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Ciao! vs Buddies
Buddies: Friendship Tracker, by Hbrothers L.L.C.
Each friend is a flower that grows when you show up and fades when you do not.
Released April 2026, 3 ratings
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Ciao!
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Buddies
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| What it costs | One payment $9.99 |
Subscription |
| Free tier | 3 friends | [CHECK] |
| Account needed | None | [CHECK] |
| A creature for each friend | 15 animals, 6 moods | A flower that fades |
| A weekly swipe deck | Yes | No |
Price, tier and feature rows are read from the App Store listing, September 2026. Where a cell says [CHECK] I could not confirm it without installing and paying, so it stays blank. Nothing here is taken from another app’s reviews.
Where Buddies wins
- •The flowers. If a garden appeals to you more than a zoo, that is a real reason and not a small one.
- •A per-friend rhythm and a memory timeline, same as Ciao!.
Where Ciao! wins
- •One payment instead of a subscription. This is the whole difference, really.
- •The Sunday deck, which nothing else in this category has.
- •Fifteen animals with six expressions each, so two friends never look the same.
Which one should you actually get?
Same idea, different plant. Pick whichever one you would rather look at fifty times, then check which one you would rather pay for every year.
