Petwidge vs Kinma
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Petwidge
Transform a photo of your pet into a unique 16-bit pixel-art companion that lives on your Home Screen, Lock Screen, and Dynamic Island. Your personalized pet will greet you throughout the day, keeping you company with custom widgets.
- Custom pixel-art pet from your photo
- Home Screen, Lock Screen, and Dynamic Island integration
- Interactive widgets for time, date, and weather
- Unique pet sprites, not stock characters
- No account or sign-up required
- Free to start with daily creation sparks
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Your pet, pixel-perfect — living on your Home Screen, Lock Screen, and Dynamic Island. Petwidge turns a single photo of your dog, cat, or any animal into a handcrafted 16-bit pixel-art companion, then gives them a home right on your phone. Your pet greets you every time you check the time, the weather, or just glance down. Because the ones we love should always be with us. No stock characters here — every Petwidge sprite is one of one, drawn from your photo. HOW IT WORKS • Pick one photo of your pet. • We paint two souls to choose from — one bright-eyed and playful, one calm and noble — and you pick the one that's really them. • Name them, and they move into your widgets, Lock Screen, and Dynamic Island. WIDGETS FOR EVERY SPOT • Pixel clock — your pet keeps the time. • Date & weather — rain or shine, right by your side. • Analog clock and calendar, color-matched to your pet. ALWAYS WITH YOU • Dynamic Island: a tiny companion at the top of your screen — long-press to see them bigger. • Lock Screen & StandBy: a familiar little face whenever you glance. MADE WITH CARE • Every sprite is tuned to look like YOUR pet — their markings, their colors, their little face. • No accounts. No sign-up. Just your pet. • Free to start — three fresh sparks every sunrise to create new pets. A NOTE ON PRIVACY To create your pixel pet, your photo is sent securely to Google's Gemini AI and comes right back — we don't store it on our servers. We ask once, before your very first pet. Petwidge is a love letter to the pets who make our days brighter, and to the humans who miss them. Questions, ideas, or a pixel pet to show off? hello@petwidge.com
Kinma
This companion app grows based on your real-life meals and social interactions. Photograph your food to feed your pet, or share meals with friends to foster connection and watch your companion evolve in unique ways.
- Pet grows based on real-life meals
- Recognizes dishes and cuisines
- Social dining with friends
- Pet evolves based on nourishment and sociability
- Records people shared meals with
- Cosmetics unlock with pet leveling
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Kinma is a little companion that grows on real life, not grind. Photograph what you eat, and Kinma recognizes the dish and cuisine, then grows a little from it. Eat with friends by starting a table and inviting whoever's with you, and Kinma grows a different way, through connection instead of calories. HOW IT GROWS Every pet tracks two things: Nourishment, from the meals you log, and Sociability, from the tables you share. Which one you lean into shapes how your pet evolves. Eat solo and often, and it grows one way; gather people around a table often, and it grows another; balance both, and it finds a third form entirely. FACES Kinma remembers who you've shared a table with, building a quiet little archive of the people you actually eat with. Not a feed, not a follower count. Just a record of real meals with real people. NO GRIND, NO ADS Cosmetics unlock as your pet levels up. Kinma doesn't run ads and doesn't sell your data. SIGN IN YOUR WAY Use Sign in with Apple, Google, or an email and password, or skip all of it and just start. You can always add a real login later from Settings, from any device, without losing your pet. A pet that eats what you eat, and thrives when you eat together.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Kinma at every 3 days against Petwidge's every 2 months. Kinma also leads on rating (4.0 vs 3.7) and iOS requirement (16.4 vs 26.0). On price, ratings volume, ads and in-app purchases 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Kinma holds the better App Store score, 4.0 against 3.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 2 respectively.
Petwidge ships an update every 2 months, Kinma every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 26, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Petwidge | Kinma |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.7 (3 ratings) | 4.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 3 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 3 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 16.4 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 35 MB | 55 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | ZXBT LLC | Brendan Pan |
In-app purchases
Petwidge
No in-app purchases
Kinma
No in-app purchases









