Comparison

Tickling dog vs Hello, Yoshi!

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

Head to head
About

Tickling dog

Interact with virtual dogs by tickling their fingers and petting their bellies. Watch them react with joy, sounds, and expressions as you play, offering a heartwarming and stress-relieving experience.

Highlights
  • Tickle virtual dog's fingers
  • Pet virtual dog's belly
  • Dogs react with joy
  • Full joy gauge
  • Variety of dog voices and expressions
  • Heart-healing experience
Features
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"Tickling dog" is firmly clutchy application to heal your heart like a dog! I'll tickle your finger and stroked the belly of cute dogs Happy dog 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, 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.

Highlights
  • 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

Screenshots

Tickling dog3 screens
Hello, Yoshi!4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Hello, Yoshi! at none against Tickling dog's shown. Hello, Yoshi! also leads on update cadence (every 5 months vs every 19 months) and review sentiment (97% vs 80%). Tickling dog's advantage is iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.0). On price, 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

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, Yoshi! holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Hello, Yoshi! has 82 ratings behind it against 13, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 80% of Tickling dog's written reviews are positive against 97% of Hello, Yoshi!'s.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Tickling dog ships an update every 19 months, Hello, Yoshi! every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on October 20, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Tickling dog versus Hello, Yoshi!: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTickling dogHello, Yoshi!
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (13 ratings)4.8 (82 ratings) — better
Positive reviews79.6% of reviews96.8% of reviews — better
Number of ratings1382 — better
Update frequencyEvery 19 monthsEvery 5 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 MB135 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developerinline planningNintendo Co., Ltd.

Customer experience

Tickling dog

All ratings13 ratings
Positive84.6%
Neutral7.7%
Negative7.7%
Written reviews54 reviews
Positive79.6%
Neutral5.6%
Negative14.8%

Hello, Yoshi!

All ratings75 ratings
Positive94.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative5.3%
Written reviews63 reviews
Positive96.8%
Neutral1.6%
Negative1.6%

In-app purchases

None

Tickling dog

No in-app purchases

None

Hello, Yoshi!

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Tickling dog free?
Tickling dog is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Hello, Yoshi! free?
Hello, Yoshi! is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Tickling dog or Hello, Yoshi!?
Hello, Yoshi! is rated higher. Tickling dog averages 4.6 out of 5 from 13 ratings, while Hello, Yoshi! averages 4.8 from 82 ratings.
Do Tickling dog or Hello, Yoshi! have ads?
Tickling dog shows ads; Hello, Yoshi! does not.
Which is updated more often, Tickling dog or Hello, Yoshi!?
Tickling dog ships an update every 19 months, and Hello, Yoshi! every 5 months. Most recently, Tickling dog was updated on October 20, 2026 and Hello, Yoshi! on October 24, 2026.

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