Your Cactus vs Mr Cactus
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Your Cactus
Cultivate a virtual cactus on your iPhone. Keep it healthy by exposing it to sufficient screen brightness, simulating sunshine. Watch it grow, bloom, and interact with it by tapping.
- Grow your own virtual cactus
- Name your cactus
- Interact by tapping
- Cactus blooms when fully grown
- Weather changes with screen brightness
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Enjoy growing your own cactus on your iPhone! How do you grow your cactus...? Just open your app and visit your cactus! Your cactus loves SUNSHINE. Make sure to visit him/her when your screen is bright enough or your cactus will get sick! Do not let your cactus wilt! -You can name your own cactus! -You can tease your cactus by tapping him/her :P -Flowers will come out when your cactus is fully grown -The weather changes based on screen brightness. ENJOY!
Mr Cactus
Embark on a balloon-popping adventure with a desert plant. Progress through hundreds of creative levels, unlocking new cards and powerful features to keep you entertained for hours.
- Balloon popping gameplay
- Hundreds of creative levels
- Unlock new cards
- Unlock new features
- Progress through game
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Meet Mr. Cactus, a Balloon popping desert plant on a mission... His mission is simple; Pop all the Balloons! Unlock new powerful cards and features as you progress through the game. With hundreds of creative and varied levels, this game will keep you entertained for hours. Join the fun and begin your adventure now!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Your Cactus at 83% against Mr Cactus's 30%. Your Cactus also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 17) and iOS requirement (12.1 vs 14.0). Mr Cactus's advantage is rating (4.5 vs 4.3) and ratings volume (457 vs 74). On price, update cadence, ads 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
Both are free to download. Mr Cactus sells 17 one-off in-app purchases. Your Cactus asks for nothing beyond the download.
Mr Cactus holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Mr Cactus has 457 ratings behind it against 74, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 83% of Your Cactus's written reviews are positive against 30% of Mr Cactus's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Your Cactus ships an update every 3 weeks, Mr Cactus fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on July 25, 2026 and September 19, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Your Cactus | Mr Cactus |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (74 ratings) | 4.5 (457 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 82.9% of reviews — better | 30.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 74 | 457 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Ad-supported — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.1 — better | 14.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 82 MB | 325 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Mika Ishikawa | Voodoo |
Customer experience
Your Cactus
Mr Cactus
Bugs and requests
Your Cactus
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Mr Cactus
Reported bugs
9 issues- Invisible balloons remaining after clearing visible ones
- Game freezing mid-level preventing progression
- Progress reset after app updates
- Levels impossible to complete with given resources (Level 44, 50, 67)
- Game stuck on loading screen
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- Cannot advance past certain levels despite completing requirements
- Coins and progress lost unexpectedly
- Purchase failed error while still charging player
- Restore Purchases button not functioning
Requested features
5 requests- Direct customer support contact system
- FAQ or help section within the app
- Ability to replay levels for additional stars
- Better progression system without artificial gates
- Option to reduce ad frequency
In-app purchases
Your Cactus
No in-app purchases
Mr Cactus
- Small Coins$1.99
- Spiky Starter Set$1.99
- No Ads$3.99
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- Medium Coins$3.99
- Prickly Power Pack - NoAds$5.99
- No Ads$5.99
- Prickly Power Pack - NoAds$7.99
- Large Coins$7.99
- No Ads$7.99
- Prickly Power Pack - NoAds$9.99
- Prickly Power Pack$9.99
- X-Large Coins$14.99
- Balloon Busting Bundle - NoAds$17.99
- Balloon Busting Bundle - NoAds$19.99
- Balloon Busting Bundle$19.99
- 2X-Large Coins$29.99
- 3X-Large Coins$49.99
