Comparison

Forest Clans vs Cats Empire

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

Head to head
About

Forest Clans

Embark on a virtual mushroom hunting adventure, gathering diverse fungi to cook delicious dishes. Decorate your village, play with friends in clans, and compete in tournaments. Explore new areas, learn about mushrooms, and craft magical potions to enhance your foraging.

Highlights
  • Gather diverse mushrooms
  • Cook mushroom dishes
  • Decorate village and farm
  • Play with friends in clans
  • Compete in tournaments
  • Craft magic potions
  • Cross-platform play
Features
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Forest Clans – the game for fans of the nature, walks for mushrooms and forest kitchen! In our forest always there are a lot of mushrooms! Play for free! THE COLOURFUL FOREST is full of so many kinds of mushrooms – from well-known to rare and little-known. So take a basket and come on to the mushroom hunting! Gather mushrooms, cook from them various dishes, equip and decorate your village and farm to your taste. PLAY WITH FRIENDS, chat and help each other! You will be able to join in clans with players from other social networks and mobile platforms. Continue to play on other mobile devices without loss of game progress! FASCINATING GAME PROCESS, immersion to the kind world of the nature, a lot of the most different mushrooms, beautiful graphics and pleasant sounds of the forest, communication in a clan and rivalry in a tournament – all this won't leave indifferent mushroom hunters of any age, young and old! GAME FEATURES - Open new mushroom places and gather a special kind of mushrooms in each of them - Study mushrooms at School to gather them more - Build the new equipment on the farm and cook new mushroom dishes - Play with thousands of other players, go hiking to them and get not only mushrooms, but also horseshoes and tournament stars - Join a clan or create your own, communicate in a chat and help each other mushrooms, participate in a tournament and receive a gold award - Construct Laboratory and create in it the magic potions helping to gather more mushrooms - Perform tasks and achievements and earn gold coins and experience - Play on any other mobile device or on social networks - Enjoy beautiful graphics and pleasant sounds of the nature - Play for free in English - it is Farm Frenzy! You had questions or our help is necessary? We will help: support@vigr.ru Attention! Game "Forest Clans" requires continuous connection to the Internet.

About

Cats Empire

Lead a clan of cats to victory in this unique strategy simulation game. Train your feline warriors, raid rival clans for resources, and customize their skills to conquer Whiskertown. Engage in challenging boss battles and tournaments to climb the leaderboards.

Highlights
  • Clan vs. clan PvP battles
  • Individual cat skill customization
  • Cross-breeding for super cats
  • Boss battles and area exploration
  • Match-3 and puzzle elements
  • Cat tribe simulation and growth
  • Worldwide tournaments
Features
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Do you have the skills to lead a clan of sneaky but fluffy kitties to paradise, where infinite fish is already waiting? Cats Empire is the unique mix of strategy and simulation games, where you aim at taking over Whiskertown in PvP mode! Cat vs cat and clan vs. clan! Will you create a mighty clan of furry cats that will take you to the peak of the leaderboard? Raid other clans to take their fish and souls, then head back to your tribe. Heal your kitties and enjoy some stolen fish. Upgrade your plushy predators to improve their individual skills, collect and craft items to boost your tribe’s power and soon you will be running the show in the concrete jungle! SNEAKY STRATEGIES Individualize the skills of each plushy cat. Some cats you will want to train as stealthy fish-stealing machines. Others you will mod into fearless attackers who will bring home souls to grow your tribe. You can even cross-breed your kitties to create a clan of powerful super cats with the strategy and skills you need to succeed. Strategy is the name of the game when you are clawing your way to the summit of the leaderboard! BOSS BATTLES You will need to be a cunning cat commander to keep your furballs fighting fit. Brace yourself for some challenging boss fights, unlock new areas to explore, and discover new clans to loot! There is always a new clan on the block, so you will need to protect what’s yours to claim your place as king at the top of CATS EMPIRE! CASUAL Clever mix of Match-3 and Puzzle games: With the right tactics you will survive the battle within the urban jungle. But only the smartest fish thieves will survive! Grab your mobile and look after your plushy cat tribe. PUZZLE Do you have the superior reflexes and skills needed to lead your fish thieves through the puzzle-ridden backyards of mysterious Whiskertown? TAMAGOTCHI Give your tribe members individual skills, crossbreed them and raise your own plushy predators! But caution: If you don not care enough, you will lose them forever. CLAN You will only be strong if you have friends. Found your own plushy cat empire and form a dangerous army of feline cats. Loot your neighbours and become the boss of Whiskertown’s backyards. SIMULATION Grow your cat tribe and be the wise leader of your sneaky but plushy cat clan. Do so by collecting fish, charms and skill points to improve your clan’s power. Lead your cat tribe and become top of the notch! TOURNAMENTS Win valuable in-game prizes in worldwide tournaments and reach the top of the fish tower. Every competition lasts for 72 hours. The right appetite for fish and charms will lead you out of the whale’s belly to the top of the fish throne. You decide whether you want to go down this road alone or in a clan with your friends. SKILLS Collect skill points, upgrade your sneaky cats and crossbreed them to get even more lovely super cats! Your cat tribe will soon include indisputable hero cats. COLLECT FISH’n’SOULS Items, fish and souls – Cats are busy gatherers and thieves and progress is made with the right plunder. Steal them from your neighbors or master mysterious backyards. Every successful attack grants you skill points or souls for your storage. PvP Play solo against whole Whiskertown and loot your neighbors or join alliances with your friends and celebrate a hostile takeover. Play on Facebook and collaborate with other plushy predators. PAW-SOME FEATURES: - Create and manage the ultimate cat tribe - Lead your clan into battles - Develop sneaky strategies and tactics - Cross-breed your cats to create super cats - Beat challenging bosses - Unlock different areas  - Complete quests - Compete against clans worldwide - Conquer the global leaderboard "Cats Empire" is a free-to-play multiplatform game. Play with your friends on Facebook or on your mobile device. You will only survive the contest for fish and charms with the right strategy and by mastering the unique mix of puzzle and simulation.

