# ZOOKEEPER BATTLE

> Action puzzle game with real-time battles and animal matching mechanics. (iPhone/iPad app by KITERETSU INC..)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/zookeeper-battle/id548270497 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [KITERETSU INC.](https://appshunter.io/developer/400412887)
- Category: Games, Casual, Puzzle
- Price: Free with in-app purchases
- Rating: 4.50/5 from 570 App Store ratings · 832 written reviews indexed
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 11.0 · 161 MB
- Languages: American English, Japanese, Korean, Chinese (Simplified, China), Chinese (Traditional, Taiwan)
- Released: 2012-08-23
- Data updated: 2026-08-27
- Monetization: free with in-app purchases
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/zookeeper-battle/id548270497/reviews.md

## What is ZOOKEEPER BATTLE?

We've reached over 10 million downloads! Thank you ZOOKEEPER fans! 12/14/2020

Featured in App Store for the US, Canada, Brazil, China, Japan, Korea, and many more!
Ranked overall #1 in Hong Kong, Taiwan, and other countries!

“ZOOKEEPER”, the popular action puzzle game played by over 10 million people, is now a Battle Puzzle, and is available for iOS!!!

“ZOOKEEPER” has powered up and become even more fun, with rankings, avatars, item collection, and other new elements!

This game is simple! For those who is familiar with "ZOOKEEPER", and even those who don’t can enjoy the game together!

“How to play”
How do you catch animals?
Slide an animal side by side, and line up three or more animals of the same kind vertically or horizontally to catch them!
The animals caught will count towards ATTACK or DEFENSE points.

How do you battle?
Battle by catching animals for ATTACK and DEFENSE points, 30seconds per round.
When your opponent’s LIFE is completely depleted, you win!
In the event of a draw, battle it out on the next round!!
*When victory hasn’t been decided after 5 rounds, most remaining LIFE wins.

Invite friends
Inviting friends to join the game, not only you'll get x1 power bottle for every friend invited (max 10 friends),
but you will also get the item "Hot Air Balloon" after inviting 10 friends.

"Tips"
Animal panel's arrangement is the same as your opponent!
even falling animal panels are also the same as your opponent.
The one who catch animals more effectively wins.
However, item panels will fall randomly,
therefore, victory just may depend on your luck.

Master active chains!
Just sits back and waiting for animal panels to disappear won’t get you anywhere!
While the panels disappear, try keep catching other animals and make your own chains!

Don’t miss the lucky animal!
One of the animal type are to be selected as Lucky animal, catching it will counts towards both your ATTACK and DEFENSE.
Don’t forget to check them out when starting a new round!

Losing Connection During Battle
When your opponent lost their connection during battle, their ATTACK and DEFENSE scores will be calculated from ATTACK and DEFENSE of their previous game.

At the time of installing this app(including updates), it is assumed that you have understood and agreed to all of our terms of service.
If you do not agree to the terms of this agreement, please refrain from using this service.
https://kiteretsu.jp/terms/

## Key features

- Match three or more animals vertically or horizontally
- Battle by earning ATTACK and DEFENSE points
- 30-second rounds with LIFE depletion
- Invite friends for in-game bonuses
- Master active chains for combos
- Utilize lucky animals for double points

## Pricing and in-app purchases

Base price: Free.

**One-time purchases**

| Purchase | Price | Type |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Shuffle (x5) | $0.99 | one-time |
| Platinum Gacha Medal | $2.99 | one-time |
| Platinum Gacha Medals (x5) | $9.99 | one-time |
| Platinum Gacha Medals (x15) | $21.99 | one-time |
| Power Bottle (x15) | $6.99 | one-time |
| Power Bottle | $0.99 | one-time |
| Power Bottles (x6) | $3.99 | one-time |
| Power Bottles (x12) | $6.99 | one-time |
| Power Bottle (x30) | $15.99 | one-time |
| Power Bottle (x35) | $15.99 | one-time |
| Platinum Gacha Medals (x11) | $19.99 | one-time |
| Platinum Gacha Medal×1 | $0.99 | one-time |


## What do users think of ZOOKEEPER BATTLE?

Overall sentiment: neutral

**Pros**

- 🎨 Cute and colorful graphics
- ⚔️ Engaging match-3 battle gameplay
- 🕹️ Fun and addictive
- 🌟 Long-running game with updates
- 👥 Multiplayer functionality

