play, though some in-game items can also be purchased for real money. If you don't want to use this option, simply turn it off in your device's "Restrictions" menu.

Enjoying Gardenscapes? Learn more about the game!

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Gardenscapes

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/gardenscapes_mobile/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/garden_scapes

Questions? Contact our Tech Support at https://playrix.helpshift.com/a/gardenscapes/?p=web&contact=1

What's New in Version 7.8.1

A fascinating Gardenscapes update!

NEW EVENTS

• Jump for joy in the new Bouncy Season! Starting April 12, players who purchase the Golden Ticket will be able to enjoy breathtaking trampoline jumps.

• Investigate the case of a Mythical Hound in the new Expedition mid-month: join Winston and Lisa on a trip to an old estate and unravel all its mysteries.

• Expedition to the Witches' Valley: dive into a world of magic, explore an enchanted forest, and break a curse!

GARDEN STORY

• Find out how the pyramid research unfolded: did the Aetari actually have contact with aliens?

Seller

Name

PLR Worldwide Sales Limited

URL

https://www.playrix.com/gardenscapes/index.html

Information

Developer

Playrix

Version

7.8.1

Size

269 MB

Game Center

Yes

VPP Device Licensing

Yes

Rating

Rated: 4+

Compatibility

iOS 12.0 or later

Devices

iPhone 5s, iPhone 6, iPhone 6 Plus, iPhone 6s, iPhone 6s Plus, iPhone SE, iPhone 7, iPhone 7 Plus, iPhone 8, iPhone 8 Plus, iPhone X, iPhone XR, iPhone XS, iPhone XS Max, iPhone 11, iPhone 11 Pro, iPhone 11 Pro Max, iPhone SE (2nd generation), iPhone 12, iPhone 12 Pro, iPhone 12 Pro Max, iPhone 12 mini, iPhone 13, iPhone 13 Pro, iPhone 13 Pro Max, iPhone 13 mini, iPhone SE (3rd generation), iPhone 14, iPhone 14 Plus, iPhone 14 Pro, iPhone 14 Pro Max, iPhone 15, iPhone 15 Plus, iPhone 15 Pro, iPhone 15 Pro Max, iPad (5th Generation) Wi-Fi, iPad (5th Generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad (6th generation) Wi-Fi, iPad (6th generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad Pro, iPad Pro (Cellular), iPad Pro (9.7-inch), iPad Pro (9.7-inch) (Cellular), iPad Pro 12.9-inch (2nd generation), iPad Pro 12.9-inch (2nd generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad Pro (10.5-inch), iPad Pro (10.5-inch) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad Pro (11-inch), iPad Pro (11-inch) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad Pro 12.9-inch (3rd generation), iPad Pro 12.9-inch (3rd generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad Air, iPad Air (Cellular), iPad Air 2, iPad Air 2 (Cellular), iPad Air (3rd generation), iPad Air (3rd generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad mini Retina, iPad mini Retina (Cellular), iPad mini 3, iPad mini 3 (Cellular), iPad mini 4, iPad mini 4 (Cellular), iPad mini (5th Generation), iPad mini (5th Generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad (7th generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad Pro 11-inch (2nd generation), iPad Pro 11-inch (2nd generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad Pro 12.9-inch (4th generation), iPad Pro 12.9-inch (4th generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad Air (4th Generation) (Wi-Fi), iPad Air (4th Generation) (Wi-Fi + Cellular), iPad (8th generation) Wi-Fi, iPad (8th generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad Pro 11-inch (3rd generation), iPad Pro 11-inch (3rd generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad Pro 12.9-inch (5th Generation), iPad Pro 12.9-inch (5th Generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad (9th Generation), iPad (9th Generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad mini (6th Generation), iPad mini (6th Generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad Air (5th generation), iPad Air (5th generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad Pro 11-inch (4th generation), iPad Pro 11-inch (4th generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad Pro 12.9-inch (6th generation), iPad Pro 12.9-inch (6th generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad (10th generation), iPad (10th generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPod touch (6th Generation), iPod touch (7th generation)

Languages

English, Chinese, Dutch, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Turkish

App Store: Customer Ratings

All Versions

4.7 (213,555 Ratings)

App Store: Customer Reviews

Confusing

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Mazza Red

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2024-04-21

Version 7.8.1

I have several games I usually play on my phone and am very familiar with what to do. BUT this one has really confused me. I have no idea where the blasted gnomes are hidden and consistently run out of time trying to release them. It’s just NOT fun - just stressful.

And as for the things to do in the garden? Well! I seem to always be one step behind what’s already happened in the narrative.

I have no idea of what I’m supposed to do.

Sorry but it’s a NO from me.

I’m going to delete the app. I didn’t find it enjoyable at all.

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PUPG 🆚 ROBLOX

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2024-04-20

Version 7.8.1

Baddddddd 🫀

Fun, but quickly becomes pay to advance

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Gaston131313

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2024-04-19

Version 7.8.1

Like most games of this genre, it starts off fun and relatively easy, but soon ramps up the difficulty so it’s impossible to progress without purchase. Fun while it lasted. Deleted….

Good

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Pongsabz

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2024-04-18

Version 7.8.1

Enjoyed playing

Great

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you are so amazing lol

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2024-04-18

Version 7.8.1

Great game

Bad

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Software no worky

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2024-04-18

Version 7.8.1

After a few few weeks of downloading this game, I soon deleted it. The whole reason I downloaded it was because I thought it was going to be like in the ads . They show a freezing woman and her child and you have to solve puzzles to help them.However the actual app is just another candy crush inspired game where you have to renovate your house. there’s this but ugly Butler guy named Austin, who supposedly is in luuuuurve with the freezing woman.(what I wanna know if he likes her so much then why does he let her starve in a rundown old shack?!!)It started out okay at first, but the levels keep getting harder and harder and I’m now stuck at one really hard level. The only way that you can progress is by buying the power ups which are way too overpriced and probably won’t help you anyway. on top of all that, what really drove me up the wall was when I saw that one of the ads for Garden scapes that stated:” 𝐼 𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑦 ℎ𝑎𝑡𝑒 𝑖𝑡 𝑤ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑔𝑎𝑚𝑒 𝑙𝑜𝑜𝑘𝑠 𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑙𝑦 𝑐𝑜𝑜𝑙 𝑖𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑎𝑑𝑠 𝑏𝑢𝑡 𝑤ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑎𝑐𝑎𝑡𝑢𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑦 𝑑𝑜𝑤𝑛𝑙𝑜𝑎𝑑 𝑖𝑡, 𝑖𝑡𝑠 𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑝𝑙𝑒𝑡𝑒𝑙𝑒𝑦 𝑑𝑖𝑓𝑓𝑒𝑟𝑒𝑛𝑡!𝐵𝑢𝑡 𝐼’𝑣𝑒 𝑓𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑑 𝑎 𝑔𝑎𝑚𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡𝑠 𝑗𝑢𝑠𝑡 𝑙𝑖𝑘𝑒 𝑖𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑎𝑑𝑠 𝑎𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑎𝑑𝑠." LIES!!!!!!!!!!! you occasionally come across a mini game like in the ads, but that’s it. There’s nothing about the woman or her child suffering and fixing their house. so, anyone thinking of downloading this game.DONT. just don’t. if I could’ve given this game zero stars, I would have.😡😡😡😡😡👎👎👎☹️☹️

Disappointed

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Africartist

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2024-04-17

Version 7.8.1

I saw multiple ads that led me to believe it had improved but was bitterly disappointed when got stuck in the endless loop again with mini games blocking progress. Then i remembered why i deleted it years ago. So i’ve deleted it again.

Great game

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Treezar1234

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2024-04-16

Version 7.8.1

Excellent fun would definitely recommend if you like this type of game !

