Comparison

Pico Echo vs Gig Pet

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

Head to head
About

Pico Echo

Care for a virtual cockatiel in this charming tamagotchi-style game. Interact with your pet bird, learn its behaviors, and keep it happy and fed. Enjoy hand-drawn animation and real bird sounds in this ad-free, offline experience.

Highlights
  • Virtual pet care
  • Interactive petting and feeding
  • Learn pet behaviors
  • Customizable sleep/wake times
  • Hand-drawn animation
  • Real bird sounds
Features
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Pico Echo is a cute, tamagotchi-style game where you take care of Echo the cockatiel. - Check in with Echo and keep her happy and well-fed. - Double tap nearby to get Echo's attention or pet her to check her mood...just be careful not to annoy her. - Learn Echo's behaviors and respond to what she asks for quickly and precisely to earn bonus treats! - Set Echo's sleep and wake times in the settings menu to match your schedule. - A small game made with care by just one person - support independent creators! Pico Echo is based on the life and times of celebrity birdfluencer Echo the Cockatiel (instagram.com/echo.the.cockatiel_). The game includes over 100 frames of hand-drawn animation, plus real sounds and behaviors modeled after Echo herself. There are no ads, no in-app purchases, and no data collection ever. It's the perfect pet birb to take with you anywhere! Learn more at lunoland.com/picoecho or view my privacy statement at lunoland.com/privacy

About

Gig Pet

Features
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Virtual pet cat is an 8 bit retro style old pet game. In which you have to feed your cat, play with it, teach it tricks, and take care of its health. The more you take care of your retro digital pet cat, the happier it is. And a happy virtual pet cat means the pet cat is growing fast. As the virtual pet grows, the score increases so take your time, feed it, clean it and play with it - all depends on you now! Instructions: To feed your retro digital cat, or take it to a doctor, you must simply tap on the desired buttons. Hearts are achieved when your virtual pet cat successfully completes a trick. Higher the training is, the more likely is the virtual kitty to your follow your instructions. Hearts can also be used to purchased rare candies and tokens! These candies instantly maxes out the stats of your retro virtual pet cat and tokens max out one stat of your digital pet cat Take care of your cyber pet cat as your cyber pet cat also loves patting, the more you pat it, the happier your pixel virtual pet becomes! Features: - Adopt and take care of a cute pixel pet - Giga Pet style graphics, retro virtual pet, brings back memories of 90's - Virtual pet simulation: feed, clean, sleep, play and more to do with your animal - Retro 8 - bit- style - Intuitive kids & adults friendly interface - Watch how your cyber pet cat wakes up and grows Now all new mini games have been added! Now play two mini games with your cat and embark on an adventure. Falling Fish is a game in which your virtual pet dreams about fish falling from the sky! Catch as many of the fish to make your digital pet happy! Poop Invader is game in which your cyber pet has a nightmare of poo falling from the sky! As your pet flies into the car, dodge the poo and protect your virtual pet cat! All the fun of owning a kitten right in your hands! Raise, feed, teach, clean, train, perform numerous tricks. Virtual Cat is a guarantee of fun for the children and adults.

Screenshots

Pico Echo4 screens
Gig Pet4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Gig Pet at Free against Pico Echo's $0.99. Pico Echo's advantage is chart position (#199 vs unranked) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 26.0). On ads, 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

Gig Pet is free to download; Pico Echo costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Pico Echo versus Gig Pet: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPico EchoGig Pet
Price$0.99Free — better
Rating4.9 (7 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings7 — better—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaid—
Best chart rank#199 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS11.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size34 MB3 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperLunoland LLCDanyal Chaudhry

In-app purchases

None

Pico Echo

No in-app purchases

None

Gig Pet

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Pico Echo free?
Pico Echo costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Gig Pet free?
Gig Pet is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Pico Echo or Gig Pet have ads?
Neither Pico Echo nor Gig Pet shows ads.

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