Absolutely fun and addicting!!
Fri Sep 08 2023 yld1009Update: I still love the game, but there are some things they really need to change. 1) 900 coins for just 5 more moves??? Really??? That amount is absolutely ridiculous!!! You run out of coins before you know it and have to buy more to continue. And to top that off, the most coins you win per level is maybe 80 something if you’re lucky. They go by the number of moves you have left instead of how well you did on the level. So to spend 900 coins for 5 more moves and only earn 50 coins for that level, you are not earning nearly enough to make up for the 900. It’s just not right. It’s a rip off. 2) The characters really need more outfits!! It gets old seeing them in the same thing all the time. For ex: Whitney! Omg, please make her some outfits! Holly needs more also, even though she is my least favorite character, lol. Cannot stand her! And Regina needs more also. And lastly 3) the packages or specials need to be cheaper. I feel like the developers are just money hungry and don’t really care about their customers or players. I do love the storyline for the most part, and it’s a fun game, but to continue the game, it’s getting way too expensive. So I may delete it if the money factor doesn’t change. Hopefully they read their reviews because they sure don’t listen if you email them directly. Good luck if you play the game! Like I said, it’s a lot of fun, but will cost you lots of money too. Love this game and storyline! So much fun!!
Both love it and am frustrated
Mon Mar 08 2021 SweetP and HollyhocksFirst of all I’d like to say that I have been really enjoying this game. I enjoy the story lines a great deal. I do have a couple of concerns.
The primary reason I chose this game over other gardening games is that in the ads it indicated there would also be some home renovation/decorating. I know it’s a gardening game, so I expect there to be a great deal of gardening and landscaping tasks. However, being able to change it up some and do some indoor stuff from time to time really attracted me! There’s been exterior building work, but sometimes helping Lily with indoors tasks (which would need to include indoor plants) would be nice! I’d love to see more than a glimpse of tiny parts of her two houses!
Another concern involves the money/coins. Everything costs a great deal, even for the tiniest of tasks, and it’s hard to earn the coins. The more difficult the level the more coins you should earn. It’s frustrating to pay the same 900 coins whether you have 5 moves or one move left, not to mention that there are some levels you can’t complete without having to purchase more moves or more assistance devices (like rockets or shovels). I get that you need to earn money from your games. That’s fair. But being gouged is another. A couple of times I’ve quit playing because I get to frustrated, despite how much I otherwise enjoy the game!
I love this game but….
Tue Oct 26 2021 Woopwoop17492This game is truly one of my favorites to play. The game in the beginning is great, but the further in levels you get, the harder the levels become to beat, especially after you’ve finished the main story. In my experience with the game, if I’m playing a level that takes me more than 3 times to pass, the level is literally unplayable. I find myself closing the game, coming back to it a few hours later and then magically the level is super easy and I win in one try. It’s very frustrating and make me want to play the game less and less. Also, I’ve noticed there are “normal” levels that are a lot harder than the actual “hard” level. Again, this is frustrating and is enjoyable. I would suggest that the game offers 2 stars for every level that is labeled “hard”. Kind of odd that I get the same reward for a hard level that I would a normal one. Lastly it should be a choice to use power ups that are given by Philip. I have a had so many streaks ruined because I had to use the power ups and ironically something that is meant to be helpful, actually does the complete opposite. Other than that, I still continue to play the game because I love the story and I love the satisfaction of picking things for the garden and other parts to the game. Also would like to mention that, though I love the game, this is the third time for me coming back to it after taking a break because of how frustrating/enjoyable the game can be.
Addicting game, but the effort does not match the rewards!
Fri Aug 21 2020 TaraCheroneContinued to receive ads for this game while playing Words With Friends. After weeks of having said ads shoved in my face, I decided to download it. I love decorating and figured this would be a cool way to keep with that hobby without the extra time, money and headache that can sometimes come with actually decorating. The game is fun and admittedly, very addicting. I love the challenge it creates and has been a great way to relieve stress while in quarantine. However, as the levels progress they get more challenging while the amount of coins and stars you earn remain the same. There’s no reason why I should be on level 200+ and only earning 50 coins per level; even on the levels that are intentionally more challenging. It also makes no sense that you only earn ONE star per level despite its difficulty level and despite the fact that you need to accumulate stars in order to be able to decorate/renovate the property. Often times, the decorating tasks require 2-3 stars per task; which means you have to beat at least 3 levels just to complete ONE task. Not to mention the fact that while you can pay more money to purchase add’l lives and boosters to beat levels, the option to purchase add’l stars is nonexistent. Reading through all of the reviews and this seems to a common gripe amongst players. I really hope the developers actually take this feedback seriously and implement these changes to make the game more enjoyable.
Love the game but nothing like the ads
Sat Feb 05 2022 LoveyDovey15I do love this game & find myself playing the puzzles more than doing the upgrades (I currently have about 300 stars) but I found the ads to be a bit misleading though. One ad shows that we’re finding logs to put into a fireplace, or making a path for lily to run across etc. they showed us doing “puzzles” that had us interacting with Lily. The game is absolutely nothing like that. That must be the new marketing technique to draw people in because the other similar style renovation games do the same thing in their ads as well. So basically, if you are looking for a game that is shown in the ads, this isn’t it. It’s a tile matching game with limited moves with revolving events. I do enjoy the fact that I can pick up and put down the game without any timers, plenty of rewards & the packs aren’t super expensive. They don’t give much coins in the packs or for winning rounds considering it’s 900 coins to continue a game (5 more moves). Winning a game, we get about 50-60 coins. I understand it’s how the game makes money but the ratio is rough. Luckily theirs plenty of unlimited lives bonuses. I just think the games should give at least 100 coins for winning.
