# Fluid 2 — user reviews > 102 indexed App Store user reviews of Fluid 2 by Fabien Sanglard, rated 3.85/5 from 26 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/fluid-2/id317959717/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/fluid-2/id317959717.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 14 · 4★ 2 · 3★ 4 · 2★ 4 · 1★ 2 ## What do users think of Fluid 2? Overall sentiment: mixed **Pros** - 🧘 Highly relaxing and calming experience - 🎵 Soothing music that enhances meditation - 💧 Realistic water physics and fluid dynamics - 🎨 Customizable colors and visual effects - 💰 Coin tossing wish-making feature - 🕐 Long-lasting nostalgic appeal across decades - 👥 Beneficial for users with ADHD and anxiety - ✨ Unique and original concept in app store - 🎯 Simple, intuitive user interface **Cons** - 🐛 Settings menu difficult to access (5-finger gesture unclear) - 🐛 Coin functionality broken or stuck in some versions - 🐛 Screen scaling issues on newer iPhone models - 🐛 Music plays despite being toggled off - 🐛 Touch responsiveness problems on iPhone 7/X - 🐛 App crashes after 4 minutes on some devices - 🐛 Controls cannot be undone without reinstalling - 📱 Incompatibility with newer iOS versions - ⏱️ Music stops after ~5 minutes instead of looping - 🎨 Limited background/scene variety - 🔊 No water sound effects (music only) **Commonly reported bugs** - Settings menu inaccessible after initial setup - Coin stuck at bottom of screen or unable to flip - Touch coordinates misaligned on iPhone 4/X (bottom touch creates top ripples) - Music toggle switch not saving state between app launches - Screen resolution not scaling properly on newer devices - App crashes unexpectedly after short usage periods - Controls locked after being set without undo option - Coin duplication and visual glitches - App incompatible with iOS 3.0 and older iOS versions - Black bars appearing on sides of screen on some devices - Blurry or murky brown discoloration when dragging finger - 3D Touch causing unresponsive interaction on iPhone 7 Plus - App not updating or becoming incompatible after iOS updates **Most requested features** - Water sound effects when touching screen - Looping/continuous music that never stops - Additional background scenes and environments - Fish or koi swimming in water - Rain sound effects - Multiple music tracks that rotate - Alternative music choices or custom music integration - Splash and ripple sound effects - Ability to undo/reset controls without reinstalling - More coin types (ancient coins, feng shui coins, other currencies) - Notes or messages on coins - Motion sensor integration for water movement - Automatic color-changing feature - Floating objects to interact with (candles, lily pads) - Ability to feed fish - Whirlpool effect from circular finger movements - Microphone feature to blow water - Nighttime/underwater lighting mode - Timer or extended play duration - Easy coin access from main screen (not settings only) ## Newest reviews (14 of 102) ### 3/5 — This app is kinda disappointing... *2023-07-01* So at first, I had no problems. I was messing around with the friction and speed and stuff, when I discovered that once you set the controls, you can't undo them. You have to delete the spo and reinstall it. Overall the app is pretty cool and I love the music. Please please please make it so you can mess around with the controls all the time. Maybe add a menu button on the side. ### 3/5 — Wish there’s water sound *2021-04-16, version 2.56* Thought there’d be water sounds but there’s not. Wish there’s a option with water sound only ### 3/5 — I Long For The Good Old App... *2018-01-10, version 2.56* ... when I first purchased Fluid and Fluid 2, they filled up my iPhone 4S screen. I moved up to the iPhone SE, and I’ve had black bars top & bottom ever since. Can anything be done bout that? ### 3/5 — Felt more realistic and Fluid before latest update *2017-07-13, version 2.56* Prior to the latest update, the Fluid 2 app was very impressive as it felt so real and IMO it was a very close reorientation of fluidity, hence the name of the app Fluid. I was easily a 5 star rating in my book. I have an iPhone 6s Plus and it worked as usual perfection as it did on previous iPhone versions until I just recently updated the app. Now it feels very fake and cumbersome. Especially when setting the fluid speed