Comparison

iPetRock vs VoltPet

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

VoltPet

Features
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Your battery has a little friend. VoltPet is a pixel-art pet powered by your iPhone's battery. It bounces when you're topped up, yawns when you're low, and munches on electricity the moment you plug in. IT LIVES WHERE YOU ALREADY LOOK Your pet appears in the Dynamic Island and on the Lock Screen as a Live Activity, on the Home Screen as a widget, in StandBy while you charge overnight, in Control Center, and on your Apple Watch. IT REACTS TO YOUR REAL BATTERY Eight moods, from Energetic to Exhausted, all derived from the battery itself rather than from a timer. Plug in and the charging animation begins, with a haptic and a quiet chime. Reach 100% and your pet celebrates. IT GROWS IF YOU LOOK AFTER IT Charging your iPhone feeds your pet. Feed it on enough days and it grows from baby to teen to adult, and builds a streak. The last seven days sit on the home screen. IT HAS AN OPINION ABOUT BATTERY HEALTH Lithium-ion cells age fastest at the extremes. Past 80% your pet suggests unplugging; below 20% it asks to be fed. In between it stays quiet. IT RESPECTS YOUR BATTERY No timers, no polling, no background drain — VoltPet only wakes when iOS says something actually changed. Turn on Low Power Mode and your pet curls up and conserves too. BUILT FOR EVERYONE Full VoiceOver support, Dynamic Type up to the largest accessibility sizes, Reduce Motion, Increase Contrast, and a light/dark override of your own. Available in 11 languages. COMPLETELY PRIVATE No account. No servers. No analytics. No ads. No tracking. VoltPet contains no networking code at all — your battery readings and your pet never leave your device. VOLTPET PRO One purchase, no subscription, unlocks: • All five pets — cat, dog, bunny, frog and alien • Four seasonal costumes — Halloween, Christmas, Valentine's and Summer • Three more themes • Deluxe charging effects • A different pet on every widget

Screenshots

iPetRock4 screens
VoltPet4 screens

Verdict

The call

iPetRock and VoltPet are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters — price, ads, in-app purchases and device support among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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 VoltPet sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
iPetRock versus VoltPet: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameteriPetRockVoltPet
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.1 (23 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews73.9% of reviews—
Number of ratings23 — better—
Update frequencyWeekly—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple WatchiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch
Requires iOS18.017.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size318 MB7 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSftwrfactory LLCAdemola Mayowa Olatunji

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

VoltPet

One-time1
  • VoltPet Pro$2.99

Questions

Is iPetRock free?
iPetRock is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is VoltPet free?
VoltPet is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do iPetRock or VoltPet have ads?
Neither iPetRock nor VoltPet shows ads.

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