Shimeji: Screen Buddies
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v13.4 by Digital Cosmos
Editor's Review
Shimejis are a animated characters which play on your phone’s screen and you can upgrade them to be inside other apps. You can keep your current wallpaper and add the animated mascots on top. live wallpaper has various mascot animatiIons.About Shimeji
Shimeji (Package Name: com.digitalcosmos.shimeji) is developed by Digital Cosmos and the latest version of Shimeji: Screen Buddies 13.4 was updated on August 13, 2026. Shimeji: Screen Buddies is in the category of Personalization with the feature Emojis. You can check all apps from the developer of Shimeji: Screen Buddies and find 200 alternative apps to Shimeji: Screen Buddies on Android. Currently this app is for free. This app can be downloaded on Android 10.0+ on APKFab or Google Play. All APK/XAPK files on APKFab.com are original and 100% safe with fast download.
Your screen is about to get a lot cuter! Shimeji: Screen Buddies fills your phone with tiny pets that walk, climb, nap and play on top of your apps. And now you can create your dream buddy just by describing it ✨
✨ Cute screen pets, always with you
- Watch your buddies walk, climb, sit, sleep and explore on top of your apps
- Tap, drag and toss them to see how they react
- Run up to 10 characters at once for a screen full of fun
- They keep you company while you chat, study, draw or browse
🪄 Magic AI: describe it, and it comes to life
- Type your dream character — a pastel cat, a cookie dragon, anything!
- Add colors, outfits, accessories and fantasy details
- Pick your favorite from multiple generated options
🎬 Turn one picture into a living character
- A single image becomes walking, climbing, dancing, sleeping and more
- Keep only the frames you love with the frame picker
- Regenerate and adjust motions until they fit your mascot
🎨 Draw and edit every frame
- Brush, eraser, fill and color tools for every pose
- Import your own art and turn it into a live screen buddy
- Recolor, fix or restyle any frame — or duplicate a buddy and make it yours
📦 Collect, create or import
- Download original mascots made for Shimeji: Screen Buddies
- Import compatible PC Shimeji packs and use them on Android
- Build your collection with the editor, Magic AI, or both
🎮 Level up your favorites
- Your Shimeji earn XP while they wander around your screen
- Level up to unlock new moves, poses and surprises
- Play with them for bonus XP and faster progress
⚙️ Smooth, smart and distraction-free
- New animation engine for smoother, more lifelike motion
- Ghost Mode: buddies stay visible but ignore touches while you game or chat
- Battery-friendly, with simple controls for size, speed and behavior
🛡️ Original content
All built-in characters are original creations for Shimeji: Screen Buddies. You can also draw your own, import compatible packs, or generate new originals with Magic AI.
Disclaimer
Shimeji: Screen Buddies is an independent app, unrelated to the Simeji keyboard and not affiliated with any anime, game, movie or third-party IP holders. Our brand name and logo, watermarked images, UI graphics and text, app source code, original characters and curated database are protected by copyright and trademark law.
🆕 What's new
- Magic AI: create original characters from a text description
- Magic animations from a single image, with frame picker
- Full frame-by-frame editor and compatible PC Shimeji pack import
- New animation engine, character levels, up to 10 buddies on screen
Adopt a buddy, create your own, and turn your phone into a tiny playground 💛
✨ Cute screen pets, always with you
- Watch your buddies walk, climb, sit, sleep and explore on top of your apps
- Tap, drag and toss them to see how they react
- Run up to 10 characters at once for a screen full of fun
- They keep you company while you chat, study, draw or browse
🪄 Magic AI: describe it, and it comes to life
- Type your dream character — a pastel cat, a cookie dragon, anything!
