Capy vs Pond Pals
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Capy
Care for a virtual capybara, either alone or with friends. Feed, exercise, and play mini-games to earn coins and customize your pet. Experience both single-player and multiplayer modes in this engaging simulation.
- Virtual pet capybara ownership
- Single and multiplayer modes
- Pet feeding and exercise
- Mini-games and coin earning
- Customization with accessories
- Co-ownership with friends
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Own a pet capybara - Single player AND multiplayer - Co-own pet capybara with your friends - Feed your pet capybara everyday - Give your pet capybara exercise - Give your pet capybara treats - Play mini games - Earn coins - Decorate your pet capybara with collars and hats Terms of use https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Pond Pals
Build and customize a glamping site for frogs in a peaceful pond. Attract unique visitors by catering to their preferences, upgrading facilities, and hosting activities. Transform your pond into a viral trend.
- Build and customize glamping sites
- Attract unique frog visitors
- Cater to visitor preferences
- Upgrade facilities
- Cook meals and host activities
- Transform pond into a trend
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Aaron the Frog has a dream: to turn his pond into the world's hottest glamping site... but success never comes easy, and now he needs a helping hand (or is it leg?). Are you up to the challenge? Build and customize your dream glamping site in a peaceful pond. Attract new frogs unique new visitors with charming personalities. Each visitor has its own preferences: some love to go fishing, others prefer sunbathing or drinking mushroom juice cocktails. Upgrade your facilities, cook tasty meals, host activities, and transform your pond into the next viral trend.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Capy at every 2 days against Pond Pals's every 8 days. Capy also leads on ratings volume (4.3K vs 1K) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). Pond Pals's advantage is chart position (#155 vs unranked) and review sentiment (88% vs 77%). On price, rating, ads and in-app purchases 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. Capy sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month and Pond Pals sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.7 for Capy against 4.8 for Pond Pals. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4.3K and 1K respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 77% of Capy's written reviews are positive against 88% of Pond Pals's.
Capy ships an update every 2 days, Pond Pals every 8 days. The most recent releases landed on November 10, 2026 and November 9, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Capy | Pond Pals |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (4.3K ratings) | 4.8 (1K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 77.1% of reviews | 87.7% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 4.3K — better | 1K |
| Update frequency | Every 2 days — better | Every 8 days |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Best chart rank | — | #155 — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 311 MB | 259 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | MoonBear LTD | HyperBeard Inc. |
Customer experience
Capy
Pond Pals
Bugs and requests
Capy
Reported bugs
2 issues- Hard levels impossible to complete without spending money
- Hard levels reverted to shorter time limit after promised fix
Requested features
3 requests- Activity log to track caretaker actions
- Increase time limit for hard levels
- Reduce difficulty of hard levels
Pond Pals
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Capy
- Capy Pass$4.991 Month
- Time booster$0.99
- Undo booster$0.99
- Magnet Booster$0.99
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- Lives pack$1.99
- Package 1$9.99
- Booster bundle$9.99
- Special offer$9.99
- Package 2$49.99
- Package 3$59.99
Pond Pals
- 40k Coins Pack$0.99
- 80k Coins Pack$0.99
- 10 Tickets Pack$0.99
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- 20 Gems Pack$1.99
- 24 Tickets Pack$1.99
- Recharger Pack$2.99
- Starter Pack$3.99
- Summer Set$9.99
- Spring Set$9.99
- Cherry Blossom Set$9.99
