Kittens Game vs Basic Yacht Dice Game
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
Basic Yacht Dice Game
A strategic dice game combining luck and skill. This classic game offers a pure, uninterrupted experience with no advertisements or in-app purchases.
- Dice game
- Strategy and luck
- No ads
- No in-app purchases
- Classic gameplay
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A dice game. A game of dice. A game full of strategy and luck. This game has been known by many names over countless æons, but here: it is YACHT. As with all the games in my Basic series, there are NO ads and NO in-app purchases, ever.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Basic Yacht Dice Game at 5.0 against Kittens Game's 4.5. Basic Yacht Dice Game also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 68%) and price ($1.99 vs $2.99). Kittens Game's advantage is ratings volume (322 vs 2) and chart position (#79 vs unranked). On update cadence, ads, in-app purchases 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
Kittens Game costs $2.99 and Basic Yacht Dice Game $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Basic Yacht Dice Game holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Kittens Game has 322 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 68% of Kittens Game's written reviews are positive against 100% of Basic Yacht Dice Game's.
Kittens Game ships an update every 4 months, Basic Yacht Dice Game every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 11, 2026 and October 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Kittens Game | Basic Yacht Dice Game |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $2.99 | $1.99 — better |
| Rating | 4.5 (322 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 67.9% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 322 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Paid |
| Best chart rank | #79 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 14.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 22 MB | 72 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Dmitrii Popov | Charles Cuny |
Customer experience
Kittens Game
Basic Yacht Dice Game
Bugs and requests
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
Basic Yacht Dice Game
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Kittens Game
No in-app purchases
Basic Yacht Dice Game
No in-app purchases
Questions
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