Comparison

Pypets vs Awayling

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

Head to head
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
Features
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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

About

Awayling

Features
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Awayling is a focus timer with a pet that grows on the time you spend away from your phone. HOW A SESSION WORKS Pick 15, 25, 45 or 60 minutes, start the session and lock your phone. Come back when the timer ends and the session counts. Your first three finished sessions each day help your pets grow and lift their mood. If you leave the app without locking the phone, the session ends. Awayling knows the phone locked only if it has a passcode. YOUR PETS Your pet hatches from an egg, then grows to young and then grown. Each pet comes in four colors: pick one when it hatches or change it any time. THE COMMONS A new egg comes at 10, 30, 60 and 100 good days, then every 50, and you pick who hatches. Every pet you raise lives in the Commons and keeps growing, and up to five stand on the Home tab. The Commons gains a pond, a tree, a bench and a lantern as good days add up, and your pets write you short letters at set counts. Grass bends in the wind, and awake pets breathe, blink and wander once they are young. About a minute after you open the Commons, touch it or scroll it, the scene settles into a still picture. With Reduce Motion on, it stays still. GOOD DAYS A day with a finished session is a good day. Good days add up and never reset. New habitats open at 3 and 7 good days. The Week tab shows each day, and you can share a weekly card with the pet in front, your finished sessions and an invite link. Awayling times focus sessions while your phone is locked. Your pets and your history are stored on your phone. A daily 8pm reminder is available and stays off until you turn it on. FREE AND KEEPER Free: the Ember species, the Commons, every egg and letter, all four colors, three habitats, 14 days of history, focus sessions, growth and sharing. Awayling Keeper is a one-time purchase. It adds Dewy and the Keeper species added later, plus two more habitats and your full history. Keeper species hatch from your next egg, like every pet. Privacy policy: https://scrollingisevil.com/awayling/privacy/ Help: support@scrollingisevil.com

Screenshots

Pypets4 screens
Awayling4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Pypets at none against Awayling's 1. Awayling's advantage is update cadence (every 3 days vs weekly) and iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.0). On price, 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. Awayling sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Pypets asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Pypets ships an update weekly, Awayling every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and October 26, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Pypets versus Awayling: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPypetsAwayling
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.9 (7 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings7 — better—
Update frequencyWeeklyEvery 3 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS17.015.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size100 MB47 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSude Naz AslanScrolling Is Evil LLC

In-app purchases

None

Pypets

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Awayling

One-time1
  • Awayling Keeper$14.99

Questions

Is Pypets free?
Pypets is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Awayling free?
Awayling is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Pypets or Awayling have ads?
Neither Pypets nor Awayling shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Pypets or Awayling?
Pypets ships an update weekly, and Awayling every 3 days. Most recently, Pypets was updated on October 31, 2026 and Awayling on October 26, 2026.

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