Comparison

Emerald Flower vs PawCatch

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

Head to head
About

Emerald Flower

Explore a brutal, ruined civilization in a retro pixel art RPG. Craft items, battle enemies by exploiting weaknesses, and uncover the stories of every character you meet. The world is filled with danger, and not everyone is who they seem.

Highlights
  • Crafting system
  • Strategic combat
  • Narrative-driven characters
  • Retro pixel art graphics
  • Inventory management
Features
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Craft useful items from materials you gather around you with the craft and inventory system. Instead of just mashing buttons, find your enemy's weak point and strike there. Watch out, those you think are friends might actually be your enemies. Every character you meet in this ruined civilization matters. From a man giving advice to a doorman, everyone has a story to tell. Feel this intimate yet brutal world with 2D retro pixel art graphics. Damlama Government Secret Archive Records: Project Emerald Flower Biological Origin and Reproduction: The Emerald Flower (Stapelia Smaragdina) is a parasitic plant. Its origins date back to the Homo Heidelbergensis period. This species uses mammals to reproduce. Its transmission strategy relies on drawing humans in with its mesmerizing scent. When the victim smells the flower, microscopic seeds bind to the olfactory nerve, and the victim walks away without realizing it. The seed penetrates the brain, feeding on glucose, and grows its roots down to the brainstem. Microscopic nanofibers seep into the synaptic clefts, taking over all of the mammal's instincts. At the end of this process, which takes about 2 weeks, the subject feels a need to consume four times more food than normal and a desire to remain naked. Stages of Infection: There is no turning back at this stage. The victim must remain emotionally stable; sudden emotions such as fear or happiness activate the flower. If the victim can remain stable, the flower spreads throughout the entire body. However, if the flower becomes active before spreading, it constricts the carotid artery (Arteria Carotis), cutting off blood flow to the brain and killing the host. Three hours after death, the flower emerges from the mouth and nose to bloom. If it cannot find a new host within 1 week, it dies. If a living being approaches the corpse, the flower releases its seeds into the air, restarting the cycle. Should We Worry? Humanity brought this nightmare under control years ago and wiped out its lineage by burning all of its members. Only a single seed is kept in a high-security laboratory. Every year, we celebrate the first week of August as "Emerald Flower Awareness Week." Archive Edits (Edit 1) 12/02/2018 The last seed and genetic codes of the Emerald Flower went missing during an attack on the laboratory. A reward of 15 Million Rayets will be given to anyone who shares information. (Edit 2) 04/08/2018 The Alpu Government claimed responsibility for the theft. They announced that the flower's sap has become a fuel 20 times more efficient than petroleum. While the world celebrates the energy revolution, our government is pressuring Alpu due to unethical experiments. However, the world accuses us of just trying not to lose our oil power. (Edit 3) 25/01/2020 Our government took a risk and launched Operation Lightning (Yıldırım Harekatı) against Alpu, destroying the laboratory. Documents were destroyed, and samples were confiscated. However, hundreds of thousands of civilians lost their lives in the resulting fires. The entire world condemns us. (Edit 4) 30/06/2020 State representatives united at the "Rope of Damlama" (Damlama'nın İpi) congress and declared war on us. The Damlama Government is now officially at war with the entire world. (Edit 5) 02/01/2021 We are in the 5th month of the war; the government fell in the 3rd month. Soldiers are committing massacres everywhere. This is now a vendetta. They threw my neighbor out the window just because he spilled coffee on a soldier. I beat up a grocer and stole tomatoes to find food for my 2-year-old son. I got beaten up, but my family and I are trying to survive.

About

PawCatch

Capture real-life pets as collectible cards that come alive with animations. Build a living album, upgrade your cards, and trade with friends in this cozy collecting game.

