Comparison

Cat Island vs Runner Picker

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

Head to head
About

Cat Island

Experience a tranquil island paradise filled with adorable cats. Interact with them, customize their accessories, and expand your world. This idle game offers relaxing music and a charming escape.

Highlights
  • Name and customize cats
  • Realistic cat interaction
  • Relaxing ambient music
  • Idle island progression
  • Expand and upgrade islands
  • Collect in-game currency
  • Discover new animals
Features
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Welcome to a dream world covered with cats! Enjoy the realistic experience of interacting with cute cats! You can have a lot of cats in the game! ■What you can do in this game - Name your cats. - Add accessories to your cats. - Interact with cats in a realistic way. - The relaxing music will relax you. - Have your own relaxing world surrounded by cats. - Feel as if you have your own cats. - Listen to a variety of cat noises. - Swipe to move freely around the island. - Pinch with two fingers to zoom in and out. ■How to play the game This is a so-called incremental Idle game, caring game, but you can not only leave it and grow it, but you can also interact with the cats and touch items to advance the game faster. Create an island, power up the island, call cats to the island, create another island... The goal of the game is to expand the world by repeating these steps and create a relaxing world covered with cats. In order to progress in the game, you need to power up your islands. In addition to the coins and hearts that are automatically produced, you can also collect sapphires by completing missions to power up your islands. ■What you can do with the coins - Increase the level of your islands. (increase coin production) - Call cats in the islands. (increase coin and heart production) - Create islands. (increase coin production) ■What you can do with hearts - Upgrade your island (increase coin production) ■What you can do with sapphires - Rank up your island (increase coin production) In addition to the above, you can also collect emeralds in the game to get skill cards. Skill cards have a variety of effects, and the more skills you acquire and the more skills you level up, the faster you can progress in the game. As the game progresses, mysterious animals other than cats will also appear. Let's interact with the cats a lot to complete the game!

About

Runner Picker

Features
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Collect tomatoes and head for the goal. トマトを集めてゴールへ向かう。

Screenshots

Cat Island4 screens
Runner Picker1 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Runner Picker at none against Cat Island's shown. Runner Picker also leads on update cadence (every 2 days vs every 14 months) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.0). On price, in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Cat Island ships an update every 14 months, Runner Picker every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and December 18, 2025 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Cat Island versus Runner Picker: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCat IslandRunner Picker
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (5 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings5 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 14 monthsEvery 2 days — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationAd-supported—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.012.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size56 MB51 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperKAZUYA KAMIOKARikuto Komatsu

In-app purchases

None

Cat Island

No in-app purchases

None

Runner Picker

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Cat Island free?
Cat Island is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Runner Picker free?
Runner Picker is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Cat Island or Runner Picker have ads?
Cat Island shows ads; Runner Picker does not.
Which is updated more often, Cat Island or Runner Picker?
Cat Island ships an update every 14 months, and Runner Picker every 2 days. Most recently, Cat Island was updated on October 24, 2026 and Runner Picker on December 18, 2025.

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