Comparison

Cougar Simulator vs Wild Forest

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

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About

Cougar Simulator

Experience life as a big cat in this simulator. Hunt animals, customize your cougar's appearance, and build a family. Explore a vast open world, complete quests, and improve your cougar's skills to become stronger.

Highlights
  • Character customization
  • Family building and management
  • Character skill improvement
  • Hunting various animals
  • Open world exploration
  • Quest system
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Cougar goes hunting! In this simulator you will play for a big cat. You have to hunt animals and take care of your own family. Create your own cougar and go in search of adventure. A large location with forest, rivers, fields and farms is available for research. Hunt for animals, make a family, improve your cougar and your family members. Do different tasks and become stronger. Find out what it means to be a cougar in the new Cougar Simulator. CHARACTER CUSTOMIZATION Customize the appearance of the cougar as you like. There are several skins to choose from. If desired, your pet may look like a panther, a jaguar, a cheetah, a leopard or another bright and beautiful big cat. You can adjust the magical glow of a cougar or add spots like a leopard to make the animal look even more impressive. For a more accurate setting, you can change: tail, eyes, ears, belly, neck, legs and back. Let your animal look the way you like. BIG CAT FAMILY You can create a family if you find another cougar. When you create a family and become an experienced cougar, you will be able to make babies. Your family can help you in combat and hunting. There is an opportunity to improve the characters of the family. To do this, it is necessary to hunt and collect food in order to feed the children and the wife (the husband, for the female character) in the future. IMPROVE CHARACTERS The game has the ability to improve the individual characteristics of family members and characteristics that affect all cougars in the family at once. Do not forget to improve the characters! Get experience doing tasks and hunting. After receiving a level, the character can spend it on points of attack, energy or life. There are also special skills that allow you to increase speed, collect more food, get more resources for actions in the game, etc. VARIOUS ANIMALS In your journey, you will meet many different creatures. For example, on the farm you can meet chicken, rooster, chicken, cow, goat, ram, sheep, cat, dog, pig, horse and, of course, people. In the forest, in addition to the peace-loving deer, wild boar, goat and sheep, you can meet dangerous predators - wolves, snakes and even a huge spider! But do not worry, brave cougar will cope with it! OPEN WORLD In this large open world, you can travel with your family along forests, farms, rivers and fields. QUESTS Take part in various tasks! All over the world you can find other big cats that need your help. You can perform various tasks in order to gain experience and coins for improvements. You have to hunt other animals, help to find, collect, plant, deliver, destroy different objects. In addition, some characters hold competitions of big cats! Do you want to know who is faster: a puma or a panther? Or to compete with cheetah, leopard, panther? Then you should try playing Cougar Simulator. Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/CyberGoldfinch Have fun in the Cougar Simulator: Big Cat Family Game!

About

Wild Forest

Experience life as a fox in a vast open world. Hunt, find a mate, raise a family, and protect them from dangerous predators. Complete missions to improve your skills and unlock new fox breeds.

Highlights
  • Live as a fox
  • Hunt and gather resources
  • Build a family and protect cubs
  • Complete missions for rewards
  • Unlock new fox breeds
  • Explore an open world
  • Daily gifts
Features
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A quiet autumn forest is waiting for its new inhabitant. Begin as a lone fox and choose your own path through the wild. Run between the trees, discover new places, collect coins and take on challenges hidden across the world. Every completed mission brings experience and helps you prepare for what lies ahead. Your journey will gradually become a family story. Find a partner who will travel and fight alongside you. As you continue progressing, your family can grow with the arrival of a cub. From that moment, you will no longer face the dangers of the forest alone. Each member of the family can become stronger. Improve health, energy and damage, decide how to spend your rewards and prepare your companions for increasingly difficult encounters. During your travels, you can unlock new fox variations with different appearances and characteristics. Choose the one you like and continue developing your family. The forest is inhabited by many creatures, but some of them are much stronger than ordinary opponents. Find powerful animal leaders, enter special battles and test whether your family is ready to stand against them. There is always something to do: — complete missions and earn rewards; — explore a large autumn environment; — collect coins hidden throughout the world; — unlock additional foxes; — develop your character, partner and cub; — fight dangerous creatures; — receive gifts for returning to the game. Joystick sensitivity can be adjusted in the settings for more comfortable movement. Begin your woodland journey and write the story of your own fox family.

Screenshots

Cougar Simulator4 screens
Wild Forest4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Cougar Simulator at 4.6 against Wild Forest's 4.2. Cougar Simulator also leads on ratings volume (363 vs 6) and update cadence (every 5 months vs every 14 months). Wild Forest's advantage is monetization model (ad-supported vs free with in-app purchases). On price, review sentiment, ads and in-app purchases 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

Cougar Simulator holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Cougar Simulator has 363 ratings behind it against 6, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 96% of Cougar Simulator's written reviews are positive against 100% of Wild Forest's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Cougar Simulator ships an update every 5 months, Wild Forest every 14 months. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Cougar Simulator versus Wild Forest: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCougar SimulatorWild Forest
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (363 ratings) — better4.2 (6 ratings)
Positive reviews96.4% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings363 — better6
Update frequencyEvery 5 months — betterEvery 14 months
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesAd-supported — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size197 MB380 MB
Age rating12+9+
DeveloperSergei ZykovKseniia Suvorova

Customer experience

Cougar Simulator

All ratings332 ratings
Positive90.7%
Neutral4.2%
Negative5.1%
Written reviews55 reviews
Positive96.4%
Neutral1.8%
Negative1.8%

Wild Forest

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Cougar Simulator

Reported bugs

9 issues
  • Falling through the world
  • Getting stuck in the farm
  • Puma not running faster than jogging
  • Attacking the wrong animal
  • Customizations resetting
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  • Random crashing
  • Eyes changing size automatically
  • Game crashes when accepting missions
  • Game freezing when fighting

Requested features

27 requests
  • Change family skin/customization
  • Add more kittens
  • Show cougar pregnant/giving birth
  • Simulators for other animals (lions, eagles, crocodiles, snakes, parrots, panthers, penguins)
  • Grow cubs
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  • Add territories and enemy cougars
  • Change eye color
  • Take cubs with you
  • Add magic glow/spots for customization
  • Add multiplayer option
  • Add leaderboards
  • Add homes
  • Add family tree
  • Play as cubs
  • Climb mountains like a real cougar
  • See all camera views (front, side, back)
  • Zoom out/in
  • Make pregnant state more realistic (fatter)
  • Show birth process
  • Have more than one kitten at a time or choose kitten amount
  • Add more dangerous animals
  • Make cubs appear with spots
  • Make animals move faster (cougar speed)
  • Add magical abilities (ice, fire control)
  • Allow leaving babies anywhere
  • Make game more realistic
  • Add online/offline penguin simulator

Wild Forest

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Cougar Simulator

No in-app purchases

None

Wild Forest

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Cougar Simulator free?
Cougar Simulator is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Wild Forest free?
Wild Forest is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Cougar Simulator or Wild Forest?
Cougar Simulator is rated higher. Cougar Simulator averages 4.6 out of 5 from 363 ratings, while Wild Forest averages 4.2 from 6 ratings.
Do Cougar Simulator or Wild Forest have ads?
Both Cougar Simulator and Wild Forest show ads.
Which is updated more often, Cougar Simulator or Wild Forest?
Cougar Simulator ships an update every 5 months, and Wild Forest every 14 months. Most recently, Cougar Simulator was updated on November 2, 2026 and Wild Forest on October 30, 2026.

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