Pocket Pip help

It shows how Pip feels. Tap it and he tells you why, like when he is hungry or bored.

Food, fun, energy, clean, health and manners. Keep them up and Pip stays happy. If health gets low, Pip is in danger!

Something is low: look at the bars. Feed him, play with him, clean up, or put him to bed.

Pip needs you. If you leave him too long it counts as a care mistake.

Tap Feed, then Meal or Snack. Snacks are fun, but too many make him chubby.

He goes pink when he's embarrassed or loved, red when he's cross, green when he feels poorly, blue when he's cold, and gold when you earn a title!

Tap Clean when you see a mess. He gets washed and sparkles.

Only scold Pip when he is being naughty: he says sorry and learns manners. Scolding him for nothing makes him cross!

Tap Medicine. Keeping him clean helps him stay well.

When you start, Pip tells you what to do the first time he needs something: feeding, playing, cleaning and more. Each tip comes once.

When Pip has been with you a long time, he becomes a wise old Pip: grey eyebrows, glasses some of the time, a walking stick, and lots of stories about the old days. Keep looking after him!

Baby, Kid, then Grown-up. How well you look after him decides what kind of Pip he grows into. Look after him really well and he might get a pet of his own!

He gets hungry and bored, so come back and look after him! Come back after an hour and a page tells you what he got up to while you were away. The longer you are gone, the more he does. The first time each day, he finds a few coins too.

Every pet you meet is kept for ever, even after a new egg. Choose who is out with Pip in Settings > Pet. Look after Pip well and you will meet more!

Pets come in five kinds: Common ★ (grey), Magic ★★ (blue), Rare ★★★ (gold), Epic ★★★★ (purple) and Legendary ★★★★★ (orange). The more stars, the harder they are to meet. Some only come for a special reason: the book gives you a hint.

Pets you've met drop in now and then to say hi! Choose who lives with Pip in Settings > Pet.

When a Pip passes away, his score goes in the Top 5. Then a new egg arrives.

Yes! Shop > Room > Bedtime: tap the lava lamp to put it away, and tap it again to bring it back. It only glows when no room item is out.

Tap Sleep to put him to bed, then Lights to turn the light off. Lights off between 7 and 9 in the evening, left off till morning, earns coins and a sleep streak.

He dreams about his day, talks in his sleep, blows snore bubbles (tap one to pop it!) and sometimes counts sheep. Tap him to tuck him in. With the light off, look out for night visitors.

Sometimes when you put him to bed he asks for one. Tap Story and pick how the story goes!

Bedtime things from the shop (Room tab). They work alongside your room item: the stars glow when the light is off, and the music box plays a little tune as he drops off.

Yes! When the lights are off, the Moon in his night sky is tonight's real Moon, and it moves across the sky through the night. Some nights there's no Moon at all: that's a new Moon, just like the real sky, and it comes back in a few days. The Moon through his telescope is real too. On real shooting-star nights in August and December, look up in the evening.

After 9 at night Pip gets sleepy: the screen goes a little darker, he yawns more, and he might ask if it's your bedtime too. It all goes back to normal in the morning.

Sometimes Pip says Hide and seek! Close your eyes, then hides behind something. Look for his tuft or his feet poking out, and tap where he is.

Only do the move when Pip says "Pip says" first! If he just says "Jump!", don't tap anything. Two mistakes and the game is over.

Pip's message is in secret code: every letter has slid along the alphabet. Tap ◀ or ▶ to slide them all back until the word makes sense, then tap That's it! Like IBQQZ: one back is HAPPY. It turns up once you've won a few learning games.

Yes! Look out for marching invaders, dots to chomp, a wall of bricks, barrels to jump, a giant burger and lots more. And when THE FLOOR IS LAVA, he needs a chair, fast!

Lost a game? Sometimes a countdown starts. Tap Play before it gets to 0 to have another go at the same game straight away. It never costs coins.

He loves cube jumping games! Sometimes he plays a level, has lots of goes, flies through portals or builds his own level. Watch for a secret coin.

