Comparison

PixelBay vs Mimlo

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

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About

PixelBay

A relaxing game combining aquarium care, pixel art, and match-3 puzzles. Raise and decorate your underwater world, nurture fish, and enjoy pressure-free gameplay. Your fish grow and progress even when you're offline.

Highlights
  • Build and customize pixel aquariums
  • Collect and care for various fish species
  • Decorate underwater environments
  • Play match-3 puzzle mini-games
  • Relaxed, pressure-free gameplay
  • Automatic progress saving
Features
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Welcome to Pixel Bay, a relaxing game that brings together aquarium care, charming pixel art, and match-3 puzzles. Build Your Pixel Aquarium Collect clownfish, blue tangs, puffers, and angelfish. Feed them, interact with them, and keep their water clean as they grow from young fish into adults. Meet Every Companion Give each fish a name and discover its age, personality, growth status, and companionship level. The longer you stay together, the closer your friendship becomes. Decorate Your Underwater Home Collect seaweed, coral, treasure chests, and castles. Move decorations freely and create a pixel aquarium that feels completely your own. Play Starry Match-3 Puzzles Swap neighboring tiles, create matches, trigger cascades, and collect stars before you run out of moves. Earn shells and fish food, then bring your rewards back to the aquarium. Relaxed, Pressure-Free Care Your fish continue progressing while you are away. Low conditions may pause growth, but fish never die and you never suffer permanent loss. Keep Your Progress Safe Fish status, names, decorations, resources, and high scores are saved automatically on your device. Optional iCloud saves let you back up and restore your progress. Helpful Reminders Choose whether to receive care alerts, growth updates, companionship milestones, or a gentle daily reminder. Return to Pixel Bay and meet your first underwater companion today.

About

Mimlo

Features
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A dog, a cat or a hare. A little home, everyday rituals and a story that grows with you. In Mimlo, adopt a 3D virtual companion and make time for the simple moments you share. YOUR LITTLE FAMILY, UNDER ONE ROOF Start with one companion, then welcome up to three pets into your home through additional adoptions sold separately as in-app purchases. They live together, while each keeps their own name, needs, personality and memories. Choose the companion you want to care for. LITTLE EVERYDAY RITUALS Serve some Mimlo Miam, offer a gentle stroke, play with the ball or make time for rest. Your companion heads to the bowl, takes breaks and responds to your care. The dog and cat lie down to sleep, then wake up to carry on with their little day. A HOME TO MAKE YOUR OWN Choose rugs, beds and food bowls. Three styles are included: First days, The blue hour and Soft earth. Mix individual items and preview your room before keeping your choices. Extra decorations and a larger home are optional in-app purchases. The starter home can accommodate all three companions: you do not need the large home to adopt more pets, and pet adoptions are not included with it. YOUR COMPANION, IN YOUR WORLD Bring your pet into augmented reality, at home or in the park. Place them on a surface, find your angle and take a photo. Keep the moment in your journal, save it to Photos or share it. A LITTLE FRESH AIR TOGETHER Start a walk with your iPhone. With your permission, Mimlo counts steps taken on that outing, without GPS routes or a required goal. Return home to your walk summary and sometimes a little discovery. A GROWING BOND Discover your companion’s personality through affection, play and walks. Your relationship develops through five stages. The album keeps your first meeting, meaningful moments of care, discoveries and the photos you choose to save. A SHARED HOME WITH SOMEONE WHO MATTERS Invite your partner or a friend to care for a companion in a household for two people. Find your shared care, activities, walks and photos you choose to share with the household. Your personal story stays separate. A shared household currently supports one pet. You cannot create one while your personal family includes several companions. A STORY TO COME BACK TO Your progress is saved on your iPhone. Sign in with Apple to enable automatic online backup or save manually, then recover your story on another iPhone. Personal journal photos stay on the device where you saved them. AT YOUR OWN PACE Personal care, decoration and memories remain available offline. Choose your reminders, household notifications, sounds and haptics in settings. Mimlo supports French and English and includes no advertising. In-app purchases are permanent and optional, with no subscription. The second and third companions, the large home and extra decorations are sold separately. Eligible purchases can be restored with the same Apple account. Online features require Internet access and Sign in with Apple; augmented reality requires a compatible iPhone. Terms of use: https://mimlo.mcsedition.org/en/terms/ Privacy: https://mimlo.mcsedition.org/en/privacy/

Screenshots

PixelBay4 screens
Mimlo4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: PixelBay at none against Mimlo's 7. PixelBay also leads on iOS requirement (16.6 vs 18.0). On price, ads and device support 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. Mimlo sells 7 one-off in-app purchases. PixelBay asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
PixelBay versus Mimlo: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPixelBayMimlo
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS16.6 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size6 MB133 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer志跃 王mcsEdition

In-app purchases

None

PixelBay

No in-app purchases

7 purchases

Mimlo

One-time7
  • Morning glow$1.99
  • Garden pause$1.99
  • Little treasures$1.99
Show 4 more
  • Cozy home$2.99
  • A second companion$3.99
  • A third companion$3.99
  • The large home$3.99

Questions

Is PixelBay free?
PixelBay is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Mimlo free?
Mimlo is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do PixelBay or Mimlo have ads?
Neither PixelBay nor Mimlo shows ads.

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