Comparison

Dewling vs TamaShell

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

Head to head
About

Dewling

Features
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Dewling is a tiny daily ritual: water your tree with one tap a day, and watch it grow. That's the whole game โ€” and that's the point. - ONE TAP A DAY Open the app, tap your tree, done. Watering is always free. Your Dewling grows through twelve stages over a hundred days, one day at a time. - EVERY TREE IS ONE OF A KIND Your tree's shape is grown from the day you planted it โ€” no two Dewlings ever look the same. - MISS A DAY? DEW DROPS Skip a day and your tree wilts. A Dew Drop revives it and keeps your streak alive. You earn them as your tree reaches new milestones. - THE GROVE REMEMBERS Lost trees aren't gone โ€” they're preserved in your Grove, at the height they reached. Every streak leaves something behind. - A GENTLE NUDGE, NEVER MORE One optional reminder a day, at a time you choose. No guilt-tripping, no spam. If a tree withers, we won't nag you about it. - SHARE YOUR STREAK Show off day 50 with a share card of your actual tree. FAIR BY DESIGN โ€ข No forced ads, ever โ€” only optional rewarded ads you choose to watch โ€ข No account, no sign-up, your data stays on your device โ€ข One optional one-time supporter purchase โ€” that's it Plant your seed today. See you tomorrow.

About

TamaShell

Features
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TamaShell is a virtual pet that lives entirely inside a fake computer terminal. Hatch an egg, then keep your pet fed, clean, rested, and happy using simple typed commands or on screen buttons. Your pet keeps living in real time, even while the app is closed, so a few days of neglect will actually catch up with you. Along the way there is a full day and night cycle, a coin economy you can earn by putting your pet to work, a shop for food and room decorations, and more... who knows what hides away in the terminal? If your pet dies, it does not just disappear. Reset and start the next generation. Raise a pet. Keep the terminal alive.

Screenshots

Dewling4 screens
TamaShell4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: TamaShell at none against Dewling's shown. Dewling's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs monthly) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.6). On price, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price ยท Rating ยท Positive reviews ยท Number of ratings ยท Update frequency ยท Ads ยท In-app purchases ยท Monetization ยท Best chart rank ยท Devices ยท Requires iOS

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

Both are free to download. Dewling sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and TamaShell sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Dewling ships an update weekly, TamaShell monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 10, 2026 and October 20, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences ยท 3 level
Dewling versus TamaShell: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDewlingTamaShell
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyWeekly โ€” betterMonthly
AdsYesNo โ€” better
In-app purchasesYesYes
DevicesiPhone, iPod โ€” betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.0 โ€” better17.6
Further details โ€” not scored
Size25 MB1 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperLevente SzaszKAMIL BARCZAK

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Dewling

One-time1
  • Support the Grove$2.99
4 purchases

TamaShell

One-time4
  • Cat Form$1.99
  • Robot Form$1.99
  • $ theme creator -enable$3.99
Show 1 more
  • TamaShell Pro Set$5.99

Questions

Is Dewling free?
Dewling is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is TamaShell free?
TamaShell is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Dewling or TamaShell have ads?
Dewling shows ads; TamaShell does not.
Which is updated more often, Dewling or TamaShell?
Dewling ships an update weekly, and TamaShell monthly. Most recently, Dewling was updated on October 10, 2026 and TamaShell on October 20, 2026.

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