Neko Atsume 2 vs Plod
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Neko Atsume 2
Collect adorable cats by placing toys and food in your yard. Explore new social features like visiting other players' yards and inviting them to yours. Get assistance from special helper cats to enhance your collection experience.
- Collect over 40 cat varieties
- Place toys and snacks to attract cats
- Visit and invite players to yards
- Utilize helper cats for assistance
- Log cats in a Catbook
- Discover rare cats
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The latest installment of the hugely popular "Neko Atsume" series with over 33 million downloads! "Neko Atsume 2 (meow)" is here, with even more of what makes Neko Atsume so great! ● New features for even more fun! Not only can you observe cats playing with toys, but now there are more features to enhance your Neko Atsume experience! "Going Out" You can visit other users' yards or invite them to your own yard. Plus, you might meet new cats while going out...!? "Cat's Club Support" Get some help from cats to make your Neko Atsume life more comfortable! You can welcome support cats called Helpers who assist you, or even a special cat that could become your ideal Myneko. ● Start with 2 with confidence! How to play Neko Atsume The gameplay remains the same! Collect cats with easy controls! "The 2 Steps of Neko Atsume" Step 1: Place playthings and snacks in your yard. Step 2: Wait for cats to visit! Attract cats with food and then watch them romp with your toys! More than 40 varieties of cats-white and black, tabby and calico-might stop by. Rare cats are rumored to roam the neighborhood too, but you'll need particular items to entice those elusive felines. Each visitor is logged in your Catbook. Become a master kitty collector and fill it up! * Note: Cat's Club Support is a subscription-based service. * Some features require internet connectivity, and data charges may apply. If you encounter any issues or have any questions, please contact our support team. [Neko Atsume Support] support-cat@hit-point.co.jp * Please note that we may contact you after your inquiry. If you have spam filters enabled, please adjust your settings to allow emails from hit-point.co.jp. Apple Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://hp.sakuraweb.com/games/neko2/privacypolicy_en.html
Plod
This game gamifies your daily steps by keeping a virtual hamster alive. Meet your step goals each week to ensure your hamster survives, or face the consequences. Explore unique hamster personalities and their witty dialogue.
- Virtual hamster survival based on steps
- 500+ hand-written dialogue lines
- Six unique hamster personality archetypes
- Home-screen widget for quick glances
- In-game graveyard to track past hamsters
- Customizable daily step goals
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There's a hamster on your phone. She counts your steps — that's her whole job, and she takes it seriously. You set a weekly goal. Walk enough and she stays trim. Fall behind and she rounds out. Miss the week entirely: she dies. There's a funeral. There's a tombstone with her name on it. It stays. The next hamster arrives, sees the graves, and carries on — hamsters are like that. — Every hamster is one of a kind — coat, markings, personality. Patches, spots, freckles, the occasional little heart. She talks. Hundreds and hundreds of hand-written lines — about your pace, the graves on the hill, the strange fact of being a hamster in a phone. Her eyes work. She follows your finger when you poke her, notices birds, fights off sleep on long days. Poke her and she squeaks. Widgets, small to large, so she can judge you gently from the home screen. Notifications are one dial — silent to daily companion. Quiet at night, quieter on won weeks, loud only when a Sunday needs you. Your first week is pro-rated and safe. If life happens, she can nap in her burrow — no guilt, no graves. — Steps come from Apple Health and stay on your phone. No accounts, no ads, no tracking, no in-app purchases. Free. She would like to see what a full week looks like. Take her with you.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Plod at none against Neko Atsume 2's 15. Plod also leads on ads (none vs shown) and rating (5.0 vs 4.7). Neko Atsume 2's advantage is ratings volume (4.7K vs 24) and device support (3 vs 1). On price and update cadence 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. Neko Atsume 2 sells 15 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Plod asks for nothing beyond the download.
Plod holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Neko Atsume 2 has 4.7K ratings behind it against 24, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 88% of Neko Atsume 2's written reviews are positive against 100% of Plod's.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Neko Atsume 2 | Plod |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (4.7K ratings) | 5.0 (24 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 87.6% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 4.7K — better | 24 |
| Update frequency | Weekly | Weekly |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 248 MB | 9 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Hit-Point Co., Ltd. | WALKER WOLF BOCKLEY |
Customer experience
Neko Atsume 2
Plod
Bugs and requests
Neko Atsume 2
Reported bugs
3 issues- Game freezing/not refreshing
- Buttons not registering properly
- Yard not updating without reopening app
Requested features
5 requests- More new cats and goodies
- Ability to exchange silver for gold fish
- Offline mode/time progression
- More interactive features with cats
- Improved yard customization
Plod
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Neko Atsume 2
- Leisurely course1 Month trial$0.991 Month
- Friendly course1 Month trial$1.991 Month
- Satisfactory course1 Month trial$2.991 Month
- Ice Bucket (Cone)$0.99
- Ice Bucket (Cup)$0.99
- Ice Bucket (Snow)$0.99
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- Ice Bucket (Waffle)$0.99
- Dango (Three-Color)$0.99
- Dango (Anko)$0.99
- Dango (Mitarashi)$0.99
- Dango (Kinako)$0.99
- 70 gold fish$0.99
- 170 gold fish$1.99
- 270 gold fish$2.99
- 400 gold fish$3.99
Plod
No in-app purchases









