Here Kitty! vs Ollie’s Arcade
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Here Kitty!
This app turns your phone into a shy virtual cat that hides around your home. Family and friends can call out to find it, and the cat will meow back intermittently. It's a fun game for at-home entertainment.
- Virtual cat hides in your home
- Phone acts as hiding spot
- Cat meows when called
- Shy cat meows intermittently
- Family and friends can play
- New characters coming soon
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Kitty is shy and wants to hide in your home. You can help by placing your phone facedown in a secret hiding spot somewhere in your home. After you do, your family or friends can try to find it by calling out. Kitty will meow back. But not every time because Kitty is shy. Take turns hiding and finding Kitty and have fun together at home! P.S. Kitty's friends will be joining the fun each upcoming Saturday. Nala is coming next!
Ollie’s Arcade
Experience classic arcade and handheld gaming on your phone with a collection of retro-styled mini-games. Enjoy challenging yet simple gameplay with no ads, coins, or subscriptions required. Accessible for all, including those with color-blindness, and supports game controllers and keyboards.
- Retro-styled mini-games
- Ad-free experience
- No in-app purchases or subscriptions
- Accessible design for color-blindness
- Game controller and keyboard support
- Handheld electronic game simulation
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A fun collection of retro-styled mini games that are both challenging and simple to play. Relive fond memories of your favorite classic arcade or electronic handheld games! ⁕ 100% Free Thanks to generous Kickstarter backers, Ollie's Arcade is entirely free to play! ⁕ Handheld Retro Gaming Put the sights and sounds of electronic gaming in the palm of your hand. Turns your device into a perfectly pixelated way to pass the time and have some fun. ⁕ No Ads, No Coins, No Subs There are no ads to watch, no coins to buy, and no subscriptions to renew. Crash that lunar lander all you want, we'll build more! ⁕ Fun AND Accessible Ollie's mini games are easy to learn and designed to be accessible for all, even those with color-blindness. ⁕ Game Controller and Keyboard Support Sometimes you just gotta go old school! Each of Ollie's mini games offer full support for playing with your favorite game controller or keyboard. IGRS Rating: 3+
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Here Kitty! at none against Ollie’s Arcade's 2. Here Kitty! also leads on update cadence (every 10 days vs every 8 months) and ratings volume (447 vs 135). Ollie’s Arcade's advantage is review sentiment (82% vs 66%). On price, rating, ads 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
Both are free to download. Ollie’s Arcade sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Here Kitty! asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.7 for Here Kitty! against 4.8 for Ollie’s Arcade. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 447 and 135 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 66% of Here Kitty!'s written reviews are positive against 82% of Ollie’s Arcade's.
Here Kitty! ships an update every 10 days, Ollie’s Arcade every 8 months. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 15, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Here Kitty! | Ollie’s Arcade |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (447 ratings) | 4.8 (135 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 65.8% of reviews | 81.8% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 447 — better | 135 |
| Update frequency | Every 10 days — better | Every 8 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, Apple TV |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 16.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 71 MB | 144 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Impending | The Iconfactory |
Customer experience
Here Kitty!
Ollie’s Arcade
Bugs and requests
Here Kitty!
Reported bugs
11 issues- Microphone not working
- App doesn't respond
- Unlocks don't work
- Difficulty unlocking characters
- App stuck on difficulty select screen
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- Doesn't work on iPad
- Barely working half the time
- Phone screen goes black
- Doesn't meow
- Not working on iPhone 12
- Doesn't work on iPad
Requested features
6 requests- Make subscription less expensive
- Fix microphone authorization
- Make the app meow
- Unlock the dog character
- Unlock the cat character
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- Unlock other animals
Ollie’s Arcade
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Here Kitty!
No in-app purchases
Ollie’s Arcade
- Tranquility Touchdown$1.99
- Snake$1.99
Questions
Is Here Kitty! free?
Is Ollie’s Arcade free?
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Do Here Kitty! or Ollie’s Arcade have ads?
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