PetsIsland vs Candy Melons
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
PetsIsland
Adopt, raise, and nurture digital pets in a metaverse environment. Engage in interactive behaviors to increase pet energy and rewards, and combine adult pets to hatch new ones. Experience a unique cloud-raising simulation with social elements.
- Adopt and raise digital pets
- Interactive pet care (feeding, playing, dressing)
- Pet evolution through four stages
- Combine pets to hatch new ones
- Metaverse environment
- Social interaction
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Pet Island is a development companion game based on blockchain technology. Players play the role of owners to adopt pets and accompany them to grow up. Divine pets are divided into four stages: incubation, infancy, growth, and adulthood. The owner can increase the pet's energy output and growth rewards through interactive behaviors such as feeding, playing, and dressing up. Different god pets have different qualities and attributes. Adult god pets can also combine with each other to hatch new pets, bringing you a real feeling of nurturing and interesting social experience, and opening the era of cloud raising of god pets in the metaverse!
Candy Melons
Merge candies to create larger ones and compete for the biggest candy. Engage in live online multiplayer or adventure mode for high scores and rewards. Purchase boosters or spin a daily wheel for assistance.
- Candy merging gameplay
- Live online multiplayer
- Adventure mode
- Daily rewards
- Purchaseable boosters
- Daily free spin
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Merge the same small candy together to create bigger and bigger ones until your screen explodes! Who can create the biggest candy first? Challenge your friends or strangers in live online multiplayer mode, or play the adventure mode to rack up scores and win. The 10 best daily scorers win rewards. If you're stuck, you can purchase boosters to help clear your Candy, or win them in your free daily wheel spin. We’ll publish frequent updates about new content, tips, giveaways, tournaments, discord live games and more on our social media. Website: https://www.boredcandycity.com/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/boredcandycity Medium: https://boredcandycity.medium.com/ Discord: https://discord.gg/boredcandycity
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: PetsIsland at none against Candy Melons's shown. PetsIsland also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.6) and iOS requirement (10.0 vs 12.0). Candy Melons's advantage is update cadence (every 3 days vs every 3 weeks) and ratings volume (9 vs 2). On price, in-app purchases, monetization model 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
Both are free to download. PetsIsland sells 9 one-off in-app purchases and Candy Melons sells 5 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
PetsIsland holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 9 respectively.
PetsIsland ships an update every 3 weeks, Candy Melons every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 22, 2026 and October 16, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | PetsIsland | Candy Melons |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better | 4.6 (9 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 75.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 9 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 3 days — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 10.0 — better | 12.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 165 MB | 217 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 17+ |
| Developer | GLOBAL KNOT (MALAYSIA) SDN. BHD. | The Bored Candy City LTD |
Customer experience
PetsIsland
Candy Melons
In-app purchases
PetsIsland
- Recharge benefits$0.99
- petDiamonds60$1.00
- weekly card$2.99
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- petDiamonds300$5.00
- monthly card$9.99
- petDiamonds680$11.00
- petDiamonds1280$21.00
- petDiamonds3280$54.00
- petDiamonds6480$107.99
Candy Melons
- Basic Pack$0.99
- Mega Pack$3.99
- Hyper Pack$6.99
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- Hyper Pack$29.99
- Ultra Pack$49.99
Questions
Is PetsIsland free?
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