Shimeji

Digital Cosmos

Contains adsIn-app purchases

About this app

The original Shimeji Android app since 2016 — bring cute, animated mascots to your screen.

Ever wish anime heroes or gaming icons could hang out on your phone? With Shimeji, they do — anytime, anywhere. Cute screen buddies (shimeji) walk, climb, and play on top of your apps.

✨ Why choose Shimeji?
• Original shimeji app with the biggest collection and trusted by millions
• 1000+ characters from anime, games, memes, and more
• Create your own mascots with the built-in editor
• Optimized to be smooth and battery-friendly

💎 Super Shimeji (premium)
• Next-level detail: high-res 512×512 animations (16 times more pixels)
• Glow-up effects and polish for your favorite mascots

🎮 Play & interact
• Pick up, drag, and toss mascots — watch them react
• Run up to 6 shimeji at once for a screen full of fun
• Select many of your favorite characters and have them change smoothly every few minutes
• Tap & double-tap actions: Hide, Freeze, Change mascot, and more
• Live preview when adjusting size and animation speed

👻 Ghost Mode
Need to focus during gaming or texting? Toggle Ghost Mode from the notification or settings to make mascots ignore touch — still visible, never in the way.

📦 Content your way
• Two offline mascots included to start instantly
• Online library always growing with new shimeji. Library also available on the website (link at the end)
• Create your own mascots or duplicate existing and edit them

🚀 Quick start
1. Install and open Shimeji
2. Pick a few mascots (or make your own)
3. Enjoy cute companions living on your screen

Shimeji makes your phone feel alive with animated, customizable mascots. Whether you love anime, gaming, or memes, there’s a character for every mood — plus powerful controls, premium Super Shimeji, and a creator for endless possibilities.

⚠️ Disclaimer
Shimeji is an independent fan app and is not affiliated with any anime/game IP holders. All mascots are fan-made community artwork curated in the Shimeji app. Our brand name and logo, watermarked images, UI graphics and text, app source code, and curated database are original works protected by copyright and trademark law. We don’t claim exclusive rights over general interaction ideas (e.g., double-tap to change, random selection). Copying our code or assets to replicate these interactions is not permitted.

🌐 Learn more: https://shimeji.app

Ratings and reviews

I wrote a negative review on the worst possible timing, the updated version now has editing and deletion capabilities for custom shimejis. This allows me to be much more versatile. I also appreciate that there is no longer a premium subscription requirement, as you can now buy certain features for a one-time purchase. One of the best decisions made so far, and those who want to continue supporting by other means, can choose to subscribe. I'm excited to create more, I recommend this to artists!

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.

this is pretty fun, it has a large selection and it pretty ok. the reason I got this one and not others was because it had a make your own! but I find out, that 1 if your picture is even slightly bigger than the box then half of its gone, 2 if you want to erase something or draw something near the edge you can't even see it, and the zoom can't go far enough. in general it's pretty good but if your trying to make your own then I wouldn't suggest it.

What’s new

✨ Daily Surprise! Get a Premium Shimeji gift every day!
🛍️ Shop is back! Unlock your favorite features with one-time purchases – no subscription needed.