Comparison

Widget Tank vs Pebbo Pets

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

Head to head
About

Widget Tank

Features
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Put your own aquarium on your Home Screen. WidgetTank lets you place any emoji into a tank and watch it swim in your Home Screen widget. Fish, pizza, ghosts, and faces can all swim. Decorate the background with coral, leaves, stars, or any emoji you like. Build a tank that is entirely your own. Tap the widget and the fish scatter. Weather-Linked Backgrounds The tank background changes automatically based on your current or selected area's weather. Sunny / Cloudy / Rainy / Clear Night / Rainy Night Every glance at your Home Screen can reflect the sky outside. Features • Add as many emoji as you want to your tank • Any emoji can swim: faces, food, animals, and more • Place emoji as background decorations too • Weather-linked backgrounds (5 patterns) • Tap to scatter the fish • All widget sizes supported: Small / Medium / Large / Extra Large • No feature gates - everything is free Pricing One tank with full functionality is completely free. No paywalls. No locked features. Want more tanks on your Home Screen? • Tank Pack (+3 tanks): ¥1.99 • Tank Expansion (+6 tanks): $2.99 Line up multiple tanks and turn your Home Screen into an aquarium. Perfect for you if... • You want a Home Screen that feels more alive • You love customizing widgets with personality • You want a tank app with creative freedom • You are interested in weather-reactive widgets • You want your friends to ask "what is that?" • You like things that are calming and a little funny WidgetTank is made by an independent developer. Feedback and bug reports are welcome via App Store reviews.

About

Pebbo Pets

A virtual pixel pet resides in your iPhone's Dynamic Island, offering animated companionship throughout your day. Choose from various unique creatures, each with its own set of charming animations. Enjoy a delightful, ad-free experience with no subscriptions required.

Highlights
  • Dynamic Island pet integration
  • 11 unique pixel pets
  • Over 50 animations
  • Closed-app continuity
  • No subscriptions
  • No ads or tracking
Features
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A tiny pixel pet lives in your Dynamic Island. Pick a pet and it curls up in the island at the top of your screen—animated throughout each Live Activity session, quietly keeping you company while you text, scroll, and go about your day. New in 1.4: Pebbo Island. Tap Island at the top of the app to walk through a tiny 3D island where the animated pets you've unlocked wander about, and raise a Pebbo of your own: feed it, play with it, and watch it grow and change as the days go by. • 16 hand-drawn animated pets: Golden Pup, Golden Retriever, Maine Coon, Gray Cat, Black Cat, Fox, Brown Bear, Beaver, Bunny, Capybara, Hedgehog, Raccoon, Seal, Squirrel, Unicorn—and Rocky. (A rock.) • Pets do something new every minute: naps, tricks, zoomies, and tiny instruments. More than 50 animations across the roster. • Plus 479 free still pets across the Animals, Sprites, and Golden collections. • Give your pet a Lock Screen scene: 18 pixel-art scenes, or your own photos. • Keeps animating during an active session when the app is closed. Optional closed-app continuity can ask iOS to start a fresh session throughout the day, or once each morning, and stays quiet overnight (11 PM to 7 AM; switch off in Settings). Apple controls final delivery and presentation. • Golden Pup and Maine Coon are free forever. Unlock any other pet individually, or get the whole roster—for good. No subscription, ever. • Invite 2 friends, get a free pet: every 2 friends who open Pebbo with your invite unlock an animated pet of your choice. No accounts, no ads, and no advertising tracking. After one-time consent, closed-app continuity stores an anonymous installation credential, ActivityKit push tokens and activity timing, pet and display choices, time zone, and return schedule solely to provide this feature. Referral rewards use an anonymous identity saved on this iPhone. Purchases are processed by Apple and validated by RevenueCat. A Dynamic Island-capable iPhone is required for the Dynamic Island pet.

Screenshots

Widget Tank4 screens
Pebbo Pets4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Widget Tank at every 2 days against Pebbo Pets's weekly. Pebbo Pets's advantage is iOS requirement (15.1 vs 26.2). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Widget Tank sells 2 one-off in-app purchases and Pebbo Pets sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Widget Tank ships an update every 2 days, Pebbo Pets weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 7 level
Widget Tank versus Pebbo Pets: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWidget TankPebbo Pets
PriceFreeFree
Rating—4.9 (7 ratings) — better
Number of ratings—7 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 days — betterWeekly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
Monetization—Free with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS26.215.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size23 MB142 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJuki TanimotoMichael Beaver

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Widget Tank

One-time2
  • Aquarium Slots +3$1.99
  • Aquarium Slots +6$2.99
10 purchases

Pebbo Pets

One-time10
  • Unlock Brown Bear$0.99
  • Unlock Capybara$0.99
  • Unlock Fox$0.99
Show 7 more
  • Unlock Raccoon$0.99
  • Unlock Rocky$0.99
  • Unlock Hedgehog$0.99
  • Unlock Unicorn$0.99
  • Unlock Black Cat$0.99
  • Unlock Bunny$0.99
  • Unlock every pet$5.99

Questions

Is Widget Tank free?
Widget Tank is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Pebbo Pets free?
Pebbo Pets is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Widget Tank or Pebbo Pets have ads?
Neither Widget Tank nor Pebbo Pets shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Widget Tank or Pebbo Pets?
Widget Tank ships an update every 2 days, and Pebbo Pets weekly. Most recently, Widget Tank was updated on October 24, 2026 and Pebbo Pets on October 25, 2026.

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