Tap Play, then Game for a mini-game, Toys for something to play with, or Pet to play with his pet (once he has one). Winning a game cheers him up.

Play > Toys. Make beats, play freeze dance (tap Freeze! to stop Pip mid-dance) or breathe slowly with Pip when you feel wound up. Buy the bubble popper and slime in the shop (Toys) and they go in there too.

Yes! Press and hold on Pip and he squishes flat like a squishy toy. Let go and he boings back.

Play a card with the same shape or the same number as the one on the pile. Draw gives you new cards. A +4 matches anything, and Pip hates it! Play 5 cards before Pip does to win.

Pip orders a tiny sandwich. Tap the layers in the order he asks, bread first and last. Three wobbles and it's over. He eats it, so it counts as a snack.

Open the book and tap Teach. He gets it right three times, then he knows the trick for good.

Play has sums, counting, patterns, telling the time, a numbers round, picture sudoku, coding Pip to a snack, secret codes, bridge building, paper planes and a breakfast machine. They get harder as you get them right!

Play > Toys > Board: big buttons that make silly noises, and Pip reacts to every one. There's a page just for parps. Press one too many times and he'll cover his ears!

Yes! Play > Toys > 2P: put the phone down between you. Player 1 has the left button, Player 2 the right. Tug of war, a soundboard battle, or Pip says for two.

Little charms that hang off the bottom of your case, in the shop under Cases. You can hang four at once. Some of them do things: try shaking the phone, or turning the lights off at bedtime! One is earned, not bought.

Open the daily present, look after Pip, have birthdays, sleep well, and grow flowers in the window box.

A fizzy drink from the shop: +50 energy, and something silly happens!

Tap the bag. Buy hats, room things, toys, fidget toys, a keyring, special food, case colours, seeds and mystery capsules with the coins you earn in the game. It never uses real money.

Buy a seed in the shop. It grows in the box at the top right in 8 hours, even with the app closed. Tap the flower to pick it for coins.

A surprise hat or toy from the shop. Some hats only come from capsules! If you get one you already have, you get some coins back.

Tap the book. It keeps everything you have seen and earned: events, Pips raised, pets, shop things, achievements and titles. It lasts for every Pip.

Yes! Open the book and tap an event you have seen. Pip does it again, just for fun: it gives no coins.

Do things (feed 100 meals, keep a sleep streak...) to earn titles like Chef or the Tidy. Pick one for before his name and one for after in the book.

In the book, every event has stars: ★ happens any time, ★★ needs the right time, weather or a pet, ★★★ only comes in one season or after something you do, ★★★★ is very rare and ★★★★★ is a real secret. Keep watching!

Ice lollies are in the shop in the summer (June to August), once the Summer pack has opened. They cost 5 and make Pip happier.

It pops up when something new goes into your book.

Come back every day for a present. Days in a row make a streak, with a bigger present every 7th day.

Tap the camera, pick a frame and a sticker, then Share.

At the top of the pets in the book: three pets you haven't met yet, with a hint about how to meet them. They change every day.

Every song Pip sings goes in the book under Records. Tap one to hear it again!

Yes! Around Valentine's Day, Pancake Day, Easter, Halloween, Fireworks night and New Year, look out for surprises, and festivals from all around the world too. On some days he dresses up.

When nobody touches the phone for a few minutes, a screensaver comes on, like old computers had: a sheep, flying toasters, growing pipes or a bouncing box. Tap the screen to wake Pip.

Sometimes in the daytime a little plane flies over pulling a banner with a message on it. Read it as it goes past! Other planes write words in the sky with smoke. Cheeky ones.

Once a day Pip says hello in your phone's language. He also has a snack and visitors from your part of the world. He only looks at the phone's language and time zone, and nothing is sent anywhere. Pick your country in Settings.

Sometimes Pip pretends to be a famous British YouTuber who loves tea and finding sneaky tricks in games. Spiffing! Once you have seen it, look in the shop.

After the rain he jumps in puddles. In the snow he has snowball fights and builds snowmen. He flies kites on windy days, and more!

