Dotling vs Petwhile
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Dotling
Relive the 90s with a digital pixel pet that lives on your screen. Care for your virtual companion, play mini-games, and watch it evolve. Widgets keep your pet close, even when the app is closed.
- Pixelated dot-matrix LCD display
- Hatch, grow, and evolve through 5 stages
- Multiple species and care-dependent adult evolutions
- Interactive care: feeding, cleaning, discipline
- Mini-games: Guess the Turn, Stop the Dot, Hi-Lo
- Home and Lock Screen widgets
- Generational traits and achievements
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A pocket virtual pet that lives on a real dot-matrix LCD. No emoji, no cartoons: just 576 dots, a beeping little friend and the feeling of the keychain toy you carried in the 90s. HATCH IT • Start with an egg and watch it hatch, grow and evolve through 5 stages • Three species: Dotto the blob, Peep the bird and Nyx the cat • Adults evolve differently depending on your care: Classic, Radiant or Scruffy CARE FOR IT • Meals and snacks, cleaning, medicine, lights out at bedtime • Discipline it when it misbehaves, or it grows up wild • Gentle reminders, at most 3 a day, only when your pet really needs you • Vacation mode freezes all needs while you are away PLAY WITH IT • Guess the Turn: the classic virtual pet duel • Stop the Dot: a timing game that speeds up every round • Hi-Lo: will the next number be higher or lower? KEEP IT CLOSE • Home Screen widgets show your pet and its meters • Lock Screen widgets tell you at a glance when it is hungry or bored • LCD beeps and haptics, with on/off switches A REAL SIMULATION • Time passes while the app is closed, and it is handled fairly • Care windows are measured in hours, not minutes • Every pet passes a trait to the next generation • Records, a graveyard for every lineage and 8 achievements to unlock DOTLING PREMIUM Your first generation is free forever. Dotling Premium unlocks every later generation, the bird and cat species, and the Amber, Ice and Noir LCD screens. The yearly plan starts with a 7-day free trial for eligible new subscribers. Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase. Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel any time in your account settings. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://www.dijitalpilot.com/uygulama-gizlilik/
Petwhile
Discover what your pets do when you're away through a cozy pixel art simulation. Adopt, dress up, and interact with your virtual companions, uncovering their unique personalities and the stories they create.
- Adopt and uncover pet personalities
- Dress up pets in various accessories
- Customize living spaces
- Discover and collect visitors
- Interactive camera with treats and toys
- Home Screen widget for pet monitoring
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What do your pets get up to when you're not home? Now you can find out. Peek at the pet cam and catch them napping in odd places, chasing each other from room to room and staring very hard at a bird. Then walk in the door to the happiest hello of your day. Petwhile is a cozy pixel art world of cats and dogs with minds of their own. THE BEST PART OF YOUR DAY Come home and they come running. Tails up, hearts flying, and maybe a little gift left on the floor just for you. THEY NEVER SIT STILL Zoomies. Sunbathing. Knocking things off shelves. Your pets keep busy whether you're watching or not, and every time you come back there's a story of what you missed. WHO'S THAT AT THE WINDOW Cardinals on the sill. A raccoon in the yard. A shy stray who keeps coming back. Win their trust and they might just move in. MAKE IT YOURS • Adopt cats and dogs, each with a personality you uncover over time • Dress them up in hats, collars and scarves • Move from a city apartment to a cabin, a house and a big old barn • Fill your Field Guide with every visitor you spot • Fill your Scrapbook with every first • Toss treats, blow bubbles and roll a ball right from the camera • Keep an eye on them from your Home Screen with the Room Cam widget MADE FOR IPHONE DUO Open the phone and watch two cameras side by side. NO PRESSURE, EVER A few minutes a day is plenty. No streaks to lose. No guilt. Miss a day and your pets are just happy to see you. No ads. No account. Optional in-app purchases for kibble and item bundles.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Petwhile at every 2 days against Dotling's weekly. On price, rating, ratings volume and ads 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. Dotling sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per month and Petwhile sells 9 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Dotling against 5.0 for Petwhile. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively.
Dotling ships an update weekly, Petwhile every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Dotling | Petwhile |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 1 |
| Update frequency | Weekly | Every 2 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Freemium | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 12 MB | 7 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | DIJITAL PILOT REKLAM SANAYI TICARET LIMITED SIRKETI | Lanely Labs LLC |
In-app purchases
Dotling
- Dotling Premium$5.991 Month
- Dotling Premium7 Days trial$24.991 Year
Petwhile
- Scoop of Kibble$0.99
- Starter Bundle$1.99
- Bubble Day Bundle$1.99
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- Little Surprise Bundle$1.99
- Bag of Kibble$2.99
- Cozy Night Bundle$2.99
- Autumn Bundle$2.99
- Sack of Kibble$5.99
- Pantry of Kibble$9.99








