Comparison

Tickling cat vs Hello, Mario!

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

Head to head
About

Tickling cat

Interact with a virtual kitten by tickling its finger and petting its belly. Watch its happiness grow with joyful reactions and sounds. This app aims to provide a heartwarming and stress-relieving experience through cute cat interactions.

Highlights
  • Tickle virtual cat's finger
  • Pet virtual cat's belly
  • Observe happy cat reactions
  • Listen to cat sounds
  • Fill joy gauge
Features
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"Tickling cat" is firmly clutchy application to heal your heart like a cat! I'll tickle your finger and stroked the belly of cute cats Happy cat is rising! It is full of joy gauge A lot of voice, facial expressions and cute when you release your finger at random Your heart will be healed.

About

Hello, Mario!

Engage with Mario's face by pulling, stretching, and poking him to create various expressions. Add iconic items and characters from the Mushroom Kingdom to the scene. Enjoy interactive play with a built-in feature that encourages screen time breaks.

Highlights
  • Manipulate Mario's face
  • Add game items and characters
  • Play peekaboo with Mario
  • Built-in screen time breaks
  • Offline play
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"Hello, Mario!" Are you ready to play? With this free application from the little-kid-friendly My Mario brand, you and your kiddo can play with Mario's face and delight in all his various expressions. ■Make Silly Faces Team up with your kiddo to see how silly Mario can get when you pull and stretch his face or take turns poking and spinning him around. Tap on the ? Block in the top-left corner of the screen and select an icon to make items—like a Super Mushroom, a Super Star, or pipes—and even enemies appear alongside Mario. ■Peekaboo! Invite Mario to play peekaboo by tapping on the leftmost icon in the ? Block menu. Boo may even make a guest appearance! ■Built-In Breaks Good night, Mario! Mario gets tuckered out after playing for a while and will fall fast asleep. At that point no amount of poking can wake him up! This is a great opportunity to take a break and help parents limit their child's screen time. If you want to keep the fun going, you can turn off this feature by tapping the gear icon in the top-right corner of the screen when the application starts. ■Play Offline There's no need to be connected to the internet to play this application. After you download it, you're good to go! Operation is not guaranteed for all devices that meet the operating conditions. It may not work properly depending on the device's performance and specifications, device-specific application usage conditions, etc. Please be sure to read the Health and Safety information provided in the application settings before you start playing. Settings can be accessed by tapping the gear icon in the top-right corner of the screen when the application starts to access the menu. ©Nintendo

Screenshots

Tickling cat3 screens
Hello, Mario!4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Hello, Mario! at none against Tickling cat's shown. Hello, Mario! also leads on rating (4.6 vs 4.3) and ratings volume (326 vs 12). Tickling cat's advantage is iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.0). On price, review sentiment, update cadence 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Hello, Mario! holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Hello, Mario! has 326 ratings behind it against 12, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 86% of Tickling cat's written reviews are positive against 90% of Hello, Mario!'s.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Tickling cat ships an update every 7 months, Hello, Mario! every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on October 20, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Tickling cat versus Hello, Mario!: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTickling catHello, Mario!
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.3 (12 ratings)4.6 (326 ratings) — better
Positive reviews86.2% of reviews89.7% of reviews — better
Number of ratings12326 — better
Update frequencyEvery 7 monthsEvery 4 months — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationAd-supportedFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS12.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size16 MB137 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developerinline planningNintendo Co., Ltd.

Customer experience

Tickling cat

All ratings12 ratings
Positive83.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative16.7%
Written reviews58 reviews
Positive86.2%
Neutral3.4%
Negative10.3%

Hello, Mario!

All ratings279 ratings
Positive89.6%
Neutral3.9%
Negative6.5%
Written reviews156 reviews
Positive89.7%
Neutral3.8%
Negative6.4%

In-app purchases

None

Tickling cat

No in-app purchases

None

Hello, Mario!

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Tickling cat free?
Tickling cat is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Hello, Mario! free?
Hello, Mario! is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Tickling cat or Hello, Mario!?
Hello, Mario! is rated higher. Tickling cat averages 4.3 out of 5 from 12 ratings, while Hello, Mario! averages 4.6 from 326 ratings.
Do Tickling cat or Hello, Mario! have ads?
Tickling cat shows ads; Hello, Mario! does not.
Which is updated more often, Tickling cat or Hello, Mario!?
Tickling cat ships an update every 7 months, and Hello, Mario! every 4 months. Most recently, Tickling cat was updated on October 20, 2026 and Hello, Mario! on October 29, 2026.

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