Comparison

KATOA vs Zoo Life

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

Head to head
About

KATOA

Defend the oceans by building vibrant underwater habitats and battling pollution. Play to earn real money that funds global environmental projects. Discover marine life, restore ecosystems, and become an ocean defender.

Highlights
  • Earn real money for environmental projects
  • Build underwater habitats
  • Discover and bond with sea creatures
  • Defeat pollution-based enemies
  • Explore ocean biomes
  • Design custom havens
Features
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Become a Guardian of Light! Defend the oceans from the toxic Blight and build breath-taking underwater habitats in KATOA. Just by playing, you’ll earn real money that will help fund environmental projects from around the globe that urgently need your help! Create reefs filled with colorful corals. Invite turtles, rays, dolphins, parrotfish, and other exotic sea creatures to your safe havens, and bond with them through their stories and shared adventures. Defeat the malignant Blight; foul invaders created from the ocean’s pollution. Restore these magical underwater worlds and climb the leaderboards of ocean defenders! Be a hero. Play the game. Save the world. ■ Earn real money that goes to saving our oceans just by playing the game ■ Meet a colorful cast of characters, with unique personalities and lots to say ■ Explore the world’s oceans and discover new biomes to reclaim and expand ■ Design your own havens with a variety of beautiful Flora ■ Defeat the toxic Blight that pollutes the world ■ Assemble a team of adventurous Fauna to embark on Quests and bring back valuable resources * Please note: KATOA works best on iPhone 8 and above. Need help? Just contact support@sankaristudios.com! We'd love to talk to you.

About

Zoo Life

Build and manage your own zoo, collecting diverse animal species and breeding them. Design enclosures, attract visitors, and level up to unlock new features and decorations. Play offline and enjoy impressive graphics and animations.

Highlights
  • Build and manage a zoo
  • Collect and breed animals
  • Offline gameplay
  • Design zoo enclosures
  • Level up and unlock features
  • Impressive graphics and animations
Features
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BUILD THE BEST ZOO Zoo Life: Animal Park Game is a brand new zoo simulation game from Sparkling Society, famous for their city building games, where you can create the ZOO of your dreams! Build and manage your zoo and take care of your animals. Discover and collect all animal species to attract visitors from all over the world! Breed cute baby animals, design to your wishes and become the best zoo park manager ever! Join our community of millions of players with the most popular casual zoo building game series on mobile! Are you a fan of our city building games and looking for a refreshing challenge? Then Zoo Life: Animal Park Game is the perfect management game for you to pick up next! Wait no longer and build the best animal park that ever existed! NO INTERNET REQUIRED Zoo Life: Animal Park Game can be played offline, which means you do not need a wifi connection to play! Build the best zoo from anywhere you like, without internet! COLLECT ALL ANIMALS Discover exotic wild animals from as far as the ice cold Arctic all the way to the scorching deserts of Africa! Dive deep to search for rare sea animals or fly high for some feathered friends! Complete challenges to earn cards and collect all your favorite animals! Manage your zoo the most efficiently or make it the most beautiful, the decision is yours! BREED CUTE ANIMALS Take care of cute domestic and wild animals: Playful penguins, enormous elephants, adorable bunnies, vigorous tigers and many more that are waiting to play with you! Find your favorite animal! A giraffe, zebra, polar bear, rhinoceros, or gorilla? We have it all! Or maybe some of the scarier ones such as crocodiles, lions or bears? Or what about a silly monkey or lemur? We offer a wide range of all your favorite animal species that you can not resist to love! LEVEL UP Level up in this animal simulation game to unlock new tycoon features, animals, buildings, decorations and more! Guide your visitors, water your flowers and make sure your animals are well fed! Make sure your visitors enjoy their day at the animal park by building lots of different animal enclosures, shops, benches, restaurants and of course… toilets! Build and manage your dream zoo! IMPRESSIVE GRAPHICS Enjoy the beauty of our graphics and animal animations and view the animals up close to learn more about their quirky or lovable characters! Dive into a wide collection of customization options to build the perfect animal park to your wishes! As in all of our city building games, we uphold only the best quality for our players in this brand new zoo management game! JOIN THE ADVENTURE Be part of an immersive story! Complete challenges, earn special rewards and progress into becoming the best zoo manager ever! Enjoy this new refreshing Sparkling Society simulation game! Build and manage the best animal park of the world! A NEW CHALLENGE Do you love our city building games, but are you looking for a bit more challenge? In Zoo Life: Animal Park game we take our simulation games to the next level with new management gameplay! Manage your employees, feed your animals and upgrade habitats with items your animals long for! Your visitors are picky, so make sure your zoo becomes the most popular! ENJOY UPDATES The Sparkling Society team is still working hard on creating new features and loads of content, so let us know if your favorite animal is missing, and we will do our best to get your wish granted! As you might have experienced in our other city building games, we do our best to keep our fans satisfied on the long term! PLAY NOW So wait no longer, and start playing Zoo Life: Animal Park Game right away, offline or online! No internet required to join! This will be the most fun wild animal simulation game you do not want to miss! Prove your skills as a manager and turn your zoo park in the best paradise island there is! Download now! Enjoy playing!

