PetriPet 2 vs MamiCubes
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
PetriPet 2
Cultivate a unique virtual pet from a single cell to adulthood. Care for your creature by feeding, cleaning, and walking it. Customize its appearance and behavior with DNA Splices, which can alter gameplay difficulty and rewards.
- Customizable pet growth
- DNA Splice system
- Apple Watch complications
- Pedometer step tracking
- Independent watchOS app
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Enter the laboratory and grow your own custom virtual pet from a single-celled organism to an old-aged adult. Along the way you will feed, clean, walk, and care for your pet. As your pet grows, you will have the opportunity to customize the way your pet looks and acts using "DNA Splice" power-ups and mini-games. "Splices" can reward the player -- like doubling the amount of experience points earned but they can also make the gameplay more challenging -- like causing your pet to eat its food at a faster rate. There are hundreds of combinations that allow you to grow a pet that is as unique as you are. What will you create? Features include: - Hundreds of available combinations to create a truly unique creature. - Innovative ‘Splice System’ changes the gameplay as your pet evolves. - Complications for tracking food supply and other vitals right on your Apple Watch face. - Pedometer support for tracking your pet’s (and your own) step goal progress. - Independent watchOS app - no iPhone required.
MamiCubes
A classic puzzle game reimagined for your wrist. Solve color-matching challenges using intuitive digital crown controls. Offers timed challenges and a free-roam mode for experimentation.
- Classic puzzle gameplay
- Digital Crown interaction
- Timed challenge mode
- Freeroam mode
- Save and load progress
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Very famous and legendary puzzle now on your wrist! And it feels like real! Goal is to make all faces to have the same color. Interesting interaction with Digital Crown! Sides follow the crown. This let you to complete puzzle in more faster way. Game has 2 modes. In the first you need to complete puzzle in the fastest way, you can save and load progress, timer is counting completing time. Second named freeroam. In this mode you can repeat different formulas or make interesting figure.
Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: MamiCubes at none against PetriPet 2's 4. MamiCubes also leads on update cadence (monthly vs every 4 months) and rating (5.0 vs 4.7). PetriPet 2's advantage is ratings volume (16 vs 1). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. PetriPet 2 sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. MamiCubes asks for nothing beyond the download.
MamiCubes holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: PetriPet 2 has 16 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
PetriPet 2 ships an update every 4 months, MamiCubes monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 13, 2026 and October 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | PetriPet 2 | MamiCubes |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (16 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 88.9% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 16 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Monthly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod, Apple Watch | iPhone, iPod, Apple Watch |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 17 MB | 2 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Drew Smith | Igor Poltavtsev |
Customer experience
PetriPet 2
MamiCubes
In-app purchases
PetriPet 2
- Treat 5-Pack$0.99
- Hibernate$0.99
- Power Scooper$1.99
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- Auto Feeder$2.99
MamiCubes
No in-app purchases






