Comparison

Cat Genome vs dfruit

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

Head to head
About

Cat Genome

Discover and breed unique cats with rare genetic traits, dress them up in fun outfits, and compete in various events. This game offers deep genetic simulation and extensive customization options, all playable offline.

Highlights
  • Rescue and breed cats
  • Unlock rare coats and genes
  • Dress up cats with 100+ props
  • Compete in Kitten League events
  • Deep cat genetics simulation
  • Build cat family trees
  • Fully offline gameplay
Features
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THE KITTEN DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM FOUND YOU Rescue stray kittens, breed champion cats, unlock rare coats, and dress your cattery in 100+ fun props. Free to play, fully offline, no ads. UNLIMITED KITTENS • No energy meter, no lives, no waiting to play • Answer as many rescue calls as you like • Breed as many litters as you want RARE COMBINATIONS TO CHASE • 312 looks to discover across four trait axes • Hidden genes resurface generations later, so rare coats run in families • Chase calico, tortoiseshell, colorpoint, and the fully recessive long coat • Rarest of all: the prismatic kitten, with a rainbow coat, blue eyes, and a head start on every stat FOUR WAYS TO BREED • Let nature surprise you • Add a guaranteed extra kitten to every litter • Lock the traits you want • Or hand-pick every last one FOR THE SCIENCE MINDED • Real cat genetics: white masks every pattern, and tri-color coats need the right base • Two genes per trait, with dominance deciding what you actually see • A DNA scanner that reveals which cats are quietly carrying what • Preserve a favorite's genome in the DNA Lab, then clone it exactly • Splice: lock individual traits, or choose which parent each stat gene comes from • Weave two or three saved genomes into a single hybrid RAISE, COMPETE, AND DRESS UP • Grow kittens in the nursery, and enter the little ones in Kitten League events • 10+ fun competitions across seven tiers, Backyard to Legends • Fashion Shows judged mostly on the outfit • 100+ props to drag, resize, and rotate BUILD A BLOODLINE • Trace every relationship in the family tree • Fill your Cat-Dex with every look you have discovered • Trade for new bloodlines on the Cat Exchange • A traveling trader visits each weekend, paying well above the going rate EVERY UPGRADE IS EARNABLE • Your cats earn coins from rescues, competitions, and the Cat Exchange • Spend them on props, cattery space, breeding tools, and DNA Lab upgrades • 100% playable without spending real money PLAYING WITH VOICEOVER • Each cat, event, show and store item is one stop, with its name first • Double-tap the competitor, tier, theme or a breeding parent to choose from a list • Hear pet descriptions, clear action costs and competition results • Coin purchases ask first, and Settings > VoiceOver lets you choose Brief or Detailed screens • Find recent messages and the Accessibility Guide in Settings NO ADS. NO ACCOUNTS. NO LOOT BOXES. • Fully offline, with optional iCloud backup • In-app purchases are optional shortcuts and extras, never requirements • Coin packs, the Quick Compete planner, the Genome Loom, and the Wild Cat Pack

About

dfruit

Merge fruits by dropping them into a basket, creating larger fruits and chain reactions. Enjoy multiple game modes, including classic score chasing and timed challenges, with a focus on offline play and a relaxing, tactile experience.

Highlights
  • Fruit merging gameplay
  • Playful physics engine
  • Classic, Timed Trial, and Orchard Run modes
  • Orchard Run upgrades and shop
  • Offline play
  • Storybook orchard theme
  • Responsive sound and haptics
Features
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Drop fruit into the basket, match two of the same kind, and watch them grow into a bigger fruit friend. dfruit is a warm, tactile fruit-merging game built around a quick one-finger loop: aim, release, merge, repeat. Every drop uses playful physics, so fruit bounce, roll, settle, and create surprising chain reactions. Play your way: • Classic — keep merging and chase your best score before the basket fills. • Timed Trial — score as much as you can in 90 seconds of active play. • Orchard Run — clear escalating Harvest goals, earn upgrade points, and build your own combination of run-only upgrades. Grow an Orchard Run: • Twenty upgrades, from a roomier basket and bigger drops to powerful scoring combinations • A shop after each completed Harvest, with fruit-value boosts, rotating upgrades, and optional rerolls • Twist Drop, Cider Press, Rumble Seed, and Anyfruit, with three customizable quick-access slots • Escalating watermelon basket clears that award permanent bonuses for the rest of your run • Challenge Harvests with variety, Medium-fruit, and Large-fruit goals and bonus upgrade points • Deeper upgrade levels and new center-merge, paced-merge, and shop-currency strategies • Separate best-Harvest and best-total records Made for a quick break: • An original storybook orchard Home • One independent saved game per mode, with Save & Quit and exact Resume • Lifetime Stats with mode filters, active playtime, drops, merges, points, and fruit creation counts • Optional shareable seeds for repeatable challenges in all three modes • Eleven original fruit characters and a readable Fruit Evolution chart • Ten offline achievements, six unlockable merge collections, and four distinctive background rewards • A newly illustrated Moon Garden filled with enchanted plants and woodland friends • Responsive sound and haptics, plus five lo-fi background tracks • VoiceOver, Larger Text, Reduce Motion, and high-contrast danger feedback dfruit works completely offline. It has no accounts, ads, analytics, purchases, or tracking.

Screenshots

Cat Genome4 screens
dfruit4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: dfruit at none against Cat Genome's 7. dfruit also leads on iOS requirement (18.0 vs 26.0). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Cat Genome sells 7 one-off in-app purchases. dfruit asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Cat Genome against 5.0 for dfruit. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 1 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Cat Genome ships an update monthly, dfruit every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Cat Genome versus dfruit: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCat Genomedfruit
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings2 — better1
Update frequencyMonthly — betterEvery 5 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS26.018.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size79 MB39 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJasmine RobinsonMark Drewry

Customer experience

Cat Genome

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

dfruit

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

7 purchases

Cat Genome

One-time7
  • Pouch of Coins$1.99
  • Satchel of Coins$4.99
  • Quick Compete$4.99
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  • Chest of Coins$6.99
  • Wild Cat Pack$9.99
  • Genome Loom$9.99
  • Vault of Coins$19.99
None

dfruit

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Cat Genome free?
Cat Genome is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is dfruit free?
dfruit is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Cat Genome or dfruit?
Cat Genome and dfruit are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 2 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do Cat Genome or dfruit have ads?
Neither Cat Genome nor dfruit shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Cat Genome or dfruit?
Cat Genome ships an update monthly, and dfruit every 5 weeks. Most recently, Cat Genome was updated on October 21, 2026 and dfruit on October 25, 2026.

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