Virtual Life vs Remagotchi
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Virtual Life
Create and manage your own vibrant virtual world. Nurture unique creatures, provide for their needs, and defend them from predators and monsters. Experience a blend of pet simulation and god-like control.
- Create and manage a virtual world
- Care for living creatures
- Grow food and resources
- Defend against predators and monsters
- Control weather and environment
- Shake phone for earthquakes
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Get your own world in the iPhone! It's a combination of Tamagotchi and God game. Creatures are really alive in the virtual world and always need your help. Take care of your creatures and protect them from lions and monsters. [ How to Play ] - Fruit and grass grows in the wet ground. - Make it rain when the ground is dry. - Sheeps eat grass. - Lions eat sheeps and creatures. - Creatures gather fruit and hunt sheeps. - Monsters sometimes appear and attack everything. - Shake your phone to make an earthquake. - Earn gold from the tree and a chicken.
Remagotchi
Experience the authentic 90s virtual pet simulation. Care for your digital companion with classic pacing, real consequences, and diverse evolutions. Discover over 10 unique pixel pets, each with its own behavior and development path.
- Faithful classic virtual pet experience
- Classic pacing, no shortcuts
- Evolutions based on care
- Real consequences for pet's health
- Retro pixel art
- Over 10 unique virtual pets
- Screen reader compatibility
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Relive the authentic experience of caring for a virtual pet exactly as it was in the 90s. Remagotchi was created with a single goal: to faithfully reproduce the original feeling of classic virtual pets. Nothing has been simplified or sped up. The pacing, rules, evolutions, and consequences follow the same logic as the originals. Here, taking care of your pet truly matters. A faithful classic experience Classic pacing, with no shortcuts. Evolutions based entirely on care. Real consequences: your pet can get sick or even die. Retro pixel art inspired by original devices. Continuous gameplay designed to create a real bond with your pet. This is not just a game inspired by the past. It is the original experience, recreated with respect. More than 10 virtual pets Each pet has its own behavior, rules, and evolutions, following the design of classic virtual pets. Pixel Dino The absolute classic of the 90s. Can evolve into a Tyrannosaurus, Brontosaurus, or Triceratops. Pixel Penguin Can become carnivorous, herbivorous, or omnivorous depending on its diet. Pixel Alien Arrived directly from space in the 90s. Features unique feeding rules and evolutions. Pixel Ocean Starts as a tadpole and can evolve into a fish, eel, swordfish, seahorse, crab, or jellyfish. Features different gameplay and 2 exclusive mini-games. Pixel Chan & Pixel Smarty A human-based virtual pet with educational activities and life choices that shape its future. Pixel Fish An adaptation of Pixel Ocean to work on a console with 5 buttons like most other virtual pets. Pixel Cat Independent, affectionate, and full of personality. Pixel Dog Extremely loving, playful, and always seeking attention. Pixel Bear Starts small and grows into a strong and very cute bear. Pixel Deer Calm and happy, sometimes mistaken for a reindeer. Pixel Phant An elephant from the pixelated forests of Africa. Large in size, but very gentle. Pixel Shark A fun shark that decided to live in a pixelated sea. How it works Free version Play for free with Pixel Dino for 3 days and get to know the classic Remagotchi experience. Premium version (one-time purchase) Unlimited access to all virtual pets. Play forever, with no time limits. All future pets included. Exclusive customizations and features. One-time payment, no subscriptions. Buy once and enjoy the complete experience forever. Accessibility Remagotchi is fully compatible with screen readers on iOS, allowing visually impaired players to experience the classic gameplay in full. If you lived through the 90s, you will recognize every detail. If you didn’t, this is the right way to discover how virtual pets truly were.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Remagotchi at 4.7 against Virtual Life's 3.9. Remagotchi also leads on update cadence (every 4 days vs monthly) and review sentiment (81% vs 72%). Virtual Life's advantage is iOS requirement (8.0 vs 15.0). On price, ratings volume, 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
Both are free to download. Virtual Life sells 5 one-off in-app purchases and Remagotchi sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Remagotchi holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 3.9. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 111 and 70 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 72% of Virtual Life's written reviews are positive against 81% of Remagotchi's.
Virtual Life ships an update monthly, Remagotchi every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 8, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Virtual Life | Remagotchi |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.9 (111 ratings) | 4.7 (70 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 72.4% of reviews | 80.9% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 111 — better | 70 |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Every 4 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 26 MB | 135 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | JONG HA WOO | Ewerton Jose Wantroba |
Customer experience
Virtual Life
Remagotchi
Bugs and requests
Virtual Life
Reported bugs
3 issues- Buttons not working properly
- Game freezing or crashing on launch
- Creatures disappearing or getting stuck
Requested features
4 requests- More creature types and customization
- Ability to build structures and fences
- Day/night cycle and additional environments
- Creature breeding and evolution
Remagotchi
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Virtual Life
- 2000 Golds$0.99
- New Creatures$0.99
- 5000 Golds$1.99
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- 8000 Golds$2.99
- 20000 Golds$4.99
Remagotchi
- Premium version$6.99









