Comparison

Pictonico! vs Batwalk

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

Head to head
About

Pictonico!

Transform your personal photos into unique and humorous minigames. Experience a variety of silly scenarios and challenges based on your own images. Unlock more gameplay by purchasing additional volumes of minigames.

Highlights
  • Photo-to-minigame conversion
  • Variety of humorous scenarios
  • Unlockable game volumes
  • Play with friends' photos
  • Offline gameplay supported
  • Progressive difficulty levels
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Turn your photos into minigames! Sure, it's kind of silly... But there's no telling what will happen next! ・ Here come your school's sports stars...strutting down the red carpet! ・ Your boss is hungry and needs your help! ・ Try to wash away those embarrassing high-school memories. ・ Son won't quiet down? Zip his mouth! ・ Two old friends reconnect while skydiving! ・ Grandpa dressed like a ballerina? Can't miss this photo op. ・ Mom's angry... But that nose hair must be plucked! ・ Dad's making that face again. Wait, is that a facial mask? ・ Best friend turned final boss?! Evasive maneuvers! ・ That calm, collected teacher was all muscle this whole time? You can try a few minigames for free, or purchase volumes to unlock up to 80 minigames in total, ranging from easy to pretty tricky. Get ready to laugh out loud when you look back at old photos! You can even take photos with friends on the spot and use them right away. *This game is free-to-start. *Purchase of a game volume is required for gameplay, but you can play a demo of some minigames for free. *A constant online connection is not required, but temporary network access may be needed for the following operations, which may incur data charges: ・ First launch ・ Purchasing game volumes *Your photos are not sent to Nintendo. User Agreement: https://pictonico.nintendo.com/app/eula.html

About

Batwalk

Walk to hatch collectible bat companions on your Apple Watch. Care for your bats, discover new species, and track your progress in a cozy, privacy-focused game. The companion iPhone app serves as a detailed encyclopedia for your collection.

Highlights
  • Hatch bats with your daily steps
  • Collect 20 unique bat species
  • Care for and grow friendship with bats
  • View collection and history on iPhone app
  • Works offline on Apple Watch
  • Privacy-focused, no account needed
Features
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Batwalk is a cozy collectible-pet game that lives on your Apple Watch. Walk, and your steps hatch eggs. Eggs hatch bats. Bats become your companion. HOW IT WORKS • Pick an egg and go about your day. Your daily steps count toward hatching it — Batwalk reads only your daily Step Count from Apple Health. • Enable hatch alerts to get a tap when your egg is ready. Turn the Digital Crown or tap to crack the shell and meet your new bat. • Your bat sleeps by day and wakes at dusk, following your local time. Pet it, feed it the fruit you find on walks, and grow your Friendship from Lv.1 to Lv.5. A COLLECTION WORTH WALKING FOR • 20 bat species to meet, from Mochi and Cocoa to the rare Legendaries, each drawn in Gentle pixel art made to be readable at wrist size. • Every species has a Shiny variant. Duplicates deepen your Friendship, and Moon Dust lets you call a bat you haven’t met yet. • The iPhone app is your Batpedia: browse every bat you’ve hatched, read what its real-life cousin does, look back at your hatch history, and share your favourites. NO GUILT, EVER • No death, no hunger, no streaks, no energy, no timers. • Nothing to buy except more bats: a single one-time unlock opens all five egg types and every species. No subscriptions, no ads, nothing random for sale. • Works with your iPhone left at home. The game runs entirely on your Watch. PRIVACY FIRST • Batwalk reads your daily Step Count only, with your permission, and never writes to Health. • Your steps stay on your devices. Batwalk has no account system, advertising, or developer-run servers. Requires an Apple Watch with watchOS 10 or later, paired with an iPhone running iOS 17 or later. Privacy policy: https://qianquandong.github.io/Batwalk/privacy.html

Screenshots

Pictonico!4 screens
Batwalk4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ratings volume: Pictonico! at 702 against Batwalk's 1. Pictonico! also leads on iOS requirement (15.5 vs 17.0). Batwalk's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.7). 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. Pictonico! sells 2 one-off in-app purchases and Batwalk sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Batwalk holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Pictonico! has 702 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Pictonico! versus Batwalk: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPictonico!Batwalk
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (702 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews64.4% of reviews—
Number of ratings702 — better1
Update frequencyMonthly—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, Apple Watch
Requires iOS15.5 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size565 MB38 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperNintendo Co., Ltd.Ai Man Jack LLC

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Pictonico!

One-time2
  • Volume 2$5.99
  • Volume 1$7.99
1 purchases

Batwalk

One-time1
  • Full Unlock$2.99

Questions

Is Pictonico! free?
Pictonico! is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Batwalk free?
Batwalk is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Pictonico! or Batwalk?
Batwalk is rated higher. Pictonico! averages 4.7 out of 5 from 702 ratings, while Batwalk averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Pictonico! or Batwalk have ads?
Neither Pictonico! nor Batwalk shows ads.

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