I see, thanks for the explanation. I did have a go at it today and may have spent just a bit too much time (not money!) playing it.
I don't usually play these Farmville type of games, but this
is My Little Pony we are talking about, so who could resist?
Do you need to use your Gameloft account in order to invite friends? I was a bit confused as there was no pop-up or anything to log me in, but I later found the link to Gameloft Live and created a new account. Nothing blew up in my face (like the game progress resetting) so wings crossed that that was what I was supposed to do.