Comparison

Pip vs Petwhile

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

Head to head
About

Pip

Features
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Meet Pip, a cozy pocket pet that hatches on your iPhone and grows up with you. LOOK AFTER PIP • Tap its head for a pat, tickle its tummy, and stroke it until the hearts fly. • Hand-feed it from the food tray: kibble, berries, a carrot (expect a face) and the odd cookie. • Muddy after playing outside? Scrub, rinse and watch Pip shake itself dry in the bath. • Tuck it in at bedtime. Pip never dies, and its needs drift gently while you're away. SIX GAMES TO PLAY TOGETHER • Zoomies: dash down the garden path, hop over flower pots, duck under washing lines and go around hedges. • Bounce: climb from the garden to the stars, float up on balloons, and let a leaf catch a fall. • Kickabout: tilt to dribble and shoot past Pip, who's in goal. • Hide and seek: look for peeking ears and listen for giggles, even with the lights out. • Pond Slide: a brain puzzle. Slide Pip across the ice and home in as few moves as you can. • Paw Trail: a brain puzzle. Draw one path through every clover patch and into bed. Both puzzles adapt as you play: solve cleanly and the next level gets trickier; get stuck and it eases off. ON YOUR WRIST AND IN YOUR SPACE • Apple Watch: check on Pip, feed it, pat it and tuck it in, and turn the Digital Crown to roll its ball. Add Pip to your watch face to see how it's doing. • Apple Vision Pro: set Pip on your table in 3D, or step into Pip's World, a twilight garden where you play hide and seek all around you. MAKE IT YOURS • Earn coins by caring and playing, then dress Pip up and decorate its room. • Power-ups for every game, bought with coins or in packs. • Optional packs of outfits, furniture, room themes and new friends. What you see is what you get: nothing is random. ALSO • Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets with a Feed button. • Say "Feed my Pip" to Siri. • A scrapbook of photos and milestones. • Plays on iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch and Apple Vision Pro, and your pet syncs through iCloud. Packs you buy work on all of them. • No ads. No tracking.

About

Petwhile

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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.

Screenshots

Pip4 screens
Petwhile4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Petwhile at every 2 days against Pip's every 4 days. Pip's advantage is device support (3 vs 1). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Pip sells 10 one-off in-app purchases and Petwhile sells 9 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Pip ships an update every 4 days, Petwhile every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 6 level
Pip versus Petwhile: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPipPetwhile
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Number of ratings—1 — better
Update frequencyEvery 4 daysEvery 2 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — betteriPhone
Requires iOS17.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size8 MB7 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperStrategy loom llcLanely Labs LLC

In-app purchases

10 purchases

Pip

One-time10
  • Bounce Power Pack$0.99
  • Zoomies Power Pack$0.99
  • Hide & Seek Power Pack$0.99
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  • Kickabout Power Pack$0.99
  • Royal Wardrobe$1.99
  • Seaside Room$1.99
  • Ember$2.99
  • Cozy Room$2.99
  • Holiday Set$2.99
  • Power-Up Big Box$4.99
9 purchases

Petwhile

One-time9
  • Scoop of Kibble$0.99
  • Starter Bundle$1.99
  • Bubble Day Bundle$1.99
Show 6 more
  • 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

Questions

Is Pip free?
Pip is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Petwhile free?
Petwhile is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Pip or Petwhile have ads?
Neither Pip nor Petwhile shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Pip or Petwhile?
Pip ships an update every 4 days, and Petwhile every 2 days. Most recently, Pip was updated on October 29, 2026 and Petwhile on November 6, 2026.

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