Nurtlet vs Tiny Text Terrarium
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Nurtlet
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Meet Lumi, a little lavender axolotl who needs a friend. Stroke its head, tickle its tummy, hold its paw — Lumi reacts to every touch. Nurtlet is a cozy virtual pet game made for short, calm visits. There is nothing to lose and no timer to beat: just a small companion who is glad you came back. CARE FOR LUMI • Feed it porridge, apples and cupcakes — drag the food to its mouth • Scrub off the mud with a sponge, rinse the foam, brush its teeth • Turn off the light and read a bedtime story with choices • Help it feel better when it is unwell PLAY TOGETHER • Throw a ball and catch it at the right moment • Teach Lumi dance moves and repeat them back • Four minigames: Catch the Stardrops, Bubble Pop, Echo Song and Treasure Trail • Send Lumi on little journeys and collect souvenirs • Talk to Lumi and hear it answer in its own voice MAKE IT YOURS • Hats, scarves, a flower crown and more, all modelled to fit Lumi • Six rooms to visit: living room, kitchen, bathroom, bedroom, garden and workshop • Room themes for each room — a bakery kitchen, a moonlit bedroom, a winter cabin • Take photos of Lumi and share them GROW A FRIENDSHIP • Daily missions and a login streak • Levels, growth stages and a bond that deepens over time • Lumi brings you keepsakes when you have been away MADE TO BE COMFORTABLE • Full VoiceOver support, including the minigames • Reduce Motion, haptics and sound settings • 12 languages: English, Ukrainian, Spanish, German, French, Portuguese, Italian, Polish, Turkish, Japanese, Korean and Chinese • Works offline, no account required • Progress is saved on your device and backed up with iCloud Core gameplay never requires watching ads. Optional in-app purchases and optional rewarded ads are available. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://alexframe.dev/legal/nurtlet/privacy
Tiny Text Terrarium
Cultivate a serene text-based garden that grows over time. Discover unique flora and fauna, track your garden's history through diary entries, and enjoy seasonal changes. Widgets provide a glance at your growing world.
- Plant seeds and watch them grow with real time
- Diary logs of garden events
- Discover 27 species and oddities
- Real weather and seasonal changes
- Home and Lock Screen widgets
- Time acceleration option
- Customizable appearance
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Plant a seed. Close the app. Come back to a little world that grew while you were away. Tiny Text Terrarium is a cozy garden built entirely from text. Every plant, puddle, and passing bee is an emoji living in a tiny grid. There's nothing to optimize, no timers to beat, and no way to lose. Just a quiet patch of soil that keeps growing while you live your life. • Plant seeds, sprinkle droplets, and let real time do the rest • Come back to a hand-written diary of everything that happened, "A bee stopped by the daisies and did a little happy dance." • Discover 27 species, visitors, and oddities for your Almanac • Learn the garden's secrets: something likes rainy mountains… • Real weather moods, day and night, snow in winter, and a few seasonal surprises • Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets: your garden at a glance, one tap away • Can't wait? The Sundial nudges time forward, a day's worth per day • Make it yours: five backdrop tints and a light/dark appearance switch • Wilted flowers forgive you. One droplet fixes everything • Nothing to buy, ever. A tip jar exists only if you'd like to say thanks Fully playable with VoiceOver. No ads, no accounts, no data collected, your garden never leaves your device.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Tiny Text Terrarium at none against Nurtlet's shown. Nurtlet's advantage is update cadence (every 2 weeks vs monthly) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). On price, rating, ratings volume 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. Nurtlet sells 4 one-off in-app purchases and Tiny Text Terrarium sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Nurtlet against 5.0 for Tiny Text Terrarium. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively.
Nurtlet ships an update every 2 weeks, Tiny Text Terrarium monthly. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Nurtlet | Tiny Text Terrarium |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks — better | Monthly |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | — | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 242 MB | 7 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Alex Yehorov | Antonio Gordillo Toledo |
Customer experience
Nurtlet
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In-app purchases
Nurtlet
- Support Nurtlet$0.99
- Starter Cosmetics$1.99
- Spooky Cute Pack$1.99
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- Cozy Room Bundle$2.99
Tiny Text Terrarium
- Small Tip$0.99
- Kind Tip$2.99
- Generous Tip$6.99