Screenshots

Forest Clans4 screens
Cats Empire4 screens

Verdict

The call

Forest Clans and Cats Empire both sit at 4.7 stars, but that hides the real split: 73% of Forest Clans's written reviews are positive against 65% of Cats Empire's. Forest Clans also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 16.0). On price, rating, ratings volume 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. Forest Clans sells 17 one-off in-app purchases and Cats Empire sells 20 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.7 for Forest Clans against 4.7 for Cats Empire. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 99 and 237 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 73% of Forest Clans's written reviews are positive against 65% of Cats Empire's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Forest Clans ships an update every 6 weeks, Cats Empire every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 26, 2026 and October 21, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Forest Clans versus Cats Empire: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterForest ClansCats Empire
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (99 ratings) — better4.7 (237 ratings)
Positive reviews73.4% of reviews — better65.0% of reviews
Number of ratings99237 — better
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeksEvery 5 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS13.0 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size33 MB146 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperSergey AleksandrovCenturies Int.

Customer experience

Forest Clans

All ratings99 ratings
Positive92.9%
Neutral3.0%
Negative4.0%
Written reviews128 reviews
Positive73.4%
Neutral4.7%
Negative21.9%

Cats Empire

All ratings237 ratings
Positive92.8%
Neutral2.1%
Negative5.1%
Written reviews157 reviews
Positive65.0%
Neutral7.6%
Negative27.4%

Bugs and requests

Forest Clans

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Cats Empire

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Game not launching on certain devices
  • Saving and progress issues
  • Compatibility problems with newer OS versions

Requested features

4 requests
  • Introduce new game modes and challenges
  • Add more customization options for cats
  • Implement a friends system and social features
  • Improve the energy/stamina system

In-app purchases

17 purchases

Forest Clans

One-time17
  • 400 gold coins$0.99
  • Golden Ticket$0.99
  • 5000 silver coins$0.99
Show 14 more
  • 400 gold coins (sale)$0.99
  • 400 gold coins$1.99
  • 200 amanitas$1.99
  • 1200 gold coins (sale)$1.99
  • Golden Ticket$1.99
  • 50000 silver coins$2.99
  • Golden Ticket$2.99
  • 1200 gold coins$3.99
  • 1000 amanitas (sale)$3.99
  • 2500 gold coins (sale)$3.99
  • 2500 gold coins$6.99
  • 1000 amanitas$6.99
  • 7500 gold coins (sale)$7.99
  • 7500 gold coins$16.99
20 purchases

Cats Empire

One-time20
  • Starter Pack$0.99
  • Awesome Bundle 02$0.99
  • 120 coins$1.99
Show 17 more
  • Lucky Pack 06$1.99
  • Awesome Bundle 06$1.99
  • Super Offer 06$1.99
  • Tool Pack$2.99
  • Lucky Pack 08$3.99
  • Awesome Bundle 08$3.99
  • 340 coins$4.99
  • Super Offer 11$5.99
  • Lucky Pack 11$5.99
  • Lucky Pack 12$6.99
  • Super Offer 12$6.99
  • 750 coins2 variants$9.99
  • Awesome Bundle 15$11.99
  • Lucky Pack 15$11.99
  • 1600 coins2 variants$19.99
  • Awesome Bundle 37$19.99
  • 4550 coins2 variants$49.99

Questions

Is Forest Clans free?
Forest Clans is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Cats Empire free?
Cats Empire is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Forest Clans or Cats Empire?
Forest Clans is rated higher. Forest Clans averages 4.7 out of 5 from 99 ratings, while Cats Empire averages 4.7 from 237 ratings.
Do Forest Clans or Cats Empire have ads?
Neither Forest Clans nor Cats Empire shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Forest Clans or Cats Empire?
Forest Clans ships an update every 6 weeks, and Cats Empire every 5 weeks. Most recently, Forest Clans was updated on October 26, 2026 and Cats Empire on October 21, 2026.

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