Comparison

Hello Kitty Lunchbox vs My PlayHome Plus

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

Head to head
About

Hello Kitty Lunchbox

Create and customize delicious lunch recipes for Hello Kitty. Complete challenges to earn rewards and decorate your lunchbox with fun stickers and backgrounds. Enjoy a virtual meal with Hello Kitty in the school cafeteria!

Highlights
  • Create 4 unique lunchtime recipes
  • Customize lunchbox decorations
  • Complete cooking challenges
  • Earn supercute rewards
  • Design lunchboxes with stickers and colors
  • Eat lunch with Hello Kitty
Features
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Join Hello Kitty in the school cafeteria to choose what scrumptious lunch to prepare. If you make your recipe just the way Hello Kitty wants, she’ll give you supercute rewards to decorate your lunchbox and make it extra special! Fun food and cooking games for kids! FEATURES • Create and customize 4 unique lunchtime recipes! • Complete challenges to create the lunch Hello Kitty is hoping for! • Use Hello Kitty appliances and decorations to make an extra yummy meal • Unlimited ways to design your lunchbox! • Earn supercute rewards to make your lunchboxes extra special! • Eat your lunch with Hello Kitty in the school cafeteria! RECIPES • Supercute Cupcakes! • Teatime Sandwiches! • Yummy Soup! • Hello Kitty Kabobs REWARDS • Supercute lunchbox shapes! • Fun stickers! • Many colors to draw with! • Cute lunchbox backgrounds! PRIVACY & ADVERTISING Budge Studios takes children's privacy seriously and ensures that its apps are compliant with privacy laws. This application has received the “ESRB (Entertainment Software Rating Board) Privacy Certified Kids’ Privacy Seal”. For more information, please visit our privacy policy at: https://budgestudios.com/en/legal/privacy-policy/, or email our Data Protection Officer at: privacy@budgestudios.ca Before you download this app, please note that it is free to try, but some options may only be available via in-app purchases. In-app purchases cost real money and are charged to your account. To disable or adjust the ability to make in-app purchases, change your device settings.This app may contain contextual advertising (including the option to watch ads for rewards) from Budge Studios regarding other apps we publish, from our partners and from third parties. Budge Studios does not permit behavioral advertising or retargeting in this app. The app may also contain social media links that are only accessible behind a parental gate. Please note that this app gives users the ability to take and/or create photos in-app that can be saved locally to their devices. These photos are never shared with other users in-app, nor are they shared by Budge Studios with any unaffiliated third party companies. This app may require an Internet connection to play. TERMS OF USE / END-USER LICENSE AGREEMENT This application is subject to an End-User License Agreement available through the following link: http://www.budgestudios.com/en/legal/eula/ . ABOUT BUDGE STUDIOS Budge Studios™ was founded in 2010 with the mission to entertain and educate children around the world, through innovation, creativity and fun. Its high-quality app portfolio consists of original and branded properties, including Barbie, PAW Patrol, Bluey, My Little Pony, Thomas & Friends, Strawberry Shortcake, Caillou, The Smurfs, Miss Hollywood, Hello Kitty and Crayola. Budge Studios maintains the highest standards of safety and age-appropriateness, and has become a global leader in children’s apps for smartphones and tablets. Budge Playgroup™ is an innovative program that allows kids and parents to actively participate in the creation of new apps. Visit us: www.budgestudios.com Like us: facebook.com/budgestudios Follow us: @budgestudios Watch our app trailers: youtube.com/budgestudios HAVE QUESTIONS? We always welcome your questions, suggestions and comments. Contact us 24/7 at support@budgestudios.ca SANRIO®, HELLO KITTY® and associated logos are trademarks and/or registered trademarks of Sanrio Co., Ltd. used under license by Budge Studios Inc. Hello Kitty® Lunchbox application © 2023 Budge Studios Inc. All artwork in application © 1976, 1979, 1988, 1993, 1996, 2015 SANRIO CO., LTD. All rights reserved. BUDGE and BUDGE STUDIOS are trademarks of Budge Studios Inc.

