Comparison

Owl Simulator vs Panda Simulator

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

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About

Owl Simulator

Experience life as a Great Horned Owl in a vast desert wilderness. Hunt, battle predators, raise a family, and level up your owl's abilities. Explore a huge 3D environment with dynamic weather and realistic graphics.

Highlights
  • Realistic survival mechanics (health, hunger, thirst, energy)
  • Epic battles with exotic animals
  • Raise and grow a family of baby owls
  • Level up owls to unlock new powers and customizations
  • Dynamic weather and day/night cycles
  • Massive open-world 3D environment
  • Intuitive touch-based controls
Features
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Fly into the wilderness and live the life of a Great Horned Owl! Soar freely through an expansive desert mountain range filled with rocky canyons and animals of all shapes and sizes. Raise your family, complete all-new missions, and battle for your life against fierce predators like bobcats, coyotes, and cougars! Download the Owl Simulator today while it's 50% OFF for a very limited time! Game Features REALISTIC SIMULATOR You'll need to maintain your health, hunger, thirst, and energy if you're going to survive in the hostile plains and canyons of the desert! EPIC BATTLES Use your razor sharp talons and massive wings to hunt and fight dangerous exotic animals! Deliver a killing blow by carrying your prey high into the sky and letting them plummet to the ground! START YOUR FAMILY Find another owl to bond with and raise your very own family! Lay eggs and hatch up to 4 baby owls, then watch them grow in size and strength while they help you survive in the wilderness! LEVEL UP YOUR OWLS Gain experience by defeating dangerous predators, eating small critters, and completing missions. Level up your owls to increase their health and attack damage, unlock new feather colors, and gain new powers like Death Grasp! MISSIONS AND ACHIEVEMENTS Introducing unlimited missions and over a dozen achievements to give you a boost of experience! With the level cap increased to 200, you’ll need all the help you can get! DYNAMIC WEATHER AND DAY/NIGHT CYCLE Introducing a brand new procedural weather system with unique storms, clouds, and celestial movement. Realistic storms will bring a downpour of rain, flashes of lightning, and booms of thunder. And, the all-new Sandstorm will blanket the world in dust and sand! HUGE 3D ENVIRONMENT Your owls are free to roam a massive open-world environment that is more than triple the size of the previous simulators! Fly high above the clouds or swoop down through canyons and skim the sparkling water for fish! NEW TOUCH-BASED CONTROLS Brand new intuitive controls let you navigate your animal like never before! Pinch to zoom and play from your owl's perspective or get a bird's eye view of the action! 18 UNIQUE DESERT SPECIES Behold a massive all-new collection of animals! Discover frilled lizards, cougars, lions, desert hare, donkeys, deer, bobcats, oryx, camels, coyotes, spiders, lizards, foxes, tortoises, elephants and many more! WILDERNESS SURVIVAL GUIDE Look to your handy survival guide for information on enemy wildlife, a map of the desert canyons, owl customizations, achievement progress, and much more! HD GRAPHICS Stunning High Definition graphics will transport you to a remote dusty desert that is secretly teeming with life! New Graphics Quality options allow you to customize the game to look amazing and perform great on any device! OPTIONAL BLOOD EFFECTS Looking for more realistic action? If you are of age or have your parents permission, turn on the blood effects for some added combat ferocity! GLUTEN-FREE PROMISE With all of our games you will always get the full game with no ads or additional purchases! Download the Owl Simulator to experience the high flying life of one of the most deadly aerial predator on planet earth, the Great Horned Owl! If you liked living as a Great Horned Owl then you'll love our other animal simulators! Download our Dolphin Simulator and swim freely through the ocean, check out the Snow Leopard Simulator and pounce on your prey from high mountaintops, or slither around a tropical rainforest with the Snake Simulator! Follow us on Facebook for more awesome animal games and simulators! facebook.com/glutenfreegames Follow us on Twitter too! We love hearing feedback and suggestions! twitter.com/glutenfreegames

About

Panda Simulator

Embark on a wild adventure as a panda in a dangerous forest. Build a family, raise cubs, and customize your panda's appearance. Explore a vast open world, complete quests, and battle mythical creatures to survive and thrive.

