Comparison

Daisy vs VirtualHamster

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Daisy

Nurture a virtual pet and engage in daily self-care activities to improve your mood and reduce stress. Explore mental health knowledge, personalize your pet with costumes, and discover inspiration for a balanced mind.

Highlights
  • Virtual pet companionship
  • Daily self-care activities
  • Mental health knowledge base
  • Pet customization with costumes
  • Mood boosting exercises
  • Stress reduction techniques
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Daisy is a pixel-art dog who gets happier when you keep up your daily habits. Drink some water, take a walk, jot a line in your journal, and your pup earns treats, XP and levels. Miss a few days and it shows. It's a virtual pet that grows with your routine. MEET YOUR PUP • Adopt a German Shepherd, Golden Retriever or Siberian Husky • Dress it up in costumes and decorate its room with furniture and backgrounds • Hatch mystery eggs into tiny mini-pets that keep it company • Watch it from your home screen with the Daisy widget PLAY TOGETHER • Four minigames: Fetch, Rollover, Tail Chase and Meal Catch • Send your pup on city adventures and see what it brings home • Bark, catch and roll over for hearts and XP BUILD A ROUTINE • Daily activities: mood check-in, journal, water, a walk, veggies, a shower, a nap • Add your own habits and tick them off each day • Daily quests, achievements and a streak that rewards showing up • Bedtime mode, so your pup rests when you do FRIENDS • Invite friends with a code, wave at their pups, send treats and visit their rooms • Share a GIF of your pup's room straight from the app DAISY PLUS (optional) Adopt Daisy, the exclusive pup, and get 20 gems a day, streak protection for a missed day, a weekly mystery egg and daily journal prompts. Monthly or yearly, with a free trial on the yearly plan. Cancel anytime in your App Store settings. Terms of use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy policy: https://brightco.my.canva.site/daisy#privacy-policy

About

VirtualHamster

Features
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VirtualHamster is a cozy pixel‑art virtual pet game where you care for your own tiny hamster in real time. Feed it, clean its cage, reduce stress, and keep it alive as long as you can. Relaxing, cute, and surprisingly challenging. Gameplay Features Free vs Full Version — Free includes one hamster with random properties and a 10-minute session limit; full version unlocks unlimited play with two hamsters and full customisation (name, color, personality) Real-Time Pet Stats — Hunger, thirst, energy, stress, sickness, and age change continuously — requires active management Interactive Gameplay — Tap to feed, tap to water, drag the food bowl to reposition it, double-tap poop to clean it up, turn lights on/off, and pet hamsters to reduce stress Multiple Animations — Walking, running, sleeping, stressed, full, starving, and dead states with smooth 2-frame animation cycles Pixel-Art Procedural Graphics — All visuals (cage, hamsters, objects, UI) are drawn procedurally — zero image files, resolution-independent Persistent Game State — Hamster data and settings saved locally; resume your game anytime In-App Purchase — One-time non-consumable purchase to unlock the full version with offline verification

Screenshots

Daisy4 screens
VirtualHamster3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Daisy at every 6 days against VirtualHamster's every 6 weeks. VirtualHamster's advantage is device support (4 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 18.0). On price, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Daisy sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $8.99 per month and VirtualHamster sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Daisy ships an update every 6 days, VirtualHamster every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 4, 2026 and October 12, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Daisy versus VirtualHamster: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDaisyVirtualHamster
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (54 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews71.4% of reviews—
Number of ratings54 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 6 days — betterEvery 6 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better
Requires iOS18.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size39 MB21 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJerry ZhaoIan Lander

In-app purchases

5 purchases

Daisy

Subscriptions2
  • Daisy Plus 1 Month3 Days trial$8.991 Month
  • Daisy Plus 1 Year7 Days trial$59.991 Year
One-time3
  • 200 Gems$3.99
  • 300 Gems$4.99
  • 650 Gems$9.99
1 purchases

VirtualHamster

One-time1
  • Premium Version$2.99

Questions

Is Daisy free?
Daisy is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is VirtualHamster free?
VirtualHamster is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Daisy or VirtualHamster have ads?
Neither Daisy nor VirtualHamster shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Daisy or VirtualHamster?
Daisy ships an update every 6 days, and VirtualHamster every 6 weeks. Most recently, Daisy was updated on October 4, 2026 and VirtualHamster on October 12, 2026.

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