Comparison

Old Friends Dog Game vs Tiny Cafe

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

Head to head
About

Old Friends Dog Game

Care for senior dogs in a virtual sanctuary, inspired by real rescue stories. Rescue, nurture, and customize their living spaces while unlocking their unique narratives. Raise donations and bake treats to ensure they live their best lives.

Highlights
  • Rescue and care for senior dogs
  • Customize sanctuary with decor
  • Choose narrative paths for dogs
  • Bake treats and buy toys
  • Dress up dogs in outfits
  • Broadcast live streams for donations
Features
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Welcome to Old Friends Dog Game, where love never grows old! You have just opened a sanctuary to rescue and care for senior dogs. Now the fun begins! Play out your dream of becoming an animal rescue worker, and help loveable dogs live their best lives at your sanctuary. This heartwarming game is inspired by the rescue stories, antics, and quirks of the real-life residents at Old Friends Senior Dog Sanctuary. That’s right! Each adorable character is based on a real-life dog. Get to know their unique stories, personalities, special requirements, and favorite things. Awarded Gold at the 2022 NYX Awards, Pocket Gamer ‘Game of the year’ finalist, and Webby honouree for Social Impact in Games. Gameplay ◆ Rescue and care for senior dogs - show them all your love and affection and grow their loyalty towards you. ◆ Choose how the narrative unfolds - pick the path for each character’s story and unlock new chapters! ◆ Customize your sanctuary - decorate indoors and outdoors with furniture and decor that your dogs will love. ◆ Broadcast live streams and raise donations - use the funds to buy ingredients for the kitchen or new toys from the ‘barket’. ◆ Bake delicious treats - your sanctuary is equipped with a kitchen so you can feed hungry doggos! ◆ Dress up your residents in cute outfits - each dog has adorable accessories that you can earn throughout the game. ◆ Document your journey - make your very own sanctuary profile, complete with your custom avatar and full of cute snaps of your best doggo friends. ***By award-winning studio Runaway Play, with over 10 million downloads of wholesome games, including Furistas Cat Cafe, Splash: Ocean Sanctuary, Flutter: Butterfly Sanctuary and Flutter: Starlight*** This game is free to play but does contain some items to purchase for real money. If you run into any issues while playing or you have any suggestions, please reach out to us at support@runaway.zendesk.com. OLD FRIENDS DOG SANCTUARY™ is made by Runaway Play.

About

Tiny Cafe

Run your own cozy cafe, brewing coffee and serving treats to adorable cat customers. This idle simulation game lets you manage staff, expand your menu, and grow your business into a global franchise. Enjoy relaxing music and charming stories.

