Comparison

NINUGO vs Malang

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

Head to head
About

NINUGO

Features
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NINUGO is a cozy pixel community where friends trade small promises and grow together. Send simple daily quests to your friends, keep the ones you receive, and cheer each other on. Dress up your avatar and hang out with friends in the village plaza in real time. ■ Features ● Quests with friends Send a small promise like "Drink 1 liter of water" with a deadline. When your friend completes it, it gets stamped, and you can cheer them on with a heart and a comment. ● Promises to yourself Turn the habits you want to keep into self quests, and look back on your progress in the calendar. ● Village plaza Chat with friends in the plaza in real time, or build your own village together and watch it grow. ● Avatar dress-up Create your own pixel character with hair, outfits, shoes, hats and face items. ● Shells and gifts Collect shells from daily check-ins and activities, send gifts to friends, or leave them a note. ● NINUGO PLAY Jump into quick 3-second mini games right from the plaza and challenge your friends. NINUGO values encouragement over competition. It's a warm little community for building good habits together. Start a small promise with a friend today!

About

Malang

This app helps users build and track habits with friends. It features a shared focus timer, customizable routines, and a virtual pet that grows as you complete tasks. Visualize progress with streaks, heatmaps, and calendar views.

Highlights
  • Shared focus timer with friends
  • Customizable routine types
  • Virtual pet growth system
  • Progress tracking (streaks, heatmaps)
  • Calendar and timeline views
  • Home screen widgets
  • Automatic health app integration
Features
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Habits don't stick alone. Malangchedule is a free routine app where a little pixel friend and your real friends keep you going. Your focus time becomes Mallang's meal, and the study room shows who studied how much today. ■ Hold 0.6s, done Hold a card to check it off; a tap just opens details. No accidental check-offs in your pocket. Every habit completes its own way: once, counted, timed, or resisted. Steps, exercise, and sleep fill in automatically from the Health app. ■ Mallangotchi grows with you A pixel Mallang lives in a little device in the middle of your tab bar. Finishing routines earns dango to feed it, train it, and dress it up in outfits your friends can see too. It never dies when you are away. It grows exactly as much as you care. ■ Study side by side The study room tab shows who studied how much today, in running totals. Friends currently studying light up in color. The best study hall is a seat next to a hardworking friend. ■ A focus timer with friends 10, 15, 25, or 50-minute Pomodoro, with the study room right under the timer and your Mallang studying beside you. Records stack up in daily, weekly, and monthly stats. ■ A routine home friends drop by Connect as couple, friend, or family and visit each other's routine homes. Peek at a friend's Mallangotchi, and care for it when a heart runs empty. You choose which routines each person sees. Default is private. ■ For exam season D-day countdowns and one quote arriving every morning. Tomorrow, one more small thing. ― - Everything is free, themes and characters included - Health data is read only with your permission, and only to auto-complete routines - Works without an account (guests skip friend features) One small thing today, softly.

Screenshots

NINUGO4 screens
Malang4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Malang at none against NINUGO's 4. NINUGO's advantage is iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.0). On price, update cadence, ads 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. NINUGO sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. Malang asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

NINUGO ships an update every 3 days, Malang every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 28, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
NINUGO versus Malang: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterNINUGOMalang
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—92.3% of reviews
Number of ratings—1 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 days — betterEvery 4 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
Monetization—Free
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.1 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size52 MB37 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperDONERICANOSPROUTGROWLABS

In-app purchases

4 purchases

NINUGO

One-time4
  • 10 Pearls$0.99
  • 32 Pearls$2.99
  • 55 Pearls$4.99
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  • 120 Pearls$9.99
None

Malang

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is NINUGO free?
NINUGO is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Malang free?
Malang is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do NINUGO or Malang have ads?
Neither NINUGO nor Malang shows ads.
Which is updated more often, NINUGO or Malang?
NINUGO ships an update every 3 days, and Malang every 4 days. Most recently, NINUGO was updated on October 28, 2026 and Malang on October 31, 2026.

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