Cute game, fun & great to pick up even when I lost have a few spare minutes. It’s just NOTHING like the ads claim lol
Review
Sun Feb 05 2023 prattieyo420I love this game! I’ve been playing non-stop since I’ve downloaded it! At first, I downloaded it for my niece, I wanted to get a game for her that was fun, entertaining and challenging so it wasn’t so easy but also not too hard. This seems to be perfect! I played with it for a little bit just to check it. Make sure it was alright for her. Two hours later… I’m STILL playing the game. Let’s just say, this is gonna be my game now. LOL! I’ve give it a 10/10 if I could! Starts with a great story and carries it out through the game. As you restore the land, it lets you pick out the new theme for the land, garden, and house. It gives you options, too! I picked a classic but glamours style! Too redecorate and restore you need stars (which is basically energy for the girl to restore the lane) and to do that you play games. The games are fun! Like I stated before, it’s easy enough for my my niece, but challenging enough to wear I’m still playing it and I’m entertained; it’s not too easy where I’m bored. All in all, great game! Only things I’d say, I love an upgrade where we can create our own storyline. Ooh, or let us create our person like let us create her from her ethnicity, to her name, to her makeup, and her clothes. That would be fun! Okay that’s my review! Bye!
- Liz (21 yrs old)
Fun and Addicting!
Sun May 22 2022 RachelML81I don’t often write reviews. But I really do enjoy this game and would have to say it’s one of my favorites. I’ve downloaded quite a few free games but have gotten frustrated with how many ads they have or how repetitive the games can be. Not so with Lily’s Garden. It is really a lot of fun and I find myself absorbed in it. I enjoy both the matching part of the game along with the decorating. If there was one thing I could change, it would be that you can pause or choose when to use the infinite lives play. Sometimes I am rewarded 3-4 hours of unlimited lives…but I cannot be so irresponsible as to be glued to a game on my phone that long. I also discovered a few days ago how you can change your past decoration choices. Cool!!! There were a few times that I chose a foundation or a pavement option not realizing what the future house color or roof choices were going to be. I was frustrated that my design didn’t match the overall theme until I discovered you can change the previous choices by holding your finger on the object until it spins. Slightly frustrating though that I’ve tried to change a wall or border edge and the game thinks you are trying to change the plants or some other object too close for your finger spot to accurately pinpoint the desired object. But aside from those minor things…I really love this game!
Like game but very frustrating
Fri Feb 28 2020 ALittleBitOfThisAs most others have said, this game has been fun and it is somewhat addicting. There’s enough of an interesting story line to keep me coming back and wanting to see what happens and get to the end. But I have some issues with it that prevents it from being a 5-star game. 1. You will lose a life if you open a scene to play but before any moves are made, you get out of it for any reason (customer service did give me a life back but this shouldn’t happen); 2. I appreciate a game getting more challenging but I am on 1560 level and winning is almost impossible without paying for extra lives consistently so I use my 4 lives and wait until they regenerate and go at it again - over and over; 3. There are only 4 lives instead of 5 or more like other Match 3 games; 4. The only way to get extra lives (and it’s not lives but time you are winning) is by winning a Rocket Ruckus or Flower Match (probably not what they are really called but y’all know what they are) and that’s not happening any more - see #2.; 5. The cost of purchasing some of the flowers or building/remodeling things is ridiculous- you only get the score of 1 when you win a challenge and then have to use 3 to put flowers around half of an area? Or 2 to talk to someone that doesn’t help in the game goals? Frustrating.
Because of above reasons, this is no longer my go-to favorite game. I’ll continue playing but refuse to pay out money to win.
Fun game and interesting storyline.
Fri Jan 29 2021 LeahandEricA fun twist on the typical match three game. Levels are challenging but not so difficult that progression is stagnant. Different variables added to “collect” during game play keep the game from becoming boring. Storyline keeps developing and characters come and go to add depth to the storyline. Seasonal chapters offer considerable rewards as levels are completed and the levels are less challenging. Because of the seasonal chapters’ rewards of bonus pieces and currency, purchasing additional moves and helpful “tools” can be added to the inventory without needing to spend actual money on in-app purchases. The currency reward for completing levels is very low (typically 20 to 50 coins) and purchasing additional moves costs 900 coins and purchasing “tools” costs more than 1000 coins. The rounds allow for quick game play (a few minutes per round) so a large time commitment isn’t necessary.
Would give 5 stars but the coin return on level completion is so very little compared to the cost of bonus items and extra moves. However, the developers will occasionally throw in time periods of unlimited turns and extra bonus items that allow players to progress through particularly challenging levels, which has kept me playing. Without the seasonal chapters and unexpected release of unlimited turns/extra “tools”, I would have stopped playing long ago.
Very fun
Fri Nov 27 2020 boredwith poolI’m not an avid game player, but I find this one semi addictive yet fun and a relaxing break when I need one. Really has helped during this stay at home year of 2020. Probably one of the positives among all the negatives! I love the combination of the puzzles as well as getting to remodel the property. Love the graphics and storyline. Had to reinstall because of problems. Could be my older iPad mini though. Often it got to where it would crash or in the end just stayed on the middle of one task with the characters moving but in a constant loop. That was one of the levels over 2300, but love it enough to try and start over. —
Update—
Finally gave up using my iPad mini for this game. Was either going in extreme slo-mo or crashing after every puzzle. Sometimes, crashing during a task(losing stars) or after puzzle completion but before awarding star.(also losing star). Was really getting frustrating. One thing I hate is that with all the problems, the timer continues to tick off your time even when you are having to wait for it to reload after crashing, which in many cases was taking as much as a half minute before everything was back to where you could start again.
Got a new iPhone for the early Christmas and downloaded it on there. Seems to work ok so far. Time will tell.
