Umamusume rating: what parents should know about Pretty Derby

• ✓Official rating above age 7
  App Store 13+; Google Play Teen
• ✓Contact with other players or strangers
  App Store: Messaging and Chat
• ✓Purchases with real money
  Carats, up to $69.99 per pack
• ✓Paid random items
  Google Play: In-Game Purchases (Includes Random Items)
• –Violence or scary content in rating descriptors
  No violence or scary content listed
• –Government lawsuits, fines, or safety warnings
  None found

Each flag is a yes-or-no fact from the sources on this page. The number is a count of flags, not a safety score. How we count.

Checked October 2026. Ratings and settings change; check the official source before you decide. What do these ratings mean?

Facts for parents, not medical or legal advice. If you're worried about your child, talk to your pediatrician.

What is Umamusume: Pretty Derby?

Short answer: A free sports and training sim by Cygames whose runners are girls named after historic racehorses, such as Special Week and Oguri Cap.

The player is a trainer who builds up a runner through training and enters races. The game is from Japan; the English version launched on June 26, 2025, on iOS, Android, and Steam.

Umamusume rating: what's in it

Short answer: It's rated 13+ by Apple and Teen on Google Play.

• App Store: 13+, for infrequent sexual content or nudity. Apple notes that some content may be rated higher and is managed by the developer through in-app parental controls. It also lists messaging and chat, user-generated content, and social media.
• Google Play: Teen, for suggestive themes and gambling themes.

Neither store lists violence. We didn't find an ESRB or PEGI rating.

How Scouting works: paid random draws

Short answer: Scouting is the game's random draw for runners and support cards, paid for with Carats.

On the App Store, Carats cost $9.99 for 700 up to $69.99 for 5,000, and there's a $6.99 daily Carat pack. Apple says the game "Contains Loot Boxes," and Google Play lists In-Game Purchases (Includes Random Items).

The habit kids may copy: only the win counts

In Umamusume, every week of training points toward a race result.

Try tonight: the practice race

Race your child across the room three times. After each, ask about the trying, not the result: "What did you do better that time?" In our program, this is the lesson "Not Yet": the trying matters.

What is the Umamusume age rating?

Apple's App Store rates it 13+ and Google Play rates it Teen, for suggestive themes and gambling themes.

What is Umamusume?

A free racing and training game by Cygames whose runners are girls named after historic racehorses. The English version came out in June 2025.

Is Umamusume for kids?

It's rated 13+ by Apple and Teen on Google Play. It has chat and paid random draws called Scouting.

Does Umamusume have gacha?

Yes. Apple says it "Contains Loot Boxes," and Google Play lists In-Game Purchases (Includes Random Items). Carats cost up to $69.99 per pack.

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