You are taking the piss😡😱

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#&£(&)=)&(

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2024-04-15

Version 7.8.1

Why u charging so much? to finish this game costs hundreds of pounds 🫣also why are you putting such high energy numbers on the map games? it’s impossible to play without having to spend loads of money and still get nowhere , also the dynamite in the map game… It doesn’t actually blow anything up more than if you were to just do a normal move. It’s another rip off for 1500 points at each blas. The price and minimal benifit makes of it not fun anymore because you can’t progress in any kind of way that you feel like you’re winning … can u stop being so greedy and put all the prices and all the energy numbers back to what they used to be … 38 energy points to make one move is ridiculous 250 energy points doesn’t even get you to a next spot. How do you expect us to play the game?

Miss

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Chloe140498

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2024-04-15

Version 7.8.1

Brilliant game I love it

BEST GAME EVER🩵🩵🩵

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Fabulous_ girllll

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2024-04-15

Version 7.8.1

I love this game I 💯 percent recommend to play when bored it’s my fav game to play on my iPad I’d rather play it then any other game GET THE GAME RIGHT NOW to have fun and enjoy!😉

Just delete before you get frustrated

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siouxsan

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2024-04-15

Version 6.9.0

I loved the ads for the game. Is like a tiny part in the game though? Actual game play is completely different. Don't get me wrong, is still a good game but more I get into it, fun levels are disappearing. Hard level, super hard level & challenge, seem to be the only options.

I took this game on to relax, which it did at the beginning but now finding it stressful. So much so, will be deleting. Was downloaded for a happy, commuting, pass the time & it was but now, looks like a cash cow unfortunately......

Really disappointed as, was great.

I hate this game !!!!!

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Evie 😘 mango 🥰

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2024-04-14

Version 7.8.1

The game is absolutely nothing like the ads they just repeat the ads over and over to get you to by it . When I downloaded it I rated it a one star DONT GET THIS GAME ITS A SCAMMMMMMM

Good Game but…

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Loki Kitten

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2024-04-14

Version 7.8.1

I enjoyed this to start with but within a short time the games become too hard unless you want to spend money on power ups. I don’t want to do that so I run out of lives. That becomes boring

Update

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Zombiejojo

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2024-04-13

Version 7.8.1

Just updated the game and wish I had not .. one major I have noticed you cannot just tap on the bombs to explode !!!! You have to move them very frustrating please sort and will change star rating ..

Also what are these mini games you keep adverting with a women and child I cannot find these anywhere on the game am I missing something or is this false advertising ?

Appreciate an answer thanks

Update

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Steve9374

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2024-04-13

Version 7.8.1

Cannot double tap the explosives after the latest update! Makes it impossible to complete levels now! Please sort this out!

Challenge levels

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Chilli40

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2024-04-12

Version 7.8.1

Love the game, but still find the challenge levels pointless. Also why can you not activate the boosters by tapping them anymore, you have to move them. Very annoying

Bombs don’t work

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Jaypea1957

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2024-04-11

Version 7.8.1

Since the most recent update the bombs no longer explode when you tap them. Is that intentional? It’s very frustrating.

Never get mini games

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Jo2325

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2024-04-11

Version 7.8.1

I love the game but never get any mini games which are my favourite part! I haven’t had a mini game in the last 2000 levels!

So addictive!

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devrose777

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2024-04-11

Version 7.8.1

This game is so addictive! I play on it at least 3 times a day!

Latest update

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RichD72

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2024-04-11

Version 7.8.1

Love the game but, after the latest update you can’t double click on explosives - you have to move them. Please sort it out

Latest update has broken it!

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Medicsource

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2024-04-11

Version 7.8.1

More glitches. Cannot double tap the bombs all of a sudden. Please fix it!

Challenge level

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Stevewxm74

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2024-04-11

Version 7.8.1

I love this game and have played it for a long time, I want to know why now that when you win a challenge level the rewards are very poor, it used to be 10 minutes of something , now it just seems to be coins which is quiet disappointing

Thoughts on the future

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CLASSICSBABE

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2024-04-10

Version 7.8.1

I really enjoy this game and appreciate that using power boosts charges the colour boost. I’d love to see an update that gives you any boosters left over from a completing a level.

Great gameplay

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Sussyballman

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2024-04-10

Version 7.8.1

The game is very fun but difficult

so fun you can make cool gardens and do increadie tasks

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Alf Thyme

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2024-04-10

Version 7.8.1

so good i recommend

Not as good as it was

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Oleigh2201

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2024-04-10

Version 7.8.1

I’ve reached past level 11k, tell me why the game gets harder tbe more money I give them. You ain’t getting another penny, if people are spending money why are you trying to get more, can’t buy a 99p package anymore GREEDY PEOPLE NOW WANT £4.99 if you start to get sick of the red levels which are worse than the purple, then they threw in that pink level that just effs you over and you lose what you worked for. Can’t get anywhere fast with this game.

Thanks Gardenscapes, thanks for taking my money and I’m not SATISFIED. Don’t bother spend £7.99 on the side games either cuz you won’t win, just feel like you are getting robbed by a scamming $2 Bahrat!

No appreciation or grace for those who have been playing for years. I swear I’m not ever putting another £ in this game. Waste of money.

Can tell it’s all about their personal gain when a 99p bundle is no longer an option.

The update is bad

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Potato 111x

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2024-04-09

Version 7.8.1

I have had this game for a long time and have enjoyed every thing about it, how you can decorate the house and garden, but just recently a new update came in and the mini games weren’t as nice to play. It shows a very poor mother and child next to very rich people which I don’t think is nice because kids playing the game might think it is ok to be mean to people who are poorer than them😔. It is a good game but if this could be dealt with I think more people would download it and enjoy it 😊 Thank you for reading this 😉😉

Out of moves

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Funny280213

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2024-04-09

Version 7.8.1

So I have just started playing this game because I saw it in an ad in another game and it looked really good- and don’t get me wrong it is but whenever I play one of those mini games it always says I’m out of moves and I never am. And it has happened Every single time!! So please may you fix this!!

In my opinion:

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Harry the dogg

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2024-04-08

Version 7.8.0

I love the game but I have went on my dad’s account and he is nearly finished the game, but as I only had done three garden rooms, it was really different and I wanted to go back onto my account but I haven’t and it’s been three days. I’ve been texting my mum and my dad and all that so I think it’s good but say you had the game on your mum, dad and sibling’s device you should be able to go on any of them at anytime. 😁

New Update

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Deepi23

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2024-04-08

Version 7.8.0

The new update has ruined the game! It isn’t registering moves that would make the level complete. It also doesn’t allow a double tap to use the special items?? Please tell me this is going to be fixed?????

Review

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Rosieboy11

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2024-04-08

Version 7.8.0

Absolutely a great game 5 star from me

Satisfying

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Ab&aj

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2024-04-07

Version 7.8.0

Best thing ever played in my life!!

Great

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Dangerousturnip

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2024-04-07

Version 7.8.0

Fun

Game not as advertised!

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MickThePrinter.com

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2024-04-07

Version 7.8.0

I kept seeing adverts in other apps for this app depicting a freezing mother and daughter and pulling pins out in the correct order. I downloaded it only to find that its actually another game altogether and the mother/daughter is only a small part of the main game which appears infrequently. I found the other aspects of the game unchallenging and simple. I deleted it. Shame because the M/D bit was quite entertaining. Split this from the game and let it stand alone and I’d play it.

Can’t pass level 54

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goat grup game

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2024-04-06

Version 7.8.0

The levels have been made to hard this means I can’t play on in the game will have to delete this game soon if levels don’t become easier, up until now I have loved playing this game.

Good but I expected more.

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Tobytoomac

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2024-04-05

Version 7.8.0

I saw this game in the ads for other games and it months ago and it looked fun, then I downloaded it and it was just a matching game I expected the mini games to be all the game was(mini games are the games that appear every few levels if you haven’t played this game)but actually it was nothing like expected it to be from the ads.