Highlights
  • Create and manage a panda family
  • Customize panda appearance with skins and accessories
  • Upgrade panda characteristics and skills
  • Explore a large open world
  • Complete various quests and tasks
  • Battle dangerous creatures and bosses
  • Improve home territory
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Panda adventure begins! In this simulator you will play for panda. It is difficult to live alone in the forest, because the forest is full of dangerous predators. Therefore, you must create a family, give birth to cubs and improve your home. In addition, the panda can help other pandas by performing various tasks. PANDA FAMILY You can create a family if you find another panda. In the future, with the development of the character, the opportunity to make cubs becomes available. You can have up to 4 young pandas. Your family will help you in your adventures. You also need to take care of members of your family. Do not forget to collect bamboo and feed them! If you feed your children, after a while they will grow up and become adults pandas. You also need to feed your spouse to improve his or her characteristics. IMPROVE YOUR HOME TERRITORY When your panda has no important business, the panda can visit its home. There is an opportunity to improve home territory by buying various items. Each of the items gives a bonus to the panda. Characteristics. PANDA CUSTOMIZATION Customize the appearance of the panda as you like. There are many skins to choose from. You can customize skins for your spouse and children. You can add various beautiful magic signs or even put on a funny hat. For a more accurate adjustment of the panda appearance, you can change its head, ears, abdomen, neck, front and back paws, tail, eyes. UPGRADE YOUR PANDAS There is an opportunity to improve the individual characteristics of family members and characteristics that affect all pandas in the family at once. Do not forget to improve the characters! Get experience doing tasks and eating bamboo. After receiving a level, the character can spend it on points of attack, energy or life. There are also special skills that allow you to increase speed, collect more food, get more resources for actions in the game, etc. VARIOUS CREATURES In your journey, you will meet many different creatures. Some of them are peaceful, and some are very dangerous. Also, pandas have to fight with dangerous bosses, for example with witches, wizards and ninjas. OPEN WORLD Large open world with fields, forests, mountains, gardens and villages is available for research. QUESTS Take part in various assignments. Pandas can perform a variety of tasks. You can participate in the Festival of Lanterns, compete with other animals, search for missing pandas, etc. ACHIEVEMENTS In addition to basic tasks, the panda can earn achievements for various actions in the game. Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/CyberGoldfinch Have fun in the Panda Simulator 3D – Animal Game!

Screenshots

Owl Simulator4 screens
Panda Simulator4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Panda Simulator at Free against Owl Simulator's $0.99. Panda Simulator also leads on rating (4.6 vs 4.2) and update cadence (every 4 months vs every 24 months). Owl Simulator's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and iOS requirement (8.0 vs 13.0). On in-app purchases and device support 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

Panda Simulator is free to download; Owl Simulator costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Panda Simulator holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Panda Simulator has 1.6K ratings behind it against 281, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 71% of Owl Simulator's written reviews are positive against 84% of Panda Simulator's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Owl Simulator ships an update every 24 months, Panda Simulator every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 21, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard8 real differences · 2 level
Owl Simulator versus Panda Simulator: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterOwl SimulatorPanda Simulator
Price$0.99Free — better
Rating4.2 (281 ratings)4.6 (1.6K ratings) — better
Positive reviews71.4% of reviews84.1% of reviews — better
Number of ratings2811.6K — better
Update frequencyEvery 24 monthsEvery 4 months — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidFree with in-app purchases — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS8.0 — better13.0
Further details — not scored
Size151 MB211 MB
Age rating9+9+
DeveloperGluten Free GamesSergei Zykov

Customer experience

Owl Simulator

All ratings281 ratings
Positive78.3%
Neutral8.5%
Negative13.2%
Written reviews119 reviews
Positive71.4%
Neutral14.3%
Negative14.3%

Panda Simulator

All ratings1,417 ratings
Positive90.0%
Neutral5.6%
Negative4.4%
Written reviews69 reviews
Positive84.1%
Neutral7.2%
Negative8.7%

User reviews

Owl Simulator

From 281 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Great fun!
  • 🚀 Amazing
  • 👍 Owls are AWESOME
  • 👍 Fun!
  • 👍 Nice

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Glitchy
  • 🐛 Horrible controls
  • 🐛 Unrealistic
  • 🐛 Terrible game, doesn't work

Panda Simulator

From 1.6K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Great game
  • 🐼 Cute pandas
  • 🎉 Fun and addictive
  • 🌟 Amazing graphics

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Glitchy and buggy
  • 💰 Too many ads
  • 🐢 Slow movement
  • 🤕 Difficult controls

Bugs and requests

Owl Simulator

Reported bugs

5 issues
  • Can't land properly
  • Can't walk on the ground, only fly
  • Watering hole disappears
  • Game crashes when attacking camel spiders
  • Owl keeps rising after death, can't control it

Requested features

5 requests
  • More landscapes and environments
  • Different owl breeds
  • Multiplayer mode
  • Ability to pick up and carry dead prey
  • More simulator types (e.g. bat, deer, zebra, etc.)

Panda Simulator

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Game crashes frequently
  • Freezing and performance issues
  • Difficulty targeting enemies
  • Getting stuck in the environment

Requested features

4 requests
  • Remove ads or add in-app purchases
  • Improve movement and controls
  • Add more content and features
  • Fix bugs and glitches

In-app purchases

None

Owl Simulator

No in-app purchases

None

Panda Simulator

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Owl Simulator free?
Owl Simulator costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Panda Simulator free?
Panda Simulator is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Owl Simulator or Panda Simulator?
Panda Simulator is rated higher. Owl Simulator averages 4.2 out of 5 from 281 ratings, while Panda Simulator averages 4.6 from 1.6K ratings.
Do Owl Simulator or Panda Simulator have ads?
Panda Simulator shows ads; Owl Simulator does not.
Which is updated more often, Owl Simulator or Panda Simulator?
Owl Simulator ships an update every 24 months, and Panda Simulator every 4 months. Most recently, Owl Simulator was updated on October 24, 2026 and Panda Simulator on October 21, 2026.

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