I'm playing on an iPad Air 2 with iOS 9.3.5. If I close the app, all progress is lost and I have to start from the very beginning. When tapping on the star in the top left corner, only the first part is possible to chose, the others are numbers.
I have removed the game and downloaded it again, to no awail. Still the same problem.
Don't know what to tell you, Performer.
There are 135 positive ratings showing on
the App Store for Botanicula on the iPad but no mention of the problem that you and "Iatros" have written about here on the forum.
Unfortunately we never heard back from "latros" so we don't know if their problem was ever solved.
You are welcome to follow the same path that Lamkin suggested and write to Amanita Design support @
http://amanita-design.net/contact.htmlmaking certain that you also mention any other apps you may be running concurrently with Botanicula, whether your iPads are jailbroken, and anything else that might distinguish your devices from the standard store-bought variety of iPads out there.
Good luck.