WidPet vs Cave Balloon
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
WidPet
Bring a virtual pet to your home screen! Nurture, feed, and play with your companion directly from a widget. Customize their environment, watch them grow, and enjoy a touch of joy and companionship throughout your day.
- Virtual pet on home screen widget
- Feed and nurture your pet
- Customize pet's home
- Play games with your pet
- Watch pet grow and evolve
- Real-time weather integration (subscription)
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Meet your new companion right on your home screen! Adopt, nurture, and bond with your virtual pet directly from the widget. Customize their home, play games, and watch your pet grow right alongside your daily routine. Get WidPet now and bring a touch of joy and companionship to your everyday life, just a tap away! -- WidPet is totally free with many pets to choose, it also comes with "Power User" to enable realtime weather and exclusives. You may purchase an auto-renewing subscription through an In-App Purchase. • Auto-renewable subscription • 1 month ($1.99) • Your subscription will be charged to your iTunes account at confirmation of purchase and will automatically renew (at the duration selected) unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. • Current subscription may not be cancelled during the active subscription period; however, you can manage your subscription and/or turn off auto-renewal by visiting your iTunes Account Settings after purchase. • Privacy policy: https://vitga.pro/games/widpet/privacy_policy.html • Terms of Services: https://vitga.pro/games/widpet/privacy_policy.html#h.vsp8g7ixazhv
Cave Balloon
Guide a balloon through 40 levels of caves, collecting stars and avoiding hazards. This calm arcade game offers a friendly experience for all ages with offline play and no ads or in-app purchases.
- 40 hand-tuned levels
- Collect stars and unlock skins
- Dodge friendly hazards
- Gentle music per world
- Offline play
- Optional spoken guidance
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Cave Balloon is a calm, friendly arcade game for the whole family. Slide your finger up or down and the balloon smoothly follows it; let go and it gently floats up on the cave wind. (A classic hold-to-dive mode is available in the Parents area.) Glide through 40 hand-tuned levels across bright, crystal, windy, icy and golden caves — collect stars, dodge spikes, and find the way out to the sky. • 40 levels across 5 worlds • Earn stars and unlock balloon skins in the shop • Collect 14 album stickers for flying feats • Friendly hazards: bats, spiders, worms and falling stalactites on later levels • Each world has its own gentle music • Optional spoken guidance for early readers (off by default) • Three languages: Russian, English, German • Works 100% offline — play anywhere Made for kids, gentle for everyone. No ads. No in-app purchases. No accounts. No data collection. A simple parental area (behind a math gate) holds all settings and links.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Cave Balloon at none against WidPet's 3. Cave Balloon also leads on ads (none vs shown) and rating (5.0 vs 4.5). WidPet's advantage is ratings volume (75 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). On price, update cadence 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. WidPet sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Cave Balloon asks for nothing beyond the download.
Cave Balloon holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: WidPet has 75 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 82% of WidPet's written reviews are positive against 100% of Cave Balloon's.
WidPet ships an update every 8 days, Cave Balloon fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 19, 2026 and October 15, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | WidPet | Cave Balloon |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (75 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 82.4% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 75 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 8 days — better | Fortnightly |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 50 MB | 52 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Viet Hoang | AKRUS-PRO, OOO |
Customer experience
WidPet
Cave Balloon
In-app purchases
WidPet
- Power User$1.991 Month
- Death Whistle$1.99
- Sakura Bento x 10$1.99
Cave Balloon
No in-app purchases









