Comparison

Mimic vs Kitty Q

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

Head to head
About

Mimic

Embark on an escape room adventure where you and a small creature must work together to solve puzzles and find your way out. This game features charming hand-drawn illustrations and a helpful companion to guide you through challenges.

Highlights
  • Escape room puzzles
  • Mimicry theme
  • Creature companion for clues
  • Hand-drawn illustrations
  • Auto save functionality
Features
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A little creature is locked in an unknown room. Let's escape together! This is an orthodox escape game with the theme of "mimicry”. Please enjoy it slowly. If you are in trouble, you may get a clue by asking the creature who are with you... Features : * A game in which you and a little creature try to escape together. * Softly hand-drawn illustrations room. * When you get stuck, ask a creature who is with you to help you. * With auto save.

About

Kitty Q

Embark on a quantum adventure to solve puzzles and help a cat escape superposition. Explore the bizarre rules of the quantum world with guidance from a physicist's descendant. Discover over 20 scientific facts about quantum physics through engaging challenges.

Highlights
  • Quantum physics puzzles
  • Explore quantum world rules
  • Learn scientific facts
  • Character guidance
  • Unique cat adventure
Features
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What the heck? Unsuspecting, you open the front door wide to find a box containing … a half-dead cat!? Using smart puzzle skills and clever outside-the-box thinking, you can help Kitty Q to escape her peculiar quantum superposition!   Don’t worry—Anna is there to help you. She’s the great-granddaughter of the world-famous physicist and Nobel Prize winner, Erwin Schrödinger. She will help you guide Kitty Q out of the crazy quantum world. Inside the box, everything follows its own curious rules. It really is an odd world here as Anna explains, but together you get to explore her great-grandfather Erwin Schrödinger’s specialist subject: quantum physics. Every puzzle in the game refers to observations, experiments, or phenomena from this totally unbelievable field of science. It’s a whole new world to discover!   So, you’ll get to know… · why some tiny particles absolutely contradict all the rules at times, · which letter will make your math teacher sweat, · how you look in a selfie with a self-styled, half-dead cat!   In Kitty Q, you will discover more than 20 scientific facts about quantum physics that will amaze everyone.  The quantum adventure Kitty Q has been developed in collaboration with the Cluster of Excellence* ct.qmat and is completely free and without ads or in-app purchases—thanks to the funding of the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research as part of the initiative ‘Research in Germany’.   *A Cluster of Excellence is a team of outstanding scientists who explore new challenges and unsolved puzzles. The answers that they find could have a crucial impact on our lives in the future. For ct.qmat, quantum physics takes center stage.

Screenshots

Mimic4 screens
Kitty Q3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Kitty Q at none against Mimic's shown. Kitty Q also leads on monetization model (free vs ad-supported). Mimic's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs every 13 months) and ratings volume (2.1K vs 400). On price, rating, review sentiment 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.8 for Mimic against 4.9 for Kitty Q. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Mimic has 2.1K ratings behind it against 400, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 84% of Mimic's written reviews are positive against 91% of Kitty Q's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Mimic ships an update weekly, Kitty Q every 13 months. Both last shipped on November 3, 2026.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Mimic versus Kitty Q: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMimicKitty Q
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (2.1K ratings)4.9 (400 ratings) — better
Positive reviews84.2% of reviews91.4% of reviews — better
Number of ratings2.1K — better400
Update frequencyWeekly — betterEvery 13 months
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationAd-supportedFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS12.011.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size127 MB1.3 GB
Age rating4+9+
DeveloperMani MorishitaPhilipp Stollenmayer

Customer experience

Mimic

All ratings2,046 ratings
Positive94.9%
Neutral2.1%
Negative3.1%
Written reviews443 reviews
Positive84.2%
Neutral6.5%
Negative9.3%

Kitty Q

All ratings398 ratings
Positive97.2%
Neutral1.0%
Negative1.8%
Written reviews362 reviews
Positive91.4%
Neutral3.6%
Negative5.0%

User reviews

Mimic

From 2.1K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Cute and clever design
  • 💡 Challenging but logical puzzles
  • 🚀 Smooth gameplay and performance
  • 🎨 Adorable art style
  • 🔑 Helpful hint system

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Occasional bugs or glitches
  • 🤔 Some puzzles too obscure or illogical
  • 📺 Frequent use of ads for hints

Kitty Q

From 400 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🐱 Cute cat character
  • 💡 Interesting quantum physics concepts
  • 👍 Engaging puzzles
  • 🚀 No ads or in-app purchases
  • 🎨 Lovely art style and design

Room to improve

  • 🕰️ Game is too short
  • 🤔 Some puzzles can be challenging
  • 📚 Lack of language options (only English)

Bugs and requests

Mimic

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Issues with 7-button puzzle not working as expected
  • Missing or disappearing items preventing progress

Requested features

3 requests
  • More levels or rooms to explore
  • Ability to skip ads for hints
  • Clearer visual cues for interactive elements

Kitty Q

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Crashes on startup for some users
  • Difficulty choosing between live or dead cat ending

Requested features

3 requests
  • More levels or chapters
  • Ability to reset the game
  • Multilingual support

In-app purchases

None

Mimic

No in-app purchases

None

Kitty Q

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Mimic free?
Mimic is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Kitty Q free?
Kitty Q is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Mimic or Kitty Q?
Kitty Q is rated higher. Mimic averages 4.8 out of 5 from 2.1K ratings, while Kitty Q averages 4.9 from 400 ratings.
Do Mimic or Kitty Q have ads?
Mimic shows ads; Kitty Q does not.
Which is updated more often, Mimic or Kitty Q?
Mimic ships an update weekly, and Kitty Q every 13 months. Most recently, Mimic was updated on November 3, 2026 and Kitty Q on November 3, 2026.

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