SPL vs Kittens Game
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
SPL
A minimalist puzzle game designed to challenge your intellect. Experience a deceptively simple yet deeply engaging gameplay experience that will test your problem-solving skills.
- Minimalist design
- Challenging puzzles
- Intellectual gameplay
- Engaging experience
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We know. It doesn't look like much. But we promise that it's a very good puzzle game. Like, really good.
Kittens Game
Manage a growing village of kittens in this text-based simulation game. Gather resources, research technologies, and expand your settlement. This old-school experience is free of ads and micro-transactions.
- Village simulation
- Resource management
- Technology research
- Text-based gameplay
- Kitten management
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Kittens Game is a village simulation text game. You manage a village of kittens as they acquire resources and unlock new technologies. This is an old school game and a product of many years of love and hard labor. It does not have any ads or micro-transactions.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Kittens Game at 4.5 against SPL's 4.0. Kittens Game also leads on update cadence (every 4 months vs every 11 months) and chart position (#132 vs unranked). On price, review sentiment, ratings volume and ads there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
SPL costs $2.99 and Kittens Game $2.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Kittens Game holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 4.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 124 and 322 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 75% of SPL's written reviews are positive against 68% of Kittens Game's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
SPL ships an update every 11 months, Kittens Game every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on October 18, 2026 and October 19, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | SPL | Kittens Game |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $2.99 | $2.99 |
| Rating | 4.0 (124 ratings) | 4.5 (322 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 74.9% of reviews — better | 67.9% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 124 | 322 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 11 months | Every 4 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Best chart rank | — | #132 — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 | 11.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 89 MB | 22 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Simogo AB | Dmitrii Popov |
Customer experience
SPL
Kittens Game
User reviews
SPL
From 124 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Simple and addictive gameplay
- 👍 Elegant and minimalist design
- 🧠 Surprisingly deep and challenging
- 💡 Hidden features and surprises
Room to improve
- 🐛 Crashes and compatibility issues
- 🔋 Drains battery even when not playing
- 🔇 No option to mute sound effects
- 🤔 Confusing instructions and lack of guidance
Kittens Game
From 322 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Captivating gameplay
- 👍 Engrossing incremental game
- 💡 Impressive depth and complexity
- 🚀 Rewarding progression
- 👍 Minimal UI, focus on gameplay
Room to improve
- 🐛 Buggy UI, screen jumping
- 🐛 Inconsistent save/load behavior
- 🐛 Compatibility issues on newer devices
- 🐛 Broken or underperforming features
- 🔋 Slow progression can be tedious
Bugs and requests
SPL
Reported bugs
2 issues- Crashes on iPhone X and newer devices
- Game disappears when no more moves are available
Requested features
4 requests- Restart/reset option
- Leaderboards and achievements
- Ability to save progress
- Option to adjust color scheme
Kittens Game
Reported bugs
4 issues- Disappearing buttons and UI elements
- Progress loss or reset when switching apps
- Broken or non-functional features (e.g. solar farms)
- Compatibility issues on iPhone X and newer devices
Requested features
5 requests- Bulk crafting/upgrading options
- Ability to disable pollution mechanics
- Better UI optimization for larger screens
- Vibration/notification support for events
- More detailed analytics and tracking
In-app purchases
SPL
No in-app purchases
Kittens Game
No in-app purchases