Now and then the food bar turns into a roast chicken being eaten, just for fun. The real food bar doesn't change.

Yes! Sometimes his phone rings, he plays on a tablet, rides a robot vacuum, tries VR goggles or drives a remote control car. Watch out for autocorrect!

Pip saves his adventures for when you are there to see them. After 2 minutes with no taps, a screensaver comes on and nothing new starts until you tap again.

Now and then Pip puts on his very own little opera, with a spotlight. Listen out for the big finish!

Pip loves the internet of long ago: pop-ups, dial-up, dancing babies, hamsters and home pages "under construction". Ask a grown-up about them! Some you can join in with, like picking a hat colour.

Rain, drizzle, storms, fog, hail, snow, wind, sunshine, sun showers, frosty mornings and heatwaves! Sometimes there's a raindrop race: tap the drop you think will win.

Pip talks like his age! A baby Pip babbles, a kid asks lots of questions (and has a grumpy teenage day), a grown-up worries about the price of bananas, and an old Pip remembers the old days.

In the week before Halloween Pip dresses up in a new costume every day, and spooky-silly things happen: potions, spiders, a dancing skeleton... There's apple bobbing too!

Sparklers, a bonfire, a Catherine wheel and rockets, and some bonfire treats. If Pip has a pet, he keeps it safe from the bangs.

That's Pip singing! He loves a silly song about cheese or fish.

★ is news, ! means something is happening, a speech bubble is a fun fact or quote. Plain words are Pip talking.

Every two weeks a new pack opens all by itself, with new things for Pip to do and new pets to meet. Look in the book to see when the next one comes!

Shake it and Pip gets dizzy. Turn it upside down and he holds on tight!

When your phone battery is low, Pip reminds you to charge it.

A little pony who never seems happy, whatever happens. Maybe one day...

With Music and Sounds both off, Pip can't hear you and you can't hear him! Now and then he waves to say hello. Turn them back on in Settings.

Yes! Sometimes he puts on a show with his very own songs from PIPSQUEAK RECORDS.

Lots! Some names are secret... try your favourite game or hero. Keep watching: all sorts of things happen when you least expect it.

Sharing a photo or a backup, and sending a line, leave the game. A grown-up answers the sum first. They only need to do it once every 5 minutes.

Settings > Report a problem. A grown-up answers a sum, then you can share a short note with what Pip was doing. Write what went wrong at the end.

Yes! Settings > Players > type their name and tap Add. Each player has their own Pip, coins and book. When the game opens it asks who's playing. A grown-up can remove a player (not the one playing now).

Mikeynma and his son! See Settings > About for the version number and thank-yous.

A setting for little ones. When it's on, a Pip who can't carry on goes off on a big adventure and sends a postcard, instead of passing away. The score and the Top 5 stay the same.

Settings > Calm mode turns off flashing lights, shaking screens and nudges. It also turns on by itself if your phone is set to reduce motion.

Settings > Diary. Pip writes a few words about each day.

Settings > Grandma's. Pip goes to stay with Grandma while you are busy, and his needs stand still. Tap Bring home when you are back.

Yes! Settings > Captions shows a little word for every sound, like [MUNCH] or [BOOM], so you never miss a joke.

A setting for parents, behind the grown-up sum: Pip says a few extra lines about tired-grown-up life, and now and then does something only a grown-up would (like a group chat that won't stop pinging). Still clean, just only funny if you're 40.

Settings > Dismiss pet sends it off for a nap (Recall brings it back). Settings > Put away teddy (or ball) puts it away, and Get out brings it back. They also step out of the way during events, and the pet goes to bed when Pip does.

Settings > Backup makes a code you can keep. Settings also has sounds, music and buzz on or off.

Settings > Backup > Start again from scratch. A grown-up does a sum, then types RESET. It deletes every player's Pip, book and everything else on this phone, so make a backup code first if you might want them back.

If the phone's Google backup is on, Android saves the game about once a day. Install Pocket Pip on the new phone and your Pip comes back. For extra safety, Settings > Backup makes a code you can keep.