# Uchinoko Live: Virtual Pet — Cute Dog Widget & Pixel Puppy > Cute Dog Widget & Pixel Puppy (iPhone/iPad app by Takuya Ito.) - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/uchinoko-live-virtual-pet/id6819123830 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`) - Developer: [Takuya Ito](https://appshunter.io/developer/6773114423) - Category: Entertainment, Lifestyle - Price: Free - Age rating: 4+ - Requires: iOS 17.0 · 40 MB - Languages: American English, Japanese - Released: 2026-10-06 - Data updated: 2026-10-29 ## What is Uchinoko Live? Uchinoko Live is a virtual pet that hangs out on your iPhone. Meet Hani, a sample Yorkshire Terrier who naps, stretches, and reacts when you pet her. ("Uchi no ko" is how people in Japan often refer to their pet: "the kid at our house.") ■ SHE GOES ABOUT HER DAY Hani looks around, sits, lies down, sighs, dozes off, and dreams. What she does next changes each time, so no two stretches of her day look alike. At night, she mostly sleeps. ■ MORNING TO NIGHT (NEW) The light in the room and Hani's mood follow your iPhone's clock: soft mornings, bright afternoons, warm evenings, and dim, sleepy nights. Your widgets change with the time of day, too. ■ CARE FOR HER Tap pet, treat, or water, and she responds. Petting usually makes her melt, but now and then she ducks away. ■ SHE HAS MOODS Leave her alone for a while and she starts asking for attention or gets a little hungry. The badge and hearts at the top left show how she feels. She never gets sick, and skipping a day is fine. No notifications. ■ WIDGETS Put Hani on your Home Screen and Lock Screen. Her pose and mood update every 15 minutes, and when you open the app, she picks up right where the widget left off. ■ PIXEL WIDGET (NEW) A pixel-art Hani for your Home Screen, with buttons right on the widget: Feed, Pet, Water, and Play, a little "which hand?" guessing game. No need to open the app. Turn on Potty mode (off by default) to add a potty pad you tidy up with a tap. ■ SEASONS AND HOLIDAYS (NEW) Cherry petals in spring, fireflies on summer nights, falling leaves in fall, and snow in winter, plus special touches for New Year's, Valentine's Day, Tanabata, Halloween, and Christmas. ■ TODAY'S PHOTO (NEW) Turn what's on screen into an instant-photo-style snapshot with her name and the date, then share it or save it to Photos. ■ COLLECTION (NEW) Fill in the moves you've spotted, the little gifts she sometimes brings after you care for her, and a stamp for each season and holiday. ■ BACKGROUNDS Pick one of six rooms (living room, garden, bedroom, tatami room, veranda, winter window) or one of your own photos, and drag and pinch to adjust her position and size. Your photos stay on your device. ■ ACCOUNT If you have an account, sign in with Apple to receive the pets in your account and switch between them. You can give any pet a nickname, Hani included. You can delete your account in the app at any time. Account features are for ages 18 and up. ■ ENGLISH AND JAPANESE (NEW) The app now appears in English. If your iPhone is set to Japanese, it appears in Japanese. Hani's videos were made with AI image and video tools, based on photos of the developer's own dog. The preset room backgrounds were also made with AI. No ads and no usage analytics. If you sign in, we handle only your email address and a user ID to manage your account. ## Is Uchinoko Live safe? Not enough ratings yet to assess Uchinoko Live. ## Is Uchinoko Live legit? Uchinoko Live: Virtual Pet has limited verification signals. The AppsHunter Legitimacy Score for Uchinoko Live is 58 out of 100 points across 7 verification signals from App Store and developer data. ## Version history (last 5 releases) ### 1.5.1 — 2026-10-10 • Place decorations anywhere, at any size (up to 6, overlapping is fine). • Stroke your pet for soft haptics and hearts. Tap decorations to make them move or glow. • Little gifts may lie around the room, and butterflies, birds, and other visitors drop by (a limited number a day). • Today's diary (rare moves are added to it automatically) and an optional birthday for your pet. • Saving or sharing Today's photo fills in the new Photos page of the Collection. • The Collection gains Friends, Photos, and Secrets pages, plus days opened and today's mood. ### 1.4 — 2026-10-09 • Fill your Collection to earn decorations: a cushion, a dog house, a lamp, a teddy bear, seasonal pieces, and a golden cushion when you've collected everything. • Tap "..." > "Decor" to place them in four spots, behind or in front of your pet. They're just for show and don't move. • Decorations also appear in "Today's photo". ### 1.3 — 2026-10-09 • Morning to night: the room's light and your pet's mood now follow the time of day (widgets too). • New pixel-art widget: feed, pet, give water, or play "which hand?" right from your Home Screen. Optional Potty mode. • Seasons and holidays: cherry petals, fireflies, falling leaves, snow, and special touches for New Year's, Valentine's Day, Tanabata, Halloween, and Christmas. • Today's photo: make an instant-photo-style snapshot to share or save. • Collection: moves you've spotted, little gifts your pet brings, and season stamps. • Give any pet a nickname, Hani included. • A short guide shows how to add the widgets to your Home Screen and Lock Screen. • The app is now available in English. • Support for age assurance requirements in Texas. ### 1.2 — 2026-10-07 ・アカウントに対応しました。Appleでサインインすると、アカウントにいる子を受け取って、この iPhone で暮らせます。受け取りの進み具合も表示します ・背景を選べるようになりました。用意した6つの部屋か、自分の写真から ・うちの子の位置と大きさを指で合わせられます ・ウィジェットにも、選んだ背景が出ます ### 1.1 — 2026-10-07 No release notes. ## More apps by Takuya Ito - [ちょこフリ](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/id6773114421) All apps by Takuya Ito: https://appshunter.io/developer/6773114423 --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). 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