Garden Affairs
Garden Affairs is a visually appealing match-3 game with an engaging story and no pressure to spend money, but it is plagued by frequent freezing, crashing, and loading issues, especially after recent updates, and many find the later levels too difficult or repetitive.
Garden Affairs offers a charming design and match-3 puzzle experience with an engaging storyline and no mandatory in-app purchases. However, recent updates have introduced significant technical problems like freezing and crashing, frustrating many long-time players. While some find the game too easy, others report extreme difficulty and slow progression in later levels.
What users like
- Visually appealing graphics and designR6R10R26R27
- Engaging and charming storylineR10R12R24R43
- No pressure to spend money to progress, can be played for freeR10R40R49R81
- Match-3 puzzles are creative and varied, avoiding common mini-gamesR4R10
- Offers a relaxing and addictive gameplay experienceR2R29R35R48
What users complain about
- Frequent freezing, crashing, and loading issues, especially after updatesR8R17R19R23
- Levels become extremely difficult and slow to progress, often requiring many attempts or purchasesR5R7R22R27
- Advertisements are misleading and do not accurately represent the gameR24R31R36R43
- In-game purchases can be deceptive or lead to problemsR7R25R60R68
- Lack of new content or levels for advanced playersR16R52R152R334
- Glitches and bugs in extra game modes or rewardsR3R15R64R95
- Poor or unresponsive customer serviceR8R18R75R90
- Too many pop-ups and ads, or ads cause sound issuesR1R13R45R62
Latest update · v2.10200
What the developer says changed (the verdict above weighs this against what reviewers report):
Here it comes! Check out what's new: - A new story chapter with fun decorations for you to explore! - 100 brand new match-3 levels! - New in-level element: Toy Maker - Better gameplay and bug fixes!
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Who it's for
This game is for players who enjoy match-3 puzzles with a decorating and storyline element, appreciate good graphics, and prefer games that don't force in-app purchases R10R40R81. It's suitable for those looking for a relaxing and addictive experience R2R48.
Evidence note: The recent reviews show a strong negative trend, primarily due to technical issues and increasing difficulty, which contradicts the lifetime rating. The developer's notes for the latest update claim 'better gameplay and bug fixes,' but many recent reviews directly contradict this, reporting new or worsening freezing and crashing problems.
Frequently asked
Does Garden Affairs require in-app purchases to play?
Are there frequent technical issues like freezing or crashing in Garden Affairs?
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What reviewers actually said
Built only from these 120 real reviews (foreign ones translated). Superscripts jump to the quote here. Apple has no per-review links, so [ref] opens that app's reviews on the App Store.
- [R6] Love This Game!: Your design staff deserves five stars. I have been playing this game on two tablets for a few years. Your graphics are so original and beautiful, it’s a joy to play. Please keep up the good work. And by the way, this review was entirely my idea to give to you. No one asked me to give it.
- [R10] Best Design & Match without major bucks: I've played an embarrassing number of the design/match games in the App Store. All the others have quickly become frustrating unless you spend money. This game has truly creative match puzzles (with cool arrangements and match effects) and I haven't spent a penny. I'm on level 7608. I keep expecting them to force me (tempt me) to use money and I do hope
- [R26] Fun but ugly: The game is quite fun, but the decor options are awful. Nothing matches, and all swatches are honestly ugly.
- [R27] Level 6140: This game is my favorite the graphics beutifull the history of the game entertaining almost perfect ,but i’m on Level 6140 this is the most hardest practically impossible i’ve been stuck at the same Level for a week if you guys put more moves in the levels this game would be perfect
- [R12] Garden Afairs: Garden Afairs is a great and a positive game.You can also learn how to make the right decision and you can learn more about fashion
- [R24] Good but not like the ads: It’s nothing like the ads I’ve seen… BUT I think it’s way better than the ads, the concept is somewhat original, and I actually enjoy the story more then the shallow one from the ads!
- [R43] The story is Nice But..: The story is nice But You never get to see the Chapter of babys, Its just false advertisement. Or the hospital. Unless its for the future not yet.
- [R40] Great game with no need to purchase anything.: Very fun to play and no purchases needed to beat any level. I have only purchased the vip pass several times. That pass lasts the whole month at that. I am on level 2,740
- [R49] Great game: This game is so much fun and easy to play without a lot of complicated puzzles to defeat. I would gladly purchased coins for this games because you are given a lot of chances to gain stars to decorate the mansion. The graphics are great as well as the furniture and accessories. I highly recommend. I am loving it so far.
- [R81] Amazing game!: I downloaded this from an ad and I’m so surprised how much I love this game. No ads! Easy- medium levels with some hard ones thrown in there. The amount of stars needed to complete a task ranges from 1-4 stars, so not bad at all. The story line is engaging The graphics are good Request lives from team members every hour Daily login rewards If you want to buy coins/power ups,
- [R4] Too easy: First off, I want to say that I’m really glad you didn’t include those terrible minigames that other match 3 game do. Aside from that, I’m finding that the game is objectively extremely easy. The levels only have 4 types of objects making it very easy to get power ups. However, I feel that the main factors are the events. There are always several of them going on at once so I end up cons
- [R2] Good game: I picked up Garden Affairs thinking it’d just be another chill merge game, but it actually surprised me. At first it feels pretty simple, just merging items and fixing up the garden, but it gets more addictive the longer you play. There’s always something to do, and unlocking new areas keeps it interesting.
- [R29] Lots of fun for Seniors. Try it. You can fix up a mansion.: No violence. That appeals to me.
- [R35] To whom it may concern: This is a fun game
- [R48] ❤️❤️❤️: Love this game keep my mind active and its very addictive can’t stop playing ….
