Capybara Spa vs Capybara Cafe
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Capybara Spa
A charming simulation game where you raise adorable capybaras. Keep your capybaras happy by feeding them their favorite foods and taking them to relaxing hot springs. Earn coins to expand your capybara family and unlock new companions.
- Feed capybaras their preferred foods
- Take capybaras to hot springs
- Earn coins to buy more capybaras
- Manage capybara happiness
- Collect various capybara types
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It's a game about raising capybaras! First, feed the capybaras. Capybaras have their own likes and dislikes, so feed them what they like and they'll be happy! After feeding them, take them to the hot springs! Capybaras love hot springs, so they'll be very happy! Take care of your capybara every day and earn coins to buy more and more capybaras!
Capybara Cafe
Run a cozy cafe in a charming town filled with capybaras. Craft delightful treats, unlock new recipes, and build friendships with the locals to earn rewards. Customize your cafe and attract customers to create the ultimate culinary haven.
- Run a cozy cafe
- Craft delightful treats
- Unlock 24+ recipes
- Build friendships with locals
- Customize your cafe
- Attract capybara customers
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Welcome to Capybara Cafe! After leaving your dull 9-5 corporate grind, you’ve taken a leap to run a cozy cafe in a charming capybara town. Craft delightful treats, unlock 24+ unique recipes, and build friendships with quirky locals to earn special rewards. Customize your cafe, attract capybara customers, and create the ultimate capybara culinary haven. Your adventure awaits!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Capybara Cafe at none against Capybara Spa's 5. Capybara Cafe also leads on update cadence (every 5 days vs every 3 months) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 14.0). Capybara Spa's advantage is rating (4.7 vs 4.3) and review sentiment (80% vs 62%). 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
Both are free to download. Capybara Spa sells 5 one-off in-app purchases. Capybara Cafe asks for nothing beyond the download.
Capybara Spa holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Capybara Spa has 1K ratings behind it against 79, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 80% of Capybara Spa's written reviews are positive against 62% of Capybara Cafe's.
Capybara Spa ships an update every 3 months, Capybara Cafe every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on September 23, 2026 and September 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Capybara Spa | Capybara Cafe |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (1K ratings) — better | 4.3 (79 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 80.1% of reviews — better | 61.6% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1K — better | 79 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 5 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Ad-supported — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 223 MB | 98 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Shinichiro Ihara | Devin Le |
Customer experience
Capybara Spa
Capybara Cafe
User reviews
Capybara Spa
From 1K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Cute capybaras
- 👍 Relaxing gameplay
- 🐻 Capybara care experience
- 💕 Enjoyable virtual pet
Room to improve
- 🐛 Capybaras running away
- ⏰ Slow progress/earnings
- 💰 Expensive to get new capybaras
- 🤒 Capybaras dying/disappearing
Capybara Cafe
From 79 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🥰 Adorable and cute capybara characters
- 😌 Relaxing and chill gameplay experience
- 🎨 High-quality and detailed artwork
- 📱 Works offline without WiFi requirement
- 💰 F2P friendly with no mandatory purchases
Room to improve
- 📺 Frequent ad interruptions between actions
- 🐛 Game crashes and won't load (black screen)
- 🔋 High battery drain even when plugged in
- 🎮 Confusing controls and unclear mechanics
- 🧹 Trash cleanup system unclear and frustrating
Bugs and requests
Capybara Spa
Reported bugs
3 issues- Capybaras disappearing after missing a day
- Ads not loading properly
- Glitches with finding lost capybaras
Requested features
4 requests- More interactive features (brushing, playing)
- Ability to breed capybaras
- Longer grace period before capybaras run away
- More ways to earn currency without ads
Capybara Cafe
Reported bugs
12 issues- Game crashes on startup (black screen loading)
- Controls unresponsive or broken
- Decor items not equipping despite purchase
- Gems deducted but items not received
- Trash hidden behind UI elements
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- False 'café is dirty' notifications
- Music sound randomly disabling
- Game kicks users to home screen
- Chocolate cake displays as blank
- Decor switching requires repurchase
- Slow performance after level ups
- Incompatibility with older iPad/phone models
Requested features
14 requests- Ad-free premium subscription option
- Thumbstick control option
- Detailed level-up reward descriptions
- Worker capybara animations and movement
- Auto-tap features for food preparation
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- Ability to give food to worker capybaras
- Help/instructions button in-game
- More hat and decoration options
- Pause button functionality
- Multi-language support (Spanish, French, Vietnamese, Turkish)
- More customer variety and higher spawn rates
- Outdoor café expansion area
- Kitchen upgrade options
- More color decor customization options
In-app purchases
Capybara Spa
- Find the escaped capybara$0.99
- Escape prevention support$2.99
- Remove ad (30 days)$3.99
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- Remove ad (90 days)$7.99
- Remove ad (permanently)$19.99
Capybara Cafe
No in-app purchases
Questions
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