If you’ve been trying to feed your Kacheek or spin the Wheel of Monotony on a mobile browser for the last few years, you know the struggle. The pinch-to-zoom life is hard. But it looks like The Neopets Team (TNT) is finally throwing us a bone.

After months of rumors and vague “coming soon” promises, the official Neopets: Companion App has quietly dropped into soft launch.

Here is everything we know about the app that might finally bring Neopia into the modern era.

The Soft Launch: Who Gets the Companion App First?

As is tradition with gaming rollouts, our friends down under are the test subjects. TNT confirmed that the soft launch kicked off the week of November 16th, specifically for Australia and New Zealand.

If you are in that region, you can head to the Apple App Store or Google Play Store right now and download it. For the rest of us, we are stuck in the “wider rollout planned” waiting room. No specific dates yet for a global release, but if the ANZ test goes well without crashing the servers, hopefully, we won’t be waiting long.

What Does the Neopets Companion App Actually Do?

The most important thing about this app is what it isn’t. It isn’t a match-3 spin-off or a separate island-building game. It connects directly to your main Neopets.com account via NeoPass.

Based on the store listings and TNT’s announcement, here is what you can do from your phone:

• Inventory Management: You can finally check your inventory without the site layout breaking.
• Pet Care: Feeding and caring for your pets is streamlined. No more navigating five different pages just to make sure your Neopet isn’t “dying” of hunger.
• The Dailies: You can spin three of the classic wheels. This is huge for keeping streaks alive when you’re away from a computer.
• Games: They are porting over classic mini-games. Fashion Fever is confirmed (which is basically free NP), along with something called Solitaire 2.0.

Why This Matters

For years, the community has just wanted a way to do their “dailies” efficiently on mobile. The mobile-friendly site update (beta) has been… let’s be polite and say “divisive.”

A dedicated, lightweight app that syncs scores and items directly to the main site is exactly what the doctor ordered. The previews on the Play Store look clean and modern, suggesting this isn’t just a web-wrapper but a properly built interface.

What’s Next?

Right now, we wait for the ANZ players to find the bugs. If you are in Australia or New Zealand, give it a download and let us know: does Fashion Fever still take 10 seconds to get max points?

For everyone else, keep an eye on the app stores. If this rollout goes smoothly, managing your Neopets empire from the bus is about to get a whole lot easier.