Highlights
  • Run your own cafe
  • Brew drip coffee
  • Serve cat customers
  • Manage cute staff
  • Expand to global cities
  • Collect Cheese
  • Soothing cafe music
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■ Tiny Cafe, a cute and cozy cafe game featuring cat customers and winner of the 2024 BIC Best Casual Game Award, has officially launched! A new cozy cafe game from the developers of Forest Island, a relaxing animal game downloaded by 7 million players who love beautiful nature and animals! [Game Introduction] 1. Run your own cafe for free! Open and run a cafe with Dolce, the world's smallest barista mouse, and the cat Gusto. Brew drip coffee with beans from Gusto's own roastery. The aromatic smell of coffee will attract cats to your cafe. 2. A casual idle simulation cooking game that's easy to play and simple to learn. Leave the cute staff to their own devices to work hard brewing coffee. The showcase will automatically fill with freshly baked donuts. Install new tools such as espresso machines, ovens, and more, and add cakes and other items to the menu. 3. Serve coffee to cat customers Treat cat customers to heart-melting hot coffee and sweet treats. Make sure they like your cafe and become regulars. Enjoy additional stories of your regulars along with their daily or special menu orders on Catbook, the feline social network. 4. Cute part-timers working hard to create your menu items Watch as cute little mice scurry around making espressos, lattes, and other drinks and desserts. Set up various rest areas, like a bathhouse, and earn Cheese when staff use them. Collect Cheese to hire more staff and grow your cafe. 5. 30+ managers with different skills at each grade to help you run your cafe Call in a special manager with the special delivery service. If you're lucky, you'll get a top-tier Platinum-grade manager with 4 stars. When you put managers in your cafe who have a good synergy with each other, your cafe will grow even faster! 6. Go global! Gather a loyal customer base and harness word of mouth on social media to expand your cafe to cities like New York, Paris, Hawaii, Seoul, Tokyo, and more. Become a global franchise brand like many you know from the human world. With a trusted manager and well-trained part-timers, your cafe dreams will certainly come true. 7. Soothing cafe music Enjoy cafe music from the developers of the global hit, Forest Island. Listen to them and you'll feel refreshed after a tiring day or a depressing mood. [Official Instagram] Follow Tiny Cafe's official Instagram for special events, announcements, free merchandise, and more. https://www.instagram.com/tinycafe_dolce ■ If one of the following sounds like you, we recommend Tiny Cafe! - Love coffee and sweets - Want to run a cute cafe - Want to get to know cat customers - Dream of becoming a barista or pastry chef - Want to learn how to make cafe menu items - Enjoy cafe music or ASMR - Love a relaxed cafe atmosphere - Want to grow a small, independent cafe into a global franchise - Want to play a cozy idle game, growth game, or simulation game - Play tycoon games, food games, cooking games, and restaurant games - Enjoy cute animal games and cat games - Love manga and anime with stories - Enjoy interactive story games Tiny Cafe, a cute, cozy cafe game with cat customers, Join Dolce, the world's smallest barista, and Gusto the cat, and serve cats coffee! ---- Contact Us https://nanalistudios.atlassian.net/servicedesk/customer/portals

Screenshots

Old Friends Dog Game4 screens
Tiny Cafe4 screens

Verdict

The call

Old Friends Dog Game and Tiny Cafe both sit at 4.9 stars, but that hides the real split: 94% of Old Friends Dog Game's written reviews are positive against 70% of Tiny Cafe's. Old Friends Dog Game also leads on ratings volume (38K vs 4K). Tiny Cafe's advantage is update cadence (fortnightly vs every 2 months). On price, rating, ads and in-app purchases 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. Old Friends Dog Game sells 10 one-off in-app purchases and Tiny Cafe sells 36 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for Old Friends Dog Game against 4.8 for Tiny Cafe. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Old Friends Dog Game has 38K ratings behind it against 4K, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 94% of Old Friends Dog Game's written reviews are positive against 70% of Tiny Cafe's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Old Friends Dog Game ships an update every 2 months, Tiny Cafe fortnightly. Both last shipped on November 1, 2026.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Old Friends Dog Game versus Tiny Cafe: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterOld Friends Dog GameTiny Cafe
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.9 (38K ratings) — better4.8 (4K ratings)
Positive reviews93.9% of reviews — better69.6% of reviews
Number of ratings38K — better4K
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsFortnightly — better
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.015.0
Further details — not scored
Size613 MB479 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperRunawayNanali Inc.

Customer experience

Old Friends Dog Game

All ratings37,403 ratings
Positive98.6%
Neutral0.9%
Negative0.5%
Written reviews1,404 reviews
Positive93.9%
Neutral3.5%
Negative2.6%

Tiny Cafe

All ratings4,025 ratings
Positive96.7%
Neutral1.6%
Negative1.6%
Written reviews658 reviews
Positive69.6%
Neutral10.0%
Negative20.4%

User reviews

Old Friends Dog Game

From 38K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🐶 Cute and adorable dogs
  • 👍 Relaxing and calming gameplay
  • 💕 Based on real senior dogs
  • 🎨 Lovely art style and animations
  • 🏆 No forced ads or pay-to-win mechanics

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Occasional crashes and bugs
  • 🕰️ Slow progression and leveling up
  • 🧱 Difficulty obtaining crafting materials
  • 🔒 Issues with saving progress across devices

