Choposo vs Hermit Crab Simulator
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Choposo
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A tiny creature that lives on your Lock Screen. Choposo is a pet-raising app that lives on your iPhone's Lock Screen and Dynamic Island. Every time you glance at your phone, a small creature is walking around. ■ Care for it right from the Lock Screen Feed and clean up without opening the app. On supported devices, it walks around inside the Dynamic Island. ■ The bed decides who hatches There are 52 beds. Which one you place determines what hatches from the egg. A donut bed, a tree stump, a seashell. ■ Food shapes how it grows The same creature grows differently depending on what it eats. Feed it the food tied to its bed, or stick to the basics — each lineage has three possible adults. ■ Five days, one lifetime Egg, juvenile, adult, then old age and a new egg. One generation takes about five days. Every creature you've said goodbye to stays in your album. ■ Visit your friends' nests Trade friend codes and drop by their room. Visiting exchanges a souvenir food. Your creature appears on their Lock Screen for one hour. ■ A world made of paper Every image is made from construction paper, crayon, and craft. 209 creatures, 52 beds, 100 pieces of furniture, 30 backgrounds. And one bed that only five people in the world will own.
Hermit Crab Simulator
Create a tropical sanctuary for a virtual hermit crab. Collect shells, decorate habitats, and care for your companion. Enjoy a peaceful, ad-free experience with no subscriptions.
- Collect 44 unique shell designs
- Decorate 12 environments with 29 items
- Care for your hermit crab (feeding, misting, cleaning)
- Unlock up to five habitats
- Earn daily rewards and save photos
- Optional iCloud backup
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No Ads. No Subscriptions. A Quiet Little World. Welcome a hermit crab and build a tropical home on the sand. Name your companion, collect beautiful shells, and make each habitat your own. A SHELL FOR EVERY MOOD Discover 44 shell designs, from natural spirals to fantasy jewels. Change shells while keeping your crab’s name, age, and care history. Each habitat has its own collection. CREATE YOUR SANCTUARY Explore 12 environments and arrange 29 decorations, including plants, hides, climbing structures, pools, and five luxurious treasures. Move, resize, and layer pieces to design your home. Unlock up to five habitats with a shared coin balance. CARE AND PLAY Feed your crab, mist the habitat, refresh freshwater and saltwater pools, and clean the glass. Tap the sand to play: ten taps fill playfulness. Each fresh pool adds 12 happiness for 24 hours. Optional feeding reminders help you keep a routine. A PEACEFUL POCKET COMPANION Enjoy a silent game with no ambient sound. Earn daily rewards, save terrarium photos, and use optional iCloud backup. Loading a backup replaces local progress; use one device at a time. Coins can be earned through play. Optional consumable coin packs are available through Apple in-app purchases. There are no ads or subscriptions. Care continues while the app is closed. If care lapses, the worn shell is lost. A free recovery meal brings your companion back in the starter shell; buy the lost shell again for 10% of its original coin price. Other collected shells remain yours. This is a fictional virtual-pet game. Its habitats, fantasy shells, and care timers are not instructions for real animal care.
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Verdict
Choposo and Hermit Crab Simulator are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters — price, ads, in-app purchases and device support among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.
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. Choposo sells 6 one-off in-app purchases and Hermit Crab Simulator sells 5 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
| Parameter | Choposo | Hermit Crab Simulator |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Number of ratings | — | 2 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 4 days | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | — | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.2 | 16.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 484 MB | 112 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Tsuyoshi Hashimoto | WYATT WAYNE KELLER |
In-app purchases
Choposo
- 150 Gems$3.99
- 220 Gems$4.99
- 500 Gems$9.99
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- 1500 Gems$29.99
- 2500 Gems$39.99
- 5500 Gems$79.99
Hermit Crab Simulator
- Tiny Coin Pack$0.99
- Small Coin Pack$3.99
- Medium Coin Pack$7.99
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- Large Coin Pack$12.99
- Premium Coin Pack$29.99









