In 2019, Robert Bosch created a clever program enabling one to solve Rows Garden puzzles on one’s favorite device, with versions for iOS, Android, and Kindle. Each Garden Party Crosswords puzzle includes a special version, with a “.rgz” extension, that opens automatically in the app.
It comes preloaded with Rows Garden puzzles from Garden Party, Outside the Box, and Aries Puzzles. Want more Rows Gardens to solve in the app? Purchase one of the Puzzle Packs: collections of previously published Garden Party puzzles.
If you are accustomed to solving puzzles on paper, you can duplicate the five Garden Party difficulty levels by changing the settings (gear icon) in the Rows Garden app. When you first open the app, the settings are the same as EASIEST puzzles in the paper version. Here’s a guide to how to set your preferences to match what you are used to:
| Difficulty Level | Characteristics | Clue Order | Clue Tags | Show Bloom Direction |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EASIEST | Bloom clues in grid order + enumerations + direction of Bloom answer | Garden order | Enumerations | Yes |
| EASIER | Bloom clues in the order they appear in the grid | Garden order | Notations | No |
| REGULAR | Bloom clues in order of their answers | Alphabetical by answer | Notations | No |
| HARDER | Bloom clues random | Alphabetical by clue | Notations | No |
| HARDEST | Bloom clues random; no notations or enumerations | Alphabetical by clue | None | No |