My Wanderling vs Ghostagotchi
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
My Wanderling
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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 – 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 – 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 – 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 – wear them all at once if you like), postcards from every big journey, and your friendship album. NINE GAMES – 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 – one balloon, two skies, two phones. REAL MEETINGS Two devices find each other directly – 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 – 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 – 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 – 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 – the keepsakes (passport PDF, certificate, dream journal, map poster) are the only thing you can buy, and they change nothing about the game.
Ghostagotchi
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A small ASCII ghost that lives on your phone. Feed it. Play with it. Boop it from your lock screen. It has its own personality — a drifter, a clingy one, a chaotic gremlin, a sensitive poet, or a zen monk — and it floats around its underwater-space world doing its own thing. • 53 tiny ten-second games against your ghost • Evolve from WISP to WRAITH • 50+ glowing skins to collect • GHOST FM — tune the dial through 42 stations of ghostnaps music and watch your ghost react to every song • Home & lock screen widgets — boop without opening the app • Daily streaks and gifts on release days Your ghost never dies. But ignore it too long and it drifts away… one tap calls it back. No accounts. No ads. Free. Made with love in Boston, MA by ghostnaps.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Ghostagotchi at none against My Wanderling's 6. On price, ads, 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. My Wanderling sells 6 one-off in-app purchases. Ghostagotchi asks for nothing beyond the download.
| Parameter | My Wanderling | Ghostagotchi |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Every 3 days | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 11 MB | 2 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Connectix GmbH | Richard Lathrop |
In-app purchases
My Wanderling
- 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
Ghostagotchi
No in-app purchases









