CatBox vs Virtual Zookeeper Simulator
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
CatBox
An idle game where players aim to fit an unlimited number of cats into boxes. Collect kitties, open new boxes, and upgrade your boxes to increase kitty generation.
- Unlimited cat collection
- Idle gameplay mechanics
- Box opening and upgrading
- Kitty generation upgrades
- Store for item purchases
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Do you like cats? Do you like boxes? Do you like cats in boxes? CatBox is a relaxing idle game about filling boxes with kitties. Every box holds a new cat, and every cat earns more kitties for your collection. Tap a box to collect, upgrade your boxes, and watch your cat stack grow, even while you're away. COLLECT 26 CATS Unlock twelve boxes and meet the cat inside each one: common cuties, rare beauties and a few very special kitties. Every new cat poses for the Photo Booth, and you can save their portraits to your photo library. KEEP EARNING WHILE YOU'RE AWAY Your boxes keep working when you close the game. Come back to a Welcome Back bonus, and add litter boxes to stay away longer. GROW, THEN PRESTIGE Upgrade each box, automate your favourites, and level up. When progress slows, Prestige to earn Paws: they multiply everything in your next run. LITTLE SURPRISES Mice scurry across the room with treats, parcels arrive with rewards, and a daily reward waits for you every day. TIME SKIPPIES Skip ahead in time and collect hours of kitties at once. NO ADS CatBox has no ads at all. Optional in-app purchases add coins, Time Skippies and extra litter boxes, and nothing is required to play.
Virtual Zookeeper Simulator
Step into the role of a zookeeper, managing all aspects of a zoo. Care for a variety of animals, from feeding and providing medical aid to guiding visitors and ensuring their safety. Experience exciting missions and realistic graphics in this simulation game.
- Manage entire zoo operations
- Feed and care for diverse animals
- Provide emergency medical treatment
- Realistic game graphics
- Engaging gameplay missions
- Guide zoo visitors
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Get ready to perform your duty as a zookeeper. Drive your truck towards the zoo and meet with the manager to know about your daily tasks. Tranquillise the lion to give him first aid and take care of all animals in the zoo-like, like bears, elephants, giraffes, and many others. Keep an eye on all animals in the zoo and should be available all the time to full fill their needs as a zookeeper. Feed the domestic animals with grass and wild animals with meat that is necessary to keep them healthy. Drive your truck to the port to receive a new pair of lion and drop it at the zoo. The peoples are much excited to see this white lion in the zoo. As you come to know that there is a dread among zoo visitors as the cub cheetah is lost somewhere in the zoo. So you should search and bring him back to his cage with his mother. Many visitors to the zoo don’t know about the animals so guide them on the path goes to the elephant cage. Get some fish and head towards the crocodile’s pool and feed them and eliminate their hunger in this zookeeper simulator. The most challenging and exciting missions make it more fantastic for users to keep a smile on their faces. Key Features as a zookeeper: Play as a zookeeper and maintain the whole zoo Feed the animals to keep them active Give them first Aid medical treatment on emergency situations Realistic game graphics and interesting Gameplay
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: CatBox at 4.5 against Virtual Zookeeper Simulator's 3.5. CatBox also leads on ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 2 months). Virtual Zookeeper Simulator's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 10) and ratings volume (24 vs 4). On price, review sentiment 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. CatBox sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. Virtual Zookeeper Simulator asks for nothing beyond the download.
CatBox holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 3.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Virtual Zookeeper Simulator has 24 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 0% and 0% positive.
CatBox ships an update every 3 weeks, Virtual Zookeeper Simulator every 2 months. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.
| Parameter | CatBox | Virtual Zookeeper Simulator |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (4 ratings) — better | 3.5 (24 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 4 | 24 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Ad-supported — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 116 MB | 247 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Monkey Mob Games | Abdur Rafay |
Customer experience
CatBox
Virtual Zookeeper Simulator
In-app purchases
CatBox
- 1 Time Skippy$0.99
- x5 Time Skippies$0.99
- x10 Time Skippies$1.99
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- Limited Time Starter Pack!$1.99
- Piggy Bank Contents$1.99
- Purchase All Litter Boxes$1.99
- x24 Time Skippies$3.99
- 4000 Coins$4.99
- 12000 Coins$12.99
- x100 Time Skippies$14.99
Virtual Zookeeper Simulator
No in-app purchases
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