Where's the Meerkat vs Where is!
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Where's the Meerkat
Embark on a visual adventure searching for a family of ten meerkats hidden across 27 detailed illustrations spanning different locations and time periods. Enjoy interactive scenes with animations and collect stamps in your passport. Try three locations for free before unlocking the full game with a single purchase.
- Search richly detailed artwork
- Discover animated elements
- Collect location stamps
- Read meerkat biographies
- Earn Game Center achievements
- Save progress and continue hunts
- Optional hints and adjustable audio
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Find every meerkat, every place, every time! Join a mischievous family of ten meerkats on an illustrated adventure around the world and through time. Explore 27 colorful locations, from New York and the Great Barrier Reef to ancient Egypt, the Jurassic Period and a futuristic metropolis. Look closely: ten meerkats are hiding in every picture. Find them all, then return for a bonus hunt with five more things to discover. Zoom in and move around each scene to inspect the details, enjoy the music and watch the pictures come to life. YOUR MEERKAT ADVENTURE • Search richly detailed artwork from the Where’s the Meerkat? books. • Discover swimming fish, flying birds, floating balloons, fireworks and playful character animations. • Collect location stamps in your Meerkat Passport by completing both hunts. • Meet all ten family members and read their biographies. • Earn 28 optional Game Center achievements. There are no competitive leaderboards or scores to chase. • Continue an unfinished hunt with your discoveries and view of the picture saved. • Enable optional, gently paced hints in Game Options when you want a little help. • Choose Full, Gentle or Off animations, and adjust music and sound effects separately. TRY THREE LOCATIONS FREE New York, the Great Barrier Reef and Easter Island are free to play, including their bonus hunts. ONE PURCHASE UNLOCKS THE WHOLE GAME A single one-time in-app purchase unlocks all 24 remaining locations, giving you all 27 locations and both hunts in every one. There are no individual level purchases and no subscription. Already purchased the extra locations? The Great Wall, Giza and Jurassic Period are included at no extra charge. Use Restore Purchases if needed. Celebrate ten years of Where’s the Meerkat? and enjoy looking a little closer.
Where is!
A picture-based puzzle game where players zoom and drag to find hidden objects. New images and challenges are planned for future updates.
- Pinch to zoom
- Drag to explore
- Find hidden objects
- Challenging puzzles
- New content coming soon
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-Pinch to zoom in / out -Drag to see around Can you find what is hidden in the picture? More pictures and challenges coming soon!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Where's the Meerkat at 60% against Where is!'s 0%. Where's the Meerkat also leads on rating (4.7 vs 2.0) and ratings volume (801 vs 1). Where is!'s advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and iOS requirement (9.0 vs 15.6). On price, ads and device support 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
Both are free to download. Where's the Meerkat sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Where is! asks for nothing beyond the download.
Where's the Meerkat holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 2.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Where's the Meerkat has 801 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 60% of Where's the Meerkat's written reviews are positive against 0% of Where is!'s.
| Parameter | Where's the Meerkat | Where is! |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (801 ratings) — better | 2.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 60.3% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 801 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Monthly | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 9.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 194 MB | 84 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Michael O'Mara Books Ltd. | Dan Lespect |
Customer experience
Where's the Meerkat
Where is!
Bugs and requests
Where's the Meerkat
Reported bugs
2 issues- Bonus items not tracking properly
- Levels not unlocking as expected
Requested features
4 requests- Hint system
- More free levels
- Ongoing content updates
- Zoom/pan functionality
Where is!
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Where's the Meerkat
- Pack of extra Meerkat games$2.99
Where is!
No in-app purchases
Questions
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