Shimeji: Screen Buddies

Contains adsIn-app purchases
4.6
405K reviews
10M+
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Content rating
Everyone
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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
May 29, 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
372K 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.
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Energetic Emo Girl
June 28, 2025
this app is adorable!!! the lil guys crawling around my screen gives me a boost of serotonin. and its nice that there's a notification that you can use to switch between ghost mode, normal mode, and to turn them off. i think it would be really cool if you could make your own albums with the lil dudes, so you don't have to dig through all the one's you have to select the one's you want on. you could make albums, and turn on the album to turn on a set group of guys. it would make things simple.
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Aliyah Gomes
June 26, 2025
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.
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What’s new

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🐞 Bug Fixes & Performance Improvements
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