Tickling cat vs Hello, Yoshi!
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- Tickle virtual cat's finger
- Pet virtual cat's belly
- Observe happy cat reactions
- Listen to cat sounds
- Fill joy gauge
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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.
Hello, Yoshi!
Engage with Yoshi's expressive face through interactive play, making silly faces and triggering various reactions. Discover hidden items and characters, and enjoy a built-in screen time management feature.
- Interactive face manipulation
- Trigger various expressions
- Add items and enemies
- Peekaboo mini-game
- Built-in screen time breaks
- Offline play
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"Hello, Yoshi!" Are you ready to play? With this free application from the little-kid-friendly My Mario brand, you and your kiddo can play with Yoshi's face and delight in all his various expressions. ■Make Silly Faces Team up with your kiddo to see how silly Yoshi 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 Yoshi. ■Peekaboo! Invite Yoshi 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, Yoshi! Yoshi 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
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Hello, Yoshi! at 4.8 against Tickling cat's 4.3. Hello, Yoshi! also leads on ads (none vs shown) and monetization model (free vs ad-supported). Tickling cat's advantage is iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.0). On price, update cadence, in-app purchases 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Hello, Yoshi! holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Hello, Yoshi! has 82 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 97% of Hello, Yoshi!'s.
Tickling cat ships an update every 7 months, Hello, Yoshi! every 5 months. Both last shipped on October 20, 2026.
| Parameter | Tickling cat | Hello, Yoshi! |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (12 ratings) | 4.8 (82 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 86.2% of reviews | 96.8% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 12 | 82 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 7 months | Every 5 months — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 16 MB | 135 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | inline planning | Nintendo Co., Ltd. |
Customer experience
Tickling cat
Hello, Yoshi!
In-app purchases
Tickling cat
No in-app purchases
Hello, Yoshi!
No in-app purchases
Questions
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