Stepets vs Detective Mio
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Stepets
Collect and care for virtual pets by walking in the real world. Customize your island, play mini-games, and watch your pets evolve. Achieve fitness goals while enjoying a charming, kawaii-themed adventure.
- Collect and care for baby pets
- Customize virtual island with furniture
- Play mini-games with pets
- In-game rewards for daily goals
- Pets evolve and grow
- Health tracking and fitness goals
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Collect pets and grow your island by walking in real life! Step into the world of Stepets and join the fun of collecting and caring for your pets while walking in the real world! Explore new areas, play fun mini-games, and customize your virtual island with cute furniture. Features: - Collect and care for baby pets while walking in the real world! - Customize your virtual island with cute furniture - Play fun mini-games with your pets! - In-game rewards for completing daily goals! - Watch your pets evolve and grow as you care for them - Health tracking: Improve your health and achieve your fitness goals by walking! Not only will you have fun with your furry friends, but you'll also improve your health by walking and achieving your fitness goals. With a charming kawaii aesthetic and addictive gameplay, Stepets is the perfect game for pet lovers and health enthusiasts. -- No additional purchases are needed to finish the game. Offline game: No internet connection needed. #HINT: Accessible Mode available! -- This game is made by a small but passionate young team so we really appreciate your feedback. We really hope you enjoy our game! We certainly had a blast making it. Even if you didn’t, we’d love to hear from you. Email us at help@platonicgames.com Download Stepets now and start your journey towards a healthier lifestyle!
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
Stepets and Detective Mio both sit at 4.6 stars, but that hides the real split: 86% of Detective Mio's written reviews are positive against 66% of Stepets's. Stepets's advantage is iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.0). On price, rating, ratings volume 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. Stepets sells 7 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.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.6 for Stepets against 4.6 for Detective Mio. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 255 and 301 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 66% of Stepets's written reviews are positive against 86% of Detective Mio's.
Stepets ships an update weekly, Detective Mio every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 28, 2026 and September 27, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Stepets | Detective Mio |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (255 ratings) | 4.6 (301 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 65.6% of reviews | 86.2% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 255 | 301 — better |
| Update frequency | Weekly — better | Every 2 weeks |
| 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 | 504 MB | 273 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Platonic Games | 1N1 |
Customer experience
Stepets
Detective Mio
User reviews
Stepets
From 255 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 💕 Cute and adorable pets
- 🚀 Motivating to walk
- 👍 Smooth gameplay and execution
- 🎨 Fun decoration options
Room to improve
- 🔍 Steps not tracking properly
- 💰 Excessive use of ads and premium currency
- 🕰️ Slow progression and long wait times
- 🔒 Lack of sync with external fitness apps
Detective Mio
From 301 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🎨 Adorable and cute art style with charming character design
- 🧩 Engaging puzzle mechanics that blend detective work with hidden object finding
- 😌 Relaxing and healing gameplay experience
- 🎮 Well-balanced difficulty level - challenging but not frustrating
- 😸 Lovable cat characters throughout the game
Room to improve
- ⏱️ Extremely short game - only 20 levels completed in 1-2 hours
- 💰 Poor value for money - $5 ad removal purchase for limited content
- 🚫 No updates for over a year despite active player base
- 📖 Small text in clues difficult to read without zoom option
- 🎯 Some puzzle mechanics are unintuitive and confusing
Bugs and requests
Stepets
Reported bugs
3 issues- Steps not registering correctly
- Negative gem/coin balances
- Ads not providing expected rewards
Requested features
4 requests- Ability to move and interact with pets
- More mini-games and activities
- Improved step tracking and integration with fitness apps
- Reduced reliance on premium currency
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
Stepets
- 5 gems!$2.99
- 10 gems!$4.99
- Vip Member!$4.99
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- 20 gems!$9.99
- Vip Member!$9.99
- 50 gems!$19.99
- 150 gems!$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
