Comparison

Pet Buddies vs Zingoz Pop

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

Head to head
About

Pet Buddies

A relaxing game for adults where you can adopt and customize virtual pets, decorate their homes with a wide variety of items, and dress them in stylish outfits. Connect with other players, trade items, and help each other with decorating ideas.

Highlights
  • Adopt and customize virtual pets
  • Decorate pet homes with diverse furniture
  • Dress up pets in various stylish outfits
  • Social network for players
  • Trade decor and dress-up items
  • Weekly new decor and clothing releases
Features
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Relaxing pets and home decorating game for ADULTS. * RELAX! Spend hours decorating and enjoying your pet's wonderful personality. * BE NURTURING! Adopt and customize a cute and adorable virtual pet. Feed and care for your virtual pet and it will love you back! * DECORATE ROOMS! Beautifully drawn furniture and home decor items in a paradise of pet friendly items released EVERY WEEK. * DRESS UP YOUR PET! Super cute and stylish clothes to dress up your pet, from magical fairy to rock star! * MAKE NEW FRIENDS! Our social network of players have one thing in common: They love their pet and are huge cat and dog lovers! And..they love decorating! * BE HELPFUL! Visit neighbor houses, send and receive gifts, and form help each other with decorating ideas. * JOIN TRADING GROUPS. Trade with others to acquire rare or highly sought after decor and dress up items! Why is Pet Buddies so addictive? - You will enjoy your pet's Tamagotchi sensibility and attractiveness - You can relax, decorating your pet's house with new design and decor themes every week - Trading is a huge part of the game! - Weekly shop updates with beautifully designed furniture and pet dressup clothes - A social network of wonderfully helpful and friendly players - Advanced home decorating tools - A great variety of pet customize options to create the cutest pet just the way you want. - Your pet has fun social interactions when visiting homes of neighbor pets - Animal lovers will love that their pet seems to have a life and personality all its own - Every possible furniture and decor items can be found in shops to decorate with. From lamps, to wall clocks, beautiful outside sceneries, to gorgeous window, curtains, carpets, sofas, armchairs, floor lamps, ceiling lamps, and more! - Dress up items for your pet includes modern fashion, retro fashion, special outfits for cultural events and holiday celebrations, formal wear, cute winter wear, spring outfits and much more! Join Pet Buddies today!

About

Zingoz Pop

Aim and shoot colored bubbles to match three or more and pop them. Utilize special powers to clear more bubbles and earn in-game currency. This currency can be transferred to a virtual pet world account.

Highlights
  • Finger aiming and shooting
  • Match 3 or more bubbles to pop
  • Special power-ups
  • Earn KinzCash
  • Transfer earnings to Webkinz World
Features
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Play the classic Webkinz arcade game on mobile! Free Zingoz using your finger to aim the color cannon. Release to shoot a bubble. Match 3 or more bubbles of the same color to pop them. Choose a special power to help pop extra bubbles! Earn KinzCash while you play! Send your KinzCash earnings to any active Webkinz World account when you have an internet connection. Download the FREE Webkinz mobile app for even more fun games in the arcade, or visit Webkinz.com to experience a whole world of caring for your virtual pets!

Screenshots

Zingoz Pop4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Pet Buddies at Free against Zingoz Pop's $2.99. Pet Buddies also leads on rating (4.7 vs 4.0) and review sentiment (80% vs 50%). Zingoz Pop's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 12) and ads (none vs shown).

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

Pet Buddies is free to download; Zingoz Pop costs $2.99 up front. Pet Buddies sells 12 one-off in-app purchases. Zingoz Pop asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Pet Buddies holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Pet Buddies has 2K ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 80% of Pet Buddies's written reviews are positive against 50% of Zingoz Pop's.

Scorecard9 real differences · 1 level
Pet Buddies versus Zingoz Pop: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPet BuddiesZingoz Pop
PriceFree — better$2.99
Rating4.7 (2K ratings) — better4.0 (3 ratings)
Positive reviews79.7% of reviews — better50.0% of reviews
Number of ratings2K — better3
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks—
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases — betterPaid
DevicesiPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS13.08.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size854 MB55 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperVal DsouzaGANZ

Customer experience

Pet Buddies

All ratings2,015 ratings
Positive93.1%
Neutral2.6%
Negative4.4%
Written reviews359 reviews
Positive79.7%
Neutral7.5%
Negative12.8%

Zingoz Pop

All ratings3 ratings
Positive66.7%
Neutral33.3%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral50.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Pet Buddies

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Progress reset after updates
  • Stores not loading properly
  • Crashes when changing outfits

Requested features

4 requests
  • More ways to earn premium currency
  • Ability to move between rooms
  • Outdoor areas to explore
  • More pet and decor options

Zingoz Pop

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

12 purchases

Pet Buddies

One-time12
  • Limited time offer$0.99
  • 20 Green Cash$2.99
  • 30 000 Coins$2.99
Show 9 more
  • Limited time offer$2.99
  • 40 000 Coins$4.99
  • 35 Green Cash$4.99
  • 70 Green Cash$8.99
  • Limited time offer$9.99
  • 75 Green Cash$9.99
  • Limited time offer$19.99
  • 175 Green Cash$19.99
  • 500 Green Cash$49.99
None

Zingoz Pop

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Pet Buddies free?
Pet Buddies is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Zingoz Pop free?
Zingoz Pop costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Pet Buddies or Zingoz Pop?
Pet Buddies is rated higher. Pet Buddies averages 4.7 out of 5 from 2K ratings, while Zingoz Pop averages 4.0 from 3 ratings.
Do Pet Buddies or Zingoz Pop have ads?
Pet Buddies shows ads; Zingoz Pop does not.

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