Comparison

AR Dragon vs Grow Animals

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

Head to head
About

AR Dragon

Hatch, raise, and care for a unique virtual dragon in augmented reality. Interact with your dragon by feeding, playing, and dressing it up with various accessories. Watch your dragon grow and explore the real world with it.

Highlights
  • Hatch and raise unique dragons
  • Augmented reality integration
  • Feed and play with your dragon
  • Collect hats and skins
  • Discover rare toys and food
  • Dragon grows and changes size
Features
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Augmented Reality Virtual Pet Simulator! Hatch and care for your own unique dragon! Your dragon is one of a kind and unlike any other in the world! Discover and care for your own unique pet dragon: * Each day your dragon grows older and larger in size. * No two dragons will look the same! * Bring your dragon into the real world with AR! * Play catch with your dragon to ensure they’re having fun. * Make sure to feed your dragon so they dont go hungry. * Collect over 20 unique hats and fancy skins to dress up your dragon. * Rare toys and food to collect! * Training mode coming soon! * Teen / Adult dragon coming soon! PLEASE NOTE: AR Dragon is free game. However, some extra items can be purchased for real money. AR Dragon was developed by PlaySide, the developers behind the Editors’ Choice title “Catch The Ark”, Icy Ropes, Monkey Ropes, The Lego Batman Movie Game and Bouncy Bits. Let us know what you would love to see in our next update. Visit us at : www.playsidestudios.com

About

Grow Animals

Design and raise your dream pet by combining traits like cute, smart, strong, and lovable. Witness their evolution from a single cell to a fully grown creature, and even merge animals to discover new breeds. Decorate their habitat and care for them.

Highlights
  • Create dozens of unique animals
  • Experiment with trait combinations
  • Witness animal evolution
  • Decorate pet habitats
  • Pamper and play with pets
  • Merge animals to discover new breeds
Features
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Create your ideal pet! Make any pet animal you’ve ever dreamed of, there are dozens to collect! House them in your personal zoo, decorate it to your liking to keep your lovable fur babies happy. What is your ideal pet? Is it Cute? Smart? Strong? Lovable? Some combination of the four, or maybe just two of those traits? Experiment to find out! Science has produced concentrated potions of cute, smart, strong, and love, mix these traits together to create your favorite animal! What kind of animal is all Love but no Cute? What’s the strongest animal? The Smartest? Only you can find out. Start raising new animals starting with a single cell. Whatever mixture of traits you choose will produce a cell of your new animal, clone and merge cells together to slowly grow your pet. Witness the amazing evolution! What will your pet look like in its earliest stages of development? How adorable will it be as a baby? See the greatest miracle of life play out before your very eyes! Bring mythical creatures to life with your wondrous scientific abilities! Create dragons and unicorns. Bring dinosaurs back to life. Raise every breed of dog and cat! Combine fully grown animals together to create new and wonderful new pets. What does merging two kittens together create? You’ll have to try it yourself to know. Main Features: - Create Dozens of Adorable Animals! - Experiment to Discover New Animals to Add to Your Collection! - Decorate Your Pets’ New Home, Create Your Dream Garden! - Pamper, Feed, Bath, and Play with Your New Pets! Your journey of life, discovery, and creation starts now! Visit https://lionstudios.cc/contact-us/ if have any feedback, need help on beating a level or have any awesome ideas you would like to see in the game! From the Studio that brought you Mr. Bullet, Happy Glass, Ink Inc and Love Balls! Follow us to get news and updates on our other Award Winning titles; https://lionstudios.cc/ Facebook.com/LionStudios.cc Instagram.com/LionStudioscc Twitter.com/LionStudiosCC Youtube.com/c/LionStudiosCC

