Dopamine Pet vs Tiny Text Terrarium
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Dopamine Pet
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Dopamine Pet is a tiny habit game — keep your glowing creature alive with daily check-ins. Miss a day, the glow dims. Stack a streak, the colors evolve. A nudge toward small consistent habits, dressed as a creature. • On-device pet, streak shield, cosmetics • Grow through tiers, unlock new auras • Premium forms with Pro • No accounts, no ads Dopamine Pet is entertainment / habit-game only. Not medical advice. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Tiny Text Terrarium
Cultivate a serene text-based garden that grows over time. Discover unique flora and fauna, track your garden's history through diary entries, and enjoy seasonal changes. Widgets provide a glance at your growing world.
- Plant seeds and watch them grow with real time
- Diary logs of garden events
- Discover 27 species and oddities
- Real weather and seasonal changes
- Home and Lock Screen widgets
- Time acceleration option
- Customizable appearance
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Plant a seed. Close the app. Come back to a little world that grew while you were away. Tiny Text Terrarium is a cozy garden built entirely from text. Every plant, puddle, and passing bee is an emoji living in a tiny grid. There's nothing to optimize, no timers to beat, and no way to lose. Just a quiet patch of soil that keeps growing while you live your life. • Plant seeds, sprinkle droplets, and let real time do the rest • Come back to a hand-written diary of everything that happened, "A bee stopped by the daisies and did a little happy dance." • Discover 27 species, visitors, and oddities for your Almanac • Learn the garden's secrets: something likes rainy mountains… • Real weather moods, day and night, snow in winter, and a few seasonal surprises • Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets: your garden at a glance, one tap away • Can't wait? The Sundial nudges time forward, a day's worth per day • Make it yours: five backdrop tints and a light/dark appearance switch • Wilted flowers forgive you. One droplet fixes everything • Nothing to buy, ever. A tip jar exists only if you'd like to say thanks Fully playable with VoiceOver. No ads, no accounts, no data collected, your garden never leaves your device.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Dopamine Pet at every 4 days against Tiny Text Terrarium's monthly. Dopamine Pet also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 17.0). 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. Dopamine Pet sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month and Tiny Text Terrarium sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Dopamine Pet ships an update every 4 days, Tiny Text Terrarium monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and September 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Dopamine Pet | Tiny Text Terrarium |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Number of ratings | — | 1 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 4 days — better | Monthly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | — | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 30 MB | 2 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Andreas Fetscher | Antonio Gordillo Toledo |
In-app purchases
Dopamine Pet
- Dopamine Pet Pro$3.991 Month
- Ticket Refresh$0.99
- Revive$0.99
- Growth Boost$1.99
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- Cosmetic Pack$2.99
- Dopamine Pet Pro (Lifetime)$6.99
Tiny Text Terrarium
- Small Tip$0.99
- Kind Tip$2.99
- Generous Tip$6.99
Questions
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