Nenj vs Bichinho
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Nenj
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NENJ isn't just a game: it's a little creature that lives in your phone and truly grows. You bring it to life, and a whole lifetime begins. Your Nenj learns to speak, says its first word, and grows day by day — childhood, teenage years, adulthood — with events, choices and surprises that make every life different. But what makes it special is the bond. Your Nenj: • TALKS to you with its own voice, and listens • REMEMBERS your real life and what you tell it • reacts to the REAL WORLD and what's happening today • reaches out when you're away, with its own personality And one day, after a life together, comes the farewell: a personal moment, built from your memories, that you won't forget. Care for it, watch it grow, build a story together. Because a Nenj isn't a game. It's someone you grow attached to. Bring your Nenj to life. Terms of Use (EULA): https://nenj.app/tos/ Privacy Policy: https://nenj.app/privacy/
Bichinho
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Feed it. Play with it. Clean up after it. Talk to it. Ignore it, and it gets sick. Ignore that, and it dies. Bichinho is a virtual pet the way they were in the 90s — a tiny creature that keeps living while you're not looking. No pause button. It runs in real time: hungry at lunch, sleepy at bedtime, calling for you at 3 in the afternoon whether your phone is in your hand or in your pocket. NOW IT TALKS Hold the mic and say anything. It listens, thinks, and answers out loud in its own little voice — squeaky as a baby, grumpy if it grew up grumpy. It greets you when you come back, complains when it's hungry, mumbles in its sleep and texts you when it misses you. On iPhones with Apple Intelligence its lines are written fresh on your phone; everywhere else it has hundreds of its own. Nothing is ever sent to a server. IT HATCHES IN A MINUTE Tap the egg to hurry it along. The first hour is the newborn hour: it wants feeding every few minutes, it poops constantly and it never sleeps. Survive that, and things calm down. IT GROWS UP HOW YOU RAISED IT Pingo the baby becomes Bolota the child becomes Zóio the teen. What it grows into after that depends on how well you looked after it — a sun-maned Jubão if you were attentive, a chill Sossegado if you were mostly around, a grumpy Rabugento if you weren't. HAND-PAINTED WORLDS Play on the classic green LCD with pixel art and square-wave beeps, or in the colour world, where every pet, item and world is hand-painted like a storybook. Travel through six eras, from the Stone Age to Space, under a sky that follows the real time of day, with painted nights, weather and visitors, and holidays in every era: Halloween, Christmas, Carnaval, Festa Junina, Easter and more. DRESS IT UP Keep its daily streak to unlock hats, spend era coins on costumes, and pick up outfit packs like Dino, Pirate, Unicorn and Football. Every outfit is painted on every pet. BICHINHO WORLD • Walk together — your real steps are its exercise • Food camera — show it real food and watch it react • Dream diary — every morning, what it dreamed last night • Jokenpô — rock, paper, scissors against your pet ALWAYS WITH YOU It lives in the Dynamic Island and on your Lock Screen, and Home Screen widgets show how it's doing at a glance. Ask Siri: "Feed Bichinho" or "How is Bichinho?" MADE TO BE LEFT ALONE — A BIT No account, no ads. Set its bedtime to match yours and a night away is fine. A whole day of neglect is not. BICHINHO PRO One purchase, no subscription: keep the colour world after the free days, remember every pet you've raised in the Hall of Past Pets, and keep every dream in the diary. The classic green screen is free forever. Bichinho is what these were called in Brazil: bichinho virtual, the little creature everyone had on their backpack. This one is built from scratch — original creatures, original art, the same rules of care. Every Bichinho is one of a kind. Name it well.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Bichinho at none against Nenj's 5. Bichinho also leads on ads (none vs shown). Nenj's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 18.0). On price 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. Nenj sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Bichinho asks for nothing beyond the download.
| Parameter | Nenj | Bichinho |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | — | Every 3 days |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 158 MB | 157 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Giovanni Lionetti | Manfred Junior Evald Ferdinand Walter Zedazi |
In-app purchases
Nenj
- NENJ Base7 Days trial$3.991 Month
- NENJ VIP7 Days trial$12.991 Month
- 500 Nenj Coins$0.99
- 4,000 Nenj Coins$3.99
- 10,000 Nenj Coins$8.99
Bichinho
No in-app purchases