It’s Sitka a fun game and I do enjoy playing it but as I said nothing like I expected

This isn’t a review

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Don’t recommend this game!!!

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2024-04-05

Version 7.7.5

THEY HAVE TOO BE GREAT FULL

Horrible

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lelevo2727

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2024-04-04

Version 7.7.5

You hacked me 🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩

It's such a copy of manor matters

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Bella Wichitawood

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2024-04-04

Version 7.7.5

It's basically manor matters just worse I recommend just downloading manor matters

This game is amazing

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Tallulah <3

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2024-04-04

Version 7.7.5

I’ve only just started playing and it’s already the best!

It’s just so fun and relaxing

Would recommend

The best review.

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:017

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2024-04-03

Version 7.7.5

WOW I love it I thought the ad was lying to me about the no ads but THERES NO ADS!!!! 🥳🥳🥳🥳 it’s very fun and relaxing to play and the music is very great!! 💅💅🥳🥳🥳 very fun game I recommend it! 😁

Not like the ads!

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Rosethecinnafan7

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2024-04-03

Version 7.7.5

I downloaded it to be the same in the ads but it was not! All we are doing is making the garden look nice+INSANE conversation with Austin!Got quickly bored and decided to delete don’t recommend as false advertising and it is the same with Homescapes!

B̼O̼R̼I̼N̼G̼ 😑

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4 star emojis x

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2024-04-02

Version 7.7.5

ᶜᴴᴬᴺᴳᴱ ᴵᵀ ˡ!

Great

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56((hui

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2024-04-02

Version 7.7.5

Great

Good

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Fjchrhd

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2024-04-01

Version 7.7.5

It’s fun and I can design it how I ike no adds the best supper fun

Hi

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missmoos15

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2024-04-01

Version 7.7.5

It is very fun

Garden scapes

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buy this game 🙏

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2024-04-01

Version 7.7.5

Firstly I did a review on the game and whilst I was writing it I sent it by accident so sorry for that ☹️

also I like this game a lot because you don’t need Wi-Fi

secondly it’s free and lastly the puzzles for it are great 😊

BAD PARTS

It’s a little bit boring when you do the puzzles and you run out of moves to play with so you start a new game but you can never get past that level that’s really annoying and partly frustrating

Thanks for reading my review

I hope this review makes you think whether you should buy it

😎😁

#1

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philmorganx

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2024-03-31

Version 7.7.5

The best experience I’ve ever had in a game most games are a total scam and when you accidentally delete it doesn't save your data but that’s not what happens on this game I’ve just started playing this in 2024 and I deleted it in June the 14th 2023 so I haven’t played this in a year and it still saved all my progress my name and the bit that I caught onto until I deleted from boredom but it’s been updated and I have no more concerns to be bored 5 stars for me or a 10/10 or 100% love the game!

Don’t waste your time

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Spangoose

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2024-03-31

Version 7.7.5

This game is a total money trap. It has no ads but it makes up for it by making the levels so hard you have to pay to get more moves. Then there’s all the annoying additional events that are never ending and are all basically the same with just a different theme. Don’t waste your time it gets old fast.

Level 118 the “super hard level”

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Ghnicholas

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2024-03-14

Version 7.7.0

I love this game so so much!! But I am starting to get irritated because I am missing out on so much from being stuck on one of the “super hard levels” I cannot get past this level. I have been on this level for almost a week. The level seems so unfair for me. I’ve tried this level so so many times. This is level 118. Even with all the power ups I can’t seem to complete this level. I believe you need atleast 2-3 more turns on this level as it is too hard for me to complete. My friends and family have all tried for me and they can’t seem to complete it either. I only have 538 coins on this game, therefore I cannot even buy a few more turns. Can Playrix please help me. I don’t know what to do. I love playing this game more than anything. It’s given me something to do when I’ve been down lately but this level has just stopped me from being able to enjoy the game at all, if someone from Playrix could help me it would be much appreciated!!

Thankyou so so much!!

Costing a lot more now

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Viv Yeur

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2024-02-27

Version 7.7.0

I used to love this game, and obviously as you go through the levels the games become harder to complete, but now it’s nigh on impossible to complete the 3 or 5 star games without spending money. Recently I’ve noticed that every time you have to buy coins the price goes up, what used to be 99p a time is now £1.99 etc. also, there is less coins in the safe when you pay to empty it, and the same with mini games, you used to get given so many free energy tops ups in the store, now you don’t get any, and the prices have increased quite a bit too. Disappointing that going through the levels etc, has become so much more expensive. There’s not as much incentive to play now, as you know that once you reach a certain level, it’s going to cost you. I stopped playing another game because of that, because you couldn’t complete the rooms without paying a silly amount of money. You’re losing players because no one likes to feel like they’re being ripped off, just to play a game

Great game

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Hi are you okay want a burger

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2024-02-03

Version 7.6.5

I’ve been playing for roughly 5+ years and I’ve never been bored. I didn't download it because I saw an ad, a friend recommended. The game isn’t like the ads you see HOWEVER it’s the only game I have ever consistently played. Bringing the garden back to life is so addictive. I’m on level 4342 so it shows I’ve stuck with it and all the bugs & issues that have been raised over the years the developers have always took them onboard and fixed! The only thing that annoys me is some of the ‘to do’ tasks want too many stars which waste your stars. But I guess the aim of the game is to get as many as possible! But it’s a great game that I will continue to play but it’s not the same as the ads because I’ve not had a mini game in months (not that I’m bothered because it’s great anyway)

PLEASE READ BEFORE DOWNLOADING.

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TheDigiArtist

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2023-08-24

Version 7.2.1

I rated this a 5 star so it would appear first when you scroll to see the reviews. If your downloading this because of the ads that you have seen, do not trust them. This app is not like this at all, and instead is a game where you are working with a man (forgot his name), a dog (unlocked later in the game) and his mum and dad to make their old house into a new, posh looking home that they are able to live in. You do this by completing match puzzle levels, much like royal match etc. Throughout the game, you shall encounter puzzles like the ones shown in the ads, but that’s not at all the point of the game, they’re more like bonus levels. Dear developers, please update your ads into something like the game, Instead of a fraud. Since those games in the ads appear sometimes (not a lot) ,yes, include them. But don’t just have them. Add more of the actual game. Aside from that, great game and recommend downloading it if your into interior design :)

Jarring

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Mali.mu

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2023-08-21

Version 7.2.1

I was on Duolingo and saw an advert featuring a mother & daughter - solve the puzzles & get prizes was the just of the advert, intrigued me so I downloaded to find out that you rarely see this feature in the game! To add to the infuriation you only get a certain amount of lives, & a certain amount of energy to solve the daily games/tasks which takes forever to reload if you aren’t paying(investing) real life money to do so! Even if you do ask your friends in the game to aid you, it limits you to do so with a timer. Effectively it’ll have you waiting most of the day to complete one level sometimes with about 4 tasks that need a certain amount of stars - or on the ‘seasonal challenges’ you’ll need over 26 energy bolts to move two paces which takes forever to reload & is used up in one or two strikes. I’m not sure how much patience I can have with this tbh. Seems better off if I just downloaded what I’d seen initially in the advert I.e this is false advertising- I thought I was downloading a puzzle solving game; or I’ll just go elsewhere where I can play enjoyably without having to pay to play. The other thing is that you actually can earn coins but sometimes you can accidentally press a pop up which will use them up in the anticipation of you trying to replay the level (very FRUSTRATING)! Would be a good game if it was a little more user friendly & less concerned with making us spend real money to play!

A amazing game

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Floral_24!

