Comparison

Fish Pond Park vs Magic Research

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Fish Pond Park

Develop a beautiful natural park by adding various services and attractions to draw in tourists. Raise fish in ponds and rivers for exciting fishing expeditions. Discover the best combinations to create a top-rated nature destination.

Highlights
  • Develop a nature park
  • Add tourist services
  • Create outdoor attractions
  • Raise aquatic life
  • Engage in fishing mode
  • Experiment with combinations
Features
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Nurture an idyllic slice of tourist's heaven into the top nature spot of the nation, furnishing it with a variety of services like inns, tours, and more! Mix and match areas of your wooded wonderland to concoct exciting outdoor attractions that appeal to sightseers' sweet spots. Which combinations make what? Energize that outdoorsman's spirit and experiment for yourself! Any pond or river also doubles as an aquatic habitat for fry--which you can raise for later fishing excursions in the all-new fishing mode! Do you have what it takes to land the big one? Come on down to Fish Pond Park and find out! -- Try searching for "Kairosoft" to see all of our games, or visit us at https://kairopark.jp. Be sure to check out both our free-to-play and our paid games!

About

Magic Research

Lead a new magic institution to discover the secrets of magic and achieve fame. Research spells, build your campus, manage staff, and uncover hidden storylines to win the Tournament of Magic. Enjoy a complete game experience with no ads.

Highlights
  • Cast over 100 spells
  • Research magic in various schools
  • Build and manage campus
  • Manage researchers and apprentices
  • Discover hidden features and storylines
  • Retirement bonuses for faster progress
Features
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In Magic Research, you are the headmaster of a newly-created institution of Magic with one goal: to learn as much as possible about this power and get enough fame to be able to compete, and win, the prestigious competition of schools: the Tournament of Magic. But what will you discover along the way? * Cast over a hundred different spells with various effects * Research magic in various magical schools to discover new, surprising ways to use this power * Accumulate resources and build the school campus * Manage a team of researchers and apprentices to lead your school to fame * Discover tons of hidden new features - when will you unlock the next one? * Find over eight dozen secret storylines with permanent, game-altering effects * Restart the game and make faster progress each time with retirement bonuses * Optimized both for iPhone and iPad * No ads! This is the full, complete game. You can transfer save data from the demo by using the Export / Import Save feature available in both the demo and in the full game.

Screenshots

Fish Pond Park4 screens
Magic Research4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Magic Research at 95% against Fish Pond Park's 37%. Magic Research also leads on rating (4.7 vs 2.9) and update cadence (every 4 days vs every 46 months). Fish Pond Park's advantage is price ($2.99 vs $3.99) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 15.6). On ads, in-app purchases, monetization model and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Fish Pond Park costs $2.99 and Magic Research $3.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Magic Research holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 2.9. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 44 and 186 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 37% of Fish Pond Park's written reviews are positive against 95% of Magic Research's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Fish Pond Park ships an update every 46 months, Magic Research every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Fish Pond Park versus Magic Research: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFish Pond ParkMagic Research
Price$2.99 — better$3.99
Rating2.9 (44 ratings)4.7 (186 ratings) — better
Positive reviews36.7% of reviews95.1% of reviews — better
Number of ratings44186 — better
Update frequencyEvery 46 monthsEvery 4 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS11.0 — better15.6
Further details — not scored
Size46 MB25 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperKairosoft Co.,LtdMatias Ezequiel Colotto

Customer experience

Fish Pond Park

All ratings44 ratings
Positive34.1%
Neutral20.5%
Negative45.5%
Written reviews79 reviews
Positive36.7%
Neutral21.5%
Negative41.8%

Magic Research

All ratings188 ratings
Positive93.6%
Neutral1.6%
Negative4.8%
Written reviews61 reviews
Positive95.1%
Neutral0.0%
Negative4.9%

User reviews

Fish Pond Park

From 44 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Addictive and enjoyable gameplay
  • 👍 Relaxing and fun experience
  • 👍 Does not drain battery
  • 👍 Different from other Kairosoft games
  • 👍 Good value for money

Room to improve

  • 😞 Boring and repetitive gameplay
  • 😞 Lacks depth and depth
  • 😞 Poor execution and design
  • 😞 Not as good as other Kairosoft games
  • 😞 Too slow-paced

Magic Research

From 186 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Great idle/incremental game
  • 💡 Deep and complex systems
  • 🚀 Well-paced progression
  • 💰 Worth the price
  • ✨ No ads or microtransactions

Room to improve

  • 🐛 UI layout issues
  • 🐌 Can be grindy
  • 🔋 High battery consumption
  • 🐛 Text running off page/scrolling issues
  • 🐛 Wood resource bug

Bugs and requests

Fish Pond Park

Reported bugs

15 issues
  • Game crashes when multitasking
  • App unresponsive when multitasking
  • Typo in upgrade description (500,000 vs 5,000)
  • Kanji showing up in place of English words
  • Rankings show as "#In"
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  • Game only plays in portrait mode on iPad
  • Fishing controls don't work in portrait mode
  • New cards don't appear in list after research
  • Game is laggy
  • Specialization feature forces spending on useless items
  • Game stalls frequently
  • No background music
  • App downloaded but not on phone, cannot open
  • Maximum money limit does not change
  • Background music missing

Requested features

11 requests
  • Chinese language support
  • Korean language version
  • Japanese language option
  • More features
  • Fishing net
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  • Dark mode option
  • Landscape mode for tablets
  • Bigger map with roads
  • Fix BGM issue
  • More variety in research and development
  • Increase lumber and feed limits

Magic Research

Reported bugs

8 issues
  • On new iPhones, switching away and back causes UI unresponsiveness
  • Text running off the page, preventing interaction with buttons
  • Wood resource counting backwards
  • Becoming stunned for a full minute, unable to act
  • Bosses running away from fights
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  • Exploration difficulty jump
  • UI layout issues on iPad Pro (long scrolling panels, cut-off inventory views, difficult spell favorite scrolling, useless event panel)
  • Text pages not scrolling, making discoveries unreadable

Requested features

12 requests
  • Add background music
  • Add Chinese language support
  • Make monsters pixelated
  • Adjustable times for apprentice auto-casting
  • Display monstium collection counter during exploration
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  • Allow apprentices to auto-craft potions
  • Make the game accessible to the blind
  • Add a way to start further into dungeons
  • Automate crafting
  • Improve quality of crafted items (armor, weapons)
  • Add a 'Magic Smithing' school
  • Allow players to avoid or cure silence effects

In-app purchases

None

Fish Pond Park

No in-app purchases

None

Magic Research

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Fish Pond Park free?
Fish Pond Park costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Magic Research free?
Magic Research costs $3.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Fish Pond Park or Magic Research?
Magic Research is rated higher. Fish Pond Park averages 2.9 out of 5 from 44 ratings, while Magic Research averages 4.7 from 186 ratings.
Do Fish Pond Park or Magic Research have ads?
Neither Fish Pond Park nor Magic Research shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Fish Pond Park or Magic Research?
Fish Pond Park ships an update every 46 months, and Magic Research every 4 days. Most recently, Fish Pond Park was updated on October 29, 2026 and Magic Research on October 30, 2026.

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