Comparison

iPetRock vs Cat Face Puzzles

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

Cat Face Puzzles

Engage your mind with a variety of cat-themed jigsaw puzzles, from simple slides to challenging circular designs. Customize your Apple Watch with adorable cat photos from the app's extensive library. Perfect for pet lovers seeking a relaxing and engaging gaming experience.

Highlights
  • Over 125 professional cat photos
  • 1500+ puzzles (easy to difficult)
  • Multiple puzzle types (Slide, Honeycomb, Twist)
  • Customizable Apple Watch faces
  • Playable on iPhone, iPad, and Apple Watch
  • Relaxing gameplay
Features
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Introducing Cat Face Puzzles – an exciting new puzzle game for pet lovers! Choose from over 125 professional photos of beautiful cats and solve over 1500 puzzles ranging from easy to difficult. Relax your brain with Square’s Slide, a mindless game great for passing the time or test your focus with the medium difficulty puzzle, Honeycomb Jungle. Think you’re a puzzle expert? Prove your skills with Saturn’s Twist, a challenging circular puzzle built specially for the pros. Cat Face Puzzles is available on all handheld Apple devices from iPhones to iPads and Apple Watches. For an added bonus – Set your watch face with any of the adorable cat images from the app’s massive photo library. Play now and discover the cutest and cuddliest puzzles on the App store!

Screenshots

iPetRock4 screens
Cat Face Puzzles1 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: iPetRock at weekly against Cat Face Puzzles's every 3 weeks. iPetRock also leads on ratings volume (22 vs 5). On price, rating, ads 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. iPetRock sells 10 one-off in-app purchases and Cat Face Puzzles sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.3 for iPetRock against 4.4 for Cat Face Puzzles. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 22 and 5 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

iPetRock ships an update weekly, Cat Face Puzzles every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 26, 2026 and September 29, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
iPetRock versus Cat Face Puzzles: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameteriPetRockCat Face Puzzles
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.3 (22 ratings)4.4 (5 ratings) — better
Positive reviews73.9% of reviews—
Number of ratings22 — better5
Update frequencyWeekly — betterEvery 3 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple WatchiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch
Requires iOS18.017.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size318 MB67 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSftwrfactory LLCCoding Art

Customer experience

iPetRock

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

Cat Face Puzzles

All ratings4 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

10 purchases

iPetRock

One-time10
  • Small Pebble$0.99
  • Cool Blue Pet$0.99
  • Leopard Pet$0.99
Show 7 more
  • 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
1 purchases

Cat Face Puzzles

One-time1
  • Premium Version$4.99

Questions

Is iPetRock free?
iPetRock is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Cat Face Puzzles free?
Cat Face Puzzles is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, iPetRock or Cat Face Puzzles?
Cat Face Puzzles is rated higher. iPetRock averages 4.3 out of 5 from 22 ratings, while Cat Face Puzzles averages 4.4 from 5 ratings.
Do iPetRock or Cat Face Puzzles have ads?
Neither iPetRock nor Cat Face Puzzles shows ads.
Which is updated more often, iPetRock or Cat Face Puzzles?
iPetRock ships an update weekly, and Cat Face Puzzles every 3 weeks. Most recently, iPetRock was updated on September 26, 2026 and Cat Face Puzzles on September 29, 2026.

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