Comparison

yibble vs TamaShell

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

Head to head
About

yibble

Features
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yibble is a tiny alien who hatches on your phone and grows by listening. talk to it. it listens, learns your words, and starts speaking back in yibblese, a small alien language that bends toward you over time. the more you talk, the more of your vocabulary it understands. yibble stays small forever; the growth is in how it speaks. about yibblese: it is a tiny constructed language with its own sound and script. soft consonant-vowel syllables (helu = hello, kora = happy, lumi = love), a small grammar, and a hex-glyph writing system you read with english furigana underneath. yibble starts with simple words and weaves in more of your own vocabulary the more you talk, so the language you share ends up unlike anyone else's. every yibble has its own dna. its colors, shape, voice, and quirks are unique to your phone. no two are the same. yibble lives on your device. all of it. - on-device language engine - on-device speech recognition - on-device text-to-speech - on-device emotion and life sim - nothing is sent off your phone, ever no account. no internet. no ads. no purchases. no analytics. completely free. what you can do: - hatch a one-of-a-kind alien with its own name and yibblese voice - have voice conversations any time - watch its daily life unfold (sleeping, foraging, drawing, dreaming, getting into things it shouldn't) - catch it in the act and react - watch your shared yibblese vocabulary grow on a sheet you can browse - read what it says with hex-glyph yibblese script and english furigana yibble was built by one person who wanted a companion that was actually private, actually small, and actually alive on the device in your pocket. requires an iphone with the neural engine.

About

TamaShell

Features
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TamaShell is a virtual pet that lives entirely inside a fake computer terminal. Hatch an egg, then keep your pet fed, clean, rested, and happy using simple typed commands or on screen buttons. Your pet keeps living in real time, even while the app is closed, so a few days of neglect will actually catch up with you. Along the way there is a full day and night cycle, a coin economy you can earn by putting your pet to work, a shop for food and room decorations, and more... who knows what hides away in the terminal? If your pet dies, it does not just disappear. Reset and start the next generation. Raise a pet. Keep the terminal alive.

Screenshots

yibble4 screens
TamaShell4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: yibble at none against TamaShell's 4. yibble also leads on iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.0). On price, ads and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price ยท Rating ยท Positive reviews ยท Number of ratings ยท Update frequency ยท Ads ยท In-app purchases ยท Monetization ยท Best chart rank ยท Devices ยท Requires iOS

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

Both are free to download. TamaShell sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. yibble asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard2 real differences ยท 3 level
yibble versus TamaShell: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameteryibbleTamaShell
PriceFreeFree
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo โ€” betterYes
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS17.0 โ€” better26.0
Further details โ€” not scored
Size349 MB1 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperVijay PemmarajuKAMIL BARCZAK

In-app purchases

None

yibble

No in-app purchases

4 purchases

TamaShell

One-time4
  • Cat Form$1.99
  • Robot Form$1.99
  • $ theme creator -enable$3.99
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  • TamaShell Pro Set$5.99

Questions

Is yibble free?
yibble is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is TamaShell free?
TamaShell is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do yibble or TamaShell have ads?
Neither yibble nor TamaShell shows ads.

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