Comparison

The Wheat vs PixelPal

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

Head to head
About

The Wheat

Features
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Wheat offers a unique approach to developing a mindset that attracts financial abundance. We were inspired to create the Wheat app after discovering that caring for your wheat plant positively impacts your financial well-being. Wherever you are, by spending just a few minutes a day caring for your wheat plant, you can create mindsets and develop habits that contribute to improved financial abundance.

About

PixelPal

Raise a virtual pet from an egg, caring for its needs like hunger and sleep. Decorate its room and collect different Pal forms. Play mini-games to earn coins for customization and new species.

Highlights
  • Virtual pet care (feeding, cleaning, sleep)
  • Home screen widget for quick interaction
  • Mini-games for earning coins
  • Room decoration and customization
  • Collect 25 different Pal forms
  • Multiple collectible Pal species
Features
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A little buddy is waiting for you. PixelPal is a virtual pet game where you raise a Pal, an original little creature all your own. The egg hatches in 5 minutes, and from then on it's all up to you. As time goes by, your Pal gets hungry, poops, and falls asleep when night comes. ■ 6 ways to care • Meal / Treat – fill up Tummy and Mood • Play – earn coins in 3 mini games (Which Way? / Treat Catch / Remember & Tap) • Clean – leave poop lying around and your Pal gets sick • Medicine – two doses and it's all better • Lights – turn them off at bedtime • Scold – if it calls you for no reason, teach it some manners ■ Sweet dreams At 9 PM your Pal closes its eyes and drifts off to sleep. Turn off the lights and the whole room goes dark for a cozy night. Leave them on, and it gets a little grumpy. ■ Neglect it, and it runs away If Tummy or Mood stays at 0 for 12 hours, your Pal leaves a goodbye letter and is gone. You'll get a notification when it's about to run away (at night, everything except run-away alerts waits until morning). ■ Care from your Home Screen Tap the buttons on the widget to feed and clean without opening the app. ■ Decorate the room Pick a room, then decorate the ceiling, the wall, the floor on both sides and the rug. Put a hat on your Pal, or let it hold a balloon or a teddy bear. With coins from the mini games you can collect 4 rooms, 16 pieces of furniture, 8 hats and 6 held items. Your decorated room also becomes the background of your Home Screen widget. ■ Collect all 25 forms Depending on how you care for it and teach it manners, your Pal grows into one of 5 adult forms. Once it's all grown up, it's on to the next egg. Raise generation after generation and fill up your Collection. ■ Sweet friends (egg packs, one-time purchase) Pudding Pal / Dango Pal / Macaron Pal / Cotton Candy Pal. Each species grows up its own way and has its own adult forms. Every pack comes with that Pal's room set (Pudding Café, Dango Teahouse, Patisserie Room, Cloud Carnival: 1 room, 5 pieces of furniture, 2 hats, 1 held item). • Egg packs and the Complete Pack are one-time purchases – no subscription, no auto-renewal • With the free Mint Pal alone, you can play from egg to adult for as long as you like • Already bought PixelPal Pro or the Item Pack in an earlier version? All eggs are unlocked for you • Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ • Privacy Policy: https://sano131.github.io/pixelpal-privacy/ Works with VoiceOver: it reads out how your Pal is doing and the results of your care. Play in 9 languages: English, Japanese, German, Spanish, French, Italian, Portuguese and Chinese (Simplified and Traditional). Everything is saved on your device.

Screenshots

The Wheat4 screens
PixelPal4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: The Wheat at none against PixelPal's 7. The Wheat also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 17.0). On price, update cadence, ads 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. PixelPal sells 7 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. The Wheat asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

The Wheat ships an update every 4 months, PixelPal every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 27, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
The Wheat versus PixelPal: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterThe WheatPixelPal
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—1 — better
Update frequencyEvery 4 monthsEvery 2 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
Monetization—Free with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS13.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size202 MB68 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTimur IusipovSANWA Inc.

In-app purchases

None

The Wheat

No in-app purchases

7 purchases

PixelPal

Subscriptions1
  • プレミアム$1.991 Month
One-time6
  • プレミアム着せ替え解放$0.99
  • Dango Pal Egg$1.99
  • Cotton Candy Pal Egg$1.99
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  • Pudding Pal Egg$1.99
  • Macaron Pal Egg$1.99
  • Complete Egg Pack$5.99

Questions

Is The Wheat free?
The Wheat is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is PixelPal free?
PixelPal is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do The Wheat or PixelPal have ads?
Neither The Wheat nor PixelPal shows ads.
Which is updated more often, The Wheat or PixelPal?
The Wheat ships an update every 4 months, and PixelPal every 2 months. Most recently, The Wheat was updated on October 27, 2026 and PixelPal on October 25, 2026.

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