Comparison

Don't buy this app vs Kitty Q

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

Head to head
About

Don't buy this app

Explore a bizarre collection of mini-games, trivia, and interactive elements featuring pop culture icons and absurd scenarios. Learn Dutch phrases, French, and enjoy unique visual and auditory experiences.

Highlights
  • Breakout-style game with Ryan Gosling
  • Absurdist trivia with unusual prizes
  • Interactive platypus and nose game
  • Beowulf chapter with Abe Vigoda references
  • Random collectible items
  • Ninja-led French lessons
Features
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HELLO! I am going to tell you all you need to know about this app. There's a part of it that is a lot like the game "breakout" except that it has a picture of Ryan Gosling in it that you can hit with a flying baby!!! It has trivia where you can win tube socks or the continent of Europe, there is a part with a platypus and noses, and Reykjavik is featured, and also there's a donkey and Bob Ross and ancient Egyptian sculpture that will teach you a useful phrase in Dutch, and you can also read the third chapter of Beowulf but with more references to well-known screen star Abe Vigoda. Also you get a pug or a pony or a falcon or a banana when you tap pretty much anywhere! And a ninja will teach you some French! The whole app is freeeeeeeee!!!! So you don't HAVE to buy it! You can just get it!!! If someone tells you you have to buy it they are a big liar!! But if you want ponies on your main screen, you'll have to buy those. So unless you want ponies, you should probably save your money for a pair of tube socks, or maybe a candied yam? Although on the other hand, this app features the Magical Unicorn Bonus™ and is even better with ponies, and there aren't any tube socks or candied yams or regular yams or other apps that have the Magical Unicorn Bonus™ so if you like the app AND want ponies in it, it's kind of a hard decision!! You should probably ask your mom or a favorite pet fish or the Vice President or my mom or a taco. Or flip a coin! But be careful not to hit your eyeball!! With the coin! Actually coins are pretty dangerous so just get rid of your coins. -- WARNING: This app contains a hamburger singing "La Spagnola". If you can't handle that, you should stop reading this description immediately. ANOTHER WARNING: It's really quite mean to call people names. So please tell Albert you're sorry! -- YOU SHOULD KNOW that the app preview features the photograph "Mists and Magic" by Priyambada Nath. And now you do know that! And some music called "Borneo" by Keshko. In addition, and completely coincidentally, the screen shots include the photograph "Silky Sifaka" by Jeff Gibbs, and "Farmland of the A165" by J. Thomas. You should tell all your friends because you are a very thoughtful person!!!

About

Kitty Q

Embark on a quantum adventure to solve puzzles and help a cat escape superposition. Explore the bizarre rules of the quantum world with guidance from a physicist's descendant. Discover over 20 scientific facts about quantum physics through engaging challenges.

Highlights
  • Quantum physics puzzles
  • Explore quantum world rules
  • Learn scientific facts
  • Character guidance
  • Unique cat adventure
Features
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What the heck? Unsuspecting, you open the front door wide to find a box containing … a half-dead cat!? Using smart puzzle skills and clever outside-the-box thinking, you can help Kitty Q to escape her peculiar quantum superposition!   Don’t worry—Anna is there to help you. She’s the great-granddaughter of the world-famous physicist and Nobel Prize winner, Erwin Schrödinger. She will help you guide Kitty Q out of the crazy quantum world. Inside the box, everything follows its own curious rules. It really is an odd world here as Anna explains, but together you get to explore her great-grandfather Erwin Schrödinger’s specialist subject: quantum physics. Every puzzle in the game refers to observations, experiments, or phenomena from this totally unbelievable field of science. It’s a whole new world to discover!   So, you’ll get to know… · why some tiny particles absolutely contradict all the rules at times, · which letter will make your math teacher sweat, · how you look in a selfie with a self-styled, half-dead cat!   In Kitty Q, you will discover more than 20 scientific facts about quantum physics that will amaze everyone.  The quantum adventure Kitty Q has been developed in collaboration with the Cluster of Excellence* ct.qmat and is completely free and without ads or in-app purchases—thanks to the funding of the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research as part of the initiative ‘Research in Germany’.   *A Cluster of Excellence is a team of outstanding scientists who explore new challenges and unsolved puzzles. The answers that they find could have a crucial impact on our lives in the future. For ct.qmat, quantum physics takes center stage.

