Comparison

My Talking Tom vs Cat Restaurants

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

Head to head
About

My Talking Tom

Adopt a virtual cat and embark on daily adventures. Care for your pet, collect fashion and furniture, and explore new destinations. Engage in mini-games and fill photo albums with memories.

Highlights
  • Virtual pet care
  • Talking cat interactions
  • Fashion and furniture collection
  • Mini-games
  • Exploration of destinations
  • Photo album creation
Features
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Talking Tom is the cat making every day a fun adventure. Players adopt this virtual pet, keep him happy and help him explore his world. - Talking Tom can really talk - Fashion and furniture items to collect - Mini games add action, adventure and fun - Travel destinations are waiting to be explored - Photo albums to be filled with memories - And more From Outfit7, creators of My Talking Tom 2, My Talking Tom Friends, My Talking Angela 2 and My Talking Angela. This app contains: - Promotion of Outfit7's products and advertising; - Links that direct customers to Outfit7’s websites and other apps; - Personalization of content to encourage users to play the app again; - YouTube integration to allow users to watch videos of Outfit7's animated characters; - The option to make in-app purchases; - Subscriptions which automatically renew unless they are cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of a subscription period. You can manage and cancel your subscription via Settings in your App Store account; - Items to purchase (available in different prices) using virtual currency, depending on the player’s progress; - Alternative options to access all functionalities of the app without making any in-app purchases using real money. Please note, we do not process all the data disclosed on the label for users under the age of digital consent. For more information, please check our Privacy Policy. Terms of use: https://talkingtomandfriends.com/eula/en/ Privacy policy for games: https://talkingtomandfriends.com/privacy-policy-games/en Customer support: support@outfit7.com

About

Cat Restaurants

Manage a cat store and serve various customers in this manga-style game. Experience the heartwarming stories of cats as they interact and play. A cute and engaging experience for animal lovers.

Highlights
  • Cat store management
  • Serve customers
  • Manga format story
  • Cute cat interactions
  • Kitten and pet theme
Features
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A little unfriendly cat store manager There are lots of customers today too! The story of cats laughing and touching Please read in manga format 【please note】 ・ Supported devices: iOS 10 or later ・ IPad and iPad mini are not compatible ・ It is not possible to hand over the data save data etc. by terminal change.

Screenshots

My Talking Tom4 screens
Cat Restaurants4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Cat Restaurants at 4.9 against My Talking Tom's 4.3. Cat Restaurants also leads on review sentiment (77% vs 58%) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). My Talking Tom's advantage is update cadence (fortnightly vs every 4 months) and ratings volume (380K vs 17). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. My Talking Tom sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month and Cat Restaurants sells 5 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Cat Restaurants holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: My Talking Tom has 380K ratings behind it against 17, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 58% of My Talking Tom's written reviews are positive against 77% of Cat Restaurants's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

My Talking Tom ships an update fortnightly, Cat Restaurants every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 2, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 5 level
My Talking Tom versus Cat Restaurants: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMy Talking TomCat Restaurants
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.3 (380K ratings)4.9 (17 ratings) — better
Positive reviews57.7% of reviews76.9% of reviews — better
Number of ratings380K — better17
Update frequencyFortnightly — betterEvery 4 months
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
Best chart rank#23 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.013.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size374 MB204 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperOutfit7 Limitedtamtam

Customer experience

My Talking Tom

All ratings377,026 ratings
Positive82.4%
Neutral7.2%
Negative10.4%
Written reviews1,295 reviews
Positive57.7%
Neutral7.6%
Negative34.7%

Cat Restaurants

All ratings17 ratings
Positive94.1%
Neutral5.9%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews26 reviews
Positive76.9%
Neutral11.5%
Negative11.5%

Bugs and requests

My Talking Tom

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Glitches when switching rooms
  • Ads covering important UI elements
  • Saved progress being reset

Requested features

4 requests
  • More mini-games and activities
  • Reduced ads or paid ad-free version
  • Longer playtime before Tom needs rest
  • Improved pet care mechanics

Cat Restaurants

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

10 purchases

My Talking Tom

Subscriptions1
  • Monthly subscription$4.991 Month
One-time9
  • Stack of Gold Coins$1.99
  • Double Coins In Games$1.99
  • Baby Potion$2.99
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  • Adult Potion$2.99
  • Pouch of Gold Coins$4.99
  • Chest of Gold Coins (-70%)$5.99
  • Remove ads$8.99
  • Bag of Gold Coins$9.99
  • Chest of Gold Coins$19.99
5 purchases

Cat Restaurants

One-time5
  • ねこめし屋ちんどん屋チケット×5$0.99
  • ねこめし屋1500コイン$0.99
  • ねこめし屋4000コイン$1.99
Show 2 more
  • ねこめし屋10000コイン$2.99
  • ねこめし屋25000コイン$5.99

Questions

Is My Talking Tom free?
My Talking Tom is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Cat Restaurants free?
Cat Restaurants is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, My Talking Tom or Cat Restaurants?
Cat Restaurants is rated higher. My Talking Tom averages 4.3 out of 5 from 380K ratings, while Cat Restaurants averages 4.9 from 17 ratings.
Do My Talking Tom or Cat Restaurants have ads?
Both My Talking Tom and Cat Restaurants show ads.
Which is updated more often, My Talking Tom or Cat Restaurants?
My Talking Tom ships an update fortnightly, and Cat Restaurants every 4 months. Most recently, My Talking Tom was updated on November 6, 2026 and Cat Restaurants on November 2, 2026.

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