My Talking Tom 2

What it is

My Talking Tom 2 is a virtual pet. It is free to download. Feeding, dressing, and furnishing the pet can be done slowly for free, or faster with purchases. Adverts offer rewards and also interrupt play.

What it costs: outfits, rooms, and skips, if you allow them. The pet does not come to harm if you do not pay. There is no need for a card to sit on a child’s tablet overnight.

What to look out for

• A sad pet used as a reason they “have to” spend.
• Mini-games that end in a shop.
• A run of small purchases in one evening.

Ways to stay safe

These steps are for My Talking Tom 2. The house rules still apply on every app.

• Do not put your card details on their device. Not in the App Store, Google Play, the game, or PayPal. If you choose to pay, type the card in yourself for that purchase, then remove it.
• Play the free version. The pet is still there tomorrow.
• Card off the device. In-app purchases off for younger children.
• If they want one outfit, that is a planned buy you make, then the card comes off again.

In the news

Published reports you can read yourself. A headline is the proof, not a set of instructions, and this page does not repeat graphic detail.

• Games that sell random prizes are getting higher age ratings BBC Newsround · 2026 The BBC piece describes games that nudge a child to pay. A virtual pet uses the same shop for food and clothes.

A way to start the conversation

You can say: "Tom is not hungry in real life. We do not spend money because the app pulled a sad face. If you want something from the shop, you ask, and I decide."

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