Screenshots

KATOA4 screens
Zoo Life4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: KATOA at none against Zoo Life's shown. Zoo Life's advantage is rating (4.8 vs 4.4) and ratings volume (2.2K vs 115). On price, review sentiment, update cadence 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. KATOA sells 6 one-off in-app purchases and Zoo Life sells 18 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Zoo Life holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Zoo Life has 2.2K ratings behind it against 115, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 66% and 66% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

KATOA ships an update monthly, Zoo Life fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on July 17, 2026 and September 23, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
KATOA versus Zoo Life: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterKATOAZoo Life
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.4 (115 ratings)4.8 (2.2K ratings) — better
Positive reviews66.3% of reviews — better66.1% of reviews
Number of ratings1152.2K — better
Update frequencyMonthlyFortnightly — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS16.013.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size570 MB422 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperSankari Studios, Inc.Sparkling Society Games B.V.

Customer experience

KATOA

All ratings113 ratings
Positive85.0%
Neutral6.2%
Negative8.8%
Written reviews95 reviews
Positive66.3%
Neutral14.7%
Negative18.9%

Zoo Life

All ratings2,203 ratings
Positive95.0%
Neutral2.0%
Negative3.0%
Written reviews280 reviews
Positive66.1%
Neutral10.4%
Negative23.6%

User reviews

KATOA

From 115 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🌊 Beautiful ocean visuals
  • 🐠 Cute and diverse aquatic fauna
  • 🌱 Relaxing gameplay loop
  • 🌍 Supports environmental causes
  • 🎨 Gorgeous art style

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Frequent crashes and bugs
  • ⏱️ Slow progression and unlock process
  • 🔁 Repetitive daily quests
  • 🤖 Unintuitive or unclear mechanics
  • 💤 Lack of content and things to do

Zoo Life

From 2.2K App Store ratings

What we love

  • ⭐ Awesome game
  • 🎮 Fun and relaxing gameplay
  • 🎨 Great graphics and visuals
  • 📚 Informative animal facts
  • 🎉 Peaceful and chill experience

Room to improve

  • ⏱️ Slow progression and long wait times
  • 💰 Expensive land expansions and animal purchases
  • 🔍 Difficult to earn in-game currency
  • 🐛 Occasional crashes and glitches
  • 🔍 Limited customization options

Bugs and requests

KATOA

Reported bugs

5 issues
  • Quests and fauna getting stuck
  • Inability to expand certain areas
  • Graphical glitches and UI issues
  • Login and loading problems
  • Unresponsive or buggy controls

Requested features

5 requests
  • More unlockable areas and expansions
  • Ability to rename or customize fauna
  • Improved tutorial and in-game help
  • Additional mini-games or activities
  • Smoother combat and raid mechanics

Zoo Life

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Ads freezing the game
  • Incomplete or missing tutorial information
  • Inconsistent task tracking and rewards
  • Compatibility issues on older devices

Requested features

6 requests
  • Collect all button for cash and resources
  • More ways to earn gold coins
  • Ability to name animals
  • Faster progression and less grinding
  • More habitat and animal variety
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  • Improved camera controls and rotation

In-app purchases

6 purchases

KATOA

One-time6
  • Handful of Stars$0.99
  • Bunch of Stars$4.99
  • Pile of Stars$9.99
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  • Bag of Stars$19.99
  • Barrel of Stars$39.99
  • Chest of Stars$79.99
18 purchases

Zoo Life

One-time18
  • Nature Pack$0.49
  • 10 Gold$0.99
  • Exclusive White Swan$1.99
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  • Extra Tool$2.99
  • 50 Gold$4.99
  • Special Currencies Deal #1$4.99
  • Extra Helicopter$4.99
  • Pioneer Pack$5.99
  • Zoo Fair Gold Pass$6.99
  • Grand Safari Gold Pass$6.99
  • Sunken Treasures Gold Pass$6.99
  • Fossil Hunt Gold Pass$6.99
  • 105 Gold$9.99
  • 165 Gold$14.99
  • Beastly Bargain$19.99
  • 420 Gold$34.99
  • Wild Card Pack$34.99
  • 875 Gold$69.99

Questions

Is KATOA free?
KATOA is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Zoo Life free?
Zoo Life is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, KATOA or Zoo Life?
Zoo Life is rated higher. KATOA averages 4.4 out of 5 from 115 ratings, while Zoo Life averages 4.8 from 2.2K ratings.
Do KATOA or Zoo Life have ads?
Zoo Life shows ads; KATOA does not.
Which is updated more often, KATOA or Zoo Life?
KATOA ships an update monthly, and Zoo Life fortnightly. Most recently, KATOA was updated on July 17, 2026 and Zoo Life on September 23, 2026.

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