Race Pigeon vs PolyPine
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Race Pigeon
Train and raise virtual racing pigeons in this simulation game. Compete against other players in races and climb the leaderboards based on your pigeons' performance. Share messages with your trained birds.
- Pigeon training simulation
- Race registration and competition
- Player vs. player races
- Ranking system based on race points
- Message sharing with pigeons
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A training simulation game for raising racing pigeons. Let's fly and share messages with pigeons! Users can register for races and compete against each other with the pigeons they have raised. You can also compete with other players in the ranking of points earned in races.
PolyPine
Cultivate a vibrant forest ecosystem by planting seeds and nurturing trees through their life cycles. Attract diverse wildlife by meeting their specific habitat needs and observe how their interactions influence the environment. Adapt to or reshape varied terrains and overcome natural disasters to foster a thriving, dynamic woodland.
- Plant and grow trees through full life cycles
- Attract and manage diverse animal habitats
- Observe animal interactions and their impact
- Adapt to or terraform varied terrains
- Survive and utilize natural disasters
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Create your own cozy forest! Plant Seeds and Watch Them Grow Experience the full lifecycle of trees: seed, sapling, adult tree, dead tree and fallen trunk. Each step creates a different habitat for other plants and animals. Fill Your Forest with Animals Each animal has specific habitat needs you have to fullfill before adding them. Squirrels need trees, butterflies need flowers etc. Click Animals to Make Them Poop and More Clicking on animals trigger different behaviors that influence the forest ecosystem: Moose poop, fertilizing the soil. Voles eat tree roots, damaging the tree. Foxes hunt other animals. Adapt to the Terrain or Terraform It to Your Needs Create forests in diverse terrains including hills, lakes, mountains, fjords and wetlands. Terraform the terrain if you want even more control. Survive Natural Disasters Forest fires, storms and bark beetle swarms affect the forest in various ways. Can you use them to your advantage and create a thriving ecosystem?
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Race Pigeon at Free against PolyPine's $3.99. Race Pigeon also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 1). PolyPine's advantage is rating (4.5 vs 3.7) and ratings volume (296 vs 3). On review sentiment, update cadence, 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
Race Pigeon is free to download; PolyPine costs $3.99 up front. PolyPine sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Race Pigeon asks for nothing beyond the download.
PolyPine holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 3.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: PolyPine has 296 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 71% of Race Pigeon's written reviews are positive against 77% of PolyPine's.
Race Pigeon ships an update every 9 days, PolyPine fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Race Pigeon | PolyPine |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $3.99 |
| Rating | 3.7 (3 ratings) | 4.5 (296 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 71.4% of reviews | 76.8% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 3 | 296 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 9 days — better | Fortnightly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Best chart rank | — | #60 — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 14.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 37 MB | 93 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | STUDIO SHIN | Yaozuo Games Ltd |
Customer experience
Race Pigeon
PolyPine
Bugs and requests
Race Pigeon
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
PolyPine
Reported bugs
1 issue- Audio breaks down and turns into 8-bit track
Requested features
2 requests- Add more content and updates
- Improve the evolution/upgrade system
In-app purchases
Race Pigeon
No in-app purchases
PolyPine
- Unlock Full Game$5.99









