Pixel Islet vs tailumi
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Pixel Islet
Read full descriptionHide full description
A tiny pixel pet moves into a cozy 3D room on your iPhone. Feed, play, rest, clean, and pet. The way you care decides which adult form it grows into. Raise it differently and you get a different result: a relaxing idle pet game where the goal is to complete the whole collection. ▼ Features 【Live together in a 3D room】 The room has real depth. Tap the floor and your pet walks over, pet it and it beams, and it lets you know when it is hungry. When the room gets messy, you can actually see the dust and stains, so you know when to clean. The light shifts from morning to noon, dusk, and night, and at bedtime your pet lies down in its bed and sleeps. 【Grown-ups relax on a 3D island】 Once a pet reaches its adult form, you can let it live on the island. Spin the island with a swipe and watch your friends wander between the trees and the pond. At night, everyone sleeps. 【Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets】 Put the pet you're raising on your Lock Screen or a small widget to see its mood and progress at a glance. A wide widget shows your island friends (up to 8). 【They also live in the Dynamic Island (supported models)】 On supported iPhones, your pet stays in the Dynamic Island at the top of the screen and shows what it is up to at a glance: the time left on an outing, a souvenir waiting for you, napping, or feeling hungry. Even with the app closed, it switches on its own when your pet comes home or goes to bed. 【Your app icon becomes your pet】 Choose "Current pet" in Settings and the app icon on your Home Screen becomes the pet you are raising right now. When it evolves, the icon changes too. 【Evolution shaped by your care】 Forest, flame, water, star... the way you care decides which adult form a child grows into. The same species can end up looking completely different. 17 species plus one secret, and 84 forms to complete the collection. In the collection you can spin each 3D figure with your finger, read every pet's little story, and see its postcards. 【Bonds and the island】 Even after growing up, petting keeps raising the bond. Let a favorite live on the island and it brings you coins every day according to its bond level: a warm little economy. 【Minigames】 - Fruit Catch: catch falling fruit on your pet's head in the 3D room (while your pet is out or asleep, an island friend catches in its place) - Expedition: pick 2 to 4 island friends for an auto battle you watch unfold (3D) - Memory Match: a card-matching game with pets from your collection (unlocks at 4 registered forms) 【Outings and travel postcards】 Send your pet on an outing and it comes back later with coins, XP, and a souvenir. While it is out, it is not in the room, and it always comes home by bedtime. There are 20 souvenirs to collect. Each trip also brings a postcard of your pet, sometimes with island friends, at one of 12 places, from flower fields to hot springs. Time of day and weather vary, and rare ones show rainbows, whales, auroras, and more. Favorite, save, and share them in the Postcards tab. 【Daily task】 Clear one task a day for coins and XP. Watch a video to double the reward. ▼ Play at your own pace - Hunger and happiness fall slowly, and a short absence never kills your pet (only 48 hours of complete neglect does) - If hunger and happiness have never hit zero, a gentle notification lets you know before they do (until your pet grows up, when notifications are on) - No penalty for coming back after a while. The design is "oh, welcome back" - When a pet is fully grown, choose whether it graduates into a memory or keeps living on the island - Tap "Back up now" in Settings to save to iCloud and continue after switching phones or reinstalling Spend a little time with a little life on a little screen. Free to play with ads; a one-time Remove Ads purchase turns them off. Put Pixel Islet in your pocket today. Privacy Policy: https://rinblog.org/apps/pixel-pocket/support/privacy/ Terms of Use: https://rinblog.org/apps/pixel-pocket/support/terms/
tailumi
Read full descriptionHide full description
Welcome a little companion into your day. Tailumi is a gentle home for a virtual dog or cat. Choose a free companion, care for it, play together and build a bond at your own pace. Your pet does not die because you are away. Make its world your own with garden settings and accessories. Learn tricks, explore small discoveries and collect memories in a personal album. Your friendship tree grows with your bond, revealing a new detail every five levels up to level 200. Tap it to explore up close, turn it around and take a picture. Optional walks turn your phone's step counts into progress with your companion. Step counting requires your permission and a supported device. Find daily adventures in Today, choose accessories in Shop and meet other players in Club. Tap your companion's name for its profile, photos and collection. Discover 15 new accessories across the Tailumi, Riviera, Aurora and Regalia collections. Care streaks give all earned bond points a 10% bonus from day 5 and 20% from day 10. Invite a friend and earn 50 leaves each after the referral conditions shown in the app are met. Keep a beloved animal close in memory mode, with photographs and quiet moments without gameplay pressure. Want a more personal companion? Optional AI personalization uses your animal photos to match coat colors and markings to an animated dog or cat. The result is stylized, not an exact replica. One purchase includes one companion and up to two refinements before you accept it. Selected photos are sent to Tailumi and its AI providers only when you choose personalization and explicitly consent. Provider and data-processing details are available before sending and in the privacy policy. Gallery companions and basic care are free. Optional leaf packs and AI personalization are one-time in-app purchases; there is no subscription. Purchased leaves do not expire. An internet connection is required for rewards, saved progress, collections, spending leaves, purchases, AI and the optional club. Your companion, basic care and personal photos remain available offline. Save one .tailumi backup in Settings > Backup and recovery. On another phone, choose Recover everything to restore your account, companions, models, photos and album. Current progress and remaining purchases are retrieved from the server. Tailumi is available in English, Polish, German, French, Spanish, Portuguese and Japanese. Support: kontakt@sowerit.pl Privacy: https://anulujumowe.pl/tailumi/public/legal/privacy-en.html Terms: https://anulujumowe.pl/tailumi/public/legal/terms-en.html
Screenshots
Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: tailumi at none against Pixel Islet's shown. tailumi also leads on update cadence (daily vs every 10 days). On price, in-app purchases, 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. Pixel Islet sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and tailumi sells 5 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Pixel Islet ships an update every 10 days, tailumi daily. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 16, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Pixel Islet | tailumi |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Every 10 days | Daily — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 16.2 | 16.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 58 MB | 101 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Sho Iwasaki | Pawel Smoczynski |
In-app purchases
Pixel Islet
- Remove Ads$5.99
tailumi
- 300 leaves$0.99
- 1000 leaves$2.99
- Pet photo personalization$4.99
Show 2 moreShow fewer
- 2300 leaves$5.99
- 4200 leaves$9.99