About

My PlayHome Plus

This interactive dollhouse app allows children to explore and engage with every item in a virtual home. It offers a safe, ad-free environment where kids can perform daily activities, change the environment, and enjoy endless imaginative play.

Highlights
  • Interactive dollhouse environment
  • Characters perform daily activities
  • Change room lighting and music
  • Combine multiple locations into one world
  • New mall food court areas
  • Safe, ad-free play
Features
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My PlayHome Plus is a doll house for the iGeneration. Imagine a doll house where your child can use everything, even the closets, TV and shower. Where you can fry an egg and feed the family pizza. Where you can pour drinks, blow bubbles and turn out the lights. Imagine a doll house where the pieces are impossible to lose and never break. Imagine if it was designed so that even a 2 year old could use it, yet detailed enough to entertain an 8 year old. Imagine a doll house that could excite and captivate your children for hours, months, and years... My PlayHome is the original and best dolls house app. Massively interactive, your kids can explore and use everything in the house. The characters eat, sleep, shower, brush their teeth and more. Want the room to be darker? Close the drapes! Fancy a change in music? Pop a different CD into the stereo! No other doll house app comes close in interactivity, detail, ease of use and just plain fun! INTRODUCING MY PLAYHOME PLUS! My PlayHome Plus takes all the original My PlayHome apps and combines them into one giant world! Now you can jump between houses, stores, school and hospital without having to flip between apps. Includes the original My PlayHome house for free! Already own the other My PlayHome apps? You'll be able to add them to the play town for free! My PlayHome Plus will detect which other My PlayHome apps you have installed and then offer those areas to you for no cost. NEW AREAS! A new mall is being built in town! They're still working on it but they've already opened the food court! There's 4 brand new fast food shops to relax in: * Pizza parlor * Sushi * Coffee shop * Burgers and hot dogs THE CLASSIC APP FOR KIDS My PlayHome apps have been captivating children for nearly a decade now and created a whole new genre of kids apps. My PlayHome is trusted by parents because it's made by parents who also care about what their kids are playing with on their devices. * NO SOCIAL NETWORKS, PUSH NOTIFICATIONS OR REGISTRATION * NO 3RD PARTY ADVERTISEMENTS * NO NEED TO BE CONNECTED TO THE INTERNET * NO SUBSCRIPTIONS * NO CONSUMABLE IN-APP PURCHASES For the first time in a My PlayHome app, My PlayHome Plus does feature In-App Purchases exclusively for obtaining new areas to play in. In the past, we would release these new areas as an entirely separate app which would link together with the other apps. However, over the years this become less practical so the decision was made to carefully use In App Purchases for this purpose. We will *never* use In App Purchases in exploitative ways such as for buying virtual money to "buy" things in the shops, or endless tiny purchases for a trivial virtual product. If you understandably don't want to use In App Purchases, the classic My PlayHome apps are still available with the same content and no In App Purchases: * My PlayHome * My PlayHome Stores * My PlayHome Hospital * My PlayHome School However, new content, such as the mall food court are not available outside of My PlayHome Plus. ----------------------------------------------- Clothing store music © Shtar - www.shtarmusic.com Fruit store music © Sam Semple - www.samsemple.com

Screenshots

Hello Kitty Lunchbox4 screens
My PlayHome Plus4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Hello Kitty Lunchbox at 4.5 against My PlayHome Plus's 4.0. Hello Kitty Lunchbox also leads on ratings volume (129K vs 10K). My PlayHome Plus's advantage is update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 3 months). On price, review sentiment, ads and in-app purchases 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. Hello Kitty Lunchbox sells 9 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month and My PlayHome Plus sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Hello Kitty Lunchbox holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Hello Kitty Lunchbox has 129K ratings behind it against 10K, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 74% of Hello Kitty Lunchbox's written reviews are positive against 72% of My PlayHome Plus's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Hello Kitty Lunchbox ships an update every 3 months, My PlayHome Plus every 3 weeks. Both last shipped on November 8, 2026.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Hello Kitty Lunchbox versus My PlayHome Plus: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHello Kitty LunchboxMy PlayHome Plus
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (129K ratings) — better4.0 (10K ratings)
Positive reviews74.4% of reviews — better72.1% of reviews
Number of ratings129K — better10K
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.015.0
Further details — not scored
Size220 MB325 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBudge StudiosPlayHome Software Ltd

