Comparison

Panoo vs Pypets

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

Head to head
About

Panoo

Features
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Panoo turns your notes into something you actually want to look at: colorful paper notes, pinned to a warm cork board. Write a note, choose its paper, its pattern and its pin, then drag it anywhere on the board. It looks like the board above your desk, and that is exactly the point. Notes you can see are notes you remember. A REAL WIDGET, NOT A SCREENSHOT You choose which note goes on your Home Screen. Add several widgets and give each one a different note. Edit the note and the widget updates itself. Small, medium and large on iPhone, plus an extra large size on iPad. IT SYNCS BETWEEN YOUR DEVICES Turn on iCloud sync and your notes and boards move between iPhone and iPad on their own. There is no server of ours in between: the data sits in your own iCloud storage. Leave it off and Panoo keeps working completely offline. YOU BUILD THE BOARD • 7 frame designs: plain wood, classic moulding, rope, aluminium, carved and more • 16 frame colors and two corner shapes, so hundreds of combinations • 15 paper patterns: plain, lined, grid, stripes, zigzag, hearts, stars • 12 pins: classic thumbtacks, glass beads, flowers, stars, even a little cat • 9 color palettes for your paper • 4 fonts, including handwriting • Light and dark theme, both free MORE THAN A PRETTY BOARD • Checklists: ticked items get a line through them, visible right on the board • Mark a finished note as done and spot it on the board at a glance • Reminders: a notification at the exact time you choose • Several boards: keep work, home and shopping apart • Pinch a note to resize it, twist it to any angle • Share any note as an image • Landscape on iPhone, and the whole app rotates on iPad BUILT FOR • Anyone who keeps paper sticky notes on a desk • People who live off shopping lists and to-do lists • Students and workers who want class, meeting and idea notes in plain sight • Anyone who wants a Home Screen worth looking at YOUR NOTES STAY YOURS No account. No sign-up. No ads, not one, in any form. Panoo never sends your notes to a server of ours. With iCloud sync on, the data only goes to the iCloud storage of your own Apple Account. FREE AND PREMIUM Panoo is free to use, and the free version is not crippled: unlimited notes, unlimited boards, unlimited reminders, iCloud sync, light and dark theme, 5 paper patterns, 3 pins, 3 frame designs, 4 frame colors, 2 palettes, 2 fonts and one widget note. Panoo Premium unlocks the rest: every pattern, pin, frame design and frame color, every palette and font, and as many widget notes as you want. Premium is a one-time purchase, not a subscription. Pay once and it stays yours; restore it any time on any device signed in to the same Apple Account. SUPPORT Questions and ideas: info@koalstudios.com Privacy Policy: https://koalstudios.com/en/panoo/privacy Terms of Use: https://koalstudios.com/en/panoo/terms

About

Pypets

Adopt and care for adorable pixelated virtual pets that live on your iPhone's lock screen and Dynamic Island. These charming companions offer a cozy, stress-free experience with customizable personalities and gentle reminders to keep them happy.

Highlights
  • Adoptable pixel pets
  • Lock Screen widget integration
  • Dynamic Island support
  • Customizable pet names
  • Mood and health tracking
  • Multiple animal species
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Pypets gives you a tiny pixel pet that studies when you study. Start the focus timer and your pet gets to work beside you. It walks across your Dynamic Island, lives on your Home Screen, and earns XP for every minute you stay on task. Put the phone down, lock in, and watch something small and cute grow because of it. A STUDY BUDDY THAT LIVES ON YOUR PHONE Your pet doesn't stay hidden behind an app icon. While the timer runs, it wanders through your Dynamic Island and Lock Screen as a Live Activity. Between sessions it sits in a Home Screen widget, where you can feed it or start a new session with one tap. EVERY FOCUSED MINUTE IS XP One minute of focus earns one XP. There are no levels to grind and nothing ever resets: your XP is a lifetime total that only goes up. If you stop mid-session, your partial minute carries over, so no effort is wasted. KEEP YOUR STREAK, EARN BONUS XP Focus on any day and your streak starts paying out: 5 bonus XP on day one, plus 5 more for every day you keep it going. Day 10 is worth 50. Miss a day and it starts over, so show up tomorrow. PICK YOUR QUICK, FOCUS OR DEEP MODE Choose a 5-minute sprint, a classic 25-minute focus block, a 50-minute deep-work session, or set your own length. ADOPT UP TO 5 PETS Bunnies, cats, dogs, foxes, frogs, pandas and horses come in 24 colors, including a Magical Horse. Each one has its own pixel animations, moods and little voice lines. Start with a free bunny, cat or dog, then adopt the ones you love. DRESS THEM UP Sunglasses, headphones and a bell collar. Unlock accessories with the XP you earned by focusing, or buy them outright. Bunnies wear them today, and more pets are getting their looks soon. SEE WHERE YOUR TIME WENT Weekly and yearly charts show exactly how much you've focused, so your streak is backed by real numbers instead of vibes. A PET WITH OPINIONS Turn on gentle daily reminders, written with a little attitude. ("Not mad. Just disappointed.") COZY, NOT NOISY No account needed, no ads, no feed, no social pressure, and no third-party trackers. Your data stays on your device and optionally syncs through your own private iCloud. Perfect for studying, homework, exam revision, deep work, reading, or any stretch of time you want to protect. — Pypets is free to download and comes with free pets. Optional in-app purchases: • Pypets Forever: a one-time purchase that unlocks every premium pet, including pets added in future updates (accessories sold separately). Family Sharing supported. • Individual pets and accessories: one-time purchases. There are no subscriptions. Every purchase is one-time, nothing renews, and payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://doc-hosting.flycricket.io/pypets-privacy-policy/cac1add9-e971-4c37-913e-7a2355972973/privacy

Screenshots

Panoo4 screens
Pypets4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Pypets at none against Panoo's 1. Pypets also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 3 weeks). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. Panoo sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Pypets asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Panoo ships an update every 3 weeks, Pypets weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 6, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Panoo versus Pypets: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPanooPypets
PriceFreeFree
Rating—4.9 (7 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—7 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
Monetization—Free
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS16.4 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size60 MB100 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperKORAY ALAGOZSude Naz Aslan

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Panoo

One-time1
  • Lifetime Unlock$3.99
None

Pypets

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Panoo free?
Panoo is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Pypets free?
Pypets is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Panoo or Pypets have ads?
Neither Panoo nor Pypets shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Panoo or Pypets?
Panoo ships an update every 3 weeks, and Pypets weekly. Most recently, Panoo was updated on October 6, 2026 and Pypets on October 7, 2026.

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