and friction. I tried setting the friction all the way down and the speed is either makes the app respond and act way too slow or act way too fast as well too busy like. I've tried tweaking in between both settings for each friction but can't seem to achieve the same fluid affect experienced in the previous app version. This is really upsetting as the app was perfect the way it was before. Is there any chance this can be corrected? If so, it would be greatly appreciated. Thank you! ### 2/5 — Stopped working for iPad *2017-07-09* No longer able to update or use. Keeps saying not compatible yet it was working fine before ### 3/5 — Please fix again *2017-06-10, version 2.55* Better, but picture does not fit the screen, it is iPhone 4s size. Picture fits to top of screen and big gap at bottom of screen. And sometimes it is in middle of screen with gap at top and bottom, 4s size. Please fix again because I love this app! ### 4/5 — Works as expected *2016-03-31* Soothing music, reflective ripples, and coin tossing. I like that the coins stay in the pond between launches. ### 4/5 — Coins don't work? *2013-04-26, version 2.53* I loved this app until suddenly I updated it and poof the coins just don't work?? It is very calming for my ADHD kids and works well. I would like a water sound as well but I have been using solitudes music via iTunes and that works just fine so if the coins would work!!! PERFECTO!!!! ### 5/5 — Very relaxing *2013-01-03* Completely worth the money. Only wish that there was water sounds when you touch the screen. ### 4/5 — Relaxing *2013-01-03* I love how the motion and the music fit so well together. It's worth the money but it would be much easier if it was less than 5 fingers on the screen at once to get to the menu. And the colours made it very enhancing ⭐⭐⭐⭐ ### 5/5 — Relaxing *2012-11-30* I really like this app. It is very relaxing and calming; however, I would suggest adding a rain sound and water effects and having the zen music repeating right after it finishes almost to the point of it never stoping. ### 4/5 — Relaxing app *2012-11-05, version 2.53* This app could be great with some revisions. Multi task would be nice so you can play your own music. Water sound effects option would be an improvement. After all is said, this is an awesome app. Very enjoyable. ### 5/5 — I love this app *2012-10-18* Wonderful. Lots of fun and strangely relaxing. Only suggestion, add option of gently gurgling water sounds. ### 4/5 — Love it *2012-10-13* A few ideas: Water sound Rain More music choice ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Fluid 2 *2017-07-09, version 2.56* NEEDS UPDATE very badly, works okay on the iPad, but not on the iPhone 7, Please update. ### 1/5 — Really?? *2017-06-15, version 2.56* Update: I put fluid 2 on my iPad Pro. Works flawlessly. But it still does not work properly on my iPhone 7 Plus. I'm starting to believe the problem is the 3D Touch. Cause I have to press really hard to get the water to react to my finger. The coin is still stuck. I still cannot flip it on the iPhone 7 plus. Just updated for the big coin issue. Is anyone else having problems flipping the coin in the water?? The coin will come up, but cannot flip it into the water on this version or the Fluid one. Ugh. Just updated to fix the graphics glitch. Still wish I never updated a few days ago. The screen is back to the original size. The water now looks like it is being vibrated when doing nothing. I will put this app aside and see if they will be updated. Just updated today to support iOS 8??!!?? I'm well into iOS 10.3.2. Now the interactive screen is much smaller than before the update. Thanks. I wish I didn't update the app now! ### 1/5 — Waste of Money *2013-08-29* This app is incredibly boring and is not a game. All it does is offer you a screen with a static scene like river stones on top of which you can create the illusion of rippling water. For interest and variety you can change the colour of the stones or press a button to make a coins appear. It would keep any child busy for approximately 3.5 seconds. I'd have more fun watching paint dry. ### 1/5 — Still needs work!! *2010-07-10, version 0* When you touch the bottom of the screen it waves at the top of the screen. The coin is just frozen at the bottom right of the screen. BAD fix. If you can even call it that. You brag about the "world acclaimed fluid". You think u might have tested it before u released it. Too bad, it was nice before the fix. ### 1/5 — Does not work on iPhone 4 *2010-07-09* Seems like the contact point of the screen has been screwed up. If you tap the bottom of the screen you get ripples at the top and the further up the screen you go the further away the ripples get. Something is way off. So much for the "make a wish" function. You can't get to the coin! ### 1/5 — Disapponting *2009-07-12, version 0* I am extreamly dissapointed with this. Except for the very first time I pulled it up I can't get it to do anything the free version won't do. It won't allow me to change colors,throw coins or even change the back ground so really it's not even as good as the free version. At least on it I can change backgrounds. Don't buy it it's a big huge waste of money ### 1/5 — Dasher *2009-07-05* Cannot change water color. Or also would be better I'd you could toss in more than one coin at a time. ### 2/5 — No water sounds *2021-04-14, version 2.56* So this app looks pretty good, but instead of hearing the water as you run your fingers through it there is only music. For me a big part of the reason apps like this feel realistic is the sounds that accompany the movement of the water. This was a big miss for me. ### 2/5 — Coin only available in settings? *2018-11-05, version 2.56* You have to go into settings every time you want a coin. ### 2/5 — Broken on iPhone X *2018-04-24* There’s no way to get back into the settings after starting it up initially! ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Great App *2024-09-23* Great App. Only request would be to add Feng Shui coins to the list of wishes. ### 5/5 — We want more lol *2022-11-11, version 2.56* There isn’t really anything like this in the Apple Store, at least nothing that I found. I love the soothing music and just about everything about the app but I was hoping maybe you could add a few more scenes, just for a little variety as I use this app frequently ### 5/5 — Please, Never Remove this App *2021-04-13, version 2.56* When I was a kid, my sister had this on her iPod Touch and I would always use it. I absolutely loved the music and it would help me calm down. And it still does to this day, I would say even more so now because of COVID and just the normal stress that adults face growing up. And I hate it when a game I played as a kid isn’t available in the App Store anymore or the app says I can’t play it anymore cause it’s not updated, it makes me so sad, but this app is so different. Whenever I hear that woman’s voice, it brings me back to the simple, easy and fun days that I had as a child. So please, I know this is an old app that probably not a lot of people care about, but I do. I just pray that I can use it for as long as you allow me to. Thank u for creating an app that stuck with me for almost 20 years. 😌👏♥️✨ ### 5/5 — Original *2020-06-29* This app had always been a favourite since the very beginning of Iphone, there is always a space in my phone for this app, thank you! ### 5/5 — Awesome app *2020-01-01* I love the fluidity of the water as you touch the screen with out getting your hands wet. I have Asperger and this gem of an app helps easy the anxiety. Some fish swimming about would be even better. ### 5/5 — Special education *2018-08-09, version 2.56* Love this app gave it five stars just to be nice. Perfect for us that have special needs. But one suggestion, can you add a Water sound effect when you touch the screen? I’ll be a lot of fun. Especially those that are visually impaired I’m sure they would enjoy it. ### 5/5 — I like it *2018-08-02* I really love he app but I can’t figure out how to throw the coin? ### 5/5 — So GOOD!👍 *2017-11-11, version 2.56* This game is so good! I actually convinced my brother to download fluid 1 and fluid 2! I love it! Thank you fluid! 💯 ### 5/5 — Update *2017-06-07, version 2.54* This is my favorite app, but I wish you would update to accommodate the bigger screen on the iPhone 7 Plus. This newest update make the program even smaller. Please fix. ### 5/5 — Fluid 2 *2013-01-18* This app is great if you are played up by something or something is bothering you! I can say this when I had an important thing in my life and it just helps me calm down. --- *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 2026-06-10.*