Push Push Cat vs Detective Mio
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Push Push Cat
Slide blocks to clear paths and rescue adorable cats in this classic puzzle game. Adopt and customize your feline friends, with daily challenges and global leaderboards.
- Sliding block puzzles
- Cat adoption and customization
- Offline play
- No time limits or penalties
- Daily puzzles
- World rankings
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Push the blocks and make a way to save the cute cats who have lost their homes!! Push Push Cat is a classic sliding puzzle game that anyone can easily learn and enjoy. You can adopt cute homeless cats in various themes and customize them and shoot selfies. You can meet many famous cats from around the world to empathize and heal. Cats who are more affectionate than their stomachs, please come and pet them now! How to play • Blocks can only be pushed up and down or left and right depending on the direction in which they are placed. • Clear the stage by pushing the homeless cat to rescue! • Rescue the cat and build up your affinity for adoption. • The fewer blocks you move, the faster you get to know the cat • You can buy costumes with coins and decorate your cats! • The higher your affinity, the more gifts you bring when you go out sometimes! • When you encounter a puzzle that is difficult to solve? There're Hint items for you • Three times a day! Daily puzzle gives more rewards. • In the travel theme pack, there are also special cats from each country! Awesome! FEATURES • NO WIFI? NO PROBLEM! Enjoy Push Push Cat anytime, anywhere! • FREE TO PLAY & Suitable for all ages. • NO penalties & time limits; You can enjoy Push Push Cat at your own pace! • Show off in the world rankings with the records you have achieved. NOTES • Push Push Cat supports mobile phones & tablet PCs. • Push Push Cat contains ads varying from banners, interstitials, video to house ads. • Push Push Cat is free to play, however, you may purchase Ad-Free item. Need Help? Have Questions? We value your feedback! Please contact us at games@unit5soft.com This game supports 'English', '한국어', '日本語', '中文简体', '中文繁體', 'Deutsch', 'français', 'Español', 'Italian', 'Portuguese', 'Indonesian', 'Русский', 'Turkish', 'ไทย', 'Tiếng Việt'. This game is acceptable for purchasing the items partially. When purchasing the items, the additional costs could be occurred and limited Consumer Right of Defense according to the item types.
Detective Mio
Solve puzzles and quizzes to find hidden animals in various imaginative locations. This interactive game requires tapping, swiping, and dragging to uncover clues and complete illustrations. Decorate your detective office with earned items and enjoy offline play.
- Hidden object finding
- Nonsense quizzes and puzzles
- Interactive tap, swipe, drag mechanics
- Animal rescue missions
- Detective office decoration
- Offline play
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Has a cat gone missing? Are there animals in danger? Do you wish to rediscover a long lost memory? Then Detective Mio is the cat for you! This is more than a simple hidden picture finder! You need to solve various nonsense quizzes and puzzles to save cute animals! Tap, swipe, and drag on the screen to find hidden items! Sometimes you might even need to flip the whole smartphone! Attics, gardens, galleries, museums, malls, laboratories, and... space!? Listen to your client's tale and find the hidden animal. Those pesky animals find unbelievable ways to hide in the most unimaginable of places! Find all of the items and complete the illustration. Enjoy cute cartoon-style illustrations! A game that can be played offline! Put your heads together with your friends to solve the puzzles! Use the toys and furniture you earn from clearing stages to decorate your detective office in your own unique style!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Detective Mio at 86% against Push Push Cat's 31%. Detective Mio also leads on rating (4.6 vs 4.3) and update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 2 months). Push Push Cat's advantage is iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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. Push Push Cat sells 10 one-off in-app purchases and Detective Mio sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Detective Mio holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Detective Mio has 301 ratings behind it against 15, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 31% of Push Push Cat's written reviews are positive against 86% of Detective Mio's.
Push Push Cat ships an update every 2 months, Detective Mio every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 16, 2026 and October 15, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Push Push Cat | Detective Mio |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (15 ratings) | 4.6 (301 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 31.0% of reviews | 86.2% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 15 | 301 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 173 MB | 273 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | UNIT5 | 1N1 |
Customer experience
Push Push Cat
Detective Mio
Bugs and requests
Push Push Cat
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Detective Mio
Reported bugs
8 issues- Haunted house level prevents progression to next case
- Ad countdown timer runs without showing actual ad
- Some objects don't respond to required interactions
- Hint system shows incorrect or already-solved clues
- Touch input fails to register on certain objects
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- Game freezes or crashes during ad playback
- Specific level items won't appear despite correct actions
- Knight helmet won't remove in case 12
Requested features
8 requests- Add significantly more levels and cases
- Implement regular content updates
- Increase office/detective space for more decoration options
- Add zoom feature for reading clues more clearly
- Create seasonal or holiday-themed cases
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- Improve hint system with multiple hint options
- Add more interactive puzzle mechanics
- Implement reward system for office decoration
In-app purchases
Push Push Cat
- Push Push Cat 20 Hint$0.99
- Push Push Cat 300 Coin$0.99
- Push Push Cat 660 Coin$1.99
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- Push Push Cat No Ads$2.99
- Push Push Cat 1650 Coin$4.99
- Push Push Cat 240 Hint$9.99
- Push Push Cat 3600 Coin$9.99
- Push Push Cat 7500 Coin$19.99
- Push Push Cat 1300 Hint$49.99
- Push Push Cat 19500 Coin$49.99
Detective Mio
- hint item 10$0.99
- hint item 25$1.99
- remove interstitial ads pack$4.99
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- Remove all ads package$5.99
Questions
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