Pocket Academy ZERO vs Retro Fish Chef
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Pocket Academy ZERO
Design and manage your dream school, from classrooms to facilities. Guide students to academic success and help them achieve their career aspirations. Engage in seasonal events and watch your students graduate.
- Build custom classrooms and facilities
- Guide students' academic and career paths
- Attract more students with excellent teaching
- Participate in seasonal school events
- Help students pass exams and placement tests
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Play the full game for free! There's also Pocket Academy 2, with more club activities and student relationships. Build a school with classrooms of your choice and help students realize their full potential and pursue the career path that's best for them! Attract more students to enroll by offering lots of different facilities and providing excellent teaching to help students pass their exams. There are special events in Summer and Fall, such as Choral Competition, Athletic Meet, and Corn Roast. They're a great chance to make new friends. If your students get good grades, they may get invited to events such as quizzes or contests. Graduating students take a placement test. Will they realize their dreams? Note: the app downloads data when you start it. Make sure you have good internet connection. 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!
Retro Fish Chef
Manage and grow your own fish restaurant in a charming retro style. Cook various fish dishes, hire staff, and optimize operations to maximize profits. Be mindful of environmental regulations to avoid costly fines.
- Build and manage a fish restaurant
- Cook various fish dishes
- Hire over 100 employees
- Develop new recipes
- Customize store appearance
- Complete quests for skills
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Build your own fish restaurant and cook a variety fish for customers. You can manage your restaurant by doing yourself or hiring a super talented staffs. Also, you should be careful of air pollution while managing the restaurant. Because air pollution can cause high fines. * Cute little retro style game. * You can earn high income directly through like as timing game. * You can hire more than 100 different employees to run the shop automatically. * Develop more than 10 new recipes of mackerel grilled to make a higher profit. * If you change the skin of the store, you can operate the store more effectively. * Get skills to help your game through Quests and Labs. [Contact] help@soonsoons.com [Facebook] https://www.facebook.com/DOTrangers/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Pocket Academy ZERO at none against Retro Fish Chef's 10. Pocket Academy ZERO also leads on ratings volume (107 vs 32). Retro Fish Chef's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (fortnightly vs every 6 months). On price, rating, review sentiment 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
Both are free to download. Retro Fish Chef sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. Pocket Academy ZERO asks for nothing beyond the download.
Retro Fish Chef holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 4.1. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 107 and 32 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 85% of Pocket Academy ZERO's written reviews are positive against 79% of Retro Fish Chef's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Pocket Academy ZERO ships an update every 6 months, Retro Fish Chef fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 2, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Pocket Academy ZERO | Retro Fish Chef |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.1 (107 ratings) | 4.3 (32 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 84.7% of reviews — better | 79.3% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 107 — better | 32 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 months | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Ad-supported — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 | 12.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 51 MB | 100 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Kairosoft Co.,Ltd | SOONSOON FACTORY |
Customer experience
Pocket Academy ZERO
Retro Fish Chef
In-app purchases
Pocket Academy ZERO
No in-app purchases
Retro Fish Chef
- 1+1 Gem (60 Total)$1.99
- 1+1 Gem (120 Total)$4.99
- Starter Kit$4.99
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- Purchase Season Item$8.99
- 1+1 Gem (260 Total)$9.99
- Purchase Grade S Package$9.99
- Purchase Grade SS Package$25.99
- 1+1 Gem (900 Total)$29.99
- 1+1 Gem (1600 Total)$49.99
- SSS급 패키지 구매$64.99
Questions
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