I have such mixed feelings about this. On the one hand, it’s absolutely charming: the capybara are adorable, your interactions with them feel realistic, and they will win your heart quickly if you like caring for digital creatures. There’s only one real catch: it’s possible for them to escape and run away if you miss even a single day of feeding them. I’m reviewing this on behalf of my son, who was literally in tears yesterday after losing his phone at a friend’s house for a day, only to find that his beloved Muffin had vanished by the time he was able to get back to the app. Caring for these lil’ guys is compelling enough to allow people to form strong attachments, and as anyone who has had a pet go missing can tell you, it *hurts* to lose them.
My suggestion for the app maker: please be more forgiving with the capybara runaway / escape timer, or maybe change it to something else entirely, like getting annoyed? Kids lose their phones all the time, or get grounded from them, or have them break. Coming back to this app to discover that their little friend abandoned them genuinely hurts. I’d happily 5-star this app if it didn’t carry so much risk of heartbreak.