Screenshots

Don't buy this app4 screens
Kitty Q3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Kitty Q at none against Don't buy this app's 2. Kitty Q also leads on ratings volume (399 vs 132). Don't buy this app's advantage is iOS requirement (8.0 vs 11.0). On price, rating, review sentiment and update cadence 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. Don't buy this app sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Kitty Q asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.8 for Don't buy this app against 4.9 for Kitty Q. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 132 and 399 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 97% of Don't buy this app's written reviews are positive against 91% of Kitty Q's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Don't buy this app ships an update every 7 months, Kitty Q every 13 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Don't buy this app versus Kitty Q: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDon't buy this appKitty Q
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (132 ratings)4.9 (399 ratings) — better
Positive reviews97.2% of reviews — better91.4% of reviews
Number of ratings132399 — better
Update frequencyEvery 7 months — betterEvery 13 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS8.0 — better11.0
Further details — not scored
Size97 MB1.3 GB
Age rating12+9+
DeveloperBack Bay Bytes LLCPhilipp Stollenmayer

Customer experience

Don't buy this app

All ratings130 ratings
Positive94.6%
Neutral0.8%
Negative4.6%
Written reviews71 reviews
Positive97.2%
Neutral0.0%
Negative2.8%

Kitty Q

All ratings398 ratings
Positive97.2%
Neutral1.0%
Negative1.8%
Written reviews362 reviews
Positive91.4%
Neutral3.6%
Negative5.0%

User reviews

Don't buy this app

From 132 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 😂 Hilarious and funny
  • ✨ Life-changing experiences
  • 🤩 Utterly absurd and surreal
  • 🤯 Mind-bending and reality-bending
  • 💖 Inspiring and positive impact

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Glitchy and buggy
  • ⏳ Limited content and updates
  • 🤔 Confusing and nonsensical
  • 💰 Waste of time and money (for some)
  • 💀 Torturous and unbearable (for some)

Kitty Q

From 399 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🐱 Cute cat character
  • 💡 Interesting quantum physics concepts
  • 👍 Engaging puzzles
  • 🚀 No ads or in-app purchases
  • 🎨 Lovely art style and design

Room to improve

  • 🕰️ Game is too short
  • 🤔 Some puzzles can be challenging
  • 📚 Lack of language options (only English)

Bugs and requests

Don't buy this app

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • App glitches and becomes unresponsive
  • Improve this art/scream section bugs
  • Infectious disease from the game (unlikely but mentioned)

Requested features

5 requests
  • More updates and newer random games
  • More options and content
  • More weird, trippy, psychedelic, strange, meme-filled, and reality-bending games
  • Dark mode option
  • Advanced analytics dashboard

Kitty Q

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Crashes on startup for some users
  • Difficulty choosing between live or dead cat ending

Requested features

3 requests
  • More levels or chapters
  • Ability to reset the game
  • Multilingual support

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Don't buy this app

One-time2
  • PONIES!!!!!$0.99
  • SUPER PONIES!!!$4.99
None

Kitty Q

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Don't buy this app free?
Don't buy this app is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Kitty Q free?
Kitty Q is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Don't buy this app or Kitty Q?
Kitty Q is rated higher. Don't buy this app averages 4.8 out of 5 from 132 ratings, while Kitty Q averages 4.9 from 399 ratings.
Do Don't buy this app or Kitty Q have ads?
Neither Don't buy this app nor Kitty Q shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Don't buy this app or Kitty Q?
Don't buy this app ships an update every 7 months, and Kitty Q every 13 months. Most recently, Don't buy this app was updated on November 1, 2026 and Kitty Q on November 10, 2026.

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