PrettyCat vs TheLog
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
PrettyCat
Raise adorable virtual cats, decorate your home, and share daily life with a partner or friends in this cozy multiplayer pet simulator. Enjoy a relaxing experience, even when apart, with interactive cat care and customizable living spaces.
- Raise and grow a virtual cat family
- Decorate and customize your home
- Multiplayer with partner or friends
- Interactive cat care and activities
- Solo mode available
- Receive sweet notifications
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Take care of adorable virtual cats in this cozy Tamagotchi-style pet game! PrettyCat is a cozy virtual pet game where you raise cats, decorate your home, and share daily life with your partner or friends. Adopt your first cat, build your dream space, and enjoy a relaxing multiplayer experience, even when you’re far apart. Key features: * Raise cute virtual cats and grow your feline family in your own cozy pet simulator * Decorate and customize your home with furniture, cat towers, and relaxing spaces * Play together with your partner or friends from anywhere. Solo mode available for single players * Interact with your cats every day: play, check their stats, and watch them catch fish * Receive sweet notifications from your partner, your friends… or your cats Start your cozy cat adventure and discover your new home today! Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://prettycat-288d8.web.app/#/privacyPolicies
TheLog
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You've already paid for your words once. Most journaling apps figured out something: your memories make you loyal. So they charge you every month to read them. Stop paying, and you lose access to your own writing. TheLog is the opposite of that. Pay once. Write forever. Every entry is a plain Markdown file that lives on your phone — not on someone's server, not behind a paywall. The app doesn't own your words. You do. Open them in any text editor, sync them to Obsidian, back them up anywhere. If TheLog disappeared tomorrow, your journal would still be yours. No subscription. Ever. — WHAT YOU GET — - One-time purchase. No monthly fees, no tiers, no upsells. - Plain Markdown files, stored on your device - when self-hosted - Obsidian-compatible — your entries slot straight into a vault - when self-hosted - Rich writing: formatting, tags, templates, wiki-style links - Photos, media, and location on your entries - Calendar and map views of your memories - Mood tracking and insights - Optional AES-256 encryption and Face ID lock - iCloud sync across your devices - Full-text search and tags - Import from Day One, Journey, and more — in one tap - Export to PDF or plain text, anytime — WHY ONE-TIME — I built TheLog for myself, after ten years of entries across three apps — and one morning I couldn't see half my own writing without upgrading. Memories I wrote on my phone, behind a paywall. That felt wrong. So I made a journal that can't do that to you. Your journal shouldn't have a cancellation button. TheLog doesn't. — PRIVATE BY DESIGN — Your entries stay on your device and in your own iCloud account. No third-party servers. No tracking. Turn on AES-256 encryption and Face ID if you want an extra lock. Your words are yours, and only yours. Pay once. Own it. That's it.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: PrettyCat at every 11 days against TheLog's every 3 months. PrettyCat also leads on iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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. PrettyCat sells 8 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month and TheLog sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
PrettyCat ships an update every 11 days, TheLog every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and October 28, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | PrettyCat | TheLog |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (67 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 89.2% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 67 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 11 days — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 67 MB | 7 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Ignacio Casale | Adam Jedrzejewski |
Bugs and requests
PrettyCat
Reported bugs
2 issues- Hammer of Luck feature has delay issues
- Cat minigame can be challenging
Requested features
3 requests- More furniture and customization options
- Improved AI resources
- Ability to share homes with friends
TheLog
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
PrettyCat
- PrettyCat Monthly$3.991 Month
- PrettyCat quarterly7 Days trial$9.993 Months
- Hero annual7 Days trial$24.991 Year
- Special Offer$1.99
- Welcome pack 1$5.99
- Coin pack 1$11.99
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- Welcome pack 2$11.99
- Coin pack 2$29.99
TheLog
- The Log Full Version$24.99









