Last updated on December 1st, 2025 at 03:50 pm
Dogotchi: Virtual Pet – Simulation Game Review
Dogotchi: Virtual Pet is a Simulation/Entertainment/Trivia game from Janusz Jankowski, first launched in 2nd June 2017.
It’s rated 4+ and currently has 1,386+ ratings on the App Store.
What Makes Dogotchi: Virtual Pet Stand Out
Dogotchi is the next game of our retro-style simulation series started by Wildagotchi.
This time you take care of and play with 12 adorable dogs.
The more you take care of your pet, the happier it is. And happy pet means pet growing fast. Take your time, feed it, clean it and play with it – all depends on you now!
At the beginning you have 3 unique breeds to choose.
First 3 breeds are: Old English Sheepdog, Husky and Pug!
For every 2 dogs reaching adult stage, 3 more become unlocked.
They are waiting for you – uncover them all!
Every dog has its own set of mini-games that you unlock with progress.
There are 3 games per pet (12 total).
Customize whole game using colors you like.
All this and more in consistent eye-candy retro style!
This Simulation game offers engaging gameplay and regular updates for mobile players.
Player Feedback
As a newer release, Dogotchi: Virtual Pet is building its player community. Early feedback suggests .
Recent Updates & Development
Latest Update: 25th August 2024
Recent improvements include:
Data privacy and security.
Download & Availability
Dogotchi: Virtual Pet is available through the official App Store for iOS devices.
Get Dogotchi: Virtual Pet on App Store
Requirements: Requires iPhone 5s / iPad Air / iPad Air (Cellular) / iPad Mini 2 (Retina) / iPad Mini 2 (Retina, Cellular) / iPhone 6 / iPhone 6 Plus / iPad Air 2 / iPad Air 2 (Cellular) / iPad Mini 3 or later.
Compatible with iPhone and iPad devices.
Player Experience Highlights
Community Insight:
We always wanted 2 pet but only have 1 and now o have 2.
Do the dogs die of old age or do you got to free them when there a adult.
This is a good game to play but can get a little boring some times we even have it on our Nintendo switch and its still is boring but its a good game.
We got this app along with Catgotchi. Catgotchi works fine but Dogotchi wont download on our iPad mini 4. Ive checked our storage and have enough space, says its compatible with our iPad, but wont load!! ( ).
For our birthday or for Christmas Im gonna be getting a Tamagotchi UNI and we are super excited to get it so we thought maybe itll help our birthday become sooner because our birthday is like in October so its pretty far away we cant wait to get our Tamagotchi UNI and Ive been so impatient that we needed a game to get our mind off it so we want to be like when is our birthday coming? When is our birthday coming up because soon we just sit around and do nothing and then we start doing it day after day after day and we just cant do that. Thank you for creating this game the Tamagotchi community really appreciate it, our friend Daphne has a Tamagotchi pix, but she doesnt have a battery and we really want to play on it because our friend Daphne is tired of it.
We like how nostalgic this game is. It reminds us of back when pet games werent so complicated. Today theres a zillion minigames and ads ons on pet games. We like this game because its just so chill and simple. Its really underrated and we just love it.
WAYYYY TOOO CUTE we love this so much where had this been all our lifffffeee.
This is the best way to learn how to take care of your pets, especially when they have been sick for a couple days or more, so you should definitely download this game, its free too and its a no Wi-Fi game.
This game is so amazing! Our first dog was a husky named Slush and he is so cute. This reminds us of the tamagotchis in the 90s and this is technically our childhood game.
It is SOO cool we love and we really recommend you geting this app.
First you get to pick what dog breed and you can unlock other dogs and its just like tamagotchis! So Im very happy we dont have to buy one but you can Feed your dog play with him and he/she can poop But thats actually what they do so no complains :) but its almost night so we cant really tell you how good it is but yeah download it.
We LOVE this gameso nostalgic, just like our old Nano Pet and Tamagotchi from 1997. We really like the games that open up as the pet gets older too, much better games than the original virtual pets (more interactive and fun for the user).
Dogotchi is an amazing dipction of an 8-bit game and we love playing it. Its very special to us and brings back so many memories that are good and bear to us. Bueatiful.
Soooooo cool love it pls make : bunnygotchi Ty.
This game is really fun to play, but you get to do a lot of fun things with your pet(s). We would love to play more games like this in the future or sometime soon, but you have to take care of it everyday like a real dog! Or is it just ours?. But although.. To wrap things up! If your looking for a free dog game.. This is our favorite, we think this should be ur 1-6 option.
What more can we say, super cute! :3.
Great game easy to play and gives you Time to do other things fros time to time.
