Comparison

Plants vs Goblins 4 vs DoodlePet

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

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About

Plants vs Goblins 4

Defend the Garden Kingdom from a massive goblin invasion. Strategically plant and utilize various flora, including strawberries for power-ups, to combat waves of enemies and their devastating artillery. Explore new levels and uncover surprises in this epic plant-versus-goblin battle.

Highlights
  • Strategic plant placement
  • Diverse plant types
  • Goblin enemy variety
  • Power-up system (strawberries)
  • New levels and surprises
  • Intense combat scenarios
Features
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In recent times, the Garden Kingdom has evolved to be a haven for the plants, since all the cold and gruesome wars with the Goblins, it had regenerated an air of harmony, flourishing the gardening art and culture. They had festivals and competitions, and the youthful saplings sang the melodies and listened to accounts of war veterans. The great number of lives laid forth by the heroic plants raised a field full of blooming red strawberries after the Battle of Peasburg, and as a tribute to the fallen heroes and to pick up their insight and power, the young green warriors sow strawberries, to grow other plants and to gain flower-like points. The Kingdom had established good relations with the neighboring pumpkin and ginseng fields. The tremendous corn fields likewise trained their cobs with the green warriors. They welcomed the bordering forest beasty carnivorous plants into civilization. They had all pledged allegiance to the garden realm, in time of peace and war, to secure each knoll and turf, garden and nursery alike. Who knew the war wouldn't be that long to come? The archenemy vile goblins had donned on their facade of conceit. The goblins devised the biggest artillery with the help of the shrewdest of ghouls, elves, gnomes, pixies, and ghosts. They have been plotting ever since and gathered the biggest force the world has ever seen. They hadnít left but were biding their time until they destroy all the plants from the face of the earth. With the standing army of millions of destructive armored goblins, the thick billows of war were encompassing the Garden Kingdom and the air of dread and death was stirring. One fine morning, an immense tremor shook the grounds of the Garden Kingdom. The sky turned gloomy. The plants saw a rising tsunami and off came a Goblin Cyclop, pulverizing everything in its way. The war was declared, sirens aloud, the green warriors ready to protect. The Goblin army was something unseen before, covering every inch of sky, land, and water, with the goblin flying bombers, archers, warriors, and goblin riders. The flying goblin was back with the dynamite, which could kill all the plants within seconds. Nonetheless, the sons of the Garden Kingdom, with chlorophyll running in their veins fought with all their might, entangling and the goblins, the pumpkin cannonballs crushed the flying goblins, joined by ginseng, corn, and carnivorous plants in the onslaught. Planting strawberries helped increment the plant power yet remained the question of the dynamite. Plants are devising ways to take and dismantle the dynamite, with every 21 plants against 17 goblins, with much more surprises and 46 new levels. Who will win? Let's play and find out. Here's Tip: Grow more strawberries to get more rewards!

About

DoodlePet

Transform your child's drawings into interactive characters. Kids can create unique pets from their own art, customize them, and play with them in various virtual environments. Designed for young children with no typing required.

Highlights
  • Turn drawings into animated characters
  • Customize pet colors and personalities
  • Play with pets in their own rooms
  • Interact with multiple pets in a zoo setting
  • Tap-to-choose customization for kids
  • Gallery to view drawings and pets
  • Share creations with family
Features
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DoodlePet turns your child's hand-drawn creatures into characters they can play with. HOW IT WORKS 1. Draw a creature on paper — cat, dog, dragon, anything 2. Take a photo with your phone or iPad 3. Tap to choose animal type, colors, personality, and a special power 4. Watch it become a character in about 30 seconds 5. Play with your pet in its room, or bring it to the Zoo WHAT'S INSIDE • Three art styles — Cartoon, Whimsical, and Realistic, all included free • Pet Rooms: every creature gets its own space, with the original drawing framed on the wall • Zoo Canvas: drag several pets onto a scene and watch them react to each other • Tap-to-choose customizing: kids pick everything by tapping. No typing, ever • Gallery: see every creature next to the drawing it came from • Share: save a creature and send it to family, behind a parental gate • Delete any creature you are done with, from the pencil menu in its room BUILT FOR KIDS, HONESTLY • Made for Kids, ages 6-8, rated 4+ • No accounts. No login. Nothing to sign up for • No ads. No tracking. No analytics • Kids never type — every choice is a tap • Drawings are sent for transformation and not kept afterward • Everything else stays on your device WHAT IT COSTS AND WHY Free to start: 4 sample creatures plus 2 transformations, no purchase needed. Every transformation runs a paid AI service that costs us real money each time an image is made. That is the whole reason this isn't unlimited. We would rather tell you that plainly than dress it up. Starter Pack ($2.99) — 8 transformations and no gallery limit. One purchase, permanent. Need more? Token packs: 30 for $7.99, 100 for $19.99, or 500 for $49.99. Tokens never expire. Nothing renews. There is no subscription. WORKS ON IPHONE AND IPAD One purchase covers both. THE STORY DoodlePet started when my 8-year-old folded a piece of paper into a "phone" and drew an app on it called pet.com. He'd unfold and refold it to change screens. I watched him play and thought: I can build that for real. Every feature came from real kids ages 6-11 telling me what they wanted. "Make them interact!" became the Zoo Canvas. "Can we still see my drawing?" became the framed picture in every Pet Room. Learn more at doodlepet.app/about

