Shimeji: Play with Screen Pets
Shimeji: Play with Screen Pets has 33,592,394 installs, rated 4.4 from 419,560 ratings, #69 of 62,117 in Personalization.
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Your screen is about to get a lot cuter! Shimeji brings desktop pets to your phone: cute cats, kittens and anime pets that walk, climb, nap and play on top of your apps. The original Shimeji app on Android since 2016, with all-original characters.
✨ NEW: 3D cats you can pet, feed and play with
- Adorable 3D cats with hundreds of smooth animations and interactions
- Pet them, throw them, feed them and watch them play and fight
🐱 Cats and anime pets that live on your screen
- Playful cats, sleepy kittens and anime buddies walk, climb, sit, nap and explore on top of your apps
- Run up to 10 pets at once for a screen full of fun
- They keep you company while you chat, study, draw or browse
👆 Play with your pets
- Tap, drag and toss them to see how they react
- Your pets earn XP while they wander around your screen
- Level up to unlock new moves, poses and surprises, and play with them for bonus XP
📦 Collect or import
- Download original characters made for Shimeji
- Import compatible PC Shimeji packs and use them on Android
- Build your own screen pet collection
🎨 Create your own pet
- Draw and edit every frame with brush, eraser, fill and color tools
- Import your own art and turn it into a living screen pet
- Magic AI: describe your dream pet, like a pastel cat or a cookie dragon, and pick your favorite
- Turn a single picture into a character that walks, climbs, dances and sleeps
⚙️ Smooth and battery-friendly
- Smooth, lifelike animation engine
- Ghost Mode: pets stay visible but ignore touches while you game or chat
- Simple controls for size, speed and behavior
💛 Made by an independent developer
Shimeji has been on Android since 2016, made by an independent developer in Spain. All built-in characters are original creations. You can also draw your own, import compatible packs, or create new originals with Magic AI.
Disclaimer
Shimeji is an independent app, unrelated to the Simeji keyboard and not affiliated with any anime, game, movie or third-party IP holders. Our brand name and logo, watermarked images, UI graphics and text, app source code, original characters and curated database are protected by copyright and trademark law.
Adopt a pet, create your own, and turn your phone into a tiny playground 💛
Reviews The reviews Google Play shows first (its most relevant), from the US store, in any language.
From 419,544 ratings.
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★★★★☆ Cookie · 5 Oct 2026 · v14.0i like it but whenever i turn my tablet off, its gone
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★★★★★ RAJINEE M · 5 Oct 2026 · v14.0excellent 👌🏼
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★★★★★ keziah perez · 5 Oct 2026 · v10.0I used to love this app because I can draw now I have to use ai? no way :( before we can draw and create stuff now we can't even draw ? I'm not saying it's bad, I'm just very sad because I miss making :(
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★★★★★ Mary Wilson · 5 Oct 2026 · v14.0I have enjoyed this app for the last few months. Thank you for not being ad-full and money-hungry. I love seeing that the app is still being updated with new characters and new ideas. Good job to the team behind this app. ✨️
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★★★★★ Freya The Princess · 4 Oct 2026 · v14.0amazing
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★★★☆☆ Where are you · 4 Oct 2026 · v14.0its not that good
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★★☆☆☆ Luis Rios · 4 Oct 2026 · v14.0used to have this app years ago and still remembered it, and it was good.. but now that i decided to get this app again. i see how bad this app became... just like how all the miserable apps for their 'limits'... ads always come first...
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★★★★★ Jameira Jane · 3 Oct 2026 · v14.0i just like the game and it was so easy to use like barely any adds ( a reasonable amount) and how the shimiji are actually nicer that others
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★★★★★ Kathleah · 3 Oct 2026 · v14.0so fun you can make your own!!!
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★★★★☆ Rolando Dasco · 3 Oct 2026 · v14.04 stars, the app is good but i cant even set my own personality for my own 3d cat i worked on his looks for, my cat is supposed to hate everyone but his ally and be a bold feisty gangster, not a pacifist!!! i want drama!!! i want wars and fights!!! waaashhhh!!! pls add the cat personality slider and relationship changer thing plssssssss!!! edit: pls dont make it a premium feature im from the philippines and i dont want to waste my precious money on an app!!! i still love the app its cute
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Growth change in installs
| Per | Growth | Growth % | Actual change | Measured over |
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| day | Not enough history yet | |||
| week | +20,102 | +0.1% | +44,349 | 15.4 days |
| month | Not enough history yet | |||
| year | Not enough history yet | |||
How these figures are measured
Change in installs, scaled to each window from the real gap between crawls. A window needs a full period of history before it reports anything.
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