Comparison

iPetRock vs Amazeballs

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

Amazeballs

Tap to drop balls and observe their physics-based interactions. Manipulate the environment to alter how the balls bounce and move.

Highlights
  • Tap to drop balls
  • Observe bouncing physics
  • Adjust world physics
  • Interactive environment
Features
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Drop balls with a tap, watch them bounce, adjust the world's physics!

Screenshots

iPetRock4 screens
Amazeballs4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: iPetRock at 4.3 against Amazeballs's 3.0. iPetRock also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 20 months) and ratings volume (22 vs 2). Amazeballs's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 10) and review sentiment (100% vs 74%). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

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

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

iPetRock holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: iPetRock has 22 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 74% of iPetRock's written reviews are positive against 100% of Amazeballs's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

iPetRock ships an update weekly, Amazeballs every 20 months. The most recent releases landed on September 26, 2026 and October 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
iPetRock versus Amazeballs: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameteriPetRockAmazeballs
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.3 (22 ratings) — better3.0 (2 ratings)
Positive reviews73.9% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings22 — better2
Update frequencyWeekly — betterEvery 20 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple WatchiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch
Requires iOS18.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size318 MB366 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSftwrfactory LLCDaniel Flax

Customer experience

iPetRock

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

Amazeballs

All ratings2 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
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
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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

Amazeballs

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is iPetRock free?
iPetRock is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Amazeballs free?
Amazeballs is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, iPetRock or Amazeballs?
iPetRock is rated higher. iPetRock averages 4.3 out of 5 from 22 ratings, while Amazeballs averages 3.0 from 2 ratings.
Do iPetRock or Amazeballs have ads?
Neither iPetRock nor Amazeballs shows ads.
Which is updated more often, iPetRock or Amazeballs?
iPetRock ships an update weekly, and Amazeballs every 20 months. Most recently, iPetRock was updated on September 26, 2026 and Amazeballs on October 3, 2026.

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