Comparison

Pixel Petz vs WristStudio

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

Head to head
About

Pixel Petz

Design and bring your virtual pet creations to life. Share your unique petz with a global community, interact with other artists, and trade to build your ultimate collection. Participate in petz shows to gain recognition.

Highlights
  • Create unique virtual petz
  • Share petz photos and posts
  • Discover artist and pet lover community
  • Interact with likes and comments
  • Enter petz shows
  • Buy, sell, and trade petz
Features
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Pixel Petz is an online community for creating and trading virtual petz. Watch your designs come to life before your eyes, and discover other pixers from around the world! Join Pixel Petz to: • Create your own unique petz using simple tools. • Share photos and make posts about your petz. • Discover a community of artists and pet lovers. Interact with likes and comments! • Enter petz showz and make your petz famous. • Buy, sell, and trade petz to cultivate your ultimate Petz Collection!

About

WristStudio

Features
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WristStudio brings your channel's numbers to your wrist. Check how your channel is doing at a glance, read and reply to new comments, and see what's happening without reaching for your phone. DASHBOARD • Exact subscriber count, video count and recent views • A last-28-days summary of views and watch time • Your latest upload at a glance • A snapshot of your newest comments ANALYTICS • Views, watch time and subscribers over 7, 28, 90 or 365 days, or lifetime • Impressions and click-through rate • Your top videos for the period • Where viewers are watching from and how they found you REALTIME • Activity over the last 60 minutes or 48 hours • A live bar chart of views per minute or per hour • The videos driving that activity, each with its own trend line • Filter by all content, long-form videos or Shorts COMMENTS • Read published comments and comments held for review • Reply with dictation, Scribble or the keyboard • Heart a comment, or approve, remove or report a held one • Every comment shows which video it was left on CONTENT • Browse uploads with views, likes and comment counts • Edit a video's title, description, visibility and audience • Visibility changes always ask twice before anything goes live MANAGED CHANNELS WristStudio works with channels you manage through channel permissions, not only channels you own. Choose the channel once on iPhone and your Apple Watch follows. SIGNING IN You sign in on iPhone using Google's own sign-in page. WristStudio never sees, handles or stores your password. The resulting session is kept in the iPhone and Apple Watch keychains and is used only to communicate with YouTube. No account data is sent to the developer. WristStudio is an independent app. It is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by YouTube or Google LLC.

Screenshots

Pixel Petz4 screens
WristStudio1 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: WristStudio at none against Pixel Petz's 12. WristStudio also leads on ads (none vs shown). On price, device support and iOS requirement 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. Pixel Petz sells 12 one-off in-app purchases. WristStudio asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Pixel Petz versus WristStudio: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPixel PetzWristStudio
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (10K ratings) — better—
Positive reviews78.2% of reviews—
Number of ratings10K — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks—
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, Apple Watch
Requires iOS15.0 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size314 MB2 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperMinidragonJames Kelsey

Bugs and requests

Pixel Petz

Reported bugs

5 issues
  • Disappearing pets and items
  • Incorrect pet details after adoption
  • Notifications not working properly
  • Crashes and loading issues
  • Gem and coin tracking problems

Requested features

5 requests
  • Add more pet species
  • Improve notification system
  • Increase pet storage limit
  • Implement a private chat feature
  • Add more mini-games and activities

WristStudio

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

12 purchases

Pixel Petz

One-time12
  • 12 Gemz$0.99
  • 8 Day Golden Token$1.99
  • Welcome Bundle$1.99
Show 9 more
  • Artist Petz$2.99
  • 60 Gemz$4.99
  • 30 Day Golden Token$4.99
  • Weekly Minimalz Pack$5.99
  • 125 Gemz$9.99
  • Rainbow Dragon Egg$9.99
  • 260 Gemz$19.99
  • 850 Gemz$49.99
  • 2100 Gemz$99.99
None

WristStudio

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Pixel Petz free?
Pixel Petz is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is WristStudio free?
WristStudio is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Pixel Petz or WristStudio have ads?
Pixel Petz shows ads; WristStudio does not.

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