Screenshots

Plants vs Goblins 43 screens
DoodlePet4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: DoodlePet at 5.0 against Plants vs Goblins 4's 2.6. Plants vs Goblins 4's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 5) and ratings volume (143 vs 6). On price, ads 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. DoodlePet sells 5 one-off in-app purchases. Plants vs Goblins 4 asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

DoodlePet holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 2.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Plants vs Goblins 4 has 143 ratings behind it against 6, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Plants vs Goblins 4 ships an update every 9 days, DoodlePet every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 13, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Plants vs Goblins 4 versus DoodlePet: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPlants vs Goblins 4DoodlePet
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.6 (143 ratings)5.0 (6 ratings) — better
Positive reviews31.8% of reviews—
Number of ratings143 — better6
Update frequencyEvery 9 days — betterEvery 3 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS12.0 — better17.6
Further details — not scored
Size272 MB17 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAleksey TselinkoColazul Labs LLC

Customer experience

Plants vs Goblins 4

All ratings143 ratings
Positive37.8%
Neutral5.6%
Negative56.6%
Written reviews110 reviews
Positive31.8%
Neutral7.3%
Negative60.9%

DoodlePet

All ratings6 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Plants vs Goblins 4

Reported bugs

8 issues
  • Game crashes with 'error' messages on startup
  • Physics glitches causing plants to grow off-screen and water flooding
  • Severe lag and performance issues
  • Game doesn't pause during ad videos, causing unfair gameplay
  • Goblins combining unexpectedly mid-level
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  • Inability to see damage indicators on goblins
  • Game freezing and unresponsive controls
  • Incompatibility issues with certain devices

Requested features

14 requests
  • Add comprehensive tutorial explaining plant abilities
  • Implement background music in menus and gameplay
  • Improve goblin sound effects and voice lines
  • Increase animation frames for plant idle animations
  • Add more diverse level designs beyond level 32
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  • Reduce ad frequency and allow gameplay pausing during ads
  • Improve sun/resource generation rates
  • Create better and more intuitive UI menus
  • Add final boss encounter and ending cutscene
  • Increase plant variety and count
  • Implement language selection options
  • Add in-game marketplace or shop features
  • Reduce overall game difficulty or add difficulty settings
  • Optimize game performance and fix lag issues

DoodlePet

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Plants vs Goblins 4

No in-app purchases

5 purchases

DoodlePet

One-time5
  • 25 Tokens$0.99
  • | 100 Tokens$2.99
  • 300 Tokens$7.99
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  • 900 Tokens$19.99
  • 2,500 Tokens$49.99

Questions

Is Plants vs Goblins 4 free?
Plants vs Goblins 4 is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is DoodlePet free?
DoodlePet is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Plants vs Goblins 4 or DoodlePet?
DoodlePet is rated higher. Plants vs Goblins 4 averages 2.6 out of 5 from 143 ratings, while DoodlePet averages 5.0 from 6 ratings.
Do Plants vs Goblins 4 or DoodlePet have ads?
Neither Plants vs Goblins 4 nor DoodlePet shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Plants vs Goblins 4 or DoodlePet?
Plants vs Goblins 4 ships an update every 9 days, and DoodlePet every 3 weeks. Most recently, Plants vs Goblins 4 was updated on November 13, 2026 and DoodlePet on October 31, 2026.

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