# Flourish by Garden Joy

> Design your dream home space

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/id1618284064](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id1618284064)

## Overview

- **ID:** `id1618284064`
- **Platform:** Apple
- **Type:** Apple app
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Burlingame Studios
- **Category:** Simulation
- **Rating:** 4.80 / 5 (22,747 ratings)
- **Version:** 1.54.33
- **Last updated:** 2026-08-26
- **First published:** 2023-03-23
- **Size:** 392 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-24
- **Store listing:** [Apple App Store](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/flourish-by-garden-joy/id1618284064)
- **Website:** [https://bgamestudios.com](https://bgamestudios.com/)
- **Privacy policy:** [https://www.bgamestudios.com/privacy](https://www.bgamestudios.com/privacy)

## Description

**Flourish by Garden Joy** is a relaxing outdoor home design and virtual gardening game where you can decorate gardens, patios, rooftop terraces, beach houses, cottages, villas, and other inviting spaces. Explore furniture, flowers, trees, and landscaping options to create dream outdoor designs at your own pace.

Complete daily design challenges, participate in multiplayer bouquet events, collect and trade seed packs, and learn interesting facts about plants through the in-game encyclopedia. With Better Homes & Gardens-branded challenges and an environmental partnership that supports planting real trees, Flourish combines creativity, relaxation, gardening, and eco-friendly play in one cozy experience.

## Rankings

- #10,660 — Overall
- #74 — design
- #76 — udio

## Review summary

Fans praise Garden Joy for its relaxing, creative design experience with beautiful visuals and plant-learning appeal. However, recurring issues include monetization and progression bottlenecks (gem gating and pay-to-win), questions about scoring fairness and voter bias, on-and-off reports about ads, and difficulty earning in-game currency.

### Pros

- Relaxing, calming gameplay with satisfying feel and good music.
- Creative design outlet with a wide item variety and the ability to design your own yards/spaces; learning about plants and landscapes.
- Lots of free content and a low barrier to entry; easy to play without spending money, with gifts and rewards.
- Beautiful graphics and soothing visuals.
- Educational aspects, such as learning about plants and trees from around the world and designing in various locales.

### Cons

- Pay-to-win vibe with gem gating; many items require gems or purchases to progress.
- Unfair or inconsistent scoring mechanics; high scores can yield fewer points than expected and lower scores can deduct more.
- Voters/potentially biased audience punishing players for having expensive items; voting dynamics feel tricky.
- Ads presence is inconsistent across reviews; some say no ads, others report ads.
- Difficulty earning diamonds/coins; currency is slow to accumulate and hard to upgrade without spending.

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