- Add colors, outfits, accessories and fantasy details
- Pick your favorite from multiple generated options
🎬 Turn one picture into a living character
- A single image becomes walking, climbing, dancing, sleeping and more
- Keep only the frames you love with the frame picker
- Regenerate and adjust motions until they fit your mascot
🎨 Draw and edit every frame
- Brush, eraser, fill and color tools for every pose
- Import your own art and turn it into a live screen buddy
- Recolor, fix or restyle any frame — or duplicate a buddy and make it yours
📦 Collect, create or import
- Download original mascots made for Shimeji: Screen Buddies
- Import compatible PC Shimeji packs and use them on Android
- Build your collection with the editor, Magic AI, or both
🎮 Level up your favorites
- Your Shimeji earn XP while they wander around your screen
- Level up to unlock new moves, poses and surprises
- Play with them for bonus XP and faster progress
⚙️ Smooth, smart and distraction-free
- New animation engine for smoother, more lifelike motion
- Ghost Mode: buddies stay visible but ignore touches while you game or chat
- Battery-friendly, with simple controls for size, speed and behavior
🛡️ Original content
All built-in characters are original creations for Shimeji: Screen Buddies. You can also draw your own, import compatible packs, or generate new originals with Magic AI.
Disclaimer
Shimeji: Screen Buddies is an independent app, unrelated to the Simeji keyboard and not affiliated with any anime, game, movie or third-party IP holders. Our brand name and logo, watermarked images, UI graphics and text, app source code, original characters and curated database are protected by copyright and trademark law.
🆕 What's new
- Magic AI: create original characters from a text description
- Magic animations from a single image, with frame picker
- Full frame-by-frame editor and compatible PC Shimeji pack import
- New animation engine, character levels, up to 10 buddies on screen
Adopt a buddy, create your own, and turn your phone into a tiny playground 💛
Shimeji 13.4 Update
- Added Smart Description which can be turned on/off plus visible prompts- Fixed a bug where users would get stuck on a screen
- Improved image and animation generation quality
- Misc crash fixes
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Version
DPI
117
August 14, 2026
Shimeji: Screen Buddies
13.4
(117)
Architecture: armeabi-v7a
Screen DPI: nodpi
SHA1: 6b873d2cb5c3d23ad1f3cc3d1573612e2ac2f748
Base APK: com.digitalcosmos.shimeji.apk
Split APKs: config.armeabi_v7a, config.en, config.mdpi
Size: 22.81 MB
What's New:
- Added Smart Description which can be turned on/off plus visible prompts
- Fixed a bug where users would get stuck on a screen
- Improved image and animation generation quality
- Misc crash fixes
- Fixed a bug where users would get stuck on a screen
- Improved image and animation generation quality
- Misc crash fixes
armeabi-v7a
nodpi
117
August 14, 2026
Shimeji: Screen Buddies
13.4
(117)
Architecture: arm64-v8a
Screen DPI: nodpi
SHA1: eb5e0ba5869dc1cf1af0b51070b1982666c12843
Base APK: com.digitalcosmos.shimeji.apk
Split APKs: config.arm64_v8a, config.en, config.xxhdpi
Size: 22.97 MB
What's New:
- Added Smart Description which can be turned on/off plus visible prompts
- Fixed a bug where users would get stuck on a screen
- Improved image and animation generation quality
- Misc crash fixes
- Fixed a bug where users would get stuck on a screen
- Improved image and animation generation quality
- Misc crash fixes
arm64-v8a
nodpi
117
August 14, 2026
Shimeji: Screen Buddies
13.4
(117)
Requires Android: Android 10.0+
Architecture: armeabi-v7a
Screen DPI: nodpi
SHA1: e2b15d3f87dde67f3ef4b2205edc52a46836020e
Base APK: com.digitalcosmos.shimeji.apk
Split APKs: config.ar, config.armeabi_v7a, config.de, config.en, config.es, config.fr, config.hdpi, config.hi, config.in, config.it, config.ja, config.ko, config.my, config.pt, config.ru, config.th, config.tr, config.vi, config.zh
Size: 25.72 MB
What's New:
- Added Smart Description which can be turned on/off plus visible prompts
- Fixed a bug where users would get stuck on a screen
- Improved image and animation generation quality
- Misc crash fixes
- Fixed a bug where users would get stuck on a screen
- Improved image and animation generation quality
- Misc crash fixes
armeabi-v7a
Android 10.0+
nodpi
Variant
Arch
Version
DPI
116
August 11, 2026
Shimeji: Screen Buddies
13.3
(116)
Requires Android: Android 10.0+
Architecture: arm64-v8a
Screen DPI: nodpi
SHA1: 18592080773d796ee4c9df6d2e98eeec59da4391
Base APK: com.digitalcosmos.shimeji.apk
Split APKs: config.arm64_v8a, config.en, config.xxhdpi
Size: 22.94 MB
What's New:
Your buddy, exactly how you want it.
