Catgotchi vs Raise a Cloud
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Catgotchi
Adopt and nurture a pixelated kitten in this retro-style simulation game. Feed, clean, and play with your virtual pet to help it grow and unlock new breeds and mini-games. Customize the game's appearance to your liking.
- Adopt and care for pixel kitties
- Feed, clean, and play with pets
- Unlock 12 adorable cat breeds
- Play 3 mini-games per pet
- Customize game colors
- 90s retro style graphics
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Kittens are waiting for you. Adopt and take care of your pixel kitty! Catgotchi is the next game of our retro-style simulation series. This time you take care of and play with 12 adorable kitties. The more you take care of your kitty, the happier it is. And happy cat means cat growing fast. Take your time, feed it, clean it and play with it - all depends on you now! At the beginning you have 3 unique breeds to choose. First 3 breeds are: Norwegian, Russian Blue and Persian! For every 2 cats reaching adult stage, 3 more become unlocked. They are waiting for you - uncover them all! Every cat has its own set of mini games that you unlock with progress. There are 3 games per pet (12 total). Customize whole game using colors you like. All this and more in 90s retro style!
Raise a Cloud
Cultivate a cloud in a virtual vase and nurture it daily to watch it grow and even create offspring. Care for your cloud to unlock new vases and sky backgrounds, allowing you to design your perfect aerial landscape.
- Grow and nurture a virtual cloud
- Create baby clouds
- Unlock new vases and skies
- Design ideal sky views
- Daily cloud care
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Raise a cloud to draw your ideal sky. Feed everyday so that your cloud grows little by little and has a baby cloud. You can get vases and skies by taking care of him/her. Create a wonderful view with your lovely cloud.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Raise a Cloud at none against Catgotchi's 1. Catgotchi's advantage is ratings volume (1.5K vs 11) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.0). On price, rating, review sentiment and update cadence 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. Catgotchi sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Raise a Cloud asks for nothing beyond the download.
Catgotchi holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Catgotchi has 1.5K ratings behind it against 11, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 83% of Catgotchi's written reviews are positive against 88% of Raise a Cloud's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on September 22, 2026 and June 11, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Catgotchi | Raise a Cloud |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (1.5K ratings) — better | 4.5 (11 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 83.3% of reviews | 88.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 1.5K — better | 11 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 3 months |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Ad-supported — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 7 MB | 22 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Janusz Jankowski | Mai SATO |
Customer experience
Catgotchi
Raise a Cloud
Bugs and requests
Catgotchi
Reported bugs
4 issues- Energy bar not increasing properly
- Buttons freezing during mini-games
- Pets getting stuck in certain states
- Crashes and app not launching for some users
Requested features
5 requests- Add ability to pet or interact with cats
- Introduce more pet types like dogs or other animals
- Implement a widget for quick pet status checks
- Add background music or sound effects
- Improve energy recovery and reduce pet death
Raise a Cloud
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Catgotchi
- Remove ads$2.99
Raise a Cloud
No in-app purchases
