Comparison

Piehole vs Grow Animals

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

Head to head
About

Piehole

Serve hungry mouths by flipping food into them. Keep their appetites satisfied by continuously feeding them. A simple, engaging game of timing and precision.

Highlights
  • Flipping food mechanics
  • Feeding hungry mouths
  • Appetite management
  • Simple gameplay
Features
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Break out your spatula and flip food into these hungry mouths until they can eat no more. Make these jelly rolls roll by keeping their appetites fed.

About

Grow Animals

Design and raise your dream pet by combining traits like cute, smart, strong, and lovable. Witness their evolution from a single cell to a fully grown creature, and even merge animals to discover new breeds. Decorate their habitat and care for them.

Highlights
  • Create dozens of unique animals
  • Experiment with trait combinations
  • Witness animal evolution
  • Decorate pet habitats
  • Pamper and play with pets
  • Merge animals to discover new breeds
Features
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Create your ideal pet! Make any pet animal you’ve ever dreamed of, there are dozens to collect! House them in your personal zoo, decorate it to your liking to keep your lovable fur babies happy. What is your ideal pet? Is it Cute? Smart? Strong? Lovable? Some combination of the four, or maybe just two of those traits? Experiment to find out! Science has produced concentrated potions of cute, smart, strong, and love, mix these traits together to create your favorite animal! What kind of animal is all Love but no Cute? What’s the strongest animal? The Smartest? Only you can find out. Start raising new animals starting with a single cell. Whatever mixture of traits you choose will produce a cell of your new animal, clone and merge cells together to slowly grow your pet. Witness the amazing evolution! What will your pet look like in its earliest stages of development? How adorable will it be as a baby? See the greatest miracle of life play out before your very eyes! Bring mythical creatures to life with your wondrous scientific abilities! Create dragons and unicorns. Bring dinosaurs back to life. Raise every breed of dog and cat! Combine fully grown animals together to create new and wonderful new pets. What does merging two kittens together create? You’ll have to try it yourself to know. Main Features: - Create Dozens of Adorable Animals! - Experiment to Discover New Animals to Add to Your Collection! - Decorate Your Pets’ New Home, Create Your Dream Garden! - Pamper, Feed, Bath, and Play with Your New Pets! Your journey of life, discovery, and creation starts now! Visit https://lionstudios.cc/contact-us/ if have any feedback, need help on beating a level or have any awesome ideas you would like to see in the game! From the Studio that brought you Mr. Bullet, Happy Glass, Ink Inc and Love Balls! Follow us to get news and updates on our other Award Winning titles; https://lionstudios.cc/ Facebook.com/LionStudios.cc Instagram.com/LionStudioscc Twitter.com/LionStudiosCC Youtube.com/c/LionStudiosCC

Screenshots

Piehole2 screens
Grow Animals4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Piehole at 100% against Grow Animals's 62%. Piehole also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 2) and ads (none vs shown). Grow Animals's advantage is ratings volume (45K vs 3). On price 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. Grow Animals sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Piehole asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Piehole holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Grow Animals has 45K ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of Piehole's written reviews are positive against 62% of Grow Animals's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Piehole ships an update weekly, Grow Animals every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard8 real differences · 2 level
Piehole versus Grow Animals: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPieholeGrow Animals
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (3 ratings) — better4.7 (45K ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better61.8% of reviews
Number of ratings345K — better
Update frequencyWeekly — betterEvery 3 weeks
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS8.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size97 MB334 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperAntithesis Design, LLCLion Studios

Customer experience

Piehole

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Grow Animals

All ratings44,651 ratings
Positive92.2%
Neutral4.4%
Negative3.5%
Written reviews482 reviews
Positive61.8%
Neutral13.9%
Negative24.3%

Bugs and requests

Piehole

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Grow Animals

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Animals disappearing after merging
  • Freezing and crashing issues
  • Incorrect animal spawning
  • Progress reset problems

Requested features

4 requests
  • Allow users to create their own unique animals
  • Reduce the number of ads and ad breaks
  • Add more content and gameplay variety
  • Fix bugs and glitches

In-app purchases

None

Piehole

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Grow Animals

One-time2
  • Remove Ads$2.99
  • All In One Bundle$4.99

Questions

Is Piehole free?
Piehole is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Grow Animals free?
Grow Animals is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Piehole or Grow Animals?
Piehole is rated higher. Piehole averages 5.0 out of 5 from 3 ratings, while Grow Animals averages 4.7 from 45K ratings.
Do Piehole or Grow Animals have ads?
Grow Animals shows ads; Piehole does not.
Which is updated more often, Piehole or Grow Animals?
Piehole ships an update weekly, and Grow Animals every 3 weeks. Most recently, Piehole was updated on November 2, 2026 and Grow Animals on November 6, 2026.

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