**Cons**

- ⏱️ Restrictive energy/play time system
- 💰 Expensive in-app purchases
- 🤖 Unbalanced matchmaking and AI
- 🔌 Frequent connection/server issues
- 🐛 Bugs and glitches

**Commonly reported bugs**

- Rewards not being properly awarded
- Frequent crashes and login issues
- Event data taking too long to load
- Incorrect time limits in battles

**Most requested features**

- Add more game modes and challenges
- Improve energy/play time system
- Implement a fair matchmaking system
- Introduce a trading/gifting system
- Add more customization options

## Recent user reviews (10 of 832)

All indexed reviews: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/zookeeper-battle/id548270497/reviews.md

### 2/5 — No closing button for the Ad

*2026-08-17, version 6.8.1*

No closing button for the Ad

### 3/5 — Zookeeper character Gacha !!!!

*2026-05-12, version 6.7.8*

Yess & this recent upcoming update imma need yall to drop rabbits I was amazing shocked & disappointed when yall didn’t drop any for EASTER!!! I was so confused yall literally had giraffes in April?  but please drop rabbits in the character gacha in this recent update doing good at the game 🫶🤞🏾 game name:Pb8Mikee

### 1/5 — ？？？

*2026-05-02*

めっちゃ謎なんてすが
その内容で
課金する人ってホントにいるの？

・通常バトル
対人対戦感ゼロ
チャンスバトル、負け確バトル

イベント

・ジャングルアドベンチャー
アタックを○○ポイントを5戦連続、極端にアタック動物が減る、ディフェンス動物ばかりになる
通常は
アタック3〜4：１ディフェンス
5戦連続中は
アタック1：１ディフェンス


・大乱闘
残り日数があるうちは
極端に敵が出ない、ポイントがまったく増えない


・グループバトル
くそ配置のオンパレード
毎回、ウォーリーを探せ状態
ディフェンスが極端に減る
アタック5〜8：１ディフェンス
自分の点数が少しでも高いと他の3人が極端に低い点数
通常時は他の3人が高く自分だけがカスな点数1〜2回負け確定でボトル回復を要求する
強い敵と弱い敵の出現確率
強い敵10〜20：1弱い敵
勝たせる気、ポイントを貯めさせる気がない


・園長からの挑戦状
やる意味がわからない、課金してる人などいるのだろうか？
パズルの配置は若干甘く連鎖しやすいものばかり


アイテム
・リセット
やったところでカス配置

・ペンキ
やったところで負け確バトルの場合意味がないカス配置

・ワイン
これを装備すると園長が点数になるので、グループバトルで園長がほぼ出なくなる
たまに出ても園長を消したところで、グループバトルやチャンスバトルではクソ配置

他

### 1/5 — Disappointed

*2026-04-25, version 6.7.8*

Full of cheating and unfair matching games

### 1/5 — 복구

*2026-04-20*

오랜만에 접속해서 주사위 러쉬했는데 2시간 후 접속하니 기록 사라지고 순위 하락됨. 업데이트 후에도 똑같고 와이파이, 데이터 상관없이 오류 상태 그대로임. 주사위 획득 증가일 때 파워보틀까지 사용했는데 짜증남. 기록도 주사위 획득 증가 바로 다음에서 끊김. 1000포인트와 파워보틀까지 없어진 상태. 기록 복구 안해줄거면 파워보틀이라도 복구해줘야함. 오랜만에 접속했다가 짜증만 남!!!

### 2/5 — The 4 players Co-op event isn’t fair

*2026-04-18, version 6.7.7*

There are two time slots open for the 4 players Co-op game, but one  of the time slots is totally the sleeping time of the Europe players. There’s a ranking for this event and it makes no chance for the Europe players to fight for the top ranks. The time limit system should be deleted so that all the players over the world can fight for the top ranks!

### 2/5 — Disappointed

*2026-04-02, version 6.7.7*

I am strongly, considering deleting this app. I’ve become increasingly frustrated with some issues that are unresolved, even after reaching out to support. For instance, one of the mini games that only pops up once in a while, apparently has some rules that are very unclear you can continue through the game And if you go to the next level, your prizes are supposed to be better, but I get to the end of the game and after using a few power bottles I win and all I get is a platinum metal. At each level, it says if you continue, your prizes will be even better! But those prizes disappear if you go to the final level, you can only read the rules when the game pops up, they’re not able to be accessed otherwise. Then a couple days ago I also tried to sell several items for tickets and there was a network error and afterwards most of the items were gone, but I received no more tickets.
The developer does not seem to want to make any of this right and has basically just said “so sorry we can’t help you, enjoy!”

