Cat Bird! vs Idle Rancher
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Cat Bird!
Embark on a challenging platform adventure as a cute cat bird on an epic quest to return home. Navigate through unique worlds filled with obstacles, enemies, and guardians. Test your skills across numerous levels with stunning pixel art and competitive features.
- Over 40 challenging levels
- 3 Epic bosses
- Stylish pixel art graphics
- Achievements and Leaderboards
- Time Trial mode
- ReplayKit support
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A cute-tastic journey across worlds. Help Cat Bird on his challenging platform adventure on an epic quest to get back home. Venture through unique worlds hovering across pits, traps, enemies, and saw blades. Beware of the mighty guardians that block your path. Join the journey and open your inner meow! Featuring: + More than 40 challenging levels. + 3 Epic bosses to challenge. + Stylish and stunning pixel art graphics. + Achievements and Leaderboards to compete with others. + Test your skills in Time Trial mode. + Beautiful Soundtrack + Show off your abilities with ReplayKit(iOS 9+)
Idle Rancher
Become a wealthy alpaca rancher by starting your own farm. Discover new crops, earn coins, and build a vast ranch empire. Manage your farm to produce delicious treats and upgrade your facilities.
- Start your own alpaca ranch
- Discover and plant various crops
- Earn coins and upgrade your ranch
- Produce delicious ice cream and treats
- Build the biggest ranch empire
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Are you ready to become the wealthiest rancher in the farming games world? In Idle Rancher you are a super cute alpaca rancher. Start your own ranch, discover new crops, earn coins and build the biggest ranch empire in the universe! Manage your ranch and plant a variety of funny crops to make delicious ice cream, improve your productivity and upgrade your ranch. What do you feel like planting today? Yummy avocados? Fluffy cats? Scrumptious macaroons? Find all of them and many more and become the wealthiest rancher!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Cat Bird! at 4.4 against Idle Rancher's 3.3. Cat Bird! also leads on review sentiment (79% vs 42%) and ratings volume (1.5K vs 59). Idle Rancher's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and ads (none vs shown). On price 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. Cat Bird! sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Idle Rancher asks for nothing beyond the download.
Cat Bird! holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 3.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Cat Bird! has 1.5K ratings behind it against 59, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 79% of Cat Bird!'s written reviews are positive against 42% of Idle Rancher's.
Cat Bird! ships an update every 16 months, Idle Rancher every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Cat Bird! | Idle Rancher |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (1.5K ratings) — better | 3.3 (59 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 78.8% of reviews — better | 41.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1.5K — better | 59 |
| Update frequency | Every 16 months | Every 5 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.4 | 9.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 63 MB | 64 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Raiyumi Inc. | REALITY SQUARED GAME CO., LIMITED |
Customer experience
Cat Bird!
Idle Rancher
User reviews
Cat Bird!
From 1.5K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Cute and charming visuals
- 🎮 Engaging and challenging gameplay
- 🎶 Excellent soundtrack and sound design
- 💎 High-quality, polished game
- 🕹️ Simple and responsive controls
Room to improve
- 🔍 Difficulty spikes in later levels
- 🔍 Crowns/secrets can be hard to find
- 🔍 Frustrating difficulty at times
- 🔍 Controls can feel imprecise
- 📺 Intrusive ad placement
Idle Rancher
From 59 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 😍 Adorable art style
- 😊 Fun and addictive gameplay
- 💡 Interesting trivia questions
- ✨ Cute food designs
Room to improve
- 🐛 Ads not working
- 🐛 Videos not playable
- 🐛 Chest screen unclosable
- 🐛 Game softlocks
- 🐛 Progress lost after crash
Bugs and requests
Cat Bird!
Reported bugs
3 issues- Game crashes after ads
- Controls glitch and stop working
- Screen orientation issues
Requested features
5 requests- More levels and worlds
- Customizable player skins
- Level editor and community
- Multiplayer mode
- Checkpoint/progress saving
Idle Rancher
Reported bugs
14 issues- Cannot watch ads to get rewards
- Videos for rewards are not playable
- Cannot exit chest screen after opening
- Game softlocks when opening chests
- Progress lost after app crash/reinstall
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- Lag and performance issues
- Christmas event progression blocked
- Offline earnings feature removed
- Duplicate puzzle pieces issue
- Screen not sized correctly on some devices
- White screen after making ice cream
- Game freezes when using potions/upgrading
- Money display incorrect
- Ice cream making stuck
Requested features
9 requests- Fix ads not working
- Fix chest screen bug
- Add more crops
- Add in-app purchases
- Allow ad rewards without ads
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- Fix potion usage display
- Fix duplicate puzzle pieces
- Fix Christmas event progression
- Fix offline earnings
In-app purchases
Cat Bird!
- Remove Ads$1.99
Idle Rancher
No in-app purchases