- The full character editor is now open to everyone
- Turn your own photo or drawing into a desktop pet
- Mirror your picture so your character faces the right way
- New Grab wall move, smoother climbing and playback
- Double XP is granted even if an ad fails to load
- Faster overlay, lower memory, fewer stuck creations
- The full character editor is now open to everyone
- Turn your own photo or drawing into a desktop pet
- Mirror your picture so your character faces the right way
- New Grab wall move, smoother climbing and playback
- Double XP is granted even if an ad fails to load
- Faster overlay, lower memory, fewer stuck creations
arm64-v8a
Android 10.0+
nodpi
116
August 11, 2026
Shimeji: Screen Buddies
13.3
(116)
Requires Android: Android 10.0+
Architecture: armeabi-v7a
Screen DPI: nodpi
SHA1: 7493f39079c6f1e64596c288258a4c612eb2f80f
Base APK: com.digitalcosmos.shimeji.apk
Split APKs: config.ar, config.armeabi_v7a, config.de, config.en, config.es, config.fr, config.hdpi, config.hi, config.in, config.it, config.ja, config.ko, config.my, config.pt, config.ru, config.th, config.tr, config.vi, config.zh
Size: 25.64 MB
What's New:
Your buddy, exactly how you want it.
- The full character editor is now open to everyone
- Turn your own photo or drawing into a desktop pet
- Mirror your picture so your character faces the right way
- New Grab wall move, smoother climbing and playback
- Double XP is granted even if an ad fails to load
- Faster overlay, lower memory, fewer stuck creations
- The full character editor is now open to everyone
- Turn your own photo or drawing into a desktop pet
- Mirror your picture so your character faces the right way
- New Grab wall move, smoother climbing and playback
- Double XP is granted even if an ad fails to load
- Faster overlay, lower memory, fewer stuck creations
armeabi-v7a
Android 10.0+
nodpi
Variant
Arch
Version
DPI
115
July 31, 2026
Shimeji: Screen Buddies
13.2
(115)
Architecture: arm64-v8a
Screen DPI: nodpi
SHA1: 2e443da4f89949a56ee385bb4de47320f5afb2ee
Base APK: com.digitalcosmos.shimeji.apk
Split APKs: config.arm64_v8a, config.en, config.mdpi
Size: 22.89 MB
What's New:
✨ NEW: turn any photo into your own screen pet
🔍 NEW: Discover tab — browse and add new characters
🎨 Fresh Material 3 Expressive design with a new Create hub
🐛 Fixed animations that wouldn't play
🔍 NEW: Discover tab — browse and add new characters
🎨 Fresh Material 3 Expressive design with a new Create hub
🐛 Fixed animations that wouldn't play
arm64-v8a
nodpi
115
July 31, 2026
Shimeji: Screen Buddies
13.2
(115)
Requires Android: Android 10.0+
Architecture: arm64-v8a
Screen DPI: nodpi
SHA1: 2142a3f16fc5f5a0e7d805fd84ad7d531d774212
Base APK: com.digitalcosmos.shimeji.apk
Split APKs: config.arm64_v8a, config.en, config.xxhdpi
Size: 22.91 MB
What's New:
✨ NEW: turn any photo into your own screen pet
🔍 NEW: Discover tab — browse and add new characters
🎨 Fresh Material 3 Expressive design with a new Create hub
🐛 Fixed animations that wouldn't play
🔍 NEW: Discover tab — browse and add new characters
🎨 Fresh Material 3 Expressive design with a new Create hub
🐛 Fixed animations that wouldn't play
arm64-v8a
Android 10.0+