Screenshots

AR Dragon4 screens
Grow Animals4 screens

Verdict

The call

AR Dragon and Grow Animals both sit at 4.6 stars, but that hides the real split: 72% of AR Dragon's written reviews are positive against 62% of Grow Animals's. AR Dragon also leads on iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.0). Grow Animals's advantage is ratings volume (45K vs 7K). On price, rating, update cadence and ads 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. AR Dragon sells 10 one-off in-app purchases and Grow Animals sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.6 for AR Dragon against 4.7 for Grow Animals. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Grow Animals has 45K ratings behind it against 7K, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 72% of AR Dragon's written reviews are positive against 62% of Grow Animals's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

AR Dragon ships an update fortnightly, Grow Animals every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
AR Dragon versus Grow Animals: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAR DragonGrow Animals
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (7K ratings)4.7 (45K ratings) — better
Positive reviews72.1% of reviews — better61.8% of reviews
Number of ratings7K45K — better
Update frequencyFortnightly — betterEvery 3 weeks
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS12.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size299 MB334 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperPlaySideLion Studios

Customer experience

AR Dragon

All ratings7,028 ratings
Positive91.3%
Neutral3.5%
Negative5.3%
Written reviews1,497 reviews
Positive72.1%
Neutral7.9%
Negative20.0%

Grow Animals

All ratings44,651 ratings
Positive92.2%
Neutral4.4%
Negative3.5%
Written reviews482 reviews
Positive61.8%
Neutral13.9%
Negative24.3%

User reviews

AR Dragon

From 7K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🐉 Cute and interactive dragon
  • 🎨 Customizable dragon with skins and accessories
  • 🔍 Realistic AR integration
  • 🕹️ Fun feeding and training activities

Room to improve

  • ⏱️ Dragon gets hungry/bored too quickly
  • 🔋 High battery consumption
  • 🔒 Difficulty accessing camera permissions
  • 🔁 Limited gameplay beyond feeding and playing

Grow Animals

From 45K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🤩 Cute and fun animals
  • 🤗 Relaxing and enjoyable gameplay
  • 🤓 Educational animal facts
  • 👍 Great for kids and adults

Room to improve

  • 😡 Too many ads and ad breaks
  • 🤖 Lack of freedom to create own animals
  • 🤯 Repetitive and limiting gameplay
  • 🤔 Misleading advertising

Bugs and requests

AR Dragon

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Ads not working properly
  • Compatibility issues with older devices
  • Dragon disappearing or getting stuck in certain locations

Requested features

5 requests
  • Add more mini-games and activities
  • Implement a sleep/hibernation mode for the dragon
  • Allow for multiple dragons or a breeding feature
  • Improve dragon aging and visual progression
  • Add multiplayer/social features to interact with other players

Grow Animals

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Animals disappearing after merging
  • Freezing and crashing issues
  • Incorrect animal spawning
  • Progress reset problems

Requested features

4 requests
  • Allow users to create their own unique animals
  • Reduce the number of ads and ad breaks
  • Add more content and gameplay variety
  • Fix bugs and glitches

In-app purchases

10 purchases

AR Dragon

One-time10
  • Small pile of Crystals$0.99
  • Adult Dragon$0.99
  • Food Bowl$1.99
Show 7 more
  • Extra Lair 1$1.99
  • Extra Lair 2$1.99
  • Bag of Crystals$2.99
  • Winter is Coming$3.99
  • Crate of Crystals$9.99
  • Chest of Crystals$29.99
  • Treasure trove of Crystals$79.99
2 purchases

Grow Animals

One-time2
  • Remove Ads$2.99
  • All In One Bundle$4.99

Questions

Is AR Dragon free?
AR Dragon is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Grow Animals free?
Grow Animals is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, AR Dragon or Grow Animals?
Grow Animals is rated higher. AR Dragon averages 4.6 out of 5 from 7K ratings, while Grow Animals averages 4.7 from 45K ratings.
Do AR Dragon or Grow Animals have ads?
Both AR Dragon and Grow Animals show ads.
Which is updated more often, AR Dragon or Grow Animals?
AR Dragon ships an update fortnightly, and Grow Animals every 3 weeks. Most recently, AR Dragon was updated on November 5, 2026 and Grow Animals on November 6, 2026.

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