Comparison

Pawsies vs My Wanderling

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

Head to head
About

Pawsies

Features
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Pawsies turns the pet you love into a tiny pixel companion who lives in a room that feels familiar. Add photos of your pet and room to create a personalized little world. Watch your companion wander, nap, eat, drink, play with toys, and settle into their own routines. Care continues while you are away, so every return feels like stepping back into a living space rather than restarting a game. MAKE IT THEIRS โ€ข Create personalized pixel pets from photos you choose โ€ข Transform a room into day, golden-hour, and night scenes โ€ข Arrange bowls, beds, litter boxes, scratchers, and toys โ€ข Keep multiple pets across multiple rooms SMALL MOMENTS, REAL PERSONALITY โ€ข Each pet has independent needs, energy, mood, and preferences โ€ข Pets explore, sleep, play, and visit useful items on their own โ€ข Treats and hands-on play interrupt the routine in delightful ways โ€ข Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets keep their care close PLAY AT YOUR OWN PACE Earn Pawprints through care and play to unlock room items. Optional consumable Paw Gems are used only when you choose to create an additional personalized pet or room. The base experience includes a default pet and room, and no social login is required. Pawsies is a cozy virtual-pet game. It does not provide real veterinary or animal-care advice. Privacy Policy: https://pawsies.app/privacy/ Terms of Use: https://pawsies.app/terms/ Support: https://pawsies.app/support/

About

My Wanderling

Features
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A creature is born from one place. And only once. Your location, the weather and the hour of your first meeting become a genome โ€“ colour, ears, eyes, voice. That combination never happens again. After that, your Wanderling grows from one thing only: the real steps you take together. EVERY METRE COUNTS No start button, no countdown. It simply counts along โ€“ including the steps you take while the app is closed. With Travel Mode even trains, cars and flights count. At 1, 10, 100 and 1000 km its body changes. GATHERED ALONG THE WAY Berries, shells, slivers of moon โ€“ 40 finds, each with its own little story, and each one remembers WHERE it was found. The shore gives different things than the mountains. ALL IN THE BACKPACK The collection, the wardrobe (found blossoms, hats, trophies โ€“ wear them all at once if you like), postcards from every big journey, and your friendship album. NINE GAMES โ€“ AND ONE FOR TWO Balloon, fireflies, shooting stars, echo song, bubbles, shell game, kite, peekaboo and pairs. Every game can drop a snack for the basket. And when another Wanderling is really standing next to you: the Balloon Duet โ€“ one balloon, two skies, two phones. REAL MEETINGS Two devices find each other directly โ€“ no server, no account. Your creatures swap cards, stories and a little gift. An experienced creature can bless a young one: a godparent bond, in the passport forever. A LIFE, NOT A CHORE LIST Pet it, tickle it, cuddle it โ€“ and if you hold it long enough, it falls asleep in your hands. It dreams every morning, sometimes wishes for something ("to smell the sea"), and learns your secret knock โ€“ which one day it knocks back at you. Forget it and you don't lose it. It sleeps and waits. YOUR JOURNEY MAP Every path, every trip, every find spot โ€“ on a map that exists only on your device. With time travel: where were you in the last 24 hours? HONEST No account. No server. No ads. No streaks, no guilt. The whole game is free โ€“ the keepsakes (passport PDF, certificate, dream journal, map poster) are the only thing you can buy, and they change nothing about the game.

Screenshots

Pawsies4 screens
My Wanderling4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: My Wanderling at every 3 days against Pawsies's weekly. On price, ads, 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. Pawsies sells 3 one-off in-app purchases and My Wanderling sells 6 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Pawsies ships an update weekly, My Wanderling every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference ยท 5 level
Pawsies versus My Wanderling: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPawsiesMy Wanderling
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyWeeklyEvery 3 days โ€” better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS16.416.0 โ€” better
Further details โ€” not scored
Size74 MB11 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperYasin Eren DursunConnectix GmbH

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Pawsies

One-time3
  • 500 Paw Gems$3.99
  • 1200 Paw Gems$7.99
  • 2500 Paw Gems$14.99
6 purchases

My Wanderling

One-time6
  • Reisepass als PDF Beschreibung$0.99
  • Geburtsurkunde (Druck)$0.99
  • Traumtagebuch (PDF)$0.99
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  • Andenken Poster$0.99
  • Sternenwanderer-Album$0.99
  • Alle Andenken (Paket)$2.99

Questions

Is Pawsies free?
Pawsies is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is My Wanderling free?
My Wanderling is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Pawsies or My Wanderling have ads?
Neither Pawsies nor My Wanderling shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Pawsies or My Wanderling?
Pawsies ships an update weekly, and My Wanderling every 3 days. Most recently, Pawsies was updated on October 31, 2026 and My Wanderling on November 6, 2026.

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