Comparison

Panda Simulator vs Panda AR

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

Head to head
About

Panda Simulator

Embark on a wild adventure as a panda in a dangerous forest. Build a family, raise cubs, and customize your panda's appearance. Explore a vast open world, complete quests, and battle mythical creatures to survive and thrive.

Highlights
  • Create and manage a panda family
  • Customize panda appearance with skins and accessories
  • Upgrade panda characteristics and skills
  • Explore a large open world
  • Complete various quests and tasks
  • Battle dangerous creatures and bosses
  • Improve home territory
Read full description

Panda adventure begins! In this simulator you will play for panda. It is difficult to live alone in the forest, because the forest is full of dangerous predators. Therefore, you must create a family, give birth to cubs and improve your home. In addition, the panda can help other pandas by performing various tasks. PANDA FAMILY You can create a family if you find another panda. In the future, with the development of the character, the opportunity to make cubs becomes available. You can have up to 4 young pandas. Your family will help you in your adventures. You also need to take care of members of your family. Do not forget to collect bamboo and feed them! If you feed your children, after a while they will grow up and become adults pandas. You also need to feed your spouse to improve his or her characteristics. IMPROVE YOUR HOME TERRITORY When your panda has no important business, the panda can visit its home. There is an opportunity to improve home territory by buying various items. Each of the items gives a bonus to the panda. Characteristics. PANDA CUSTOMIZATION Customize the appearance of the panda as you like. There are many skins to choose from. You can customize skins for your spouse and children. You can add various beautiful magic signs or even put on a funny hat. For a more accurate adjustment of the panda appearance, you can change its head, ears, abdomen, neck, front and back paws, tail, eyes. UPGRADE YOUR PANDAS There is an opportunity to improve the individual characteristics of family members and characteristics that affect all pandas in the family at once. Do not forget to improve the characters! Get experience doing tasks and eating bamboo. 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 CREATURES In your journey, you will meet many different creatures. Some of them are peaceful, and some are very dangerous. Also, pandas have to fight with dangerous bosses, for example with witches, wizards and ninjas. OPEN WORLD Large open world with fields, forests, mountains, gardens and villages is available for research. QUESTS Take part in various assignments. Pandas can perform a variety of tasks. You can participate in the Festival of Lanterns, compete with other animals, search for missing pandas, etc. ACHIEVEMENTS In addition to basic tasks, the panda can earn achievements for various actions in the game. Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/CyberGoldfinch Have fun in the Panda Simulator 3D – Animal Game!

About

Panda AR

Interact with a virtual giant panda in augmented reality. Feed, play, and take photos with your digital companion, then share your experiences on social media.

Highlights
  • Augmented reality interaction
  • Virtual panda pet
  • Feeding and playing mechanics
  • Photo capture
  • Social media sharing
Features
Read full description

The game brings you a giant panda, you can play with the giant panda, feed the giant panda, Take photos and share to social networks, very interesting

Screenshots

Panda Simulator4 screens
Panda AR3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Panda Simulator at 4.6 against Panda AR's 3.8. Panda Simulator also leads on ratings volume (1.6K vs 4) and review sentiment (84% vs 67%). Panda AR's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 13.0). On price, in-app purchases, monetization model 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Panda Simulator holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 3.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Panda Simulator has 1.6K ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 84% of Panda Simulator's written reviews are positive against 67% of Panda AR's.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Panda Simulator versus Panda AR: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPanda SimulatorPanda AR
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (1.6K ratings) — better3.8 (4 ratings)
Positive reviews84.1% of reviews — better66.7% of reviews
Number of ratings1.6K — better4
Update frequencyEvery 4 months—
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS13.011.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size211 MB138 MB
Age rating9+4+
DeveloperSergei Zykov芳英 冯

Customer experience

Panda Simulator

All ratings1,417 ratings
Positive90.0%
Neutral5.6%
Negative4.4%
Written reviews69 reviews
Positive84.1%
Neutral7.2%
Negative8.7%

Panda AR

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive66.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative33.3%

Bugs and requests

Panda Simulator

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Game crashes frequently
  • Freezing and performance issues
  • Difficulty targeting enemies
  • Getting stuck in the environment

Requested features

4 requests
  • Remove ads or add in-app purchases
  • Improve movement and controls
  • Add more content and features
  • Fix bugs and glitches

Panda AR

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Panda Simulator

No in-app purchases

None

Panda AR

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Panda Simulator free?
Panda Simulator is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Panda AR free?
Panda AR is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Panda Simulator or Panda AR?
Panda Simulator is rated higher. Panda Simulator averages 4.6 out of 5 from 1.6K ratings, while Panda AR averages 3.8 from 4 ratings.
Do Panda Simulator or Panda AR have ads?
Panda Simulator shows ads; Panda AR does not.

Other comparisons