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2023-08-21

Version 7.2.1

I’ve played this game for a while now and it’s super fun when I’m bored as I get bored quite easily so it’s an amazing game to play but the only thing that is wrong is I think they should give u like more mini games bc after I finish a hard level that I have been stuck on for like a week or 2 and I get a star thing and I’m happy but I needed 2 so I happily go on to the next one thinking it is a minigame and will be easy to get a star but it’s another kinda hard one. But other than that I love this game Ive enjoyed and even my dad enjoys it and I do love u get a infinite hearts once in a little bit and it just makes me happy and u get rewards often and it is just fun so

The owners of this game if u read this I love it and I love Homescapes to thank you so much for making this it is so enjoyable

Please respond, thank you

Please read if u work for Playrix

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sTaRsHiP465

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2023-08-10

Version 7.2.1

Don’t get me wrong I have played Gardenscapes for years and really enjoy playing it, but all adds for the game show a freezing mother and daughter which is not the type of game Gardenscapes really is, as you only get those mini games every so often. This has always annoyed me and I

don’t speak for everyone, but from the people I have talked to who also play the game it is annoying to them too. Then one day a Gardenscapes add came up which almost made me quit playing. In a nutshell the add said “don’t you hate it when you see the add for the game and it looks so cool, then you download it and it is completely different! Well I found a game that is EXACTLY THE SAME as it is in the adds!” And proceeded to show the freezing mother and daughter which to me was infuriating. I know some people reading this may say I’m “overreacting” but after months maybe even years of seeing these adds its just annoying, because Gardenscapes is actually a really good game and its sad that the game developers don’t have confidence in Gardenscapes. So please if someone reading this works for Playrix, fix this. It will bring happiness to many fans of the game including myself. 🙏🥺

Thank you for reading.

Extremely unhappy loyal customer!

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Energy MS

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2023-05-21

I have been playing since the beginning and used to love this game. I have spent a lot of money on extra lives, event tickets and bonuses over the years too. I personally, loved the unlimited lives and bonuses for competing in tournaments like the ‘Orange Flower’ and ‘Dog training’ and for having leftover points etc. DEVS HAVE NOW RUINED THE PLAYING EXPERIENCE!! The rewards have been cut, for example now only getting 15 minutes for completing the Orange flower, rather than a full hour??! The cost of 1000 extra coins has increased from 99p to £1.99?? I have completed more than 12k levels and now get nothing for a reward. Some levels are now so hard that they take days to complete if you’re not willing to pay. Now you’ve added the tournament of tournaments like in Homescapes, it’s horrible and we don’t have a choice to play in it either. This is supposedly because new levels are coming… I was happy to pay before, but I won’t be doing anymore. It’s such a shame, you had a good thing going and people enjoyed it.

This game is not really what it is

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Darcy.hello.jjh

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2023-05-16

This game isn’t really what it is on the ads so I would say do not download it if you were looking for a good game . Also it’s very annoying because I see it everywhere and it’s the not game that it is . I would also want to say that it’s like candy crush so please make a new ad what it is actually worth or else you won’t get that much people playing this , you may not like this response that I am giving but I just want to tell other people what the game actually is . And there is so many ads in the game so please stop that or else it’s a nuisance . I would also like to say that if your playing this game it may lag and also whoever created this game is cool and that but ………… as I said it’s not really what it is . I keep seeing this on my ads and I keep re-downloading it then it makes me pretty upset that it not the game I was expecting. I just wrote this because I want to warn other people I don’t want to cause any drama just want to say my honest opinion …………

Thank you so much for reading this .

Great must get! But some things you need to know…

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Random asked to write a review

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2023-04-09

The range of custom items is huge! And I love having a pet dog but

Some times the levels are too hard and when I run out of lives and I ask my team for lives and it takes a day. The longest I’ve spent trying to beat a level is 1 month and a week TOO LONG 😂. But really there is TOO MANY THINGS TO BUY hey buy this useless thing for a ten pound no I’m good 🤣 oh and I didn’t pay for the golden ticket pack 🎫 and the pack gives you a pet raccoon and she’s called button? But the butler guy Austin talks like the raccoon is my pet anyway and sometimes says stuff like oh Luna (my dogs name) love’s button 💕 they’re best friends! They play so nice together! Austin ARE YOU HINTING?!? 🤣. Buy the pack because your digital dog likes the raccoon in it!!! Really? Any way the app is still worth it but if you’re a developer of this game please make it so that you get a daily reward helping you beat levels if you have been on the level for more than a week.

Thanks 😊

I wish it were like the ads, or that the ads were like the game -

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November Soph

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2023-04-08

I have been playing this game for a while, I do like how you can change the wallpaper, carpets, furniture and things like that, but it is really annoying when the ads show something completely different to the game itself. I know that you do have those mini levels where you need to help this woman and baby, or when you need to help the butler escape something, but that’s only once in a while. I wish there were more levels like this, I actually downloaded the game for those mini levels, but there’s barely any anyway. It would be absolutely wonderful if you added more of those mini escape room levels, or added an optional button to take you to a separate level room with a list of those levels. Overall, this game is pretty well made, just it could do with a few changes.

Thank you for reading

- Sophie

Cool, it’s okay

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Nixie_Cookiegirl

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2023-04-03

Okay so I’m not gonna lie here, I’m not going to go like “OMG THIS IS THE BEST GAME EVER”, because it really isn’t hah. It’s really fun and good, and I could ALMOST play it all day. But the only problem is, is the levels. I’m not a big fan of candy crush, to be honest I hate it. But I really like the other levels with the mother and daughter (you know). But the thing I hate about this, is that with the candy crush it’s getting really tiring and hard. On level 29 it’s impossible to do, I actually don’t know how people pass it. It might just be my brain or something, but i couldn’t do it! I hate how you have to use only 14 goes for 6 glasses, it really bugs me. No for real, I’m not lying right now I have been trying for simply ages and I just can’t do it! At about 10 minutes I give up, then in an hour I try again. One time I spent 30 minutes trying 1 level! Overall, it’s a bit tiring. I don’t agree with the other reviews, because level 29 is SOOOOOOOOOOOO hard. But if you have a pretty smart brain, you would be good at it. So I would recommend getting this game!

Stole my money

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Betsy Eve

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2022-10-17

I have been playing for a while. I’m disabled and use it as a stress relief. But i bought a package and it randomly charged me for one that isn’t even on the screen, you have to go looking for it, but guess what its more expensive. I contacted them immediately, they wanted proof of the purchase so i sent a screenshot and told them it was not what i had selected. I also contacted apple. But the scam artists at Gardenscapes. Told apple it was all above board and refused to refund it and let me buy the correct package. I have spent thousands with them and they screw me over every time i save a game and when they have technical errors. In my whole history they can see I’ve never bought the package the charged me for. I cannot understand why they would not apologise, refund it and let me buy the right one. My advice, do not play this game, they dont respect their customers, I’m so distressed about having to constantly battle for them to pay me back or even reinstate my game. If I wasn’t disabled i would never play, ironically i use it to distract myself from ptsd but I’m so distresssed that they are so dark and scam worthy that they wont ever do the right thing. I want my money back.

Rip off, AVOID!!

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Kelvedon

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2022-08-29

This game is addictive & expensive! Technical support is a joke! Freezing issues resulting in losing a game & bonuses which l might add are hard to get, then there response is wanting a screenshot? Beside the fact that it takes at least a day to get a reply you have to turn the game off to carry on so how can you send a screenshot? Team chests are hard to get & the prize is naff! Nothing on this game is easy! I have just deleted my game after 4 years & 100’s of pounds! I was the leader in a rated team called Honeys Bears. When we all reached 10,000 the game automatically removed over half my players, then l was removed! I waited for a space then got back into my own team! So many excellent players were gone. This was happening to all other teams. Response from support was a few bonuses, absolute joke. Final straw, one of my remaining long term players had freezing issues for over 2 weeks resulting in not being able to play at all, he tried all of supports suggestions & nothing worked so he wanted me to remove him, l contacted support & as usual no help whatsoever. All this game wants is your money & you get nothing for it, you have to spend to proceed & problems are never resolved. It’s a hard game aimed at your pocket. Would certainly not recommend!

