# Swim or Sink — Dive, dodge and climb leagues

> Dive, dodge and climb leagues (iPhone/iPad app by Pelican Drop Studios.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/swim-or-sink/id6773712249 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Pelican Drop Studios](https://appshunter.io/developer/6773712251)
- Category: Games, Action, Casual
- Price: Free with in-app purchases
- Age rating: 12+
- Requires: iOS 17.0 · 18 MB
- Languages: American English
- Released: 2026-08-18
- Data updated: 2026-10-28

## What is Swim or Sink?

Tap to swim through the reef, dodge sharks, jellyfish and pufferfish, and collect pearls as you chase your next high score.

Choose your swimmer
Swipe the character left or right on the main menu to choose the mermaid or merman. Both are the same size and play exactly the same way.

Play at your own pace
Choose Easy, Medium or Hard in regular play. Each difficulty has its own high-score leaderboard.

Climb the Pearl Leagues
Compete each week in White, Silver, Gold, Pink, Diamond and Black Leagues. Each colour brings a harder challenge. Points from every completed League game count towards your weekly total, so keep playing to climb the standings.

Each group has 50 places. The top 10 move up, places 11 to 40 stay, and the bottom 10 move down. You cannot drop below White or move above Black. Computer-controlled swimmers fill empty places and are replaced as players join. A new week starts at midnight at the end of Sunday, Sydney time.

Invite your friends
Send friends an invitation link so they can join you in Leagues. They can start playing straight away. We will try to place you together when you are in the same Pearl League and there is room.

Get straight into the game
No email, password or sign-up is needed. Keep your assigned player name or choose your own.

Swim or Sink is free to play with ads. A one-time purchase removes banner and interstitial ads. You can still choose to watch a rewarded ad to continue a run.

## Pricing and in-app purchases

Base price: Free.

**One-time purchases**

| Purchase | Price | Type |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Remove Ads | $3.99 | one-time |


## Is Swim or Sink safe?

Not enough ratings yet to assess Swim or Sink.

## Is Swim or Sink legit?

Swim or Sink has limited verification signals. The AppsHunter Legitimacy Score for Swim or Sink is 58 out of 100 points across 7 verification signals from App Store and developer data.


## Version history (last 4 releases)

### 2.0 — 2026-09-08

Swim or Sink 2.0 is here!

Compete in weekly Pearl Leagues, from White to Black. Keep playing to climb the standings, earn promotion and avoid demotion.

Invite friends with a link and join the same group when your Pearl League and available space allow.

Meet the new merman with a blue tail. Swipe the character left or right on the main menu to switch swimmers. Both characters play exactly the same way.

Enjoy updated swimmer and shark animations, faster loading when you first play, and a cleaner leaderboard.

The daily login bonus has been removed from regular leaderboards. We have also improved the leaderboard layout and made it clearer when your online player data has been deleted.

### 1.0.2 — 2026-08-28

NEW: Name your swimmer! The first time you set a new best you can choose your leaderboard name — or tap EDIT on your row in RANKS anytime. Everyone keeps their #tag, so scores stay yours.

Also in this update:
- Fixed a crash when sharing your score from an iPad.
- Sharing to Snapchat now composes properly.
- Fixed a rare freeze after returning from sharing.
- High scores now reliably reach the leaderboard, even after a connection hiccup.

### 1.0.1 — 2026-08-22

Small polish update: the banner ad no longer sits over the home-indicator area on newer iPhones and iPads.

### 1.0 — 2026-08-18

No release notes.

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## More apps by Pelican Drop Studios

- [Space Monkeys](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/space-monkeys/id6797371450)

All apps by Pelican Drop Studios: https://appshunter.io/developer/6773712251

## Related topics

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