Pop Octopus! vs Adorable Cat Puzzles
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Pop Octopus!
A popular puzzle game where players tap groups of same-colored octopi to pop them. Achieve higher scores by popping more octopi and clearing the board, with a magic bubble to aid in strategic moves.
- Tap same-colored octopi
- Pop groups for points
- Score formula for high scores
- Bonus for clearing the board
- Magic bubble for color changes
- Strategic gameplay
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This is the most popular game all over the world, once you start, you can't stop! How to play: 1.Tap at least 2 neighboring octopi with the same color 2.Pop them with the most octopi Tips on Scoring: 1.The more octopi you pop, the more scores you will get. Formula: Score= Octopi*Octopi*5 2.Try to clear all octopi, the least octopi you left, the more bonus you will get. Formula: Bonus=2000- Octopi*Octopi *20 3.You will get 2000 bonus after all octopi are cleared. Magic Bubble can change a octopus to any colors you want, use it when you try to connect as more cats as you can , to achieve a higher score.
Adorable Cat Puzzles
Engage your mind with a collection of charming cat-themed jigsaw puzzles. Improve cognitive skills like memory and problem-solving while enjoying the therapeutic benefits of puzzles and feline imagery.
- 70 unique cat puzzles
- Improves visual-spatial reasoning
- Enhances short-term memory
- Boosts problem-solving skills
- Reduces cognitive decline risk
- Mental health benefits
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A lot of studies have shown that puzzles can help improve visual-spatial reasoning, short-term memory, and problem-solving skills as well as combat cognitive decline, which can reduce risk of developing dementia. There are also mental health benefits to puzzling. Additionally cat owners do have better psychological health than people without pets. On questionnaires, they claim to feel more happy, more confident, and less nervous, and to sleep, focus, and face problems in their lives better. Also Jigsaw-like puzzles are great because they exercise both the left and right sides of your brain at once. Puzzles require both logic, intuition, and creativity, and it’s easy to get lost for hours working on them. The game contains 70 cat puzzles to solve and that's a lot. Can you solve all of them?
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Adorable Cat Puzzles at 5.0 against Pop Octopus!'s 3.7. Adorable Cat Puzzles also leads on update cadence (daily vs every 6 weeks). Pop Octopus!'s advantage is ratings volume (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (5.1.1 vs 11.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Pop Octopus! sells 5 one-off in-app purchases and Adorable Cat Puzzles sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Adorable Cat Puzzles holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 1 respectively.
Pop Octopus! ships an update every 6 weeks, Adorable Cat Puzzles daily. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Pop Octopus! | Adorable Cat Puzzles |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.7 (3 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 66.7% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 3 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks | Daily — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 5.1.1 — better | 11.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 20 MB | 161 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Zhenlai Xia | Dmytro Plekhotkin |
Customer experience
Pop Octopus!
Adorable Cat Puzzles
In-app purchases
Pop Octopus!
- 5 Magic Bubbles$0.99
- 18 Magic Bubbles$2.99
- 35 Magic Bubbles$4.99
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- 100 Magic Bubbles$9.99
- 256 Magic Bubbles$19.99
Adorable Cat Puzzles
- Unlock All Puzzles$0.99
Questions
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