Comparison

BLあるある vs Pocket Love!

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

Head to head
About

BLあるある

This app collects and presents common tropes and situations found in Boys' Love (BL) manga. Users can read manga, answer trivia questions about BL "aruaru" (common occurrences), and discover new BL stories. It features various character pairings and scenarios.

Highlights
  • BL manga "aruaru" collection
  • Manga reading
  • Trivia quizzes
  • Character pairing scenarios
  • 13 featured manga titles
Features
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「BLマンガ」…… それは禁断の花園…!! BLマンガって結構定番化してるシチュエーションあるよねぇ〜 そんな「あるあるネタ」を集めました!! ■ラインナップ ・ぼくらのヒ・ミ・ツ/後輩(攻)×先輩(受) ・ワンダフルジャングル/チーター(攻)×黒猫(受) ・笑顔の体温/理系年上会社員(攻)×可愛い系年下大学生(受) ・不真面目パーティーピーポー!/不良(攻)×優等生(受) ・アラブのアダムに犯されて/アラブの王子(攻)×ショタ大学生(受) etc...作品数は13作品! ■こんなの「あるある」! 【アラブの王子はヒゲがない】 現地だと生えていないと◯◯認定!? 【周囲が男×男について寛大すぎる】 むしろみんな付き合ってた…( ゚д゚) 【「ご褒美」と「お仕置き」は結局同じ】 いいことしたら「ご褒美」、わるいことしたら「お仕置き」。結局することは一緒じゃんwwww 【翌朝は大体受けが後から起きてくる】 多分激しかったんだろうな… ■遊び方■ ・漫画を読む ・あるある問題が出題されます ・当てはまる箇所をタップで解答! 今日も元気にほーもぉー!

About

Pocket Love!

Design a charming couple, customize their home with unique decor, and embark on a delightful life simulation adventure. Adopt pets, go on dates, and express your creativity through mini-games and sharing your creations.

Highlights
  • Character customization
  • Home building and decoration
  • Pet adoption and care
  • Life simulation activities
  • Mini-games
  • Sharing creations
Features
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Create your own adorable couple, dress them up with fantastic style, build, decorate, and design their home, adopt a loyal furry pet, and watch them experience cute moments together in this shrunk down house game & life sim! Create Pocket Lovers - Customize your perfect couple with a character creator that lets you personalize their every detail. - Skin color and hairstyles galore, pick and choose all the little things that will make them a reflection of everything that makes you special! - Change their looks at any time with constant new clothes, hairstyles, and accessories to collect. Build & Design Your Home - Design and decorate your dream home with a colorful variety of furniture, wall decor, and flooring items. - Expand your house, add different rooms and floors, such as a kitchen, a bedroom, and a garden to make your home feel complete. - Go wild! Add your own movie theater, arcade, or even a fossil museum. - Unpacking fever! You will never run out of new item combinations from the Amazing Store. Lifestyle Sim - Turn your life into “our” life with your couple; warm your heart as you cook, clean, and spend time as a new family. - Adopt a furry animal companion! Nurture your dogs and cats, and treat them with special furniture for pets. - In this life simulator, you can take your bae out to the park, fancy restaurants, or other surprising events (Did someone say “K-Pop Concert”?) for romantic - and sometimes hilarious - dates. - Meet new friends and make your couple the most irresistible love birds of Pocket Town! Share The Love - Take screenshots of your favorite sets and styles with the game’s camera, and show your creativity off to your friends. - Brimming with pastel colors, cute characters, and sweet animations, your creations are sure to catch everyone’s eyes! Arcade Attractions - Master the art of pancakes making, and balance your way into delivering boxes from our Amazing Store! - There are more mini-games to come, so stay tuned for updates! Is that the sound of birds in your garden? The fragrance of home-made pancakes? And new rooms to be filled of furniture of all kind? Enjoy an idle life simulation game where you are free to choose from a catalog of varied furniture and activities to do! Welcome to the pocket-sized home of your dreams!

Screenshots

BLあるある3 screens
Pocket Love!4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: BLあるある at none against Pocket Love!'s 11. BLあるある also leads on iOS requirement (12.5 vs 15.0). Pocket Love!'s advantage is update cadence (fortnightly vs every 68 months) and ratings volume (248K vs 4). On price, rating, review sentiment 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. Pocket Love! sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. BLあるある asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.8 for BLあるある against 4.7 for Pocket Love!. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Pocket Love! has 248K ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 82% of BLあるある's written reviews are positive against 90% of Pocket Love!'s.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

BLあるある ships an update every 68 months, Pocket Love! fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on September 8, 2026 and September 26, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 6 level
BLあるある versus Pocket Love!: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBLあるあるPocket Love!
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (4 ratings) — better4.7 (248K ratings)
Positive reviews82.4% of reviews90.1% of reviews — better
Number of ratings4248K — better
Update frequencyEvery 68 monthsFortnightly — better
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
Best chart rank—#57 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS12.5 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size194 MB573 MB
Age rating4+9+
DeveloperMIKU KURAKIHyperBeard Inc.

Customer experience

BLあるある

All ratings4 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews51 reviews
Positive82.4%
Neutral7.8%
Negative9.8%

Pocket Love!

All ratings248,107 ratings
Positive95.5%
Neutral3.3%
Negative1.2%
Written reviews5,739 reviews
Positive90.1%
Neutral5.4%
Negative4.5%

Bugs and requests

BLあるある

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Pocket Love!

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Ads not always working or crashing the game
  • Glitches with character dialogue and furniture placement
  • Inconsistent or missing rewards after completing tasks

Requested features

5 requests
  • Expand house with more rooms, floors, or outdoor space
  • Add mini-games or other interactive activities
  • Increase variety of furniture, clothing, and pet options
  • Allow more control and interaction with characters and environment
  • Implement a social/multiplayer feature to visit friends' homes

In-app purchases

None

BLあるある

No in-app purchases

10 purchases

Pocket Love!

One-time10
  • 50 Dogllars$0.99
  • 100 Dogllars$0.99
  • 120 Dogllars$1.99
Show 7 more
  • 240 Dogllars$1.99
  • First Pack$1.99
  • Goth Clothes Set$2.99
  • 375 Dogllars$4.99
  • 750 Dogllars$4.99
  • 1600 Dogllars$9.99
  • 800 Dogllars$9.99

Questions

Is BLあるある free?
BLあるある is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Pocket Love! free?
Pocket Love! is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, BLあるある or Pocket Love!?
BLあるある is rated higher. BLあるある averages 4.8 out of 5 from 4 ratings, while Pocket Love! averages 4.7 from 248K ratings.
Do BLあるある or Pocket Love! have ads?
Both BLあるある and Pocket Love! show ads.
Which is updated more often, BLあるある or Pocket Love!?
BLあるある ships an update every 68 months, and Pocket Love! fortnightly. Most recently, BLあるある was updated on September 8, 2026 and Pocket Love! on September 26, 2026.

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