CatAndGold vs Go Paddle
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
CatAndGold
Catch falling beckoning cats with a cushion to earn gold coins. Achieve continuous catches for bonuses and upgrade your cushion with items. The game ends when cat food runs out, but stages advance with more food.
- Catch falling beckoning cats
- Earn gold oval coins (KOBAN)
- Continuous catch bonuses
- Upgrade floor cushion with items
- Stage progression based on cat food
- Game Center score sharing
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Please catch a falling "beckoning cat" with a cushion. It catches well and gets a gold oval coin(KOBAN)! Game Center should share everybody and a score! - It leans vertically and horizontally and moves a floor cushion. - It will become a bonus if a near beckoning cat is caught continuously. - As for "the black beckoning cat" which sometimes comes out, an oval gold coin double. The bonus of consecutive catches doubles, too. - A floor cushion upgrades with extra item. - It is game over when the upper left canned cat food is set to 0. If canned cat food exceeds 40, 80, and 120, a stage will go up. # "beckoning cat" is called MANEKI NEKO" in Japan. # "KOBAN" is the old currency of japan. # "Ryo" is the oldest currency units in Japan. P.s. The cat which is sleeping on the second stage is our Revi.
Go Paddle
Engage in an intense arcade experience, keeping a ball airborne amidst various challenges. Compete globally on leaderboards and join real-time multiplayer games for ultimate bragging rights.
- Keep ball in the air
- Navigate distractions
- Global leaderboards
- Real-time multiplayer
- Intense gameplay
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The most intense game ever. Keep the ball in the air while going through different distractions. Compete in global leaderboards and play in real-time multiplayer matches!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Go Paddle at monthly against CatAndGold's every 25 months. Go Paddle also leads on ratings volume (8 vs 1). CatAndGold's advantage is iOS requirement (12.0 vs 14.1). On price, rating, review sentiment and ads 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.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for CatAndGold against 4.9 for Go Paddle. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Go Paddle has 8 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.
CatAndGold ships an update every 25 months, Go Paddle monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 17, 2026 and October 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | CatAndGold | Go Paddle |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | 4.9 (8 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 8 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 25 months | Monthly — better |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 14.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 15 MB | 10 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Keietsu Yasuhara | AKRS Ventures LLC. |
Customer experience
CatAndGold
Go Paddle
In-app purchases
CatAndGold
No in-app purchases
Go Paddle
No in-app purchases
