Cry Wolf vs KickCat
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side โ with what reviewers say about each.
Cry Wolf
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โ Real-Time Card Strategy Simulator Cry Wolf is a solo-dev indie game by HighLander. Choose the peace-loving Sheep to defend your baseโor unleash the ferocious Wolves and burn everything down. โ Relentless Back-and-Forth Battles Tired of one-sided defense games? Pick the Wolf faction and reduce the enemy to ashes. โ Live Build-Up Tactics Draft 6 cards from a huge roster and craft the most efficient deck for every fight. โ 100 % Skill-Based Luck wonโt save you. Manage resources wisely and evolve the right units in real time to secure victory. โ Card Crafting & Management Collect materials through gameplay to forge new cards and power them up.
KickCat
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KickCat is a stray cat who kicks soccer balls hard enough to clear a whole alley of monsters. Close the app and the auto-battle keeps going. Come back and gold and Churu are already piled up. A one-handed, portrait, idle collection RPG you can play in 30 seconds or an hour. WHAT YOU DO - Idle auto-battle that runs offline, accruing rewards for up to 12 hours - One tap to start. No grinding required, no timers to babysit CHURU ROAD - 10 CHAPTERS, 100 STAGES - Normal / Hard / Nightmare difficulties, 300 stages in total - A different alley, a different boss, and a continuing story of stray cats in every chapter GACHA AND COLLECTION - 24 balls to collect across 6 rarity tiers, from a plain soccer ball to Ancient - Drop rates and the 100-pull pity counter are visible in-game at any time, before you spend - A 16-piece NyanToy codex - just owning them raises your attack power ALLEYCAT ARENA - 30-second PvP matches with fully equalized gear, so spending never decides the winner - 9 tiers from Iron to Challenger, plus weekly ranking rewards CATNIP RUSH - A short, explosive mode that starts when KickCat eats all the catnip - Rewards scale with the best ball you own - Churu and gold in one burst GROWTH - Upgrade to level 300, 27 skills, 5 skins, collectible titles - Season pass, daily check-in, missions, mailbox - Available in English, Korean, Japanese and Traditional Chinese PURCHASES AND ADS - Some items and convenience features require an in-app purchase - Ads are rewarded only - you choose when to watch one. There are no forced full-screen ads - Gacha odds and pity information are shown in-game before any purchase Contact: kickcat.app@gmail.com Website: https://www.kickcat.app
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: KickCat at every 2 days against Cry Wolf's every 2 weeks. On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.
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Both are free to download. Cry Wolf sells 6 one-off in-app purchases and KickCat sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Cry Wolf ships an update every 2 weeks, KickCat every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Cry Wolf | KickCat |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks | Every 2 days โ better |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod โ better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 15.0 |
| Further details โ not scored | ||
| Size | 926 MB | 189 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Wooyoung Jeong | Giyoun Lee |
In-app purchases
Cry Wolf
- Spinel Pile$0.99
- Spinel Fistful$2.99
- Spinel Pouch$5.99
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- Spinel Basket$17.99
- Spinel Chest$34.99
- Spinel Vault$59.99
KickCat
- Flash Deal S$0.49
- First Purchase Special$0.49
- Flash Deal M$1.99
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- No-Ads Package$2.99
- Flash Deal L$3.99
- Nyan Toy Weekly Pack$3.99
- VIP Skin: Astro$5.99
- Nyan Toy Value Pack L$9.99
- Nyan Toy Mega Pack XL$29.99
- Nyan Toy Ultimate Chest$59.99









