Wiggly Pet vs Bova Buddy
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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
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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.
Bova Buddy
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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.
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Verdict
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
Both are free to download. Wiggly Pet sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Bova Buddy asks for nothing beyond the download.
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.
| Parameter | Wiggly Pet | Bova Buddy |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (1 ratings) — better | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 days — better | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 45 MB | 93 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | KYUNGROK KIM | NOAH EVANS |
In-app purchases
Wiggly Pet
- 1 Mongle$0.49
- 5 Mongles$2.99
- 12 Mongles$5.99
Bova Buddy
No in-app purchases









