Auto Pirates vs Kitty Keep™
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Auto Pirates
Assemble a pirate crew, equip your ship, and engage in strategic auto-battles against other players. Earn plunder and trophies based on your global rank, and customize your pirate hideout. Combine diverse pirates, relics, and ships for unique combat strategies.
- Player vs world strategy
- Crew and ship customization
- Plunder and trophy collection
- Pirate hideout creation
- Fantasy faction pirates
- Magical relics and ships
- Competitive ranking system
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Auto Pirates is a competitive player vs world strategy game where you choose your crew, equip your ship and battle, earning plunder based on your global rank. Earn plunder and collect trophies for your exploits on the seas and create the perfect pirate hideout for your crew. Combine pirates from four fantasy factions with magical relics and a multitude of ships to optimize your strategy or create crazy hijinks. You can shoot, board, blast, burn, sink or push your opponents to get the upper hand and go for the top 1% prize.
Kitty Keep™
Embark on an offline tower defense adventure featuring adorable cat heroes. Strategize to grow your castle and defend against sea creature invaders using unique cat abilities. Enjoy a blend of idle and TD gameplay with auto-battle rewards.
- Offline tower defense gameplay
- Cute cat hero units
- Castle growth and upgrades
- Idle/Auto-battle rewards
- Level up unique cat heroes
- Defend against sea creatures
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Journey to the beach for a cat-filled offline tower defense (TD) adventure! Strategize with cute cat heroes, growing your castle to thwart invaders. Level up unique cat heroes to turn the tide on sea creature enemies by using the power of claws, water, and sand! Experience a seamless fusion of idle and tower defense strategy, effortlessly earning rewards through Auto-battle! Join the legion of cat commanders worldwide for a purr-fect mix of tower defense fun and tactics!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Kitty Keep™ at 4.9 against Auto Pirates's 4.4. Kitty Keep™ also leads on review sentiment (96% vs 61%) and ratings volume (4.5K vs 164). Auto Pirates's advantage is iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.0). On price, update cadence, ads 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
Both are free to download. Auto Pirates sells 3 one-off in-app purchases and Kitty Keep™ sells 32 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Kitty Keep™ holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Kitty Keep™ has 4.5K ratings behind it against 164, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 61% of Auto Pirates's written reviews are positive against 96% of Kitty Keep™'s.
Auto Pirates ships an update every 3 weeks, Kitty Keep™ fortnightly. Both last shipped on October 17, 2026.
| Parameter | Auto Pirates | Kitty Keep™ |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (164 ratings) | 4.9 (4.5K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 60.8% of reviews | 95.6% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 164 | 4.5K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 246 MB | 366 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Featherweight Games Pty Limited | Funovus LLC |
Customer experience
Auto Pirates
Kitty Keep™
User reviews
Auto Pirates
From 164 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Great gaming experience
- 👍 Balanced and competitive gameplay
- 💎 Zero pay-to-win elements
- 🎨 Beautiful art style and animations
Room to improve
- 🌐 Lack of Chinese language support
- 🔁 Repetitive gameplay after reaching highest rank
- 🤖 Inconsistent AI behavior and randomness
Kitty Keep™
From 4.5K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Fun and addictive gameplay
- 👍 Cute and charming art style
- 🚀 Quick progress and upgrades
- 👍 No forced ads
- 👍 Engaging tower defense mechanics
Room to improve
- 🐛 Difficulty spike at higher levels
- 💰 Potential pay-to-progress issues
- 🐛 Repetitive gameplay over time
- 🐛 Occasional crashes or bugs
Bugs and requests
Auto Pirates
Reported bugs
2 issues- Losing progress on account across devices
- Certain UI elements being unresponsive
Requested features
3 requests- Add Chinese language option
- Implement a progression system with upgrades and long-term goals
- Introduce a player-vs-player ship battle mode
Kitty Keep™
Reported bugs
3 issues- Crashes during high-level waves
- Progression roadblocks at certain points
- Inconsistent performance on older devices
Requested features
4 requests- More cat variety and customization
- Expanded event and challenge modes
- Offline/idle progression features
- Improved level design and enemy variety
In-app purchases
Auto Pirates
- 1 Captain's Bounty$12.99
- 2 Captain's Bounties$19.99
- 3 Captain's Bounties$24.99
Kitty Keep™
- 1 Hour Auto Battle$3.99
- Handful of Gold$3.99
- Pile of Gold$5.99
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- Basic Mine Pack$5.99
- More Gems$5.99
- Event Pass$5.99
- Pouch of Potions$5.99
- Basic Starter Pack$5.99
- 50 Gems$5.99
- Event Starter Pack$5.99
- Event Hero Pack$5.99
- Treasure Pile$5.99
- Offline boost 1$5.99
- Event Pass2 variants$9.99
- Treasure Trove$11.99
- Secret Lab Bundle$11.99
- 100 Gems$11.99
- Event Premium Pass$11.99
- Remove Ads Bundle$11.99
- Ultra Chests$12.99
- Chest of Potions$12.99
- Regal Mine Pack$12.99
- Offline boost 2$12.99
- Pieces of Potions$23.99
- Event Premium Pass$24.99
- Chest of Mithril$34.99
- Big Amount of Potions$34.99
- Treasure Hoard$34.99
- Huge Amount of Potions$59.99
- Wagon of Mithril$59.99
- 1300 Gems$119.99
- Giant Amount of Potions$119.99
