Bao Buddies vs dumplie
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Bao Buddies
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Welcome to Bao Buddies—a cozy collecting game filled with adorable dumpling friends! Open your daily Buddy Box, meet a new little friend, and watch your buddies roam around an illustrated garden. Keep your favorites, sell extras for coins, and grow your collection. FEATURES • Open a free Buddy Box every day • Use 250 coins to open another standard box • Discover 30 unique standard buddies across six rarity levels • Watch your buddies stroll, wave, and blink in a lively garden • Explore your collection in the Buddy Album • Sell extra buddies for coins • List and purchase buddies in the live marketplace • Find limited-edition buddies during special events • Watch optional rewarded ads to earn extra coins • Purchase optional coin packs STANDARD BOX ODDS Common: 50% Uncommon: 28% Rare: 14% Super Rare: 5.5% Legendary: 2% Mythic: 0.5% All marketplace trades and inventory changes are securely controlled by the game server. Buddies and virtual currency have no real-world monetary value and cannot be redeemed for cash.
dumplie
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Stack, merge, and chase a new high score. Dumplie is a charming merge puzzle with dynamic physics and a simple idea: Drop dumplings into the basket and bring two matching ones together. They merge into a new, larger character—but every move leaves you with less room. Plan ahead, use movement and chain reactions to your advantage, and connect several merges to build a combo worth up to 5× the points. Discover all ten dumplings and work your way up to the mighty Kinako. When two Kinakos meet, the Dumplie Feast begins and creates valuable space. WHAT AWAITS YOU • Intuitive one-finger controls • Fun physics-based merges • Ten dumpling tiers to discover • Combos worth up to 5× the points • Your own high score and character collection • Automatically saved game progress • Delightful animations, music, and haptic feedback Every dumpling changes the board. How long can you stay in control—and how high can you score?
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Bao Buddies at every 5 days against dumplie's every 4 weeks. On price, ads, in-app purchases 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
Both are free to download. Bao Buddies sells 4 one-off in-app purchases and dumplie sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Bao Buddies ships an update every 5 days, dumplie every 4 weeks. Both last shipped on October 29, 2026.
| Parameter | Bao Buddies | dumplie |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Every 5 days — better | Every 4 weeks |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 149 MB | 37 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Ryan Hopkins Inc | konax media Guenther Fick GbR |
In-app purchases
Bao Buddies
- 500 Coins$0.99
- 1,400 Coins$1.99
- 5 Box Tickets$2.99
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- 15 Box Tickets$4.99
dumplie
- Dumplie Premium$1.99
Questions
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