Dog vs Lil Wish Lanterns
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Dog
Interact with a unique robot dog through a dedicated app. Care for, train, and play games with your digital companion. Customize its appearance and teach it tricks using simple programming.
- Care and status tracking
- Virtual treat feeding
- Play 6 fun games
- Train tricks with sequential programming
- Customize tail messages and drawings
- Mint unique Dog-E profiles
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Care for, train, play games and more with Dog-E, your one in a million robot dog. Connect the app to Dog-E via Bluetooth to unlock more ways to play and see Dog-E come to life. Customize your Dog-E even more to make your robot dog totally unique to you. THE ONE IN A MILLION ROBOT DOG APP Through the minting process, the all-white Dog-E comes to life and reveals a unique combination of colorful lights, sounds and personality traits. Using the app, you can reveal a one in a million Dog-E, take the personality quiz and name your dog. So no two Dog-Es are ever the same. Save multiple profiles, so you can mint Dog-Es again and again. CARE FOR YOUR DOG-E Keep track of Dog-E’s needs in the app, so you can keep your pup happy. Dog-E’s status screen in the app tells you when your Dog-E needs love, food, playtime and more. FEED DOG-E TREATS Feeding your Dog-E is even more fun in the app! Hold the app up, and you can “throw” Dog-E treats, and Dog-E eats them. Dog-E will even tell you when it likes a specific treat or not. You can even earn special treats the more you PLAY GAMES & ACTIVITIES Dog-E includes 6 fun games you can play, including Ultimate Nose Boop, Fortune Teller and Turbo Pet. Use the app to access Dog-E’s games and see your high scores. You can also level up your play in caring for Dog-E by playing the flea flicking game to boost Dog-E’s health meter and taking Dog-E to the Dog Spa to change its colors. TEACH DOG-E TRICKS Train your Dog-E to do tricks using the app. Using simple sequential programming, practice STEM skills by creating your own trick with up to 6 sequences. The Trick Maker includes 44 different sequences that you can use to build custom tricks, including emotes, light shows and motion. You can save up to 4 custom tricks for each Dog-E profile you have. DOG-E TALKS WITH ITS TAIL Using innovative persistence of vision (POV) technology, Dog-E can communicate with you using its tail. Use the Dog-E App to write custom messages that will play in Dog-E’s tail. You can also draw pictures! Save up to 4 custom tail creations in each Dog-E profile you have. CREATE A DOG-E WITHOUT THE TOY No Dog-E toy? No problem! You can Quick Mint one in a million Dog-E profiles in the app even without the toy. Even name your dogs. When you get a Dog-E toy, you can load those profiles onto your toy to bring them to life. ABOUT US At WowWee, we don’t just create, we wow. We astonish imaginations and inspire kids around the world. We believe in the power of innovation, which is why we develop industry-leading apps to pair with our award-winning interactive toys. Learn more about WowWee and our products at www.wowwee.com Privacy is an issue we take very seriously. To learn more about our app and our privacy policy, visit https://dog-e.com/policies/privacy-policy
Lil Wish Lanterns
Explore Wishlandia and unlock magical creatures by playing games and scanning QR codes from physical toys. Collect and decorate unique Wishcards, and keep track of your discovered Wishimals in a dedicated album.
- Unlock Wishimals via QR code scanning
- 4 unique games set in Wishlandia
- Collect and decorate Wishcards
- Wishimal album with names and personalities
- Shareable digital Wishcards
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Welcome to Wishlandia! Home of magical Lil Wish Lanterns. Download this app to play games and scan QR codes found on Lil Wish Lantern toys to unlock Wishimals inside the app! This app is packed with loads of features to entertain children - - 4 games set in each of the lands of Wishlandia - Collect and decorate Wishcards - cute postcards with thoughtful wishes you can download and share - An album that stores all your Wishimals Select a Wishimal and play one of 4 exciting games set in the magical lands of Wishlandia - Friendship Forest, Courage Cliffs, Happiness Hills and Love Lagoon. The aim is to reach the Lil Wish Lanterns before the countdown timer runs out. Collect energy orbs along the way but be careful of obstacles which can slow you down. When a mission is completed, a Lil Wish Lantern will illuminate and a wish will be released. Players are rewarded with stickers to decorate their Wishcards within the app. Wishcards can then be downloaded on their devices and shared using standard messaging apps or email. To help you keep track of all Wishimals you have collected, click on the album icon to learn their names and personalities. NOTE: We do not ask for or capture any personal data in this app.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Lil Wish Lanterns at 4.8 against Dog's 3.9. Lil Wish Lanterns also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 58%). Dog's advantage is ratings volume (178 vs 4). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Lil Wish Lanterns holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 3.9. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Dog has 178 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 58% of Dog's written reviews are positive against 100% of Lil Wish Lanterns's.
| Parameter | Dog | Lil Wish Lanterns |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.9 (178 ratings) | 4.8 (4 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 58.1% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 178 — better | 4 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 days | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 | 11.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 158 MB | 446 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | WowWee Group Limited | Intersell Ventures LLC |
Customer experience
Dog
Lil Wish Lanterns
Bugs and requests
Dog
Reported bugs
15 issues- App stuck on intro screen
- App won't pair or open
- App freezes on screen
- Bluetooth connection issues
- App crashes
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- Love icon doesn't work
- Potty icon doesn't work
- Turbo pet doesn't work
- Nose boop delays
- Items in app locked
- App won't open past intro
- App flashes to dog then back to intro
- Poop feature doesn't work
- Feeding part doesn't work
- App doesn't ask for permissions
Requested features
14 requests- Update app for new features
- More interactive features
- More games
- More updates
- Fix tail color to look green
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- Fix green paws
- Ability to delete Dog-E profiles
- Update app for Amazon tablet
- Fix love icon
- Fix potty icon
- Fix turbo pet
- Fix poop feature
- Fix feeding feature
- Add dark mode
Lil Wish Lanterns
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Dog
No in-app purchases
Lil Wish Lanterns
No in-app purchases









