Widget Cat vs Minimalz
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Widget Cat
Bring a virtual kitten to your device's homescreen. Care for your digital pet by feeding, bathing, and playing with it. Enjoy a constant companion that's always by your side.
- Add widgets in three sizes
- Feed and water your cat
- Clean the litter box
- Bathe your cat
- Play with your kitty
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Have you been dreaming of getting a kitty? Now there is a new way to raise a kitty ON THE HOMESCREEN！Simple, Easy and cool!!! Widget Mao is a widget that can keep cute cats on the HomeScreen. You can see cute kittens every time you unlock your phone.Take it wherever you want, your kitty is always by your side. The game features: + Add widgets in three sizes, large, medium and small. + Prepare food and water for cats, clean the litter box on time. + Bathe the cat when it is dirty. + Play with your kitty whenever you want. Privacy Policy: http://cdn.global.gameley.cn/protocal/privacy_policy.html Terms Of Use: http://cdn.global.gameley.cn/protocal/user_protocol.html
Minimalz
Design unique creatures by combining various parts. This companion app lets you create and customize your own characters for a fun, creative experience.
- Create custom creatures
- Mix and match parts
- Spinoff from Pixel Petz
- Mini game
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Mix and match funny partz to create your own Minimalz, in this mini spinoff from Pixel Petz!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Widget Cat at 4.7 against Minimalz's 3.9. Widget Cat also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 2 months) and review sentiment (71% vs 61%). Minimalz's advantage is iOS requirement (11.0 vs 14.0). On price, ratings volume, 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. Widget Cat sells 17 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per 7 days and Minimalz sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Widget Cat holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 3.9. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 95 and 35 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 71% of Widget Cat's written reviews are positive against 61% of Minimalz's.
Widget Cat ships an update weekly, Minimalz every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 27, 2026 and October 23, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Widget Cat | Minimalz |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (95 ratings) — better | 3.9 (35 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 71.4% of reviews — better | 60.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 95 — better | 35 |
| Update frequency | Weekly — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | Yes | 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 | 14.0 | 11.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 311 MB | 68 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Gameley | Minidragon |
Customer experience
Widget Cat
Minimalz
In-app purchases
Widget Cat
- VIP2Weeks$3.997 Days
- Kitty Member3 Days trial$3.991 Month
- COINBAG01_MAO_X$0.99
- New User Gift Package$0.99
- daily_gift$1.49
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- new_user_gift$1.99
- Stack of Coins$1.99
- ad_free$3.99
- Pouch of Coins$3.99
- lucky_gift_for_limit_time$4.99
- Bag of Coins$5.99
- furniture_package$6.99
- Sack of Coin$9.99
- Chest of Coins$14.99
- COINBAG05_MAO_X$24.99
- Vault of Coins$24.99
- COINBAG06_MAO_X$49.99
Minimalz
- Newbie Bundle$0.99
- Small Skip$0.99
- Medium Skip$1.99
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- Giant Skip$4.99
