Tiny Pets World vs Mitsuba
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Tiny Pets World
This app encourages daily exercise by connecting your physical activity to the well-being of a virtual pet. Walk or run with your digital companion, customize its appearance, earn rewards, and compete with friends to boost both your health and happiness.
- Virtual pet companion
- Exercise motivation
- Pet customization
- Reward collection
- Competitive leaderboards
- Achievement sharing
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Imagine having a cute and cuddly pet that motivates you to exercise every day. That's what Tiny Pets is all about. Tiny Pets is an app that helps you run or walk with a virtual pet that depends on you for its well-being. The more you exercise, the more benefits you and your pet will enjoy. You can customize your pet, collect rewards, compete with others, and share your achievements. Tiny Pets is a great app for anyone who wants to improve their health and happiness with a furry friend.
Mitsuba
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Three good things, a garden that grows with you, and a small act of care for today. A warm cup of tea. A kind message. Light through the window. Your companion asks about your day, one good thing at a time. You only need a few words. Recall and record three good things to complete your daily reflection. You can save your progress and come back later. WRITE A LITTLE. GROW A LITTLE. Your plant grows on each journaling day. After four journaling days, it is fully grown and a harvest card gathers the memories along the way. Those days do not need to be consecutive. Missing a day never resets your plant or takes away its growth. ADD A PHOTO TO THE MOMENT Attach one photo to each day's entry. Replace it, remove it, or open it larger whenever you like. Revisit your words and pictures in your journal and weekly reflections. A WEEKLY LETTER FROM YOUR COMPANION Browse Monday-to-Sunday memories with their photos. Enable optional AI letters and your chosen companion will write a letter looking back on your week, based on your journal. Ask for a rewrite whenever you want a fresh reflection. With automatic letters enabled, the app prepares last week’s letter when you open it after the week ends. Even one recorded day is worth revisiting. TEN COMPANIONS FOR YOUR JOURNAL Choose from Mitsu, Hina, Yoru, Sui the cat, Kohaku the dog, Nagi, Suzu, Towa the owl, Nono the turtle, and Riku the fox. Everyone can accompany your journal and garden. With your permission, online chat and AI weekly letters are available with all ten companions. TALK WITH YOUR COMPANION Talk about your day or how you feel. Online AI follows the conversation to create a reply. Review and edit your own words before adding them to today’s journal. ONE SMALL ACT OF CARE Choose from 10 optional activities: four familiar and six new. Five total care days earn a lantern; choose one of nine items every five more. Your lantern and items stay yours. No journal or streak required. Zoom, pan, place or store items and grown plants in three garden sizes. ENCOURAGEMENT AT YOUR PACE Set writing and Monday reflection reminders, plus celebrations for 10, 30, 100, and 365 total recorded days. Adjust each in Settings. Writing reminders stay quiet after you write. MAKE THE GARDEN YOURS Grow 22 basic plants, including mint and olive. Their seeds and growing stages have lifelike botanical detail. Choose your next seed, explore your collection, name grown plants, and share plant cards. Journal memories appear in shared images only when you select them. Change an unstarted seed three times for free. Botanical Seeds is an optional one-time purchase that unlocks unlimited seed changes and three rare plants to grow again and again. JOURNAL AND PHOTOS SAVED ON YOUR DEVICE No account registration, ads, behavioral analytics, or tracking. Journaling and basic plant growth work offline. Export as text or JSON, including your care history. JSON also includes photos and saved weekly letters. AI conversations and letters are optional and require an internet connection and your consent. When used, your conversation and relevant journal text, or the selected week’s journal text and dates, are sent outside your device along with language and companion information to generate replies and letters. Photos and mood scores are not sent. Turn AI off in Settings at any time. Mitsuba’s server does not store journal text or replies. Anonymous authentication identifiers and usage counts are processed to prevent misuse. See the privacy policy for details. AI content can contain mistakes, and usage limits apply. Journaling, photos, plant growth, and browsing weekly entries remain available without AI. Seed purchases and restoration require an App Store connection. Retrieving photos stored in iCloud may require an internet connection. Available in English, Japanese, Korean, and Traditional Chinese. Start with something small. Keep it with Mitsuba. Screenshots show sample entries and conversations.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Tiny Pets World at 15.0 against Mitsuba's 17.0. 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. Tiny Pets World sells 10 one-off in-app purchases and Mitsuba sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Tiny Pets World ships an update every 9 days, Mitsuba every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Tiny Pets World | Mitsuba |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.0 (1 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 9 days | Every 5 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 107 MB | 72 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 42Technology Private Limited | SHUICHI HIROKAWA |
In-app purchases
Tiny Pets World
- Gem x 60$0.99
- Streak Freezer x 1$0.99
- Starter Box$2.99
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- Gem x 300$4.99
- 7 DAYS STREAK CHALLENGE$4.99
- Streak Freezer x 10$6.99
- 14 DAYS STREAK CHALLENGE$9.99
- 21 DAYS STREAK CHALLENGE$12.99
- Gem x 980$17.99
- 28 DAYS STREAK CHALLENGE$17.99
Mitsuba
- Botanical Seeds$2.99