Do they know it’s 2022?

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Minkopter

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2022-03-25

The basic game is good, if you enjoy laughing at the ostentatious choices presented which force you to make possibly the most mental garden in the world. I also enjoy the gameplay which has no stressful timer element.

Some of the intermittent storylines I think are questionable/ culturally dubious. Racial and gender stereotypes abound. I have just rolled my eyes to date and skipped over these bits, but the latest storyline has made my blood pressure rise. It’s one of those terrible misogynistic make-over tropes featuring a toxic relationship, where I’ve been asked to radically makeover a woman because her poor aesthetic choices have made her man leave her. Apparently if we redo her hair and make up he will love her again…I can’t tell you how nauseous this bilious outdated tripe makes me.

Dear developers - I am assuming you are male (if not I’m going to be even more depressed), and either struggling with the modern world, or at least cynically targeting those who are. One day you may have daughters, and believe me this is not the sort of bilge you want to influence their developing brains with. Please try and do better.

Feedback

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Chunkymonkeylickeyloogoo

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2021-10-24

Hi, just wanted to give some feedback. When you’re given a reward of free boosters for a certain amount of time (such as an hour for example), it’s really frustrating when you’re not able to spend an hour playing the game at that time and so you lose out. It would be good if ‘the clock’ stops ticking when you’re not playing the game. So if you’re given a free booster for 1 hour example, I could play for 30 mins today then stop playing. Then tomorrow, when I open the game again, there’s still 30 mins left. It really is so frustrating and unfair when you lose out on free booster time because you don’t have time to play the game for that long at that time. Alternatively, it would be good if you’re able to select when you want the time to start. So if I suddenly get a reward of 1 hour free boosters and I know I’ll be busy in 10 minutes, I can choose to start the 1 hour time tomorrow instead for example, when I know I’m free.

Changes have taken the fun away

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Chillybum

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2021-10-12

I have been playing this marvellous game for so long I can’t tell you but suddenly this and Homescapes have created impossible levels. I pay now and again for the golden ticket and boosters but not a huge amount. Dissappointed that I, as an experienced user, loving the strategy part to solving the puzzles are faced with unbeatable levels that require larger investments. I think you had the balance right but now you have stepped up the money making. Gutted to be fair but I’m not spending huge amounts on a game I have loved for years to keep going if it means large financial investment. Your clearly making money because it’s so popular Keep your offers going and us little dippers into a £4.99 extra help scheme will keep on coming. Make it impossible and we are off. I certainly am!

Used to be great

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Isaiah12v2

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2021-10-06

I’ve played this game for a number of years but for the last year it’s just getting harder and harder to complete the levels without throwing significant cash at it. Even the so called “normal” levels are taking days to complete. It’s almost like the game makers have an algorithm that watches to see if you spend anything, then adjusts your completion rate success to keep you spending. I play in a group and all members agree with this. On a couple of occasions I’ve bought coins to give 5 extra moves only for the game to crash as I complete it and I’m back to square one. Shoddy. The introduction of the golden ticket, again, was great at first, but it’s virtually impossible to complete all the levels (I average around 19 - as do my group members), and this time, frankly the purchased prizes are pretty lame and not much better than the free ones. Then there’s the new challenge levels. Literally impossible to beat, and the top hat rewards that you have managed to acquire are sucked into oblivion by them. Immediately following this you are hit with a hard or super hard level and the whole sorry cycle starts again. Developers I appreciate you have to make a living and no doubt you all want to be millionaires, but give a thought to us minions just trying to get some non-demanding relaxation time, and if you ever decide to give discount to the emergency services I for one will be very grateful.

Game outcome manipulation getting worse.

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penelopespaghetti

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2021-05-22

I like playing this game. However, I refuse to part with any of my hard earned cash to buy my way forward. Sadly the writers of this game are manipulating outcomes more than they ever did. They have stopped giving you the hope of easy points through watching adverts by deleting the option. Therefore the only way to make points is to succeed through the level3 games or to support team members when asking for lives. However, at a paltry 5 points each time you help, when you need 900 for an extra 5 goes, there is little hope in getting anywhere fast.

You used to be able to communicate with a real person at the ‘help desk’, however this is no more and an automated response is all you get. Hopeless.

So, here I am again, having wasted an hour of my life being manipulated into losing time and time again. I’m bored with this and the hopelessness of the game. So, until I get curious again, I am deleting the app and leaving Gardenscapes behind.

Dubious...

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KikiDollars

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2021-02-18

I love this game but it’s frustrating that on all but one occasions when I win free time of all power ups the game restarts and updates causing me to lose the free time power ups. This is frustrating as I do pay for some features of the game, but that is going to stop. Today I was playing the “prize in the box” game and again got free time in powerups and 30 mins free play. I collected my rewards and the game restarted again and when it reloaded all the free time power ups and other things i had won (like the gloves and so on) we’re gone. It gave me the chance to play again but gave me the jack in the box at the start. Where as previously I had much more. To get free time on all power ups has allows you to power through many levels in that space of time. I am definitely not going to pay for anything any more because I feel like I am being cheated. I will just play the free elements from now on because I don’t feel like it’s co incidence. The same thing happened last week and that’s what caused me to leave this review. It’s so infrequent that you get free time and all powerups together that it’s just not fair, developers need to sort it out.

AND I have bought the golden ticket and often still only get 5 lives, I am in a very responsive team so don’t think the golden ticket lives function is always worth buying

Too many bugs and terrible customer support

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twentytec

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2021-02-09

I started playing this game last year and really enjoyed it. However as you progress the game does get very difficult and the rewards do not reflect this. Play rix have been very clever in the way they get you to spend money. This being said I would not have minded that if the game worked properly and the game support was actually fit for purpose, sadly this is not the case. I have had a problem with the boosters in the game since dec last year and I am still trying to get support to recognise this. I sent a video which clearly shows the error and support claim they cannot see it. I have now sent two more in game videos and will wait the usual two or so days to get a reply. I have also contacted play rix customer services and have had no response from them. I Am not happy having spent money on this game to be treated like this. So players beware the game is full of bugs I would advise if you play not to waste money buying things that don’t work

A never ending story

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jasmine3467

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2020-12-23

A very nicely produced game. I have played the obvious match 3 games in the past and in the end the continual ‘sameness of the game led me to delete them.

The additional story of redesigning the garden was interesting but in the end you know that as the difficulty level progresses and the early wins fade into distant memory you’ll be on your last heart with 5 moves remaining and no chance of clearing the level for the 10th time.

As I never use the in app purchases to progress in the game the coins that are won are pointless andI can see how the difficulty progression and coins lead a player to quickly buy the purchases.

If you like match 3 games you’ll probably like this but you honestly know you’ll be spending money to buy stars to redesign your garden quicker.

Whilst you can absolutely earn all the stars you’ll need to complete tasks in the garden, for the time it takes without In app purchases you could just go and do your own garden, if you can. It might be a bit quicker and a bit cheaper.

Good game very addictive but rewards are poor

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stu 87

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2020-12-07

The game in general is a good game and very addictive, but the rewards system for this game is very poor, I’m nearly on level 1600 now and the game can be extremely difficult if not impossible to complete without the perks that you very much need but very rarely receive.. and when you do receive these perks it’s very inadequate to the high levels of the game, the rewards system seems to have been developed for the early levels only and do not correspond with the difficulty as you progress further into the game, I have spent far to much money on this game and there is no appreciation or fair rewards for this, I’m at the point in playing this game now where I’m refusing to spend any more of my money especially with no fair rewards for this and this sadly means I will be giving up this game because it is becoming near on impossible just to complete a single level especially with the 5 lives it gives you which you are rewarded one life every 30 minutes, it seriously needs adapting for the more advanced players to keep us interested in playing without spending ridiculous amounts of money.