- [R8] Stories not loading: Stories, or rather game resources, are not loading. I can't progress further. The game constantly stays at 0 MB, and it says the internet is loading at 0 MB, even though my connection is stable and fast. I tried to delete my account to start over, but there's no information on how long account deletion takes. Support always shows 3 people in the queue, even though I waited for an hour. I don't know. · translated
- [R17] Game not running: Has your game been discontinued? Why can't I access it this whole week? Every time I open it, it gets stuck at 99% loading. After opening the repair tool, the contact customer service interface also won't load; clicking does nothing! Should I uninstall and reinstall now, or wait for you to fix this bug? · translated
- [R19] Hasn’t Worked in a month: Your app is no longer working and has a repair page on the screen and guess what???? It goes no where!!!!
- [R23] Crashing: Why is it constantly lagging and crashing now? · translated
- [R5] Too hard once you reach a certain level: Once you reach a certain level they completely stall the progress needing 6 stars to move ahead. It makes the game so frustrating and slow so I’m quitting for good.
- [R7] Money Grabber: Do not spend money on this game. The levels become 100% impossible afterwards. It upset me. They offer triple of something you want for a price, and you cannot go any further. The levels become impossible. I won’t spend money on this app ever again.
- [R22] Cute but corny story, but too stingy on earning stars: I understand the app developers want to make $, but the game is so slow as you only earn 1-2 stars per game (and sometimes it takes multiple times to play the same level) who has that much time in a day to play an app?! And each time you use stars to progress the story line, it takes 2-4 stars!! So you spend about 1-1.5 hours a day to move th
- [R31] Not the right game: It’s not the same game they showed in the ad
- [R36] Not as advertised: This advertisement is completely wrong. I’m on like level 2100 or something. She’s not married and it’s not the kind of matching game as this says.
- [R25] Overcharged: Game is fun but when you buy coins they charge you double or triple what you think you are paying. Example I thought I was $2.99 but my card charged $12.98. I will be disputing with my bank
- [R60] Scam: They literally don’t help you out until you start spending money. That’s the goal of this game.
- [R68] Monies collected disappear: Tools and money collected disappear during the game. It becomes impossible to advance at one point to make the user spend actual money to go further in the game
- [R16] No more levels to build: There are no more levels to build.
- [R52] More levels: Finished current levels but no updates on any new levels. There’s more property to fix but it says more levels coming soon. Stuck in half fixed island
- [R152] Getting very boring: I enjoy this game however I’m almost to level 500 and nothing has really changed most levels are all the same, gets repetitive too much and I’m losing interest. Please add new things to the levels and it would be neat to see other players houses to see what you have to look forward to.
- [R334] Hmmm: Been really enjoying this game... up till it’s been stuck on.. we are bringing more levels for over W week... if it’s still like this in a few days the game will be removed! It’s sad but it’s annoying it’s taking up memory on my phone when I can’t play it.. think the game needs a major update....
- [R3] Extras are glitchy: I love the dice game and the homes, but they are both very glitchy. Right now I can’t buy new plots though I have enough flowers and cash. I constantly have to restart the game playing these extra modules. I’ve not had this problem with the match 3 portion, it seems very stable. Overall a fun game but I wish they’d fix the extras (and add new furniture, etc!).
- [R15] Rewards: When making matches, the rewards are not showing up. Causing key plays/strategy unable to happen resulting in a loss. (ie: match 5 for a star)
- [R64] Love this Game but…: I’ve been playing this game for a while and I love it!! However with the most recent update it doesn’t allow me to stack lives such as if I am currently using a 15 minute unlimited lives win and get an hour, it doesn’t add the extra time. Really frustrating to lose power ups like this when playing!
- [R95] Inexcusable: Don’t download this game! They constantly stay cheating and it’s ridiculous! It was fun @ first but now it’s becoming a issue with the bombs not blowing objects up or missing them seems like on purpose! I’m over it! If you want a great game then u need to download “Decor Match” they will give u plenty and beyond gifts, rewards and coins without cheating! I tried to give this game a sh
- [R18] Bad Customer Service: After making a purchase my adde to add moves disappeared i reached out to cs multiple times and no one helped
- [R75] Problem crash: I were play game this high levels over 1,500 somehow it frozen crash on play game while it on I already report to customer service technician support seem not respond me back so I decide quitting this because I didn’t like how his garden affair crash on my iPad it won’t show movement hung during play game. I am fed up. This game is not good successfully playing
- [R90] Game: Loved this game at first , even spent money on it , it soon became apparent that if you didn’t spend money they won’t help you with technology problems on their game so I’m done
- [R1] Annoying: Pop ups every second
- [R13] Whenever Ads are finished the Game No longer has background Sound We do Not your Game Without Sound.: Hi Developers Please be advised your Game Continuously Looses the Background Sound after an Ad is played. The sound for the Ad is very clear but then there is no Game Sound once the Ad finishes. The Garden Affairs Game is Not Fun without Background Sound. This has been happening for over 2 Months
- [R45] Solo tiene 1 cosa de malo: Este juego me encanta, es fácil, divertido y te entretiene bastante. Mi único problema con el juego es tantoooos anuncios. Que estrés, estar viendo y viendo anuncios para poder jugar. Desesperante. Estoy apunto de borrarlo nada más por no ver tanto anuncio
- [R62] So far, so good.: Is good until I see ads. Then I’ll delete the app.
- [R47] GAME WON’T LOAD: Have to try many times to get game to load. Then I can only play a level or two before it freezes.
- [R69] Problem with the game: Can’t play game keeps freezing fix it
- [R32] Unplayable game: I just recently downloaded this game. I am at level 140 and I cannot pass it. I have been stuck for longer than I’d like to admit. Please lower the difficulty.
Synthesized from 120 recent App Store reviews · updated July 2026 · View on the App Store