Dog vs smART sketcher AI
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
smART sketcher AI
Transform your imagination into drawings with AI-powered projection. Tell the app what you want to draw, and it projects the image for you to sketch on various surfaces. Personalize your creations with different art supplies.
- AI-powered image projection
- Draw anything you imagine
- Project images from photo library
- Use with smART sketcher AI projector
- Draw on paper, fabric, or food
- Personalize with crayons, pencils, markers
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The smART sketcher® AI App is a companion to the smART sketcher® AI projector. It is not compatible with previous generation smART sketcher® projectors. Imagine being able to draw anything! The smART sketcher® AI uses state-of-the-art AI technology to help you draw whatever you dream of. Simply tell the FREE App what you desire, see the image projected on the smART sketcher® AI device, and start to sketch! You can also download any picture from your own smart photo library using Bluetooth connectivity or choose one of the pre-loaded ideas to get your juices flowing. Personalize your pictures with crayons, pencils or markers. Draw on paper, fabric, or even food! This unique device and safe, monitored, age-appropriate App let kids take their ideas to an entirely new dimension. Become the smARTest artist using the smART Sketcher® AI projector and this FREE App. End user license agreement: https://www.flycatcher.toys/smart-sketcher-ai/eula Privacy Policy: https://www.flycatcher.toys/smart-sketcher-ai/privacy-policy For app support contact us at https://www.flycatcher.toys/support/ Our privacy policy and terms of use for apps are accepted if you download this app. smART sketcher® is a trademark of Flycatcher Toys INC © 2025. All rights reserved.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Dog at none against smART sketcher AI's 6. Dog also leads on rating (3.9 vs 3.4) and ratings volume (179 vs 5). On price, ads 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
Both are free to download. smART sketcher AI sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month. Dog asks for nothing beyond the download.
Dog holds the better App Store score, 3.9 against 3.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Dog has 179 ratings behind it against 5, 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 50% of smART sketcher AI's.
Dog ships an update every 5 days, smART sketcher AI fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on November 7, 2026 and November 4, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Dog | smART sketcher AI |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.9 (179 ratings) — better | 3.4 (5 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 58.1% of reviews — better | 50.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 179 — better | 5 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 days — better | Fortnightly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 158 MB | 38 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | WowWee Group Limited | FlyCatcher Inc. |
Customer experience
Dog
smART sketcher AI
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
smART sketcher AI
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Dog
No in-app purchases
smART sketcher AI
- AI Creator Plus Monthly$9.991 Month
- Museum Art Collection$14.99
- Wild Animals$14.99
- Anime$14.99
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- Deep Sea$14.99