Upset

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bloopbloplallaa

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2020-10-14

I love this game and play it on a daily bases and I’ve never had a problem with the game but unfortunately it recently updated I don’t know like 3-5 days ago and it randomly started crashing ? At first it was just taking me off the game every few minutes but know I can’t even open the app as when it’s loading it throws me off !! I’m soo upset as this is my favourite game ever please can someone help me ! My progress isn’t saved as i haven’t logged in ( at least I don’t think I have ) but I can’t even check and I can’t delete and re-download it as I will most probably looses all my progress and I’m on level like 420 or something like that ...please app developers help me I play on an IPhone 7 and never had a problem ,

But if someone is reading this review in thought of downloading, it’s an amazing game I’m only having trouble accessing the app now but definitely download and I hope your game doesn’t crash like mine 🙂

GardenScapes

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Bambi1088

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2020-05-15

I really do like the game and enjoy playing it. I used to have plenty of games but have had to delete those due to memory overload but I have kept GardenScapes. The only flaws I can give the game, some levels are really hard to complete using a lot of your lives if not all, I have had times where I have completed a level but before the game gives me my star and recollects that I have passed the level the game crashes now I’m not sure wether this is the game or my phone but it does only happen when I’m in playing mode and the last flaw is that the game gives you the opportunity to renovate rooms and I have not once yet completed a room due to not earning enough tokens in time or just not being given enough time by the game. Otherwise, the game is really enjoyable, can be addictive and has a variety of features.

😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱🥶😭😱😱😱

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bumblelilac

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2020-04-17

This I’ve

No matter how many times I have to do the same Leave I don’t think I’m going back to sleep because I’m tired of being able too because I’m going back and forth and I’m just not sure how much of it to be with my family or friends or not just to be with my dad is my time for the next three years and I’m not sure what to say to him but he has a good job that he has done for him so he has a good job that I cannot was the way he did that he said I would like it if he could get me to do that I cannot is a way I could go back and do a job or not because he is a little more than I do but he has a good time at all but he has a good time at all so he is a little too busy so he doesn’t want me back in time for a long day and then he will get it to him I know he’s a little busy and he has to work at the same day and then he doesn’t have a lot to worry haha and he doesn’t like it because I cannot was like I was like that he doesn’t like it and I cannot is that I cannot is like a big yggbhh I cannot is a time for you and you guys and we will be together for dinner tonight so we will have a little time with him tomorrow and I can get him a check

Crashing is unfair - for the second time!!

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Fussymungo

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2020-04-07

I really do think this game needs to fix the issue that it throws you out just as you are winning a level but the boosters you used are then not given back. If I had paid for the boosters instead of winning them, it could even be fraudulent to allow them to be taken from people in this way. It proves that it is not worth buying boosters as (a) the game crashes so often and (b) they frequently dont help you (around 50% of the time). So enjoy the game but dont pay for anything until they fix this issue.

First post: This game crashes but then doesnt refund you the coins used during a game which has crashed. So far this cost me over 2000 coins and I am not prepared to spend money on replacing them. Either it should reboot from the start of that game or automatically move you forward a game. On a hard level which I had just won, it went back to the start of that level but without the coins to win it. Rubbish! Fix the crashing or be fair!

It’s not that great

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fml kmn

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2020-04-02

It’s fake advertising and constant repetitiveness makes it annoying to see when I’m playing other games - I downloaded this game a little while back I didn’t enjoy it so I deleted it. However now when I’m playing other games it continues to pop up and advertise things that have never happened in the game before. It’s lying to people by saying there are things in the game that there aren’t. It’s not fun it’s honestly quite dull as well I understand if you have different opinions and I respect that. Maybe the game had gotten better and has actually put the things it advertises into the game and if so I am sorry but I refuse to download it again and fall for another fake advertisement. Also when I say it fake advertises I don’t mean just now- when I first downloaded it I fell for a fake advert of this game so I don’t believe the current advertising is true either especially considering that it is so extremely different from the original game and that it literally has “not all images represent actual gameplay” in one of its two most popular adverts

READ THIS! FIX IT! Disappointed

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AnaisIsAce

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2020-03-29

So I started off amazed that I’d finally found a perfect game. Aesthetically pleasing, no ads, calming, fun to play, etc. Then at level 30 I realised every time you lose it takes a heart away, and it’s very difficult to earn enough coins to buy the hearts back.

If you want to keep ANY players at all and stop everyone from deleting this game, I suggest you get rid of the losing hearts system. It makes the game unbeatable and ultimately frustrating to the point where it makes your blood boil. A lot of the time, completing a level depends on luck of where you can match the fruit. Sometimes, when you have limited moves, you know right from the start that you won’t make it just because all your matches are right at the top of the board. And then it takes a heart away! For being impossible!!! Honestly I hope you read these and you fix it pronto because I now have to wait ages for my hearts to fill back up and if it keeps happening I’ll have deleted the game by tomorrow. And it’s a real shame because it’s one of the best mobile games I’ve ever played. You’re shooting yourselves in the foot here!

Crashes all the time

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Lanabr

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2020-03-14

I’ve been playing this game for several years and I love it. The only game I enjoy so much. But about 3 months ago it started to crash. Initially it happened very really, once in a couple of weeks, but then more and more often and now it happens several times a day, maybe 1 in each 5 games (tries to complete a level). The most annoying thing that is usually happens when you have already won and the final amount of coins is calculated. It crashes and you lose your life, your game try is marked as “lost”, you lose your boosters and other bonuses. Several times I won a super complicated level, used several boosters for that and bought extra moves, I knew I had won it and then the game crashed and I was left with nothing. I now my phone is not the newest model (I would have had one if I had not played this game so much) but it does meat the requirements. I’ve tried to re-install the game but it did not help. I think it happens because the overcomplicated animation. I love the graphics in the game but I often think that there is too much unnecessary animation. I wish there was an option to switch it down to minimum and hopefully the game would stop crashing. At the moment I am so stressed out with this constant crashing that I have to find some other game instead or do something even better and more exciting with all that time I spend playing.

Tolerable pay to win tactics

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MBakergal

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2020-03-10

Okay so, like almost every other free app out there - this has micro-transactions in abundance. UNLIKE those other apps, these are almost ignorable in this game to those like me who aren’t ever going to spend money on it. My one point of contention is that when you are trying to build up your coins and have failed a level a couple of times the game “suggests” you purchase some blasts and puts the button to do so EXACTLY where the button to retry would normally be. I’ve accidentally wasted so many coins due to this and it is terribly annoying. Other than that, the devs did a great job. Sometimes you’ll get fed up and you come back after several days not playing and suddenly get a perfect streak of five+ levels which does mean the whole thing starts to feel a bit rigged but I can live with that to. Mostly I just want to make the garden beautiful again!

Dibbledribble

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dibbledribble

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2019-12-22

Bored now , no progress for a week , so after playing for a long time I am deleting game after this weekend. No progress makes for a dull game. Have also read many reviews given. As a business I'm surprised you've not been close down with such bad reviews!!!!!!! It's Christmas , stop making the levels so bloody hard!!!!!! Merry Christmas. Can you stop putting the golden ticket people down the bottom of chat list . Other team members asking for lives are being missed. Or is it because they've spent more money with you ! Just check three times now. In the 22 moves given, 6 butterflies don't even appear to be cleared. How one earth am I meant to clear to move on, again get sort it will report . Stuck on a level 1865 that has butterflies and statues. 22 moves , but how do you expect us to clear when twice now I've used rainbow explosions to clear statues and butterflies only to have 5 or 6 moves left to clear remaining butterflies that just don't appear!!! Can't clear them if they don't appear???????????????????????!!!!!on level 1802, is it because I've not spend any money on your game that your holding me up every time there is a team chest. Makes you think !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I enjoyed at first

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Mikkibro

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2019-12-14

Have got to about level 1200 and it does feel like it’s gonna be pay to play now. I got to level 1000 fairly easily and accumulated over 30k in coins and over 20 boosts of each I won some and others which I purchased but I was enjoying the game. Now when your not beating levels and spending too progress. Am going to pay or play the same level over and over and to be fair I can’t be bothered now. You do get plenty of unlimited life’s but when your not getting anywhere you just get bored. As the main objective it is to transform your garden. I wanted to see the story through but am starting to hate playing. I have to admit the setup up is entertaining I can’t justify paying loads to see it through. Maybe just do a package we’re you can buy what you need to see the story to the end instead. I get you need to make money. If your good at these types of games I would say good enjoyable game.