Highlights
  • Capture real cats and dogs with guided camera
  • Create animated living stickers from pet photos
  • Build and customize a living field album
  • Upgrade and level up pet cards
  • Trade cards with friends
  • Join leaderboards and earn rewards
Features
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Turn the cats and dogs you meet in real life into collectible cards — then watch them come alive. PawCatch combines camera play, a living field album, card progression, and friend-to-friend trading in one cozy collecting game. MAKE A LIVING STICKER Bring a pet you have caught to life as a short looping animation. Set it as a Home Screen widget, send it as an iMessage sticker, or share it anywhere. It is still your cat — same photo, same markings — only now it moves. Included with PawCatch Plus, or available as a single purchase. CATCH REAL CATS & DOGS • Frame a real pet's body and face with the guided camera • Play the timing-based catch encounter • Turn a clean photo into a die-cut sticker and interactive foil card • Give each pet a name and discover its rarity and traits BUILD A LIVING FIELD ALBUM • Browse your collection as a binder or sticker grid • Tilt or touch foil cards to move the light • Flip a card to revisit its memory • Dress pets in over 100 wardrobe accessories, including four premium collections • Stage a photo shoot with backdrops, props, and a shoot-only wardrobe REUNITE, UPGRADE & LEVEL UP Start from a pet's profile when you meet that same pet again. Take a reunion photo, review the visual comparison, then make the final identity decision yourself. Confirmed reunions can raise the card's level after the cooldown. You can also use keepsakes earned from daily check-ins and login milestones to upgrade a card and grow Bond, Charm, Instinct, Focus, or Vitality. EXPLORE YOUR MEMORIES Add a catch to your map only when you choose. PawCatch rounds its location to an area of approximately 50 meters and does not request background location. CONNECT & TRADE Sign in with Apple to: • Add friends with a code or QR • Browse accepted friends' card albums • Send one-for-one trades or gifts • View friend map cards and offer trades • Join weekly, monthly, and all-time leaderboards • See friend and trade activity in the Journal Shared catch photos are shown only after review. Report and block controls are built in. KEEP COMING BACK Daily check-ins award treats and card-upgrade materials. Earn coins through catches, field goals, and a weekly album across active days. Grow your streak, earn badges, and climb the ranks. KIND BY DESIGN • Core play works in guest mode • Sign in is only needed for PawCatch Cloud and social features • No advertising • The core game stays free • Camera analysis and cutout creation happen on your device • For signed-in sharing, PawCatch uploads the resized cutout — not the raw camera frame PawCatch is free to download and play. Optional in-app purchases include PawCatch Plus (monthly or annual) with cloud backup and sync, a monthly coin and treat stipend, and a gilded card frame; coin packs; single Living Sticker generations; premium wardrobe collections; and a one-time, restorable Supporter Pack.

Screenshots

Emerald Flower4 screens
PawCatch4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Emerald Flower at none against PawCatch's 4. Emerald Flower also leads on ratings volume (63 vs 1) and update cadence (every 4 days vs fortnightly). PawCatch's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.7). On price, ads and iOS requirement 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. PawCatch sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. Emerald Flower asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

PawCatch holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Emerald Flower has 63 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Emerald Flower ships an update every 4 days, PawCatch fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Emerald Flower versus PawCatch: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterEmerald FlowerPawCatch
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (63 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings63 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 4 days — betterFortnightly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.0 — better16.4
Further details — not scored
Size137 MB103 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperMuhammed Enes UgeYusuf Afyon

In-app purchases

None

Emerald Flower

No in-app purchases

4 purchases

PawCatch

One-time4
  • Paw Pouch$0.99
  • Coin Bag$2.99
  • PawCatch Supporter$4.99
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  • Treasure Chest$7.99

Questions

Is Emerald Flower free?
Emerald Flower is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is PawCatch free?
PawCatch is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Emerald Flower or PawCatch?
PawCatch is rated higher. Emerald Flower averages 4.7 out of 5 from 63 ratings, while PawCatch averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Emerald Flower or PawCatch have ads?
Neither Emerald Flower nor PawCatch shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Emerald Flower or PawCatch?
Emerald Flower ships an update every 4 days, and PawCatch fortnightly. Most recently, Emerald Flower was updated on November 5, 2026 and PawCatch on October 31, 2026.

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