Shimeji: Screen Buddies

Contains adsIn-app purchases
4.6
407K reviews
10M+
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Content rating
PEGI 3
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About this app

Ever wish anime heroes or gaming idols could chill on your screen? With Shimeji, they do — 24/7! 😍

🤯 1000+ characters to collect & customize!
From anime, games, memes, and more — your favs are probably here!
They’re super cute, totally fun, and you can even create your own 🎨.
Get creative or dive into your favorite fandoms.

📱 Always on-screen, always with you.
Shimejis float on top of your apps — messaging, gaming, whatever!
They're your new screen buddies that never leave your side.

💥 Super Shimejis = next-level cuteness
These mascots are 16x more detailed for an epic screen glow-up.
Want to tweak their look? Go wild — they're fully editable!

🎛️ Your screen, your rules.
Change animation size & speed
Run up to 6 Shimejis at once – it’s a party on your screen 🎉
Pick up, toss, or just vibe with them however you like

👻 Ghost Mode
Need them out of the way during a game or texting? Tap a button in notification to make your Shimejis ignore touch (but still be there 😏) so you can focus. No interruptions!

Let your screen come to life — get Shimeji and start the fun!
Updated on
Aug 10, 2025

Data safety

Safety starts with understanding how developers collect and share your data. Data privacy and security practices may vary based on your use, region, and age. The developer provided this information and may update it over time.
This app may share these data types with third parties
Location, App activity and 2 others
This app may collect these data types
Location, App activity and 2 others
Data is encrypted in transit

Ratings and reviews

4.6
373K reviews
Violet T
June 13, 2025
Overall really good experience, there isn't anything that is not great except a few flaws. First, Some pets have a gap in between the wall they climb and themselves, which I find very annoying. Second, its kinda hard to get many things done. Even with ghost mode(a mode where you cannot tap or interact with the pets, they end up transparent), they are still flinging across the screen. I would say this isn't much of a pay to use app, though the perks of premium does seem to make a difference.
213 people found this review helpful
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joshua Morris
May 21, 2025
This app is great if you want desktop pets on mobile, and it is overall great for that. One issue I have is that there is no paint bucket tool for custom pets, or custom colours, or importing gifs. It is the only issue I have with this app as it is pretty annoying. Other than that, this app is great. edit: they added import!
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Digital Cosmos
May 21, 2025
Import is now available for all users, so now you can use your favorite third party drawing apps. There's Ghost Mode in settings (and notification shortcut) that makes all touch pass through the characters so it's no longer annoying :)
min _clara38
July 2, 2025
It's so cute!!!! I highly recommend. However, there's a slight issue. The characters seem to have variety of movements but I can only do some on the screen even when I opened the movement pack. Is this related to the type of touch? Like double touch to make the character do a certain movement?.
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What’s new

- Improved online list image loading and scrolling
- User experience improvements
- Bug fixes