Aimed at making you spend money!

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macbitz

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2019-08-29

I've played many Playrix games and most of them are very enjoyable. This on the other hand seems to simply be a match-three game heavily biased towards getting you to spend money on in-app purchases. The fact that there are numerous in-app purchases costing up to £99 says it all!

The levels quickly get so difficult that it's impossible to progress without buying extra time or power-ups in order to complete them. There's also a lack of variation in that practically all levels give you a limited number of moves to complete them, typically far fewer moves that you actually need; the timed levels are few and far between, but once you progress to about 25% through the game ‘hard’ and ‘super hard’ levels appear every 3 or 4 games, depleting you of any resources you’ve managed to accumulate. Also the progress in restoring the garden is constantly interrupted with tasks like washing the dog or collecting a stick.

Many of the Playrix games I've got I have played for months on end, but this one will just get forgotten unless they make it into a playable game rather than trying to make a cash cow. The developers claim that the game is entirely playable without spending real money but this is somewhat disingenuous seeing as to do so will mean you spend weeks at a time trying to complete one game, and the nature of the in-app purchases makes this apparent.

Addictive money trap, beware

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Riperhhnej

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2019-08-04

First of all, let me say that I love the game in terms of its functionality and entertainment factor. However, it has been deliberately designed as a money sucking vacuum to extract as much currency from those who are unfortunate enough to really enjoy playing it and who want to progress.

There are several tiny nuances, such as deducting from a limited number of lives, asking you to pay coins to speed up tasks, having to pay cash to buy coins earned during gameplay etc and quite a few explicit, blatant, money grabbing tactics similar to those used by loan sharks and narcotics sellers. When you run out of lives, you get offered a small lifeline of 5 extra moves for 800 coins (roughly costing £1). If you exhaust this, the fee for an additional 5 moves is raised to 1200 coins and then 2000. You are inadvertently paying an exponentially increasing surcharge for your desire to finish a level. I’ve never seen how much higher than that it can go as I come to my senses at this point and give up on the level.

After spending close to £50 in my first month, including exhausting a £15 pack within 30 minutes, I came to the decision to delete the game. It is fun and addictive, but not worth spending 15 pounds within 30 minutes.

Like it, but so expensive to play properly

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Pixardudess

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2019-06-18

It’s one of those frustrating games where you can play for free, but to advance any, you have to be prepared to spend a small fortune. That’s it in a nutshell. I can say that as a player who is over level 400 and I’m quite clever at games, but even I needed to spend quite a lot to get here. It’s impossible otherwise. It likes to make you pay for those extra one or two moves you need to complete the current game and with stiff penalties if you just quit it to replay the level (which makes you lose much needed bonuses for completing first time). In summary, the whole game is designed to make you be forced to spend as much as possible with them. “What game doesn’t,” I hear you say... but as long as you know this before delving into it!!!!

UPDATE: Having reached level 600 and spent a small fortune on this game, I’m ready to give up and put it away. One of the most annoying parts to a regular player is to have to stop playing because you run out of lives. When I’m on a good run, I’m spending money with the game every hour, but when I’m out of lives because of a difficult level, I’m not spending anything because the challenge is to beat the level without throwing money at it. Silly to disable players spending money with the game, developers haven’t done their homework!

Great game

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jj100all4u

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2019-06-09

I have played this game for a couple of years, and, when I’ve wanted to progress quickly through the game, have spent a lot on stars which I don’t mind as it is my choice. However, as I progress through levels <3000 I’m finding them increasingly hard to play putting me in a position where I feel I’m being forced to buy stars to progress. Several levels including 3169 are taking anywhere from 30-40 attempts to successfully finish them even with boosters and I’m starting to get very frustrated as I’m now unable to move forward in the game. I understand the authors saying that every level is achievable and accept that some are harder than others, but Playrix, you are in danger of losing a player that has made you significant income over the past couple of years. The game is enjoyable on a number of levels but make it too tough and you will start to lose your loyal fans.

A few fixes required, but OK

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Der Honey Monster

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2019-05-06

Bug fix needed! Lives should only be deducted once playing of the level is finished, not if the program crashes when you're in the middle of playing! I didn't even see the result of my first move before the program crashed and took a life off me :-/

Hard levels now and then are OK, but it gets to the point where I'm getting so fed up with a level that I stop playing even if there are unlimited lives available for a while. One of the big frustrations is the timed levels earlier , mainly when I wanted to make a move but the game itself slows me down. Examples: a removed gnome hangs around totally blocking the screen so I can't make my move until he's gone; or I have to wait a few seconds for the blasted rainbow blast to get its act together before I can make a move. Both these things have made me run out of time on many occasions. Having said that, though, the rewards of being able to progress with the garden improvements are just enough to make me keep on with it. One thing I'd like to see disappear is the "against the clock" bit. Having to have multiple tries against the clock just adds up to a lot of high-stress time, which is a bit much for something which is supposed to be fun! Too much stress for little reward on those. If the programmers could resolve the issues mentioned above this would be a much more enjoyable game.

Lady

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Shynaim

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2019-01-30

First of all, the game itself I used to love. But now, the hard levels are getting to close to each other and this is really frustrating. Secondly, to refill your lives or to get 5 more moves costs us 900 coins, when the reward from the level is 50-60 depends on how you beat it. Thirdly, this events with trees, why have you raised the number of levels? Why is it 20 now instead of 12? Finally, when you beat these levels on trees it just gives you unlimited live, not like before some boosters.

This game is really getting annoying and I'm thinking to quit it because the only thing you do, you say sorry your feedback has been passed to the development team. But as many of others companies you just ignore our complaints and do nothing. Angry customers don't come back, they get back, by leaving you.

Changes for the worst

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mrshuds

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2019-01-12

I love this game. I find it completely addictive and enjoyable and the level of challenge used to match the level of reward. The recent changes have started to put me off however.

I’m not anti-change at all but some of them are spoiling the game. Firstly, the rewards you get now are mostly either free time play or the green money things, neither of which are much reward, especially when the green money just sits there while the next areas are being developed. There used to be more bonus stars - the extra hard levels are still there but are now just being called hard so no extra stars are given. Lastly, the gas cylinders. Why I lose the level when I still have 20+ moves to go completely goes against the whole idea of the game - clear things in the amount of moves given. Please don’t leave me a link on how to defeat them below in a reply - I’ve read it. They turn an enjoyable puzzle game into a stressful defuse the bomb one and I play games to relax, not to have more stress!

Annoying game

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Wadley7

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2019-01-02

I really like this game. Always playing when I had a spare 5-10minutes. The levels came and went and progression was a steady rate. This is always very satisfying, areas got cleared and things got built.

Now however it feels that I can only achieve one level per day. The game only lets me past a level when it wants to. I can use all my boosters and it still won’t give me the pieces to clear a certain block. It’s even worse with the magic hats or dog extras. You get past a level and receive a boost then the following level it’s useless and a waste so back to square one - very frustrating. If you manage to get all bonus’s with 3 extra moves you can’t complete levels but amazingly enough once you’ve lost everything you clear the level with moves to spare.

This game has gone from pleasurable to frustrating and I only sign on a couple of times a week play my lives and then switch it off. Where as before I couldn’t put it down ☹️

Used to be good

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Manding28

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2018-12-03

I have been playing this game for well over a year now and I used to enjoy it a lot, but the updates have just made it harder for me to play and meaning you have to spend money to go further.

