Chiikawa Pocket vs Plod
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Chiikawa Pocket
Experience the charming world of a popular Japanese character in this casual mobile game. Engage in battles, tend to your garden, cook delicious food, and customize your home screen. Collect outfits and spend quality time with beloved characters.
- Battle Abunaiyatsu
- Clear weeds and find items
- Cook dishes and set up food booths
- Customize Home screen
- Collect outfits
- Interact with characters
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One of Japan's most beloved characters, Chiikawa, now has their own smartphone game! Chiikawa won the grand prize for the Japan Character Awards in both 2022 and 2024. Additionally, in July of 2025, it was announced that they won the 2025 grand prize as well. The official X account currently has over 4 million followers! (as of 6/2025) Sit back, relax, and take a trip into the world of Chiikawa in this casual game. Spend quality time with Chiikawa and friends anywhere, any time! ◆ Dive into the world of Chiikawa and have a blast! Muster your courage and go out to battle! Defeat Abunaiyatsu and earn rewards! Pull weeds to clear stray plants and discover tons of items! Learn to cook different dishes and set up food booths for the Om Nom Fest! Enjoy daily life with countless characters full of personality! ◆ See a side of Chiikawa's world you've never seen before! Collect items and customize your Home screen! Display items and have a chance to see Chiikawa and friends interact in all-new ways! Fall in love with their cuteness! ◆ Collect outfits for Chiikawa and friends! Enjoy exclusive outfits with new ones always on the way! See all the fun looks that Chiikawa and friends have to offer! *Screenshots include content still in development. ◆ Latest Info Official Website:https://gl.chiikawa-pocket.com/en/ X Account:@chiikawa_pt_en
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 Chiikawa Pocket's 93. Plod also leads on ads (none vs shown) and review sentiment (100% vs 75%). Chiikawa Pocket's advantage is ratings volume (6.6K vs 22) and device support (3 vs 1). On price 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. Chiikawa Pocket sells 91 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per month. Plod asks for nothing beyond the download.
Plod holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Chiikawa Pocket has 6.6K ratings behind it against 22, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 75% of Chiikawa Pocket's written reviews are positive against 100% of Plod's.
Chiikawa Pocket ships an update every 3 weeks, Plod weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 19, 2026 and October 9, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Chiikawa Pocket | Plod |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (6.6K ratings) | 5.0 (22 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 74.8% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 6.6K — better | 22 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Weekly — better |
| 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 | 1.0 GB | 9 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Applibot Inc. | WALKER WOLF BOCKLEY |
Customer experience
Chiikawa Pocket
Plod
Bugs and requests
Chiikawa Pocket
Reported bugs
3 issues- Event content being bugged on launch
- Freezing and lag on certain devices
- Incompatibility with some phone models
Requested features
4 requests- Background battles to earn coins passively
- More ways to obtain premium currency without paying
- Improved optimization for older devices
- Voice acting for characters
Plod
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Chiikawa Pocket
- Gold Passport$5.991 Month
- Start Dash Support Pack$0.99
- Welcome Back Pk$0.99
- New Year Daily Weeding Pack$0.99
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- New Year Daily Level Up Pk$0.99
- [October Only]Strange Staff Pk$1.99
- [Sep Only]Big Candy Pk$1.99
- [7M DL] Extra Gems Pack$1.99
- (Ice Cream) Premium Event Pack$1.99
- Daily Boss Battle Ticket Pack$1.99
- [July Only]Small Candy Pack$1.99
- Outf Upg Small Candy Ex Pk$1.99
- [June Only]Small Candy Pack$1.99
- Premium Event Pack$1.99
- Ex. Gems Pk, Paid/Free 3,200$1.99
- Small Candy Pack$1.99
- Shop 1 Premium Event Pack$1.99
- Pumpkin 1 Premium Event Pack$1.99
- (Beach Pt1) Premium Event Pack$1.99
- (Music Pt2) Premium Event Pack$1.99
- Daily Battle Ticket Pack$1.99
- Gem Pack A$1.99
- (72h) Past Outf Exch Val Pk$2.99
- Start Dash Support Pack$2.99
- Daily Weeding Support Pack$2.99
- Daily Level Up Support Pack$2.99
- New Year's Pass Progress Pack$2.99
- Om Nom Fest Passport (28 Days)$3.99
- Start Dash Super Outfit Pk$4.99
- 1.5 Anniv. Past Home Item Pack$4.99
- Past Outfit Exchange Pack$4.99
- Very Easy Completion Pack$4.99
- New Year Home Item Pack$4.99
- Gem Pack B$4.99
- Chiikawa Outfit Pack$4.99
- Hachiware Outfit Pack$4.99
- Rerun Dino Usagi Outfit Pk$5.99
- Rerun (NY) Chiikawa Outfit Pk$5.99
- Hachiware Home Item Pack$5.99
- Usagi Home Item Pack$5.99
- Chiikawa Home Item Pack$5.99
- Neverland Premium Event Pass$7.99
- Moon Festival Prem. Event Pass$7.99
- Mermaid Premium Event Pass$7.99
- Ice Cream Premium Event Pass$7.99
- A Rainy Day Premium Event Pass$7.99
- Boxed Lunch Premium Event Pass$7.99
- Shop 1 Premium Event Pass$7.99
- Winter 1 Premium Event Pass$7.99
- Pumpkin 1 Premium Event Pass$7.99
- (Fruits 2) Premium Event Pass$7.99
- (Beach Pt1) Premium Event Pass$7.99
- (Music Pt2) Premium Event Pass$7.99
- Edo (Pt1) Prem. Event Pass$7.99
- Circus (Pt2) Prem. Event Pass$7.99
- Circus (Pt1) Prem. Event Pass$7.99
- (Part 2) Premium Event Pass$7.99
- Premium Event Pass$7.99
- Premium+ Season Pass 1$7.99
- Neverland Usagi Outfit Pack$8.99
- A Rainy Day Rakko Outfit Pk$8.99
- Boxed Lunch Usagi Outfit Pk$8.99
- Shop Shisa Outfit Pack$8.99
- Winter Rakko Outfit Pk$8.99
- Pumpkin Chiikawa Outfit Pk$8.99
- Pumpkin Rakko Outfit Pk$8.99
- (Fruits) Usagi Outfit Pack$8.99
- (Fruits) Hachiware Outfit Pack$8.99
- (Fruits) Rakko Outfit Pack$8.99
- (Music) Usagi Outfit Pack$8.99
- (Edo) Rakko Outfit Pack$8.99
- (Circus) Momonga Outfit Pack$8.99
- (Circus) Usagi Outfit Pack$8.99
- (Circus) Rakko Outfit Pack$8.99
- (Circus) Hachiware Outfit Pack$8.99
- (Circus) Kurimanju Outfit Pack$8.99
- Gem Pack C$8.99
- Premium Season Pass 12$13.99
- Premium Season Pass 8$13.99
- Premium Season Pass 1$13.99
- Rakko Outfit Level Boost Pack2 variants$16.99
- Kurimanju Outfit Lv Boost Pack$16.99
- Momonga Outfit Lv Boost Pack$16.99
- Usagi Outfit Lv Boost Pack$16.99
- Gem Pack D$18.99
- Premium+ Season Pass 8$20.99
- Premium+ Season Pass 1$20.99
- Very Hard Completion Pack$28.99
- Pretty Crazy Completion Pack$28.99
- Gem Pack E$45.99
- Gem Pack F$94.99
Plod
No in-app purchases









