Degenchi vs Islo
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side ā with what reviewers say about each.
Degenchi
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Eight very cute creatures. Eight very bad habits. Degenchi is a virtual pet game for grown ups. You adopt a small, extremely cute critter, and then you find out what it needs. Puff wants a Smoky Stick every twenty minutes. Fizzy loves everyone until the Bubbly Juice wears off. Nugget will eat your entire pantry. Chip has a system. The system does not work. Keep them fed, keep them calm, and try to stop anybody having a meltdown in public. THEY KEEP GOING WHILE YOU ARE GONE Craving, fullness, mood, energy and health all move on real world time. Close the app for six hours and you come back to consequences. Let a craving climb too far and it becomes a full meltdown, with health draining until you sort it out. EVERYONE FALLS APART DIFFERENTLY Nugget burns through food twice as fast. Bean never gets tired but his mood swings wildly. Wobble barely feels anything at all. Sugar spikes hardest and falls apart quickest. Eight critters, eight completely different maintenance problems. NINE FACES EACH Every creature is hand drawn for chilling, thriving, blissed out, fiending, meltdown, down bad, starving, running on empty and rough shape. You can read exactly how someone is doing from across the room. FORTY SKINS TO COLLECT Five looks per critter across five rarity tiers, and a skin repaints everything including the props they carry. Chip's dealer visor, Shroomie's cap, Fizzy's party hat. Every skin has a fixed price, so you save up and buy the exact one you want. DAILY CHALLENGES Three fresh challenges roll every midnight, with a streak bonus that grows the longer you keep showing up. THE LUCKY WHEEL Chip's favorite place on earth. Fake money, published odds, deliberately terrible. Losing is the joke. FREE TO PLAY, PROPERLY Everything is earnable. Degen Bucks come from daily challenges, the Lucky Wheel, and whatever Chip finds down the back of the sofa. Optional currency packs exist if you want to move faster, and nothing is locked behind them. NO ACCOUNT, NO TRACKING, NO INTERNET NEEDED There is no sign up and no ads. Your save lives on your device, the game works completely offline, and we collect nothing about you. A NOTE ON THE JOKE Degenchi is a comedy about cartoon animals with bad habits. The substances are invented, the money is fake, and none of it is advice, encouragement, or remotely realistic. If any of the themes here reflect something you are actually dealing with, please talk to someone qualified. That matters more than a game does.
Islo
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Tap an egg, meet a tiny baby and raise it right on your iPhone: in the Dynamic Island, on the Lock Screen, in StandBy and in widgets. Feed it, bathe it, play with it and watch it grow up. It never dies and never makes you feel guilty. HATCH IT AND WATCH IT GROW ⢠Tap the egg until the shell cracks and your baby pops out ⢠It grows from baby to child, teen and adult, celebrating each stage ⢠As an adult it shows a personality shaped by your care: playful, cuddly, foodie or sparkly EVERYDAY CARE ⢠Drag food right to its mouth and watch it munch with puffy cheeks ⢠Clean up little poops with one tap ⢠Rub it with bubbly foam at bath time ⢠Pet it, tickle it, boop its nose ⢠Tuck it in and turn the lights off for a starry night PLAY TOGETHER ⢠Playroom mini-games: Which Way?, Catch the Snacks, Pop the Bubbles ⢠Teach tricks with praise: a big jump, spin, bow and dance ⢠It dances along when you play your music COINS, SHOP AND ALBUM ⢠Earn coins with daily tasks and open a gift box every day ⢠Buy treats, toys and decor for the room ⢠A memory album keeps the hatching, every stage and each learned trick IT LIVES ON YOUR IPHONE ⢠Sleeps on your schedule and wakes up with you ⢠Celebrates your step goal and hides from the rain ⢠Curls up on the charger and puts on a tie before a meeting ⢠Feed, pet and play from the widget or the Live Activity without opening the app NO GUILT, EVER Your creature never dies and never runs away. A basic daily ration always refills, so it never goes hungry. On a frosty day it may catch a cold, which is just a sneeze and a cup of tea. Gentle reminders are cheerful, and skipping one changes nothing. PICK YOUR FRIEND Puff is a warm fluffy ball, Drop is a calm little slime philosopher, Chirp is a quick curious spark of a bird. Dress them in hats, scarves and new outfit packs, and preview every item on the Dynamic Island, the Lock Screen and widgets. VISITS Send your creature to a friend for an hour. They see it in their own Live Activity after they accept the visit. PRIVATE BY DESIGN ⢠No sign-up ⢠Steps stay on your device ⢠Only the start times of calendar events are read, never titles or guests ⢠Every data source is off until you turn it on, and Islo is complete without any of them ⢠No ads ISLO PRO Pro grows your family: a second creature and new generations hatched from eggs, up to four together. It adds real-time weather and calendar reactions from our server, a livelier Live Activity, flip and roll tricks, a double daily gift, your own photos in the album and exclusive items. Item packs are one-time purchases. Coins and food baskets are optional purchases. Pro is an auto-renewing subscription, monthly or yearly. Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase. The subscription renews automatically unless it is canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. You can manage or cancel it in your Apple Account settings. Terms of Use: https://isloapp.web.app/terms Privacy Policy: https://isloapp.web.app/privacy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Degenchi at 15.1 against Islo's 17.2. On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price Ā· Rating Ā· Positive reviews Ā· Number of ratings Ā· Update frequency Ā· Ads Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Monetization Ā· Best chart rank Ā· Devices Ā· Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Degenchi sells 4 one-off in-app purchases and Islo sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
| Parameter | Degenchi | Islo |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | ā | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod ā better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 ā better | 17.2 |
| Further details ā not scored | ||
| Size | 30 MB | 8 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Parker Stafford | Yevhenii Bruchkovskyi |
In-app purchases
Degenchi
- Pocket Change$0.99
- Bar Tab$4.99
- Rent Money$9.99
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- Trust Fund$19.99
Islo
- A handful of coins$0.99
- Animal pack$1.99
- Party pack$1.99
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- Sweet basket$1.99
- Spooky pack$2.99
- Story Heroes pack$2.99
- Tokyo & Seoul pack$2.99
- A pouch of coins$2.99
- Feast basket$3.99
- A chest of coins$5.99









