# CHiP - Your New Best Friend

> Entertainment

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/id1137040079](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id1137040079)

## Overview

- **ID:** `id1137040079`
- **Platform:** Apple
- **Type:** Apple app
- **Status:** Removed
- **Publisher:** WowWee Group Limited
- **Category:** Entertainment
- **Rating:** 4.40 / 5 (509 ratings)
- **Version:** 1.0.34
- **Last updated:** 2018-05-24
- **First published:** 2016-09-02
- **Size:** 87 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-07-26
- **Store listing:** [Apple App Store](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/chip-your-new-best-friend/id1137040079)
- **Website:** [http://wowwee.com/chip](http://wowwee.com/chip)
- **Privacy policy:** [http://www.wowwee.com/en/legal](http://www.wowwee.com/en/legal)

## Description

CHiP is a smart, affectionate, and trainable robot dog. How you respond uniquely shapes his behaviour, so your CHiP will have his own personality.

Use the CHiP app to reward good behaviour with a treat, track mood and health, control CHiP's movement and even replay your favourite tricks. The app includes a Notification Center to keep you updated on CHiP's mood and health, and a Trickbook to save learned tricks. App requires CHiP hardware to function.

## Review summary

The CHiP app enables engaging, interactive control of the robotic dog with features like fetch, drive, dance, yoga, feeding, and alarm times, and users often praise the personalization and dog-like personality. However, recurring issues undermine it: frequent connectivity problems, aging software with minimal updates, hardware reliability concerns (wheels/movement), battery/charging troubles, and a desire for more in-app games. When it works, it’s fun and appealing; when it doesn’t, reliability and support become major drawbacks.

### Pros

- Fun and interactive control of the CHiP robot dog via the app (fetch, drive, tricks, dancing, yoga)
- Personalization options like naming CHiP and customizing how it responds
- Wide range of app features (feeding, alarms/sleep timers, reminders) that enhance real-dog-like interaction
- Positive dog-like personality and entertaining barks/sounds that users enjoy

### Cons

- Frequent connectivity/pairing issues with CHiP, especially older models (won't connect or find the chip)
- App and device support are outdated or neglected (long gaps between updates, some features missing)
- Hardware reliability problems (wheels breaking, movement issues, snapping noises)
- Battery life and charging problems (drains quickly or won't charge)
- Limited in-app content (few games beyond basic tasks; users want more variety)

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id1137040079)