# Fish Tycoon 2 Virtual Aquarium — user reviews > 396 indexed App Store user reviews of Fish Tycoon 2 Virtual Aquarium by LDW Software, LLC, rated 4.20/5 from 3,819 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/fish-tycoon-2-virtual-aquarium/id1194725957/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/fish-tycoon-2-virtual-aquarium/id1194725957.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 2,558 · 4★ 541 · 3★ 193 · 2★ 169 · 1★ 358 ## What do users think of Fish Tycoon 2 Virtual Aquarium? Overall sentiment: neutral **Pros** - 🐠 Fun and addictive gameplay - 🎨 Great graphics and visuals - 🕰️ Nostalgic throwback to original game - 💎 Ability to earn in-game currency through ads **Cons** - 💰 Expensive upgrades and supplies - 🐟 Fish die too quickly when not playing - 🔍 Difficult to progress without spending money - 🐛 Frequent crashes and server connection issues **Commonly reported bugs** - Eggs and fish disappearing after leaving the game - Goals and achievements not tracking properly - Ads not working or crashing the app - Selling fish causing the app to crash **Most requested features** - More fish species and breeding combinations - Ability to pause game or extend fish lifespan - Easier way to earn in-game currency - More tanks and customization options ## Newest reviews (20 of 396) ### 2/5 — Meh cost you money to play *2026-07-27, version 1.11.6* I love the idea and everything behind this game and I also understand wanting to make a challenging game…. However in order to progress in this game you need to spend money or your fish just keep dying not worth the time. ### 4/5 — Good game *2026-07-23, version 1.11.6* It’s a good game but if it had online trading so we could trade or sell fish to friends or family would make it way better and make it so everyone can have a chance of competing the findex ### 2/5 — Scam *2026-06-29, version 1.11.6* Every time I log in all my fish die, evem if it’s only been an hour ### 2/5 — VERY hard to play, almost not worth it *2026-05-28, version 1.11.6* The fish die quickly, you are required to spend a ton of coins, but only get few back in reward. If you truly wanted to have fun with this game you would have to spend your own real money (which converted to coins the value is not worth it). The game is time consuming, basically waiting around the whole time. A lot of losing, not a whole lot of 'winning' ### 2/5 — Fish die overnight *2026-05-20, version 1.11.6* I really wanted to like this game as I missed the original fish tycoon on the PC, but it’s ridiculous that you go to bed and the fish die?? And the suggestions to help keep them alive are unaffordable ### 2/5 — Meh *2026-05-16, version 1.11.6* Like the game but the fish die way to fast ### 3/5 — So great….until *2026-04-24, version 1.11.6* I loved this game as a kid and have been having so much fun! Sadly though randomly one day it just stop loading and was stuck at the audio initialized and I wasn’t able to play so I had to delete the app very sad especially because I had been binge playing for the last week. Still a wonderful game! ### 2/5 — Disappointed *2026-03-15, version 1.11.6* You can’t make money fast enough and not enough of it to get what you need and you can watch video for coins but by the time I’ve watched all the videos enough to get 300 coins my fish are dead due to lack of something that’s 1500 coins it doesn’t make allot of sense tbh. ### 4/5 — Good game but hard to make money and keep fish healthy *2026-03-08, version 1.11.6* It’s good like the and concept but if you leave it all day fish end up sick and die just after a day would be nice if you didn’t have to go on it every hour. And it is hard to make money needs to be easier or it’s gotta be easier to keep the fish healthy ### 2/5 — it’s okay but don’t expect much *2026-01-20, version 1.11.6* you really have to pay money to actually progress there’s no way to get enough gems to do everything i rly loved this game but it’s not a long run game ### 2/5 — Too expensive to play *2026-01-10, version 1.11.6* This games requires you to buy a lot of coins to even keep the fish alive. I will be uninstalling today. ### 1/5 — 1/5 *2026-01-04, version 1.11.6* My game doesn’t even work, I try to go on it and it doesn’t load in. It’s just the main screen, I’ve tried deleting it and redownloading it, same thing. ### 3/5 — Decent Game. Crashes Often. *2025-12-29, version 1.11.6* Just as the title says, the game crashes very often. Roughly every 5-10 minutes regardless of how great your WiFi/data signal is. Then it wants you to restart the game but… then it doesn’t restart the game? So you’ve gotta close it out and hope in a few hours it’s operational again. Opening and closing the game doesn’t work, you have to wait a while. Very annoying in all honesty but the game itself is like the old computer version. ### 1/5 — Hate it. *2025-12-13, version 1.11.6* Deleted it in 3 days. Everything cost so much and coins take forever to build up. My rare fish kept dying and that’s all that kept breeding because I was trying to get the bubbles and power filter. Coin packages are crazy priced just overall no for me. ### 1/5 — Worst game *2025-12-12, version 1.11.6* A lot of ads every time ### 1/5 — Ick *2025-11-26, version 1.11.6* Fish tycoon has always had a fun and unique art style, so why would the devs resort to a soulless and uncanny Ai generated thumbnail instead of showcasing their own work? It’s a sad direction for an otherwise nostalgic series to take and threatens to put the sequel in the same rank as the many cheap knockoffs of the original game ### 1/5 — Fish Tycoon 2 *2025-11-21, version 1.11.6* Game keeps freezing no matter what I do. Deleting, reloading, taking other apps off. Not worth it. And I’ve lost a lot of money buying things I can’t use because of the crashes. I’ve played on 2 different devices and it crashes or freezes on both. ### 2/5 — Out dated *2025-11-14, version 1.11.6* While I finished this game I still liked to come back and get more species. They removed Facebook save, so my game