PixelPal vs PetRocky
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
PixelPal
Raise a virtual pet from an egg, caring for its needs like hunger and sleep. Decorate its room and collect different Pal forms. Play mini-games to earn coins for customization and new species.
- Virtual pet care (feeding, cleaning, sleep)
- Home screen widget for quick interaction
- Mini-games for earning coins
- Room decoration and customization
- Collect 25 different Pal forms
- Multiple collectible Pal species
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A little buddy is waiting for you. PixelPal is a virtual pet game where you raise a Pal, an original little creature all your own. The egg hatches in 5 minutes, and from then on it's all up to you. As time goes by, your Pal gets hungry, poops, and falls asleep when night comes. ■ 6 ways to care • Meal / Treat – fill up Tummy and Mood • Play – earn coins in 3 mini games (Which Way? / Treat Catch / Remember & Tap) • Clean – leave poop lying around and your Pal gets sick • Medicine – two doses and it's all better • Lights – turn them off at bedtime • Scold – if it calls you for no reason, teach it some manners ■ Sweet dreams At 9 PM your Pal closes its eyes and drifts off to sleep. Turn off the lights and the whole room goes dark for a cozy night. Leave them on, and it gets a little grumpy. ■ Neglect it, and it runs away If Tummy or Mood stays at 0 for 12 hours, your Pal leaves a goodbye letter and is gone. You'll get a notification when it's about to run away (at night, everything except run-away alerts waits until morning). ■ Care from your Home Screen Tap the buttons on the widget to feed and clean without opening the app. ■ Decorate the room Pick a room, then decorate the ceiling, the wall, the floor on both sides and the rug. Put a hat on your Pal, or let it hold a balloon or a teddy bear. With coins from the mini games you can collect 4 rooms, 16 pieces of furniture, 8 hats and 6 held items. Your decorated room also becomes the background of your Home Screen widget. ■ Collect all 25 forms Depending on how you care for it and teach it manners, your Pal grows into one of 5 adult forms. Once it's all grown up, it's on to the next egg. Raise generation after generation and fill up your Collection. ■ Sweet friends (egg packs, one-time purchase) Pudding Pal / Dango Pal / Macaron Pal / Cotton Candy Pal. Each species grows up its own way and has its own adult forms. Every pack comes with that Pal's room set (Pudding Café, Dango Teahouse, Patisserie Room, Cloud Carnival: 1 room, 5 pieces of furniture, 2 hats, 1 held item). • Egg packs and the Complete Pack are one-time purchases – no subscription, no auto-renewal • With the free Mint Pal alone, you can play from egg to adult for as long as you like • Already bought PixelPal Pro or the Item Pack in an earlier version? All eggs are unlocked for you • Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ • Privacy Policy: https://sano131.github.io/pixelpal-privacy/ Works with VoiceOver: it reads out how your Pal is doing and the results of your care. Play in 9 languages: English, Japanese, German, Spanish, French, Italian, Portuguese and Chinese (Simplified and Traditional). Everything is saved on your device.
PetRocky
Adopt a virtual rock and find tranquility. Pet, feed, and customize your rock, earning Zen as it sits unbothered. Unlock achievements and experience quirky random events in this minimalist, zen-focused game.
- Adopt and care for a virtual rock
- Earn Zen by doing nothing
- Customize your rock with accessories
- Unlock achievements
- Experience random in-game events
- Minimalist and zen-focused gameplay
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Adopt a rock. That's it. That's the game. Your rock does nothing — and it does it perfectly. Pet it, feed it minerals it won't eat, polish it to a proud dull finish, and watch the Zen flow in as your rock sits there, unbothered, thriving. EARN ZEN BY DOING NOTHING Your rock generates Zen every second, even when you're away. It's not lazy. It's geological. DRESS YOUR ROCK Googly eyes. A tiny hat. Sunglasses for a sun it cannot perceive. A crown, because it earned it by sitting still. A friend pebble — they will never speak, and they are best friends. ACHIEVEMENTS Pet the rock 1,000 times. Reach Enlightenment. Own everything. History will remember none of it. RANDOM EVENTS A bird may land on your rock and pay rent. A snail may challenge it to a race. The rock will win by not entering. Just you and a rock, doing nothing together. Optional tips exist if you wish to thank the rock. It will display no gratitude. Warning: the rock does nothing. That is the point.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: PixelPal at none against PetRocky's shown. PetRocky's advantage is update cadence (every 2 days vs every 2 months). On price, rating, review sentiment and ratings volume 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. PixelPal sells 7 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month and PetRocky sells 9 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for PixelPal against 5.0 for PetRocky. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.
PixelPal ships an update every 2 months, PetRocky every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | PixelPal | PetRocky |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 2 days — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 68 MB | 5 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | SANWA Inc. | VINCLI LTD |
Customer experience
PixelPal
PetRocky
In-app purchases
PixelPal
- プレミアム$1.991 Month
- プレミアム着せ替え解放$0.99
- Dango Pal Egg$1.99
- Cotton Candy Pal Egg$1.99
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- Pudding Pal Egg$1.99
- Macaron Pal Egg$1.99
- Complete Egg Pack$5.99
PetRocky
- Pebble Tip$0.99
- Rainbow Rock$1.99
- Golden Rock$2.99
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- Boulder Tip$4.99
- 10 Gems$5.99
- Remove Ads$7.99
- Starter Pack$11.99
- 30 Gems$14.99
- 100 Gems$29.99









