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Pocket Penguins

California Academy of Sciences

Free download 4.61 · 1 storefront · 157 ratings In-app purchases unconfirmed
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About this app

Warning: Cute alert! Pocket Penguins, streaming in real-time from the California Academy of Sciences, provides an intimate view into our live African penguin exhibit. Watch the birds swim, dive, flirt, nest and relax from any one of three live webcams. Listen in as Academy biologists answer questions from visitors during meal time, daily at 10:30am and 3:00pm PST. The Academy's penguins are part of the American Zoo and Aquarium Association's Species Survival Program, aimed at conserving this species in the wild. African penguins (Spheniscus demersus) live off the coast of South Africa and Namibia. In 2010, the International Union for Conservation of Nature classified the species as endangered, or at very high risk of extinction in the wild. Disclaimer: Please note that this app depends largely on your wireless network’s quality of service and data rates may apply. A Wi-Fi connection is recommended.

Latest release

What’s New

Version 4.0 Aug 26, 2026

Complete rebuild and performance improvements

Audience growth

Ratings growth

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Ratings / day 0.0
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US rating-count history
157 ratings
157 Sep 4, 2026 · 157 ratings Sep 4, 2026

Baseline captured. Growth appears after the crawler observes a changed rating count.

Momentum comes from crawler snapshots for the tracked storefront. “Viral growth signal” means unusually fast recent rating gains; it is an indicator, not download data.

Price tracking

Price intelligence

1 captured event
Current Free
Historical low Free
Paid → free
Price history
Current Free
Free Sep 4, 2026 · Free Sep 4, 2026

First snapshot captured. The trend line starts after the next crawler price observation.

  1. First observed Sep 4, 2026 · 2:56 AM Free

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