Comparison

Kamaeru vs PolyPine

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

Head to head
About

Kamaeru

A relaxing game where you restore a wetland, collect and breed over 500 unique frogs, and decorate your personal refuge. Discover rare colors, complete your Frogedex, and build a thriving nature sanctuary.

Highlights
  • Collect and breed over 500 unique frogs
  • Restore wetlands and plant native species
  • Decorate and personalize your frog refuge
  • Complete your Frogedex with photos
  • Craft goods to improve your refuge
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[NO ADS, try before you buy the full game] Kamaeru: A Frog Refuge is a cozy frog-collecting game about nature, friendship, and creating a thriving frog refuge. Restore your childhood wetland, attract adorable frogs, and build the ultimate refuge! ⁕ FEATURES⁕ Collect & Breed Frogs ◦ Over 500 unique frogs to discover ◦ Unlock rare colors through fun breeding mini-games ◦ Snap photos to complete your Frogedex Restore Nature ◦ Rebuild wetlands through paludiculture ◦ Plant native species and harvest sustainable crops ◦ Craft goods to grow and improve your refuge Decorate & Personalize ◦ Place and repaint furniture to create your own cozy refuge ◦ Furniture reveals special frog poses ◦ Welcome friendly NPCs and new visitors Relax, collect, and preserve nature, one frog at a time!

About

PolyPine

Cultivate a vibrant forest ecosystem by planting seeds and nurturing trees through their life cycles. Attract diverse wildlife by meeting their specific habitat needs and observe how their interactions influence the environment. Adapt to or reshape varied terrains and overcome natural disasters to foster a thriving, dynamic woodland.

Highlights
  • Plant and grow trees through full life cycles
  • Attract and manage diverse animal habitats
  • Observe animal interactions and their impact
  • Adapt to or terraform varied terrains
  • Survive and utilize natural disasters
Features
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Create your own cozy forest! Plant Seeds and Watch Them Grow Experience the full lifecycle of trees: seed, sapling, adult tree, dead tree and fallen trunk. Each step creates a different habitat for other plants and animals. Fill Your Forest with Animals Each animal has specific habitat needs you have to fullfill before adding them. Squirrels need trees, butterflies need flowers etc. Click Animals to Make Them Poop and More Clicking on animals trigger different behaviors that influence the forest ecosystem: Moose poop, fertilizing the soil. Voles eat tree roots, damaging the tree. Foxes hunt other animals. Adapt to the Terrain or Terraform It to Your Needs Create forests in diverse terrains including hills, lakes, mountains, fjords and wetlands. Terraform the terrain if you want even more control. Survive Natural Disasters Forest fires, storms and bark beetle swarms affect the forest in various ways. Can you use them to your advantage and create a thriving ecosystem?

Screenshots

Kamaeru3 screens
PolyPine4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: PolyPine at 4.5 against Kamaeru's 3.8. PolyPine also leads on review sentiment (77% vs 62%) and ratings volume (267 vs 24). Kamaeru's advantage is update cadence (every 3 days vs fortnightly). On price, ads, 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. Kamaeru sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and PolyPine sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

PolyPine holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 3.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: PolyPine has 267 ratings behind it against 24, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 62% of Kamaeru's written reviews are positive against 77% of PolyPine's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Kamaeru ships an update every 3 days, PolyPine fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on September 13, 2026 and September 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Kamaeru versus PolyPine: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterKamaeruPolyPine
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.8 (24 ratings)4.5 (267 ratings) — better
Positive reviews61.5% of reviews77.3% of reviews — better
Number of ratings24267 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 days — betterFortnightly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationPaidFree with in-app purchases — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS16.014.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size363 MB93 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperHumble ReedsYaozuo Games Ltd

Customer experience

Kamaeru

All ratings24 ratings
Positive62.5%
Neutral12.5%
Negative25.0%
Written reviews39 reviews
Positive61.5%
Neutral15.4%
Negative23.1%

PolyPine

All ratings267 ratings
Positive86.1%
Neutral7.9%
Negative6.0%
Written reviews181 reviews
Positive77.3%
Neutral10.5%
Negative12.2%

Bugs and requests

Kamaeru

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

PolyPine

Reported bugs

1 issue
  • Audio breaks down and turns into 8-bit track

Requested features

2 requests
  • Add more content and updates
  • Improve the evolution/upgrade system

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Kamaeru

One-time1
  • Unlock Full Game$4.99
1 purchases

PolyPine

One-time1
  • Unlock Full Game$5.99

Questions

Is Kamaeru free?
Kamaeru is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is PolyPine free?
PolyPine is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Kamaeru or PolyPine?
PolyPine is rated higher. Kamaeru averages 3.8 out of 5 from 24 ratings, while PolyPine averages 4.5 from 267 ratings.
Do Kamaeru or PolyPine have ads?
Neither Kamaeru nor PolyPine shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Kamaeru or PolyPine?
Kamaeru ships an update every 3 days, and PolyPine fortnightly. Most recently, Kamaeru was updated on September 13, 2026 and PolyPine on September 24, 2026.

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