Meow Wolf vs PlanetsTokyo/CollectingForest
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Meow Wolf
Explore immersive art installations and unlock hidden stories. This app enhances your visit with interactive features, digital comics, and exclusive content. Collect virtual items, manage tickets, and discover the lore behind unique exhibitions.
- Meow Wolf Comics access
- Psychic Sensor for hidden elements
- Brain Bean collection
- Ticket purchasing and management
- Artist-created games
- Exhibition lore and videos
- Merchandise browsing
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Hello, travelers. This is your totally indispensable tool for traversing the Meow Wolf multiverse from the palm of your hand. The Meow Wolf app invites you to explore the nature of reality and promises to be an illuminating companion for your interdimensional journeys. Key Features: - !New! Introducing Meow Wolf Comics, a series of webcomics based on the stories behind our exhibitions! Just tap the Comics icon to read. - Expand your Meow Wolf exhibition experience with the Psychic Sensor which unveils hidden elements of story, characters, and artistry. (Available at Meow Wolf Santa Fe, Grapevine, Houston, and Denver.) - Discover Brain Beans hidden throughout the exhibition and use the Messages applet to collect them in your Head Garden. (Currently available at Meow Wolf Grapevine and Houston.) - Easily purchase, access, and manage tickets for any Meow Wolf exhibition or events. - Enjoy games from Meow Wolf artists and collaborators. - Delve into the stories behind the making of our unique exhibitions. - View exclusive, short-form videos and lore. - Browse and buy some magnificently maximal Meow Wolf merch. About Meow Wolf: Meow Wolf started in 2008 as a small collective of Santa Fe artists sharing an interest in publicly displaying their works and developing their skills together. This collaborative approach blossomed into Meow Wolf's distinctive style of immersive, maximalist environments that encourage audience-driven experiences. We have numerous full-time artists on staff, working in a huge range of media, including sculpture, painting, fabrication, digital art, writing, film and more. Additionally, we prioritize collaboration with local artists in each exhibition location. The Meow Wolf app is our latest creation… or discovery, depending on your perspective.
PlanetsTokyo/CollectingForest
Enhance your visit to teamLab Planets TOKYO by interacting with digital art. Capture and collect virtual animals within an exhibition, and learn more about them as you expand your collection. You can also release captured creatures back into their digital habitat.
- Catch virtual animals with camera
- Collect animals in illustrated book
- Release animals back into exhibition
- Research animal details
- Interactive art experience
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This app can be used in the following exhibitions: - teamLab Planets TOKYO (Toyosu, Tokyo, Japan) _ _ _ This is the smartphone app that can be enjoyed along with the artwork "Catching and Collecting Extinct Forest". - Catch Point the app's camera at animals and release a Research Eye to capture them. You can also set up a Research Net at your feet. - Collect The animals you catch will be shown in the app's illustrated collection book. - Release Once you've captured an animal, you can swipe it over a location visible through the app's camera to return it to that spot. - Research The more animals you catch, the more detailed information will be added to your collection book about that animal.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Meow Wolf at 82% against PlanetsTokyo/CollectingForest's 21%. Meow Wolf also leads on rating (4.8 vs 4.1) and ratings volume (1.8K vs 100). 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Meow Wolf holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Meow Wolf has 1.8K ratings behind it against 100, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 82% of Meow Wolf's written reviews are positive against 21% of PlanetsTokyo/CollectingForest's.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 3 weeks. Both last shipped on October 30, 2026.
| Parameter | Meow Wolf | PlanetsTokyo/CollectingForest |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (1.8K ratings) — better | 4.1 (100 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 82.0% of reviews — better | 20.8% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1.8K — better | 100 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 89 MB | 128 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Meow Wolf, Inc. | teamLab Inc. |
Customer experience
Meow Wolf
PlanetsTokyo/CollectingForest
Bugs and requests
Meow Wolf
Reported bugs
2 issues- Ticket screen contrast issues
- Occasional crashes
Requested features
3 requests- More games and interactive content
- Improved battery optimization
- Closed captioning and transcripts for accessibility
PlanetsTokyo/CollectingForest
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Meow Wolf
No in-app purchases
PlanetsTokyo/CollectingForest
No in-app purchases
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