MiniBicho vs TamaShell
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
MiniBicho
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MiniBicho is a care, discovery, and collection game inspired by the wildlife of Brazil and Argentina. Choose a companion from 30 species, care for it every day, and explore living worlds with depth, parallax, and iPhone motion. Every MiniBicho has its own personality, animations, and sounds. • 30 species from Brazil and Argentina • Forest, water, tundra, and ice worlds • An Encyclopedia with species profiles, habitats, and cultural curiosities • An interactive globe for exploring each country • Four complete minigames: Frutaverso, Wild Memory, Living River, and Macaw Flight • Earn Patinhas by playing and use them to grow your collection • Widgets that keep your MiniBicho on the Home Screen • Portuguese, Spanish, and English interface MiniBicho brings care, nature, and play together in an experience made for iPhone and iPad.
TamaShell
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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.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is iOS requirement: MiniBicho at 17.0 against TamaShell's 26.0. 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
Both are free to download. MiniBicho sells 4 one-off in-app purchases and TamaShell sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
| Parameter | MiniBicho | TamaShell |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 626 MB | 1 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Code Austral LLC | KAMIL BARCZAK |
In-app purchases
MiniBicho
- Custom MiniBicho$0.99
- 300 paws$0.99
- 750 paws$1.99
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- 1800 paws$2.99
TamaShell
- Cat Form$1.99
- Robot Form$1.99
- $ theme creator -enable$3.99
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- TamaShell Pro Set$5.99









