Krill Keeper vs Hello, Lizards
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Krill Keeper
A relaxing simulation game where you nurture a deep-sea krill colony. Feed and clean your krill, hatch eggs to expand your colony, and discover 20 unique variants. Enjoy peaceful gameplay with realistic flocking physics and beautiful dark visuals.
- Realistic krill swarm simulation
- Feed and clean krill
- Hatch new krill companions
- Collect 20 krill variants
- Discover rare variants
- Deep-sea dark palette visuals
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Krill Keeper is a relaxing simulation game where you care for krill in a deep-sea tank. Feed your krill, keep the tank clean, and hatch eggs to welcome new companions. Watch them swim together in realistic flocking patterns powered by boid physics, and collect 6 unique krill variants. Key Features: - Realistic krill swarm simulation with boid flocking physics - Feed and clean to keep your krill happy and healthy - Hatch eggs to recruit new krill companions - Collect 6 krill variants across 4 rarity tiers - Discover rare variants through milestones and random drops - Beautiful deep-sea dark palette visuals Take a break and find peace with the tiny creatures of the deep sea.
Hello, Lizards
Nurture a pixel lizard family in a virtual terrarium. Engage in feeding, temperature control, cleaning, and bonding to watch your lizards grow, breed, and unlock new patterns. Discover various species and morphs in this relaxing simulation.
- Pixel lizard care simulation
- Breeding and genetics
- Species, morph, and pattern collection
- Daily missions and rewards
- Offline care functionality
- Relaxed gameplay sessions
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Care for a growing lizard family in your own tiny pixel terrarium. Feeding, temperature, cleaning, bonding, and observing — five kinds of care let you track hunger, mood, cleanliness, warmth, and energy, then watch each lizard react. Steady care builds trust, advances growth, and unlocks new patterns through shedding. Adopt new companions, breed mature lizards, incubate eggs, and welcome hatchlings. As you discover different species, morphs, and patterns, your collection and family story continue to grow. [Features] · Focused pixel care for one lizard at a time — relaxed 1–3 minute sessions · Five care actions (feed / temperature / clean / bond / observe) with instant reactions · A growing lizard family with breeding, genetics, eggs, and hatching · A collection of lizard species, morphs, and patterns to discover · Long-term progress through trust levels, growth, shedding, and pattern unlocks · Daily missions that change every day, plus login-streak rewards · Forgiving design — no permanent damage even after time away, always recoverable · Contains ads · Core care is free · Premium species, rack expansions, and decorations are one-time purchases · Contains randomized items · Premium species are guaranteed; individual traits are randomized, with odds and distributions shown before purchase · Includes Morph Boxes opened with Crystals (paid currency) · Odds: Common 75%, Rare 22%, Legendary 3% · Legendary guaranteed within 30 boxes · Odds shown before opening · Care works offline · Internet is needed for new purchases, purchase checks, and pending-grant recovery on the same install Spend a little calm time with your lizard family in a cozy pixel terrarium today.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Krill Keeper at 5.0 against Hello, Lizards's 3.0. Krill Keeper also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 12). Hello, Lizards's advantage is update cadence (every 3 days vs every 2 weeks). On price, ratings volume, ads and device support 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. Hello, Lizards sells 12 one-off in-app purchases. Krill Keeper asks for nothing beyond the download.
Krill Keeper holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 7 and 4 respectively.
Krill Keeper ships an update every 2 weeks, Hello, Lizards every 3 days. Both last shipped on October 28, 2026.
| Parameter | Krill Keeper | Hello, Lizards |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (7 ratings) — better | 3.0 (4 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 85.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 7 — better | 4 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks | Every 3 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Ad-supported — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 102 MB | 118 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Nante Studio | Seori Labs |
Customer experience
Krill Keeper
Hello, Lizards
In-app purchases
Krill Keeper
No in-app purchases
Hello, Lizards
- Starlight Accessory Set$0.49
- Habitat Rack Expansion II$0.99
- Habitat Rack Expansion I$0.99
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