Is there a Tamagotchi for couples?

If you grew up with a Tamagotchi, the idea of raising one with your partner is very appealing: something small to look after together, that grows and changes and needs you both. So is there an official “Tamagotchi for couples”?

What classic Tamagotchi can do for two people

Tamagotchi pets are designed around a single owner — one device, one pet. Over the years, Bandai has added ways for pets to meet: connected devices that let pets visit and interact, and the Tamagotchi On companion app, which let characters marry other players’ characters and pass traits to the next generation. That app was shut down in 2022.

That’s lovely if each of you has your own pet and you want them to be friends. But it isn’t the same as two people raising one pet together.

What you actually want: a shared virtual pet

What most couples are imagining is a shared virtual pet: one pet, connected to two phones, where whatever either of you does affects the same creature. You can see when your partner fed it, and you both watch it grow.

That’s a category of phone apps rather than a toy. Our explainer on how shared virtual pets work goes into the details.

Apps that let couples share one pet

Lovegotchi

Our app, built specifically for this. You pair two Android phones with a 6-character partner code and raise one 3D pet, Mochi. She has Tamagotchi-style needs — hunger, energy, cleanliness, love, happiness — and seven care actions. She grows from an egg through six stages, and evolutions play as a ceremony both of you get to see.

Friends (Pengu)

An AI companion app where Pengu is a pet you raise with another person, shaped by your conversations and choices.

SumOne

A daily question app for couples with an egg pet, EggMon, that grows as you both answer.

We compare these and more in the best virtual pet apps for couples.

How a shared pet feels different from a Tamagotchi

• The care is split. You don’t carry the whole responsibility alone — your partner can cover when you’re busy.
• It’s a signal. A happy pet when you open the app means your partner was there.
• It’s less punishing. Short cooldowns and reminders with quiet hours make it fit adult schedules. (It still pays to check in daily — a neglected Mochi gets critically weak.)
• It comes with a shared space. In Lovegotchi that means a private chat, a memory vault, and a timeline of your milestones.

The bottom line

There’s no official Tamagotchi made for two people to share one pet. If that’s what you’re after, a shared virtual pet app is the closest thing — and in some ways a better fit for couples, because the pet lives on both your phones.