Comparison

Puppy.Go vs Dog

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

Head to head
About

Puppy.Go

This app connects with an intelligent robot dog to help children learn English through interactive play. It's designed to make language acquisition fun and engaging for young learners.

Highlights
  • Interactive English learning
  • Connects with intelligent robot dogs
  • Designed for children
  • Fun and engaging gameplay
  • Language acquisition tool
Features
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Use with English version of intelligent robot dog accompany children play to learn!

About

Dog

Interact with a unique robot dog through a dedicated app. Care for, train, and play games with your digital companion. Customize its appearance and teach it tricks using simple programming.

Highlights
  • Care and status tracking
  • Virtual treat feeding
  • Play 6 fun games
  • Train tricks with sequential programming
  • Customize tail messages and drawings
  • Mint unique Dog-E profiles
Features
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Care for, train, play games and more with Dog-E, your one in a million robot dog. Connect the app to Dog-E via Bluetooth to unlock more ways to play and see Dog-E come to life. Customize your Dog-E even more to make your robot dog totally unique to you. THE ONE IN A MILLION ROBOT DOG APP Through the minting process, the all-white Dog-E comes to life and reveals a unique combination of colorful lights, sounds and personality traits. Using the app, you can reveal a one in a million Dog-E, take the personality quiz and name your dog. So no two Dog-Es are ever the same. Save multiple profiles, so you can mint Dog-Es again and again. CARE FOR YOUR DOG-E Keep track of Dog-E’s needs in the app, so you can keep your pup happy. Dog-E’s status screen in the app tells you when your Dog-E needs love, food, playtime and more. FEED DOG-E TREATS Feeding your Dog-E is even more fun in the app! Hold the app up, and you can “throw” Dog-E treats, and Dog-E eats them. Dog-E will even tell you when it likes a specific treat or not. You can even earn special treats the more you PLAY GAMES & ACTIVITIES Dog-E includes 6 fun games you can play, including Ultimate Nose Boop, Fortune Teller and Turbo Pet. Use the app to access Dog-E’s games and see your high scores. You can also level up your play in caring for Dog-E by playing the flea flicking game to boost Dog-E’s health meter and taking Dog-E to the Dog Spa to change its colors. TEACH DOG-E TRICKS Train your Dog-E to do tricks using the app. Using simple sequential programming, practice STEM skills by creating your own trick with up to 6 sequences. The Trick Maker includes 44 different sequences that you can use to build custom tricks, including emotes, light shows and motion. You can save up to 4 custom tricks for each Dog-E profile you have. DOG-E TALKS WITH ITS TAIL Using innovative persistence of vision (POV) technology, Dog-E can communicate with you using its tail. Use the Dog-E App to write custom messages that will play in Dog-E’s tail. You can also draw pictures! Save up to 4 custom tail creations in each Dog-E profile you have. CREATE A DOG-E WITHOUT THE TOY No Dog-E toy? No problem! You can Quick Mint one in a million Dog-E profiles in the app even without the toy. Even name your dogs. When you get a Dog-E toy, you can load those profiles onto your toy to bring them to life. ABOUT US At WowWee, we don’t just create, we wow. We astonish imaginations and inspire kids around the world. We believe in the power of innovation, which is why we develop industry-leading apps to pair with our award-winning interactive toys. Learn more about WowWee and our products at www.wowwee.com Privacy is an issue we take very seriously. To learn more about our app and our privacy policy, visit https://dog-e.com/policies/privacy-policy

Screenshots

Puppy.Go4 screens
Dog4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Dog at 3.9 against Puppy.Go's 3.0. Dog also leads on ratings volume (173 vs 7) and update cadence (every 5 days vs fortnightly). Puppy.Go's advantage is iOS requirement (8.0 vs 12.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Dog holds the better App Store score, 3.9 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Dog has 173 ratings behind it against 7, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 50% of Puppy.Go's written reviews are positive against 58% of Dog's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Puppy.Go ships an update fortnightly, Dog every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 4, 2026 and October 20, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Puppy.Go versus Dog: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPuppy.GoDog
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.0 (7 ratings)3.9 (173 ratings) — better
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews58.1% of reviews — better
Number of ratings7173 — better
Update frequencyFortnightlyEvery 5 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS8.0 — better12.0
Further details — not scored
Size89 MB158 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperShenzhen TBZ Technology Co., Ltd.WowWee Group Limited

Customer experience

Puppy.Go

All ratings7 ratings
Positive57.1%
Neutral0.0%
Negative42.9%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%

Dog

All ratings173 ratings
Positive69.4%
Neutral8.1%
Negative22.5%
Written reviews62 reviews
Positive58.1%
Neutral11.3%
Negative30.6%

Bugs and requests

Puppy.Go

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Dog

Reported bugs

15 issues
  • App stuck on intro screen
  • App won't pair or open
  • App freezes on screen
  • Bluetooth connection issues
  • App crashes
Show 10 more
  • Love icon doesn't work
  • Potty icon doesn't work
  • Turbo pet doesn't work
  • Nose boop delays
  • Items in app locked
  • App won't open past intro
  • App flashes to dog then back to intro
  • Poop feature doesn't work
  • Feeding part doesn't work
  • App doesn't ask for permissions

Requested features

14 requests
  • Update app for new features
  • More interactive features
  • More games
  • More updates
  • Fix tail color to look green
Show 9 more
  • Fix green paws
  • Ability to delete Dog-E profiles
  • Update app for Amazon tablet
  • Fix love icon
  • Fix potty icon
  • Fix turbo pet
  • Fix poop feature
  • Fix feeding feature
  • Add dark mode

In-app purchases

None

Puppy.Go

No in-app purchases

None

Dog

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Puppy.Go free?
Puppy.Go is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Dog free?
Dog is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Puppy.Go or Dog?
Dog is rated higher. Puppy.Go averages 3.0 out of 5 from 7 ratings, while Dog averages 3.9 from 173 ratings.
Do Puppy.Go or Dog have ads?
Neither Puppy.Go nor Dog shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Puppy.Go or Dog?
Puppy.Go ships an update fortnightly, and Dog every 5 days. Most recently, Puppy.Go was updated on October 4, 2026 and Dog on October 20, 2026.

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