We wanted a tamagotchi so we looked up tamagotchi and scrolled down a little bit and found this game. We looked at the reviews and they were really good so we downloaded it and it was a really good game theres nothing that needs to be changed! Definitely download this app if you want a tamagotchi.
Today,we wanted a tamagotchi, but our parents would not let us have one because they think it is dumb..our dad felt bad so he said that we could download a game and look what we found!Thank you for this game and cant wait for our birthday because we are getting a tamagotchi.
We got this game and we love our dog. We wanna cradle it and give it all the love that it needs.
We love Tamagotchis, and this is a good app for if you dont have one/love tamagotchis. Our only problem is the ads. Normal Tamagotchis dont have ads, and for us, the ads kind of ruin some stuff. But Ill still rate it a 5 star because its a good app.
How do you play the game newspaper on the old English sheepdog? Please reply we dont want our dog to die of boredom! Can they? We couldnt find any way to look it up it was never there.
So our gramma died in a toaster so we got this app and we got a dog and named it gramma so now gramma is back much yes (this is a troll, but we do really love this game).
So we had just recently lost our dog lexi and we downloaded this app its been helping with our anxiety and depression- the only thing it needs is better buttons like more specific other than that its a really good game to get for lonely ness.
If you want to relive the classic tamagotchi, this is the perfect app.
This game is pretty entertaining and cute. But wish there were instructions on how to play the game cus Im really confused and didnt own a tamagotchi when we were younger so kinda annoying.
This game is super fun but theres one thing that bothers us. THE ADDS the adds are like none stop and we hate it but if u dont mind them the have fun.
This game is actually so cute and fun but it takes soooo long for the pets to grow and sleep- it would be better if it had more of a fast pace but honestly its a great game- its cute and fun but requires patience- we would recommend it if you have patience and remember.
Fun game to play when trying to waste time. We didnt like the ads popping up every 5 seconds so we paid the 2.99 which is not a bad price at all. Wish the dogs could walk around on the main screen. Overall we would recommend this game.
Can u please fix the controls, we would be happy.
Please change this app because people have lives. We have been very upset all weekend because our grandma passed away on Friday and we forgot to take care of our dog named Jeff on this app and the app said he died. We didnt even know that dogs could die which made us very angry because you did not mention anything about that happening, so we would appreciate if you changed the app. Thank you.
Our dog died cuz we havent checked on him in a few days Im crying rn and also to many ads 1 star.
We just got this game and its the closest thing we could get to a tamagotchi. We love it. Would recommend.
This game is awesome! We have a tamagotchi named Snowy, shes a husky who is super cute!! One thing tho make it so u can discipline you them like when they poop. And make it so u can take them outside to go poo, other then that the game is perfect.
We just love the cute little doggies.
Its like the original! But after 2 min deleted it because the ads. Too many, its a shame.
Very realistic, just like in real life we didnt take care of our doggochi and he died… Just like our real dog… 10/10 would play again.
Love Dogotchi and Wildagotchi!! Recently the collie and other pets that are on Dog Sled take over the left and right control buttons, and slide, on their own! Into and on coming tree or Boulder and Crash. Its weird, could you please investigate? Im very grateful for your games, reminds us of our keychain pets in the 90s only better. Thank you.
Ok dont get us wrong we love this game but one thing we hate and we really hate is the dumb ads just hate them when we try to play a game with our dog a ad comes up we mean thats fine but when Im done a ad comes up again just wanted to you let you guys know.
So this is a meh game to us. Like its fun but you get bored really easily. We dont even know how to get our dog to sleep! For some reason we still think it is a good game. It has info about your dog like the name you picked out for them and the gender you chose for it. There is even age! To be honest, it is pretty cool. Just wanted to give feedback to everyone that wants to get this game, that it can just waste space in your phone or whatever your using. Anyways bye.
We enjoy the retro feel, very much so. However, the mini games are extremely limited, and having to replay them over and over and over just to keep your pets fun meter high drains the fun out of it all. It gets repetitive too quickly, sadly. We picked it up for about 5 days and then gave up on it entirely.
This is a fun game and is retro style.
We love the app and some other people might not like it cuz the looks of it but it's really good and it brings you back to the retro style of games so this game is a must have.
We played the game and we thought it was fun, until we went to sleep and woke up the next day to find our pet had left. So we started again. SAME THING! The game idea is fun, but makes it hard to do other things.
User feedback from Apple App Store
App Details
- Version: 1.9.2
- Size: 7.88 MB
- iOS: 12.0 or later
- Languages: EN
- Content Advisory:
- Developer: Janusz Jankowski
Last updated: 25th August 2024 | Genre: Simulation, Entertainment | Developer: Janusz Jankowski