Comparison

Derpy Cat vs Ad

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

Head to head
About

Derpy Cat

Features
Read full description

Drop adorable, derpy cats and match them to create bigger, even derpier ones! Can you merge your way to the legendary Cat God? Derpy Cat is a physics-based drop & merge puzzle game where cats bounce, roll, and stack in hilariously chaotic ways. Match two cats of the same tier to evolve them into the next — from tiny kittens all the way up to the all-powerful Cat God. CLASSIC MODE Drop cats, stack smart, and chase your highest score. Merge combos for bonus points and screen-shaking celebrations. One wrong move and your box overflows — game over! DAILY CHALLENGE A new puzzle every day with the same drop sequence for all players. Compete on the global Game Center leaderboard and build your daily streak. CATPEDIA Collect and discover all 10 cat tiers. Each one has its own unique look and personality — tap to learn their hilarious bios. FEATURES • 10 tiers of increasingly derpy cats to discover • Physics-based gameplay — every drop is different • Daily challenges with Game Center leaderboards • Streak tracking to keep you coming back • Combo scoring system with satisfying merge effects • Haptic feedback, particles, and screen shake • Catpedia collection with unique cat bios • Original music and sound effects

About

Ad

This app offers a curated collection of fun games designed for children, completely free of ads, tracking, and internet requirements. It features a variety of engaging titles, including a city-swallowing hole game and an arcade pack with coloring, space shooting, and snake games. Parents appreciate the ad-free, private, and offline experience.

Highlights
  • No ads or tracking
  • Offline play
  • Multiple game modes
  • Coloring and drawing pad
  • Space shooter with power-ups
  • Snake game with leaderboards
  • One-time purchase for arcade pack
Features
Read full description

Ad-Free Games is an ever expanding library of games in one app, made for kids with absolutely NO ads, NO tracking, and NO internet required. Pick a tile on the main menu: HOLE (free) — You are a hole. Swallow a living 3D world — a night city, a forest full of animals, or a snowfield — and gulp down rival holes. Four modes, including Infinite. ARCADE PACK (one-time purchase, shared with your family) • TOWER STACK (NEW) — tap to drop the sliding block and build as high as you can. Overhangs get sliced off; land it dead centre for a Perfect. Chill and Normal modes. • POCKET PET — adopt a pixel-art pal: a puppy, kitten, bunny, turtle, dragon or fox. Feed it, give it a bubble bath, play Bounce and Peekaboo for coins, and spend them on toys, homes and garden decor. Your pal naps while you're away and is happy to see you when you come back. • GEM SWAP — a match-3 with a hundred levels. Swap gems to line up three; four makes a blaster, five a rainbow gem, an L a bomb. Score targets, colours to collect and ice to melt, three stars each, plus a Zen mode with no moves and no clock. • ROAD HOP — tap to hop, swipe to dodge. Cross roads, railways and rivers in a bright 3D world, and spend the coins you pick up on thirteen characters, from a frog to a penguin. Chill mode for little ones, Normal for the brave. • BLOCK BURST — drag pieces onto the board and fill rows or columns to burst them. Classic mode is endless and autosaves; Levels mode has a hundred boards of gem blocks to clear, three stars each. • MANCALA — the classic stone-sowing game with glowing glass gems. Land your last stone in your store for another turn, capture across the board, and outsmart the computer on Easy, Normal or Hard, or pass the phone to a friend. • STACK SMASH — a carnival knock-down. Fire the cannon and topple every tower of cans before your balls run out. Earn coins for boosters as you climb. Nothing to buy with money, ever. • TINY TOWN — your own pocket farm. Sweep a sickle across ripe fields, drag seeds to sow whole rows, bake bread, milk the cow and deliver orders to level up. Crops keep growing while you're away. • FRUIT MERGE — Drop glowing fruit into the well and match two of a kind to grow the next one. Merge all the way up to the melon to win. Three difficulties. • COLORING — A coloring book and drawing pad: 55 pages in 9 themes, crayons, markers, a paint bucket, stickers, and your own photos turned into coloring pages. • SPACE SHOOTER — Drag to fly, fire automatically, grab power-ups, and unlock new ships in the hangar with the coins you earn. • SNAKE — Slither around a bright arena, eat orbs to grow, slice smaller snakes, and climb the leaderboard. Three difficulties, eight colors. • CONNECT 4 — drop glowing discs and line up four against a computer that plans ahead, or two players on one device. • TIC TAC TOE — three in a row on a neon board. Easy, Normal or Hard, or pass the phone in 2 player mode! • NEW GAMES — any new games we add to the library will automatically be included if you already purchased the Arcade Pack. WHY PARENTS LOVE IT • No ads. No pop-ups. No "watch a video to continue." Ever! • No tracking, no analytics, no accounts, no sign-ups. • Works fully offline and private. • One optional purchase through Apple, with Ask to Buy for kids' accounts. No subscriptions, no coins. • One sound switch for the whole app, for quiet time. Made by a parent who was tired of their kid getting blasted with ads. TEN calm, fun, ad-free games. That's it.

Screenshots

Derpy Cat4 screens
Ad4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Ad at none against Derpy Cat's shown. On price, update cadence, 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Derpy Cat ships an update every 4 days, Ad every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Derpy Cat versus Ad: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDerpy CatAd
PriceFreeFree
Rating—3.4 (9 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—62.5% of reviews
Number of ratings—9 — better
Update frequencyEvery 4 daysEvery 3 days — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNoNo
Monetization—Free with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.617.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size38 MB64 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperLucas MoellerOne Light Media LLC

In-app purchases

None

Derpy Cat

No in-app purchases

None

Ad

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Derpy Cat free?
Derpy Cat is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Ad free?
Ad is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Derpy Cat or Ad have ads?
Derpy Cat shows ads; Ad does not.
Which is updated more often, Derpy Cat or Ad?
Derpy Cat ships an update every 4 days, and Ad every 3 days. Most recently, Derpy Cat was updated on October 25, 2026 and Ad on October 31, 2026.

Other comparisons