Comparison

Simon's Cat vs PigPen

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

Head to head
About

Simon's Cat

Connect colorful treats to solve match-3 puzzles and help Simon's Cat recover stolen cookies. Battle villains, use power-ups, and explore charming locations in this delightful puzzle adventure.

Highlights
  • Connect treats to create combos
  • Hundreds of match-3 levels
  • Battle snack-stealing villains
  • Use purrfect power-ups
  • Play with friends
  • Exciting seasonal events
Features
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The tasty treats have vanished, and only Simon’s Cat can bring them back! The mischievous crow has swiped all the cookies, and now it’s up to you to connect treats, combine colors, and complete match-3 puzzles in this adorable puzzle game. Join Simon’s Cat, Maisy, Chloe, and Jazz on a delightful journey through charming locations in Simon’s Cat Crunch Time. Solve fun and challenging match-3 levels, fight off tricky villains, and uncover exciting seasonal surprises along the way! Pawsome Features: Simple & Addictive Gameplay – Match and connect treats to create powerful combos! Hundreds of Levels – Explore crunch time challenges and unlock new adventures. Fight Off Villains – Beat Sir Royston the Pug, Mr. Potts, and other snack-stealing troublemakers! Purrfect Power-Ups – Use special boosters to boom through obstacles and complete tricky puzzles! Play with Friends – Join a team, compare scores, and challenge your friends to see who can beat the most levels! Exciting Events – Discover limited-time challenges and treasure-filled surprises! With regular updates, new levels, and adorable animations, there’s always something fresh in Simon’s Cat Crunch Time! Play now and enjoy a cat-puzzle game full of tasty treats and endless fun!

About

PigPen

Features
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Fence the pigs. Fill the field. One puzzle a day. PigPen is a daily logic puzzle for the one-finger, coffee-break crowd — players who love Wordle, Connections, and Strands and are ready for something with a little more bite. The board is a grid of farmland with pigs scattered across it. Your job is simple to learn and surprisingly deep to master: drag fences along the grid lines to enclose every pig in its own pen, where each pen is rotationally symmetric around its pig and the whole field is partitioned with no leftover squares. Three rules. No timers in your face. No fluff. Just a clean, satisfying daily solve. FEATURES • A new puzzle every day — three sizes (5×5, 7×7, 10×10), each with Standard and Hard tiers, so you can pick a quick warm-up or settle in for a Sunday-cryptic-sized challenge. • Globally-keyed daily puzzles so leaderboards stay fair — everyone's puzzle of the day is the same puzzle. • One-finger play — tap a fence to toggle it, drag along an axis to paint a run of fences, long-press to mark a cell. • Live symmetry hints (optional) — your moves' rotational counterparts highlight faintly so you can feel the shape of each pen. • Unlimited undo and redo — experiment freely without losing your place. • Mistake checker and one daily hint per puzzle when you're truly stuck. • Clean-solve badges for finishing without hints or mistakes. • Stats and streaks that track your daily habit, not your wallet. • Gorgeous, warm visual design — pigs you'll actually want to fence in. WHO IT'S FOR If you start your morning with a daily word game and finish it before your coffee's cold, PigPen is the next logic puzzle for your routine. It's deductive (no guessing, no trial-and-error), uniquely solvable, and hand-tuned for satisfying "aha" moments rather than tedious bookkeeping. INSPIRED BY THE CLASSICS PigPen is a love letter to Galaxies (Tentai Show) by Nikoli — one of the most elegant pen-and-paper puzzle formats ever invented — reimagined with a warmer hook, modern progression, and the daily cadence that makes a puzzle a habit. Get one puzzle a day. Build a streak. Become the kind of person who fences pigs.

Screenshots

Simon's Cat4 screens
PigPen4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: PigPen at weekly against Simon's Cat's monthly. Simon's Cat's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 18.0). On price, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Simon's Cat sells 12 one-off in-app purchases and PigPen sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Simon's Cat ships an update monthly, PigPen weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 9, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Simon's Cat versus PigPen: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSimon's CatPigPen
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.9 (53K ratings) — better—
Positive reviews87.1% of reviews—
Number of ratings53K — better—
Update frequencyMonthlyWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS13.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size479 MB13 MB
Age rating9+4+
DeveloperTactile Games LimitedRodney Telford

Bugs and requests

Simon's Cat

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Freezing and crashing issues
  • Ads not registering properly
  • Incorrect scoring and progress tracking

Requested features

4 requests
  • Daily login bonus
  • More variety in levels and challenges
  • Option to disable ads
  • Improved progression system

PigPen

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

12 purchases

Simon's Cat

One-time12
  • Welcome Pack$0.99
  • Stack of Coins$1.99
  • Kitten Bundle$1.99
Show 9 more
  • Kitten Bundle$3.99
  • Open Piggy Bank$3.99
  • Special Offer$6.99
  • Pile of Coins$9.99
  • Treat Bundle$9.99
  • Special Offer$9.99
  • Special Offer$11.99
  • Bag of Coins$19.99
  • Purrfect Bundle$19.99
1 purchases

PigPen

One-time1
  • PigPen Unlimited$4.99

Questions

Is Simon's Cat free?
Simon's Cat is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is PigPen free?
PigPen is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Simon's Cat or PigPen have ads?
Neither Simon's Cat nor PigPen shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Simon's Cat or PigPen?
Simon's Cat ships an update monthly, and PigPen weekly. Most recently, Simon's Cat was updated on October 24, 2026 and PigPen on October 9, 2026.

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