Comparison

CodeMonsters vs PachNeko

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

Head to head
About

CodeMonsters

Discover unique pixel-art creatures by scanning real-world barcodes. Collect, battle, and breed monsters with elemental types and stats determined by the scanned code. Build your collection from everyday items and compete online.

Highlights
  • Scan barcodes to hatch monsters
  • Collect monsters with unique elements and stats
  • Battle other players online
  • Breed monsters for new traits
  • Build a collection from real-world codes
  • Pixel-art creature design
Features
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Every barcode hides a monster. Scan one and find out which. CodeMonsters turns the ordinary codes around you — books, groceries, packages, anything with a barcode — into unique pixel-art creatures. Each code is decoded into one specific monster: its species, element, rarity, and stats are locked to that barcode, so the same code always hatches the same beast. No two products give you the same result, and the rarest codes hide the rarest monsters. SCAN & HATCH Point your camera at any barcode to decode a new specimen. Watch it materialize in the hatching chamber, then catalog it in your collection. Common, Rare, Elder, Legendary, Godlike — the higher the tier, the harder it is to find in the wild. BUILD YOUR COLLECTION Every monster is rendered as original pixel art with its own element — Fire, Water, Thunder, Earth, Ice, Shadow, Light, Wind, Poison, Arcane — and a full stat line. Search, filter, sort, and favorite your way through a growing catalog of creatures. BATTLE ONLINE Assemble a team of six and take on other collectors in the Battle Arena. Position your monsters in formation, exploit element matchups, and time your attacks — a pre-battle reaction challenge and tap-charge mechanic mean your skill shapes the outcome, not just your stats. Climb the all-time leaderboard. BREED NEW MONSTERS Combine two monsters in the Breeding Lab to produce offspring with mixed traits. Chase rarer elements and stronger stat lines through generations. A WORLD MADE OF CODES There's no fixed roster to grind — your collection is built from the real barcodes you encounter. The shelf at the shop, the book on your desk, the parcel at the door: each one is a monster waiting to be decoded. Scan. Collect. Battle. The lab is ready. CodeMonsters requires an account (email + password) to sync your collection. Camera access is used only to read barcodes. See our Privacy Policy and Terms at codemonsters.app.

About

PachNeko

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PachNeko is a colorful 3D pachinko machine filled with mechanical cats. Set the handle power, launch your balls and watch them bounce through the pins of a fully simulated board. Every ball in the white heso spins the reels. Three matching symbols: JACKPOT. Then the red mouth opens for the Fever, and in kakuhen the little right pocket pays twice as much. It is a game of chance, like a real pachinko: there is no secret right power, just balls, pins and luck. EVERY RUN • Start with 100 balls. • Reach 300 balls to adopt Bigsterion, your first companion. The next cats need 1,000 balls. • Adopt Poupoune, Astarourouh and Gisèle, then pet them, play with them and feed them in the cattery. FEATURES • A real-time 3D board with physics: pins, windmills, pockets and the heso. • Reach, Super Reach and Fever sequences on the cat-shaped screen. • The Academy: a guided first game that explains everything on the real board, at your own pace. • Short runs made for mobile. • Available in 8 languages. 7 DAYS FREE, THEN ONE PURCHASE • The whole game is free for 7 days, no sign-up. • After that, a one-time purchase (no subscription) unlocks PachNeko for good. It can be restored at any time. • Without the purchase, the game stays locked after the 7 days. No ads, no account, no tracking. Progress is saved on the device and the game works offline. PachNeko contains no betting, no real money, no cash prizes and no exchangeable items.

Screenshots

CodeMonsters4 screens
PachNeko4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is device support: PachNeko at 3 against CodeMonsters's 1. On price, update cadence, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. CodeMonsters sells 4 one-off in-app purchases and PachNeko sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

CodeMonsters ships an update every 6 weeks, PachNeko monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
CodeMonsters versus PachNeko: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCodeMonstersPachNeko
PriceFreeFree
Rating1.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeksMonthly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS16.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size32 MB253 MB
Age rating9+4+
DeveloperELLIOT MITCHELL FRYNicolas Dumont

In-app purchases

4 purchases

CodeMonsters

One-time4
  • Starter Pack$0.99
  • Basic Pack$1.99
  • Premium Pack$4.99
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  • Mega Pack$9.99
1 purchases

PachNeko

One-time1
  • Proposition de chat personnalisé$8.99

Questions

Is CodeMonsters free?
CodeMonsters is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is PachNeko free?
PachNeko is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do CodeMonsters or PachNeko have ads?
Neither CodeMonsters nor PachNeko shows ads.
Which is updated more often, CodeMonsters or PachNeko?
CodeMonsters ships an update every 6 weeks, and PachNeko monthly. Most recently, CodeMonsters was updated on October 24, 2026 and PachNeko on October 25, 2026.

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