Customer experience

Hello Kitty Lunchbox

All ratings127,646 ratings
Positive87.6%
Neutral6.2%
Negative6.2%
Written reviews2,305 reviews
Positive74.4%
Neutral10.3%
Negative15.3%

My PlayHome Plus

All ratings10,284 ratings
Positive73.5%
Neutral7.6%
Negative18.9%
Written reviews1,715 reviews
Positive72.1%
Neutral12.6%
Negative15.3%

User reviews

Hello Kitty Lunchbox

From 129K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🥰 Nostalgic childhood game
  • 😊 Cute and relaxing gameplay
  • 🎨 Fun decorating lunchboxes
  • 🤩 Brings back fond memories

Room to improve

  • 🔒 Too many locked features
  • 💰 Expensive in-app purchases
  • 🥱 Repetitive gameplay (only sandwiches)
  • 🤯 Frustrating lack of free options

My PlayHome Plus

From 10K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Great game
  • 👍 Realistic interactions
  • 🤝 Ability to play together
  • 💗 Loved since childhood

Room to improve

  • 💰 Expensive to unlock everything
  • 🔒 Limited free content
  • 🐛 Occasional glitches and bugs
  • 🤔 Confusing to unlock buildings

Bugs and requests

Hello Kitty Lunchbox

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Lunchbox decorations not saving properly
  • Cutting animations/mechanics not working well
  • Game crashing after watching ads

Requested features

4 requests
  • More free food options to cook
  • Ability to make different dishes besides sandwiches
  • Unlock more content through gameplay progression
  • Add more Sanrio characters as customers

My PlayHome Plus

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Disappearing cars
  • Stuck items on beds
  • Freezing on certain screens

Requested features

5 requests
  • More free locations and content
  • Character and house customization
  • Additional pets, stores, and activities
  • Expanded town and neighborhood
  • Seasonal and holiday updates

In-app purchases

9 purchases

Hello Kitty Lunchbox

Subscriptions4
  • Monthly Subscription1 Month trial2 variants$9.991 Month
  • Monthly Subscription$9.991 Month
  • Monthly Subscription$12.991 Month
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  • Monthly Subscription1 Month trial$12.991 Month
One-time5
  • Yummy Soup & rewards!$3.99
  • Supercute Cupcakes & rewards!$3.99
  • Hello Kitty Kababs & rewards!$3.99
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  • Unlock all recipes, kitchen tools, and appliances$9.99
  • Unlock all recipes, kitchen tools, and appliances$13.99
10 purchases

My PlayHome Plus

One-time10
  • 3 Day Free TrialFree
  • Transfer HomeFree
  • Transfer StoresFree
Show 7 more
  • Transfer SchoolFree
  • Mall Food Court$1.99
  • Stores$2.99
  • School$2.99
  • Hospital$2.99
  • Neighbor's House$3.99
  • Complete Bundle$12.99

Questions

Is Hello Kitty Lunchbox free?
Hello Kitty Lunchbox is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is My PlayHome Plus free?
My PlayHome Plus is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Hello Kitty Lunchbox or My PlayHome Plus?
Hello Kitty Lunchbox is rated higher. Hello Kitty Lunchbox averages 4.5 out of 5 from 129K ratings, while My PlayHome Plus averages 4.0 from 10K ratings.
Do Hello Kitty Lunchbox or My PlayHome Plus have ads?
Neither Hello Kitty Lunchbox nor My PlayHome Plus shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Hello Kitty Lunchbox or My PlayHome Plus?
Hello Kitty Lunchbox ships an update every 3 months, and My PlayHome Plus every 3 weeks. Most recently, Hello Kitty Lunchbox was updated on November 8, 2026 and My PlayHome Plus on November 8, 2026.

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