was lost. I started over and they added the gems I’d purchased over the years. I got a new phone and all of that disappeared with the backup I had. It must be tied to the UDID, which Apple restricts for privacy. They need iCloud backup. ### 2/5 — Not bad *2025-11-08, version 1.11.6* How am I supposed to spend my coins on environmental stuff when I can only sell my fish for like 15 coins but a filter alone is 5k ### 4/5 — Money *2025-11-08, version 1.11.6* I’m giving this game a four out a five just because I don’t really like it but u don’t make a lot of money fast enough or enough to get the things u need, you also have to be on the game more then 5 times a day and everyday im a new mother sometimes miss a day and all my fish will then be dead I don’t even get a notification telling me to check them before they die, the game would be five stars if u could make money faster ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Beware of the scam *2026-06-07, version 1.11.6* Be aware, the adds will often ‘fail’, after spending time watching for coins of gems, they won’t show the cross function, this is a method they use to frustrate you and get you to spend money instead or to watch more adds. ### 1/5 — Would not recommend *2026-06-03, version 1.11.6* Micro transactions are truly the death of good games. For shame. ### 1/5 — Impossible to play *2026-05-08, version 1.11.6* This game is awful. I played a game just like it years ago and loved it so I was excited to find a new one to try. It is literally impossible to play without spending money. If you do not spend money- all the fish die. So dumb and infuriating. I wish I could just pay for the game outright with no ads, but it is quite literally impossible. You cannot even pay one time, but have to constantly give them money to play. Mine as well gamble instead. Awful game I wish I never downloaded it!!!!! ### 1/5 — Game made to spend money or your fish will die *2026-03-11, version 1.11.6* Don’t waste you time game meant to spend money on otherwise all your fancy fish just die don’t waste your time on this game Update devs reached out and said game was challenging … the rare fish dies after 2 hours and filter air stone heater cost over 10,000 gold and each starter fish sells for 9-50 coins… are you crazy? ### 1/5 — Game made to spend money or your fish will die *2026-03-07, version 1.11.6* Don’t waste you time game meant to spend money on otherwise all your fancy fish just die don’t waste your time on this game ### 1/5 — Trash pay to win scam *2026-02-18, version 1.11.6* You have to either sit and watch videos all day or pay to keep your fish alive. You log out to log back in to a dead tank. It’s a huge waste of time and disappointment! ### 1/5 — Awful *2026-01-30, version 1.11.6* Too expensive and not much to do. Fish die constantly unless your gonna drop real money into a fake tank 🤦🏼‍♀️ ### 1/5 — The Ads will hold you hostage. *2026-01-29, version 1.11.6* I feel like I am at a timeshare scam. The gameplay is nice, however to get extra coins and gems you MUST exit the game and reenter - there is not an X to escape the Ads. This game is very disappointing, as my desktop version is much easier to play. ### 1/5 — Not very enjoyable *2026-01-19, version 1.11.6* Coins are hard to get, can not get anywhere in the game without having to spend money. ### 1/5 — Don’t waste your time *2026-01-14, version 1.11.6* You will never be able to sell your fish because they keep dying and they make it impossible to make money to get the essentials needed for the fish and it costs too much for the essentials. I watched 15 videos 2 hours ago for the whole tank to die again… don’t waste your time!!! ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Great game! ❤️ 🐠 *2025-06-18, version 1.10.171* I love this game and I play it everyday! I like how the fish don’t die easily and enjoyable for me. ### 5/5 — Best Game *2025-04-05, version 1.10.171* I have played over 100 video games and this is #1 to me ### 5/5 — Add more updates *2025-03-18, version 1.10.171* This game is very time and i could play it for hours a day, the prices with diamonds on items it a lot and hard to get but it fun, add updates. New things. It’s very good and we need more things. ### 5/5 — Mm *2024-11-11, version 1.10.171* Quite skibidi by nana ### 5/5 — Fun Game *2024-10-10, version 1.10.171* This game is pretty cool. I enjoy hatching eggs and discovering new fish. It would be awesome if it had a section where you have a personal tank to keep the fish you don’t want to sell. Or possibly a lock feature so you don’t accidentally sell one you didn’t want to sell. Overall it’s an enjoyable game. ### 5/5 — Addicting *2024-10-06, version 1.10.171* I love this game! I just wish it wasn’t so hard to teach some of these goals and discover new fish. GAH! It is taking me forever!! Other than that I am a bit addicted to it. Love it!! ### 5/5 — +++ *2024-06-30* ❤️❤️❤️❤️ ### 5/5 — Best game on IOS and android!! *2024-06-17, version 1.10.170* This is quite possibly the best game on my phone! I still play the original fish tycoon but this one with all the upgrades and attention to detail makes this the number one game on Apple IOS in my humble opinion!! Fish tycoon #3 me please!!! I am an addict!!’ ### 5/5 — Game stole my gems *2024-06-13, version 1.10.170* 06/06/24The game crashed while I was trying to buy the plant of incubation I reloaded the game and all 300 gems are gone but it says I never got the plant. I have a screen shot of it even trying to complete the transaction but it never did. I just want my plant, I watched so many ads trying to get those gems Update 06/12/24 the customer service refuned my gems, theymwere really helpful and kind ### 5/5 — A.. A.. Amazing!! *2024-05-04, version 1.10.170* Brilliant never a good farming game for fish helping me get my own fish I can't wait for a new update (need one when you can!) --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. Ratings, prices and chart positions refresh continuously; this snapshot is from 2026-09-03.*