nodpi
115
July 31, 2026
Shimeji: Screen Buddies
13.2
(115)
Requires Android: Android 10.0+
Architecture: armeabi-v7a
Screen DPI: nodpi
SHA1: ba17ee2b48dd8e398c58a1ed7a97d4e0ed7764bd
Base APK: com.digitalcosmos.shimeji.apk
Split APKs: config.ar, config.armeabi_v7a, config.de, config.en, config.es, config.fr, config.hdpi, config.hi, config.in, config.it, config.ja, config.ko, config.my, config.pt, config.ru, config.th, config.tr, config.vi, config.zh
Size: 25.6 MB
What's New:
✨ NEW: turn any photo into your own screen pet
🔍 NEW: Discover tab — browse and add new characters
🎨 Fresh Material 3 Expressive design with a new Create hub
🐛 Fixed animations that wouldn't play
🔍 NEW: Discover tab — browse and add new characters
🎨 Fresh Material 3 Expressive design with a new Create hub
🐛 Fixed animations that wouldn't play
armeabi-v7a
Android 10.0+
nodpi
Variant
Arch
Version
DPI
114
July 30, 2026
Shimeji: Screen Buddies
13.1
(114)
Architecture: arm64-v8a
Screen DPI: nodpi
SHA1: 580b0af7715a0b318195e2cad0bcf7011d1f9eb0
Base APK: com.digitalcosmos.shimeji.apk
Split APKs: config.arm64_v8a, config.en, config.mdpi
Size: 22.89 MB
What's New:
✨ NEW: turn any photo into your own screen pet
🔍 NEW: Discover tab — browse and add new characters
🎨 Fresh Material 3 Expressive design with a new Create hub
🐛 Fixed animations that wouldn't play
🔍 NEW: Discover tab — browse and add new characters
🎨 Fresh Material 3 Expressive design with a new Create hub
🐛 Fixed animations that wouldn't play
arm64-v8a
nodpi
114
July 30, 2026
Shimeji: Screen Buddies
13.1
(114)
Requires Android: Android 10.0+
Architecture: arm64-v8a
Screen DPI: nodpi
SHA1: c7e2cc04a307f4e553575ebf55ad55e25823f936
Base APK: com.digitalcosmos.shimeji.apk
Split APKs: config.arm64_v8a, config.en, config.xxhdpi
Size: 22.72 MB
What's New:
✨ NEW: turn any photo into your own screen pet
🔍 NEW: Discover tab — browse and add new characters
🎨 Fresh Material 3 Expressive design with a new Create hub
🐛 Fixed animations that wouldn't play
🔍 NEW: Discover tab — browse and add new characters
🎨 Fresh Material 3 Expressive design with a new Create hub
🐛 Fixed animations that wouldn't play
arm64-v8a
Android 10.0+
nodpi
114
July 30, 2026
Shimeji: Screen Buddies
13.1
(114)
Requires Android: Android 10.0+
Architecture: armeabi-v7a
Screen DPI: nodpi
SHA1: 626e495bb45afe32b4e5408de0a526abee5e8d93
Base APK: com.digitalcosmos.shimeji.apk
Split APKs: config.ar, config.armeabi_v7a, config.de, config.en, config.es, config.fr, config.hdpi, config.hi, config.in, config.it, config.ja, config.ko, config.my, config.pt, config.ru, config.th, config.tr, config.vi, config.zh
Size: 25.59 MB
What's New:
✨ NEW: turn any photo into your own screen pet
🔍 NEW: Discover tab — browse and add new characters
🎨 Fresh Material 3 Expressive design with a new Create hub
🐛 Fixed animations that wouldn't play
🔍 NEW: Discover tab — browse and add new characters
🎨 Fresh Material 3 Expressive design with a new Create hub
🐛 Fixed animations that wouldn't play
armeabi-v7a
Android 10.0+
nodpi
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Update Date:
2026-08-13
Latest Version:
13.4
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