Comparison

iPetRock vs CYOA Factory

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

Head to head
About

iPetRock

Experience low-maintenance companionship with a virtual pet rock. Interact by dragging it, shaking your phone to make it roll, and even setting custom backgrounds. It's a judgment-free friend that will miss you when you're away.

Highlights
  • Drag rock around the screen
  • Shake phone to roll rock
  • Collect premium rock types
  • Set custom rock backgrounds
  • Rock misses you when away
Features
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Meet your new best friend — a virtual pet rock. iPetRock is back. The original 2008 classic, reimagined for modern iPhones. Same rock. Somehow more going on now. Your pet rock lives on your phone. Drag it around, shake your phone to send it rolling, poke it, give it a polish, and watch it settle in for a nap. It doesn't need feeding, walking, or an apology when you forget about it for three weeks — it's just happy you're here. It's picked up a few new tricks, too. It can answer your questions now — just ask it a yes or no question and it'll tell you. It reads fortunes. It tells knock-knock jokes, unprompted, whether they're funny or not. It keeps a diary, and holds onto little memory pebbles from the moments you share. Feeling fancy? Trade up to a Gold, Blue, Leopard, or Jade rock. And it lives in landscapes that have quietly leveled up from flat color to actual scenery, evolved grasslands and cozy nests included, with the original classic backgrounds still there for anyone who wants the throwback look. Oh, and it's not just on your phone anymore — your rock can live on your Apple Watch too, so it's never more than a glance away. A rock with a diary, a memory, and can see the future. We didn't see that coming either. FEATURES • Drag your rock anywhere on screen • Shake your phone to send it rolling, poke it, or give it a polish • Ask it a yes or no question — it always answers • Check its daily fortune • Tells knock-knock jokes • Keeps a diary and remembers significant moments together • Evolved scenery: grasslands, nests, and more — plus the original classic backgrounds • Collect premium rock types: Gold, Blue, Leopard, and Jade • Now on Apple Watch • Set a custom photo as your rock's background • Your rock will miss you when you're gone

About

CYOA Factory

Design and write your own interactive stories with branching narratives and consequences. Control the story, choices, and outcomes to create unique adventures.

Highlights
  • Design interactive tales
  • Write story choices
  • Define consequences
  • Manage inventory
  • Customize narrator tone
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Agent Six was surrounded. On her left two thugs brandished electric clubs. On her right a skinny man with a taser. Snipers took aim in the distance. The agent smiled and chuckled slightly. She knew exactly what to do. Or rather, you do. CYOA Factory allows you to design your own tale. You write the story. You write the choices... and you write the consequences. Setup complex interactions, manage inventory, or make the narrator a little sarcastic. It's up to you. CYOA Factory will make writing like: A) Baking a cake B) Tying a shoe C) Performing neurosurgery in the back of a speeding ambulance

Screenshots

iPetRock4 screens
CYOA Factory4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: iPetRock at 4.1 against CYOA Factory's 3.3. iPetRock also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 3 months) and review sentiment (74% vs 44%). CYOA Factory's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 10) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 18.0). On price, ratings volume, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. iPetRock sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. CYOA Factory asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

iPetRock holds the better App Store score, 4.1 against 3.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 23 and 31 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 74% of iPetRock's written reviews are positive against 44% of CYOA Factory's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

iPetRock ships an update weekly, CYOA Factory every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
iPetRock versus CYOA Factory: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameteriPetRockCYOA Factory
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.1 (23 ratings) — better3.3 (31 ratings)
Positive reviews73.9% of reviews — better44.1% of reviews
Number of ratings2331 — better
Update frequencyWeekly — betterEvery 3 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple WatchiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS18.013.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size318 MB83 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSftwrfactory LLCMorphosis Games

Customer experience

iPetRock

All ratings22 ratings
Positive77.3%
Neutral9.1%
Negative13.6%
Written reviews23 reviews
Positive73.9%
Neutral8.7%
Negative17.4%

CYOA Factory

All ratings31 ratings
Positive51.6%
Neutral22.6%
Negative25.8%
Written reviews34 reviews
Positive44.1%
Neutral17.6%
Negative38.2%

In-app purchases

10 purchases

iPetRock

One-time10
  • Small Pebble$0.99
  • Cool Blue Pet$0.99
  • Leopard Pet$0.99
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  • Jade Pet$0.99
  • Gold Pet$1.99
  • Friendly Rock$2.99
  • Tiny Mountain$4.99
  • Generous Boulder$9.99
  • Legendary Mountain$19.99
  • Mythic Monolith$49.99
None

CYOA Factory

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is iPetRock free?
iPetRock is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is CYOA Factory free?
CYOA Factory is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, iPetRock or CYOA Factory?
iPetRock is rated higher. iPetRock averages 4.1 out of 5 from 23 ratings, while CYOA Factory averages 3.3 from 31 ratings.
Do iPetRock or CYOA Factory have ads?
Neither iPetRock nor CYOA Factory shows ads.
Which is updated more often, iPetRock or CYOA Factory?
iPetRock ships an update weekly, and CYOA Factory every 3 months. Most recently, iPetRock was updated on October 23, 2026 and CYOA Factory on October 25, 2026.

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