Comparison

Wiggly Pet vs Bova Buddy

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

Head to head
About

Wiggly Pet

Shape a unique pet's personality by answering daily questions for seven days before it hatches. Care for your hatched companion through feeding, playing, and chatting, with its responses reflecting the traits you instilled.

Highlights
  • Daily personality shaping questions
  • Unique pet hatching based on answers
  • Interactive pet care activities
  • Chat with your pet
  • Pet diary entries
  • Variety of pet species
Features
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Your egg hatches in 7 days. Talk to it every day until then. Wiggly Pet is a care app where what you say to your egg becomes its personality. Favorites, dislikes, values, way of speaking — everything you answer over 7 days builds into one unique character. Even the same species turns out completely different depending on who raised it. ■ 7 Days of Shaping a Personality · 3 new questions arrive every day — just answer them · Your answers build 5 personality traits, a way of speaking, and preferences · On Day 7, a baby animal hatches with the personality you gave it ■ Life Continues After Hatching · Feed it, wash it, play with it, put it to sleep · Chat with it — it talks back in the personality you shaped, and listens to what's on your mind · Couldn't visit for a few days? It goes on a little adventure alone and leaves a diary entry ■ Who You Might Hatch Dogs, cats, hamsters, rabbits, foxes, raccoons, penguins, alpacas, capybaras, mini pigs — and even mythical creatures like haetae, dokkaebi, white tiger, nine-tailed fox, and phoenix. ■ Your Time Together, Recorded Day 7, Day 30, Day 365 — the days you've spent together become a little autobiography. ※ Chatting with your pet is not professional counseling.

About

Bova Buddy

Features
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It has opinions. Bova Buddy is a virtual pet game where your pet is a rock. Swipe to pet it, earn its trust, unlock its moods and sarcastic remarks — and watch a stone slowly learn to like you. No ads, no accounts, plays offline. KEY FEATURES - Pet the Rock: Swipe to pet it. Longer strokes build more trust. Tap it or shake your phone and it reacts — but don't overdo it, or it gets offended for a moment. - 4 Relationship Levels: Go from Suspicious Mineral to Familiar Boulder, Stone Companion and finally Kindred Rock. Every level changes its face, mood and what it says to you. - Cracks & Life Cycle: Each level leaves a crack. At 100% the rock splits, your "rocks broken" counter goes up, and a new rock arrives to start over. - Rare Events: A 5% chance after every pet — critical pet, sneeze, identity crisis, a 3-second nap or a perfect swipe, with banners, sparks and haptics. - Coins & 19 Skins: Every pet earns a coin; level-ups and broken rocks earn more. Spend them on pirate, astronaut, knight, samurai, punk, Midas and more. Each skin changes both the rock and the world around it. - Stats Screen: Trust, level, mood, total pets, rocks broken, days together, daily average, coins earned and spent, unlocked skins and milestones. - Daily Visits: Check in every day for +1 trust and a growing "days together" streak. - Reminders: An evening nudge at 7 p.m. with a line from your rock, and a gentle reminder if you've been away for 3 days. HOW IT WORKS 1. Meet your rock. 2. Swipe to pet it and earn trust. 3. Unlock moods, phrases and skins. 4. Reach 100%, say goodbye, adopt the next one. MADE FOR SHORT BREAKS System, Light and Dark themes. Sound and haptics you can turn off. Reset the relationship anytime — the rock will remember that.

Screenshots

Wiggly Pet4 screens
Bova Buddy4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Bova Buddy at none against Wiggly Pet's 3. Bova Buddy also leads on ads (none vs shown). Wiggly Pet's advantage is update cadence (every 2 days vs every 3 weeks). On price, device support and iOS requirement 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. Wiggly Pet sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Bova Buddy asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Wiggly Pet ships an update every 2 days, Bova Buddy every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 6 level
Wiggly Pet versus Bova Buddy: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWiggly PetBova Buddy
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 days — betterEvery 3 weeks
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.015.0
Further details — not scored
Size45 MB93 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperKYUNGROK KIMNOAH EVANS

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Wiggly Pet

One-time3
  • 1 Mongle$0.49
  • 5 Mongles$2.99
  • 12 Mongles$5.99
None

Bova Buddy

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Wiggly Pet free?
Wiggly Pet is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Bova Buddy free?
Bova Buddy is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Wiggly Pet or Bova Buddy have ads?
Wiggly Pet shows ads; Bova Buddy does not.
Which is updated more often, Wiggly Pet or Bova Buddy?
Wiggly Pet ships an update every 2 days, and Bova Buddy every 3 weeks. Most recently, Wiggly Pet was updated on October 25, 2026 and Bova Buddy on October 24, 2026.

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