Comparison

Virtipet vs Ziggy

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Virtipet

Features
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Your digital best friend, always by your side. Bring home an adorable virtual pet and watch it come to life in your hands. Feed it, play with it, customize its world, and help it grow from a tiny baby into a happy, thriving companion. Virtipet is designed for quick moments of joy, daily surprises, and endless cuteness.

About

Ziggy

This app allows long-distance couples to stay connected through a shared virtual pet, interactive scrapbook, and fun mini-games. Send digital gifts, doodles, and instant messages to maintain intimacy and create lasting memories together.

Highlights
  • Shared virtual pet that grows and reacts
  • Interactive scrapbook for creating shared memories
  • Digital flower bouquets and letters
  • Instant messages and doodles
  • Home screen widget for pet status
  • Multiplayer mini-games
Features
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Ziggy is a little dog that belongs to both of you. Feed him, play with him, and he grows. Forget him for a few days and he sulks — which turns out to be a surprisingly good reason to text someone. One pet, two phones, wherever you both are. A SCRAPBOOK OF THE TWO OF YOU Make books of your favourite days. Add photos, write on them, draw on them, stick things down. There are papers, frames, tape, torn paper, film strips, cut-out letters, and Ziggy himself in every mood he has. Both of you can work on the same page. Print a finished book as a PDF and actually hold it. SEND HER FLOWERS. ACTUALLY. Arrange a bouquet stem by stem — roses, tulips, sunflowers, lavender, whatever suits. Pick each flower's colour, turn them, layer them. Then write a letter, fold it into an envelope, and tuck it in. It arrives on their phone like a real one. THE LITTLE THINGS Doodle something daft and it appears on their screen. Send an Instant — a photo that shows up right away, no feed, no likes, nobody else. Tap a heart. Leave a note. Ask each other the question of the day. ON YOUR HOME SCREEN Ziggy lives in a widget, so you see how he's doing without opening anything. When your partner sends something, he's the one who tells you. PLAY SOMETHING Tic Tac Toe, Connect 4, Dots and Boxes, Air Hockey, Memory Match, and a pizza kitchen where you both make one badly. ZIGGY FOREVER Ziggy is free. Everything above works without paying. Ziggy Forever is an optional subscription that lifts the limits: unlimited scrapbook books and pages, the whole sticker drawer, every brush, unlimited bouquets, every instant kept forever, saving to your photo library, and printing a whole book. One subscription covers both of you. • Monthly $5.99 / Yearly $29.99 — prices vary by region • The yearly plan includes a 7-day free trial • Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation • Renews automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the current period ends • Manage or cancel any time in your Apple Account settings • Nothing you have already made is ever taken away Terms of Use: https://manraisingh.github.io/swiftui-companion-app/terms.html Privacy Policy: https://manraisingh.github.io/swiftui-companion-app/ Made for two people who miss each other.

Screenshots

Virtipet4 screens
Ziggy4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Ziggy at none against Virtipet's 2. Ziggy also leads on update cadence (every 8 days vs every 3 weeks). Virtipet's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.0). On price and ads 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Virtipet sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Ziggy asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Virtipet ships an update every 3 weeks, Ziggy every 8 days. The most recent releases landed on October 13, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Virtipet versus Ziggy: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterVirtipetZiggy
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—2 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 8 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
Monetization—Freemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.1 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size54 MB59 MB
Age rating9+4+
DeveloperHerman van RooyenManrai Singh

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Virtipet

One-time2
  • Soulkeeper - 1 Month$9.99
  • Star-bound - 1 Month$14.99
None

Ziggy

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Virtipet free?
Virtipet is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Ziggy free?
Ziggy is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Virtipet or Ziggy have ads?
Neither Virtipet nor Ziggy shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Virtipet or Ziggy?
Virtipet ships an update every 3 weeks, and Ziggy every 8 days. Most recently, Virtipet was updated on October 13, 2026 and Ziggy on October 24, 2026.

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