The Bear vs Potater
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
The Bear
Embark on a friendship adventure with a bear and a little one across a magical universe. This interactive bedtime experience features hand-drawn animations and original music, offering a calming story about togetherness and belonging.
- Interactive bedtime experience
- Friendship-forming adventure
- Hand-drawn animations
- Specially composed music
- Touching story
- Calming experience
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The Bear is an interactive bedtime experience for everyone. The game is free-to-try with no ads. You can play the first chapter for free and unlock the remaining 4 chapters with a single in-app purchase. Lead the bear and the little one through a friendship-forming adventure as they travel across the atmospheric universe of the World of Gra. Relax and stargaze with these weird little characters, as they tell you stories of togetherness, of letting go and of the longing to find a place you belong. The Bear has been lovingly crafted with hundreds of hand drawn animations, specially composed music and a touching story to create a uniquely calming experience, that feels like a bedtime story, read to you by a loved one.
Potater
Raise a virtual pet potato collaboratively with friends. Care for your potato by feeding, bathing, and exercising it, while also customizing its room and playing mini-games together.
- Choose and name your potato
- Feed, bathe, and exercise your potato
- Customize potato's room
- Play mini-games
- Co-parent with friends
- Virtual pet care
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Raise a cute pet potato with your friends. + Choose your potato + Give your potato a name + Feed your potato + Bath your potato + Give your potato exercise + Give your potato a room + Customize your room + Play mini-games + Invite your friends and co-parent your potato together
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: The Bear at none against Potater's shown. The Bear also leads on update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 6 months) and review sentiment (78% vs 58%). Potater's advantage is iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.0). On price, rating, ratings volume 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. The Bear sells 4 one-off in-app purchases and Potater sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.6 for The Bear against 4.6 for Potater. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1.1K and 673 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 78% of The Bear's written reviews are positive against 58% of Potater's.
The Bear ships an update every 2 weeks, Potater every 6 months. Both last shipped on October 18, 2026.
| Parameter | The Bear | Potater |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (1.1K ratings) | 4.6 (673 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 78.1% of reviews — better | 58.1% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1.1K — better | 673 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks — better | Every 6 months |
| Ads | No — better | 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 | 15.0 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 1.7 GB | 419 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Mucks Games | MoonBear LTD |
Customer experience
The Bear
Potater
User reviews
The Bear
From 1.1K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 😊 Liked the stars and music
- 👍 Cute, calming, and relaxing
- 🎨 Beautiful art style and animations
- 💡 Meaningful story and themes
- 🤗 Touching and emotional
Room to improve
- 💰 Need to pay for additional chapters
- 🐛 Progress not saved properly
Potater
From 673 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🤣 Fun and cute game
- 💖 Brings people together
- 🎮 Challenging and fun mini-games
Room to improve
- 💰 Expensive in-app purchases
- 🤒 Potato gets sick too often
- 🕰️ Mini-games have unrealistic time limits
- 🐛 Bugs and glitches
- 🔄 Progress resets unexpectedly
Bugs and requests
The Bear
Reported bugs
2 issues- Game resets when leaving the screen
- Compatibility issues with older devices
Requested features
2 requests- Make the full game free
- Add a demo or trial version
Potater
Reported bugs
3 issues- Potato's needs reset after short periods
- Hats displayed backwards
- Inability to select previously purchased furniture
Requested features
5 requests- More games to earn coins
- Ability to redecorate room after upgrading
- Longer sleep duration for potato
- Cheaper medicine costs
- Ability to check previous chat messages
In-app purchases
The Bear
- Buy us a cookie!$0.99
- Unlock all chapters$2.99
- Buy us a coffee!$2.99
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- Buy us lunch!$3.99
Potater
- Special Offer$0.99
- Package 1$1.99
- 500 Gems$4.99
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- Package 4$4.99
- Package 2$4.99
- Special Offer$4.99
- Package 5$9.99
- Package 6$14.99
- Package 3$24.99
- Special Offer!$79.99