The updates I talk about are the changes of the tree as you used to get other items when you reach certain levels, but now you just get free play for an hour or two, and instead of completing 12 levels you have to complete 20 pointless, also on some special events you used to get 30mins free use of the circle boost, but now you just 30 mins of free play pointless again.

When you do special events like Halloween and Christmas why don’t you start them at the start of the month instead of halfway through the month, I tell you why so we will play it all the time and spend our own money just so we complete the task.

Lastly you make some of the levels so hard that it can takes days to complete and if we want five more moves it costs 900coins why so much could you not put that down to 400 coins instead. Stop making this good game rubbish and harder for people to enjoy it

Creative team needs to ease up a little if you still want my money

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kgoldau

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2018-09-06

First and foremost: I love the game. Well used to love it. And I totally get that the developers are in there to make money.

Now in he past I used to occasionally buy the my vault for £2.99 and the odd sale. All in all I would say I have spend about a £50-70 on it... but I enjoyed it as I levelled up etc and saw a progress. Three times now have I reached the last developed level and was kept on hold, but I found that the new levels that were developed are now so hard that you basically can’t achieve them at all anymore until you spend money. Sorry guys! That’s not how this works. If sworn myself I won’t pay a single penny anymore until your developers calm down and make those levels achievable again. And don’t make every second level a hard one guys. People still want to have fun. If you carry on like this, people won’t play anymore if they know that they have to spend hundreds of £ to get anywhere. Your choice, loose more and more clients because you keep making it harder and harder or keep a steady cash flow.

Worst update ever in the whole world.

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Agahss

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2018-08-19

I have played this game for so long now, around 2 years now. This is the only game I stick to as I get bored super easily. I loved everything about this game and decided to try the other game by these creators, the one with the Home but my problem was the annoying animation of the little icons in the actual games so I uninstalled and I am SOO SAD and so super not happy that they’ve changed the icons in this game to poorer animations. The previous animations are INCREDIBLE. and now they look childish and way worse than before and I’m so confused and now playing this game is just annoying. Where before the game was calming and gave me such a positive experience, now it just seems like I’m playing a game that a 7 year old would be attracted to and it doesn’t appeal to me anymore. I’m very sad this change was made. I’ll probably still play this game every now and then but I certainly will be keeping up to date with weekly events in the game and promotions etc. The game was 100% 5/5 no questions asked before. But now, I honestly feel that this minor change has changed the game for the worse. Maybe the creators are trying to appear to more younger people or what but I’m quite disappointed and despite knowing its very unlikely that they’d change the icons back or actually IMPROVE the old ones. Love the game. Definitely recommend it. Personally being a very visual person it’s a hard adjustment.

Nice Graphics and I love this game but.....

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Inkling UK

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2018-08-04

I love this game but you get stuck quite early in the game trying to get past difficult levels. I absolutely object to your principals though. You play a level and just as you get to the last move you get the most boosters raining down in the level. Just what you need to finish the level..only you can’t because the boosters are swept away in the sad screen that asks you if you give up or do you want to spend money continuing? It costs a lot more coins then you get to continue than when you win a level and you get only five extra moves. I have spent more money than I wanted and lost most of the benefits in boosters badly placed by you. I want to decide where my boosters go and I would like to be able to use the boosters that fall into the frame on the last move! I’m not spending another penny. If I get any more frustrated by your game it’s a simple process to delete the app. Shame on you for being greedy.

Was Addicted

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henriettasmythe

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2018-07-07

I have played this game from the beginning and it developed into a really interesting game with extra challenges which I have really enjoyed. The grow a tree gave the opportunity to win some boosters and some free play. This challenge has changed doubling the levels to 20, level 2 gets you 1 hr of free play, level 10 gets you 2 hrs of free play, I don’t know what you get at 20 as I don’t have the skills to reach that goal. There is no longer an incentive with this challenge and certainly not worth making a purchase for an hours free play. That has dulled my enthusiasm a bit. Tonight I have just been introduced to gas cylinders, what a nightmare these are, reminders of the butterflies, game over when one escaped but these cylinders are worse they count down every time you make a move and they pop up all over the place so I have spent time trying to explode them and not even touching on concentrating on the target of the game. When one reaches its countdown game over and this is game over for me too

Really loved this game but it seems it is going backwards, shame. I like a challenge, not a hopeless struggle

New levels needed

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Rackelle

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2018-04-19

So I might be an addict but that’s what they want right? So why have I run out of levels?! I’m on 2400 and am now waiting for the next level to appear.

A few things that are just a little out of order/mean/purely for money making:

The number of stars you earn versus the number of stars required to complete tasks are totally out of sync. There was a period where you got extra hard levels and earned more stars but these seem to have disappeared. Perhaps having different level options would be good, easy, hard and extra hard for 1, 2 or 3 stars maybe.

You earn basically no coins for completing levels but any power ups cost far more than that. Either earn more coins or lower the number of coins needed to buy anything.

There is quite a lot of unnecessary decoration! So you have to earn stars to complete a task to put flowers on top of flowers! Just makes it take longer to complete a day or area when it already takes ages because of my earlier point regarding stars!

Greedy game owners spoil the fun

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wigan warriors 1

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2017-12-27

This game is beautiful, I love the thing, but it is so frustrating that, in order to play as often as I'd like I have to spend money, or wait ages for the lives to renew. I'm practically bedridden, so I find myself spending ridiculous amounts of money on extra lives in order to have something to do. The same happened with Angry Birds 2. I got rid of that, and I'm going to have to do the same with Gardenscapes, I'm sorry to say. It's not as if the player gets better the more he plays & so progresses smoothly through the game, gaining experience & skill along the way: the level difficulty is totally eccentric. From the easy Peasy you go to really, very difficult levels which can take days to clear, back to tough, but doable with practise, back to ridiculously easy, and so it goes. I shall be sad to see this game go, it's gorgeous graphics are a real pleasure to play in. Don't be so greedy, guys, make the game more easily accessible to the average, working class dude, they'll stick with you & you'll make the same money, just over a longer time. I'm so disappointed.

Addictive but costly

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Minniethemoo1

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2017-12-07

This is a very enjoyable game, although when you think about it, all your doing is lining up various objects to blow up! Not brain science, so why then can I not put the thing down??? Ok, so the hard levels are sometimes easy and the so called easy levels are next to impossible, unless of course, you spend money to buy power ups. I hate to say it, but I'm totally guilty of this, sometimes in a big way! I would love to know why it costs 900 coins for just a basic 5 extra lives and you only win about 60 at the end of a level. Very very tight on the side of the makers, or very clever, to get you to buy more power ups.... mmmm think we know the answer to that. So my advice is don't buy this, you'll love it, but spend money to play more and move on. What the prize at the end of it.... a slightly creepy man with a nice garden! Oh dear God, what have I done!! All this time and money playing this and buying extras, I must be crazy! But it IS a great game, the makers should just stop being so flaming greedy! Now put the iPad down and move away slowly! 1 star for the makers greed, 5 stars for the actual game!

Bad to bone

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Tattys16

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2017-11-19

Well I have to say I do love this game, BUT good lord I've worn my finger to the bone playing this game on the same level for days and it really sometimes isn't worth it in the end to receive 1 poxy star and I need 5 trillion to even get my garden looking decent! Then I've got old smug face clapping or winking at me rubbing it in my face when I fail miserably on another level yet again! For gods sake people put some pleasure into playing the game instead of constantly having to use 2/3 and 4 stars for sweet naff all results! Thank goodness I have my enjoyable other games to play during my quiet and relaxing moments. Not saying the game is rubbish it's not, I actually like it a lot but me and most other people are just not getting anywhere then it just becomes frustrating and takes away the enjoyment. I don't want easy but at least make it worthwhile and it would be a joy to see our gardens progress. I'm 54 by the time my gardens finished I'll look like this 💀

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