Tiny Cafe

From 4K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 💕 Cute and cozy game
  • 🎨 Excellent art style and animations
  • 🕹️ Engaging and addictive gameplay
  • 🎁 Reasonable amount of ads/monetization
  • 🗣️ Interesting storylines and characters

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Occasional crashes and loading issues
  • 💰 Progression can feel grindy at times
  • 🕰️ Slow progress in later stages
  • 🔍 Unclear mechanics/tutorials in some areas
  • 🔊 Audio issues after watching ads

Bugs and requests

Old Friends Dog Game

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Notifications not clearing in Woof Book
  • Furniture placement issues under UI elements
  • Inconsistent resource availability when cooking

Requested features

5 requests
  • Ability to rotate furniture
  • More interactive activities with dogs
  • Expanded sanctuary with additional rooms
  • Automatic food/supply dispensers for multiple dogs
  • More dog breeds and personalities to unlock

Tiny Cafe

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Inability to progress past certain missions
  • Loss of progress/account data after periods of inactivity
  • Incorrect or missing information in certain popups

Requested features

5 requests
  • More customization options for the cafe
  • Ability to recruit and customize employees
  • Offline/AFK earning mechanics
  • Mini-games or other side activities
  • Improved performance on higher branches

In-app purchases

10 purchases

Old Friends Dog Game

One-time10
  • 60 Bark Bucks$0.99
  • A Great Start!$0.99
  • Bulk Food Deal!$1.99
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  • Small Bake-off Pack$1.99
  • Welcome Home Babs!$2.99
  • Welcome Home Leo!$2.99
  • Welcome Home Bagel!$2.99
  • New home starter kit!$3.99
  • 360 Bark Bucks$4.99
  • Big Bake-off Pack$4.99
36 purchases

Tiny Cafe

One-time36
  • Barista Pack I$0.99
  • AD Remove Pack I (Discount)$0.99
  • Cafe Support Pack$0.99
Show 33 more
  • Cheese Package$1.99
  • Coin Package$1.99
  • AD Remove Pack I$1.99
  • Best friends Pack (Discount)$1.99
  • 300 Gems$1.99
  • Mascot Skin Pack$2.99
  • Cherry Blossom Pass$3.99
  • Seasonal Pakage - Winter$3.99
  • Unlock Reward$3.99
  • Blue Snake Pack$3.99
  • Dice package$3.99
  • Sally's Branch #1 Support Pack$3.99
  • AD Remove Pack II (Discount)$3.99
  • Branch #1 PASS$3.99
  • Branch #2 Special Pack$3.99
  • Dean's Branch #2 Support Pack$3.99
  • Attendance book (Special)$3.99
  • Daily Gem$3.99
  • 1000 Gems$6.99
  • Season Pass (Halloween)$7.99
  • Branch #3 PASS$7.99
  • AD Remove Pack II$7.99
  • Branch #2 PASS$7.99
  • Barista Pack III$9.99
  • AD Remove Pack III (Discount)$9.99
  • Best friends Pack$9.99
  • Pablo's high-end camera$9.99
  • Gusto Gift$19.99
  • AD Remove Pack III$19.99
  • Roastery Pack$19.99
  • 3300 Gems$19.99
  • 7000 Gems$39.99
  • 16000 Gems$79.99

Questions

Is Old Friends Dog Game free?
Old Friends Dog Game is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Tiny Cafe free?
Tiny Cafe is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Old Friends Dog Game or Tiny Cafe?
Old Friends Dog Game is rated higher. Old Friends Dog Game averages 4.9 out of 5 from 38K ratings, while Tiny Cafe averages 4.8 from 4K ratings.
Do Old Friends Dog Game or Tiny Cafe have ads?
Both Old Friends Dog Game and Tiny Cafe show ads.
Which is updated more often, Old Friends Dog Game or Tiny Cafe?
Old Friends Dog Game ships an update every 2 months, and Tiny Cafe fortnightly. Most recently, Old Friends Dog Game was updated on November 1, 2026 and Tiny Cafe on November 1, 2026.

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