Comparison

Where's the Meerkat vs Where is Ploppy Hidden objects

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

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About

Where's the Meerkat

Embark on a global adventure to find a mischievous family of meerkats hidden in vibrant scenes. Explore famous locations across 24 levels, testing your observation skills. Once you find all the meerkats, a bonus challenge awaits with hidden everyday items.

Highlights
  • Find hidden meerkats
  • Explore 24 global levels
  • Spot bonus hidden items
  • Challenging observation game
  • Travel through time and space
Features
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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.

About

Where is Ploppy Hidden objects

A fun and safe hidden object game for young children. It features endless replayability with randomized challenges and is designed to be accessible for colorblind users and those who cannot yet read.

Highlights
  • Child safety focused design
  • No data storage for children
  • Offline playable
  • Colorblind accessible
  • Endless gameplay
  • Sticker pack included
Features
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CHILD SAFETY Where is Ploppy?, a colorful fun hidden object game for everyone, is designed with your child's safety in mind. In addition to Apple's guidelines for children's games, we go one step further and firmly believe that any data about your children belongs exclusively to you and your children and should stay that way. Therefore, Where is Ploppy? does not store any of your children's data! There are additional security mechanisms in place to prevent your child from being routed out of the app while playing. This means that as soon as a link is called up, such as to rate the game, a short math problem must be solved beforehand. Furthermore, the game is also designed for the colorblind and children who can't read yet. So, if you are looking for a game that you can give to your children without hesitation, where they can also train their memory, then download Where is Ploppy? now! :) DESCRIPTION A game where you have to find a wanted Ploppy. It can be played over and over again. HOW TO PLAY At the beginning of the game you see a card which Ploppy is wanted. After pressing play, the Ploppies on the board get mixed up all over the place. Then you have to start searching - sometimes, you will find them quite easily, sometimes you have to look more closely and sometimes you maybe even have to first pop some of the overlaying Ploppies by touching them. In the menu you can randomize the wanted Ploppy as often as you want. FEATURES - No advertisements - Offline playable - Kids-friendly designed - can be played by everyone even the youngest ones who cannot read yet - Endless gameplay by randomized cards - Sticker Pack included - share the Ploppies with family and friends via iMessage Terms of Use: https://www.tempuno.com/terms/where-is-ploppy/

Screenshots

Where's the Meerkat4 screens
Where is Ploppy Hidden objects4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Where's the Meerkat at 4.7 against Where is Ploppy Hidden objects's 4.3. Where's the Meerkat also leads on ratings volume (800 vs 38). Where is Ploppy Hidden objects's advantage is review sentiment (80% vs 60%). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Where's the Meerkat sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Where is Ploppy Hidden objects sells 6 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Where's the Meerkat holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Where's the Meerkat has 800 ratings behind it against 38, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 60% of Where's the Meerkat's written reviews are positive against 80% of Where is Ploppy Hidden objects's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 26, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Where's the Meerkat versus Where is Ploppy Hidden objects: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWhere's the MeerkatWhere is Ploppy Hidden objects
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (800 ratings) — better4.3 (38 ratings)
Positive reviews60.3% of reviews80.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings800 — better38
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, MaciPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac
Requires iOS15.615.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size194 MB26 MB
Age rating9+4+
DeveloperMichael O'Mara Books Ltd.Michael Temper

Customer experience

Where's the Meerkat

All ratings801 ratings
Positive92.6%
Neutral4.4%
Negative3.0%
Written reviews68 reviews
Positive60.3%
Neutral11.8%
Negative27.9%

Where is Ploppy Hidden objects

All ratings38 ratings
Positive84.2%
Neutral10.5%
Negative5.3%
Written reviews5 reviews
Positive80.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative20.0%

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 Ploppy Hidden objects

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Where's the Meerkat

One-time1
  • Pack of extra Meerkat games$2.99
6 purchases

Where is Ploppy Hidden objects

One-time6
  • Jungle PackFree
  • Farm Pack$0.29
  • Animal Pack$0.99
Show 3 more
  • Sea Animal Pack$0.99
  • Candy Pack$0.99
  • Safari Pack$1.49

Questions

Is Where's the Meerkat free?
Where's the Meerkat is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Where is Ploppy Hidden objects free?
Where is Ploppy Hidden objects is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Where's the Meerkat or Where is Ploppy Hidden objects?
Where's the Meerkat is rated higher. Where's the Meerkat averages 4.7 out of 5 from 800 ratings, while Where is Ploppy Hidden objects averages 4.3 from 38 ratings.
Do Where's the Meerkat or Where is Ploppy Hidden objects have ads?
Neither Where's the Meerkat nor Where is Ploppy Hidden objects shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Where's the Meerkat or Where is Ploppy Hidden objects?
Where's the Meerkat ships an update every 2 months, and Where is Ploppy Hidden objects every 2 months. Most recently, Where's the Meerkat was updated on October 26, 2026 and Where is Ploppy Hidden objects on October 30, 2026.

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