Not happy.

I’d also like to mention how addicting the game is and very good at getting you to spend more money if that’s something you’d like to do, enjoy

### 5/5 — Zookeeper Animal Normal Gacha !!

*2026-03-18, version 6.7.7*

I need Emerald Monkey & Rudy Monkey Added & Another One Rudy giraffe & Rudy Rabbit & Emerald Please Add These To Normal First Gacha😩!!!

### 3/5 — 昔の低レアアバターを復刻してほしいです

*2026-02-14, version 6.7.5*

主に動物や背景のアバターを集めてゲームを楽しんでいる者です。対戦をしていると稀に、いかにも昔のアバターを使っている方とマッチングし、そのアバターの素敵さに思わず『そのアバターいいなぁ』の挨拶を使ってしまいますw
ちなみに欲しいアバターは『ローズクォーツ』と名前のつく動物たちです(過去にワニ、ウサギさんと遭遇しました)
現在のガチャは☆10以上が基本のようになってしまっており、ラインナップも殆ど見た事のあるアバターが並んでいて新鮮味に欠けています…
ズーガチャやキャラクターガチャにも一応、低レアで復刻のアバターがいくつかいますが☆7、8だったり、プラチナガチャで見た事のあるアバターであることが多いです…

長くなりましたが、かなり昔の低レアのキャラをキャラクターガチャに追加、もしくはチケット引き換え等、もう少し復刻して下さると嬉しいです…！

### 1/5 — 不知道該說什麼

*2026-02-13, version 6.7.5*

掉下來的牌極度不均，好的時候很好，爛的時候很爛，而且要爛就連續爛好幾場，要好也是連續好幾場，一定要設定成這樣嗎，有時候覺得玩很爛分數卻很高，有時候覺得玩很好分數又異常的爛，真的是不懂設計邏輯，感覺都是系統在操控輸贏

## Frequently asked questions about ZOOKEEPER BATTLE

### What is ZOOKEEPER BATTLE?

ZOOKEEPER BATTLE is a popular action puzzle game where players battle each other by matching animals. You slide animals to line up three or more of the same kind, earning ATTACK or DEFENSE points to deplete your opponent's LIFE within 30-second rounds.

### How do you win a battle?

You win a battle by completely depleting your opponent's LIFE points. If the battle results in a draw, it proceeds to the next round. If victory is still undecided after five rounds, the player with the most remaining LIFE wins.

### Are there any in-app purchases or ads?

Yes, the game is free to download and play but does feature in-app purchases and advertisements. These can enhance the gameplay experience or offer bonuses.

### Can I play with friends?

Yes, you can invite friends to join the game. For every friend you invite (up to 10), you receive a power bottle, and after inviting 10 friends, you get the special item 'Hot Air Balloon'.

### What are the key strategies for winning?

Key strategies include mastering active chains by continuously matching animals while others disappear, and paying attention to the 'lucky animal' of the round, which counts towards both ATTACK and DEFENSE points when caught.

## Version history (last 5 releases)

### 6.8.1 — 2026-07-28

Thank you for your continued patronage of "ZOOKEEPER Battle!".
The following features have been added in this update.

▼New features
-Minor adjustments.

▼Bug fixes
-Fixed minor bugs.

### 6.8.0 — 2026-07-14

Thank you for your continued patronage of "ZOOKEEPER Battle!".
The following features have been added in this update.

▼New Features
・Added new function, "Dig Dig Excavation! Zoo Mine". Further notifications will be issued within the app.

▼Bug fixes
-Fixed minor bugs.

### 6.7.9 — 2026-05-18

Thank you for your continued patronage of "ZOOKEEPER Battle!".
The following features have been added in this update.

▼New features
-Minor adjustments.

### 6.7.8 — 2026-04-20

Thank you for your continued patronage of "ZOOKEEPER Battle!".
The following features have been added in this update.

▼New features
-Minor adjustments.

### 6.7.7 — 2026-03-16

Thank you for your continued patronage of "ZOOKEEPER Battle!".
The following features have been added in this update.

▼New features
-Minor adjustments.

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