Penguin Aquarium vs Virtual Orca Simulation game3D
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Penguin Aquarium
Nurture a penguin from a small chick to a larger bird. This game features simple care mechanics, requiring feeding every three days and weekly cleaning. Watch your penguin grow daily in a relaxed, real-time experience.
- Grow a penguin
- Real-time growth tracking
- Easy care operations
- Feed penguin regularly
- Clean penguin habitat
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This is the best penguin app. - You can grow a penguin. - You can know growth of penguin in real time. - Operation is very easy! Care is very easy. You should feed penguin once every three days, and clean up only once a week. Penguin is very small at first, but it will grow bigger little by little every day. Enjoy the growth of penguin in your daily life!
Virtual Orca Simulation game3D
A relaxing digital pet experience where you care for a virtual orca. Decorate its underwater environment and maintain its habitat to ensure its well-being. Enjoy a soothing escape with beautiful scenery.
- Virtual orca care
- Habitat decoration
- Feeding mechanic
- Water changing mechanic
- Relaxing underwater scenery
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Aquarium World is a free, simple and soothing digital pet game. Purpose The game's objective is to make you feel at ease. Relax while looking at the beautiful underwater scenery. How to play To train your orca, you will need to do the following: · Feed it every three days · Change the water every seven days Features The game has a decoration function. Enjoy decorating the sea to your liking!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Virtual Orca Simulation game3D at 4.8 against Penguin Aquarium's 4.5. Virtual Orca Simulation game3D also leads on update cadence (every 6 weeks vs every 5 months) and ratings volume (231 vs 42). Penguin Aquarium's advantage is iOS requirement (11.0 vs 13.0). On price, review sentiment, ads and in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Virtual Orca Simulation game3D holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Virtual Orca Simulation game3D has 231 ratings behind it against 42, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 88% of Penguin Aquarium's written reviews are positive against 82% of Virtual Orca Simulation game3D's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Penguin Aquarium ships an update every 5 months, Virtual Orca Simulation game3D every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 26, 2026 and October 27, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Penguin Aquarium | Virtual Orca Simulation game3D |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (42 ratings) | 4.8 (231 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 88.5% of reviews — better | 82.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 42 | 231 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months | Every 6 weeks — better |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 112 MB | 172 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Hiroki Yamada | Eiko Morozumi |
Customer experience
Penguin Aquarium
Virtual Orca Simulation game3D
Bugs and requests
Penguin Aquarium
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Virtual Orca Simulation game3D
Reported bugs
16 issues- Limited decoration items available
- Cannot access limited-time decorations
- Video ads fail to load
- App crashes or freezes
- Data transfer issues after changing devices
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- Notification badge remains after update
- Cannot open treasure chests
- Purchased items not appearing
- Game not loading after update
- Spam calls after installing the app
- Game not working properly after update
- Translation issues
- Choppy animations
- Cannot view ads
- Login issues
- Items disappear after purchase
Requested features
20 requests- Sound/music feature
- Resurrection feature for dead orcas
- More interactive features with orca
- Ability to add more orcas (family/friends)
- Zoom function for better viewing
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- New decorations and items
- More diverse ocean creatures
- Night mode for the sea
- Option to turn off ads with purchase
- More mini-games or interactive activities
- Ability to pet orca
- More realistic orca behavior (breathing, sounds)
- More diverse background elements
- Ability to customize placement of decorations
- More varied fish and food options
- Ability to save photos without UI elements
- More whale species
- Ability to have orca reproduce
- In-app purchase for ad-free experience
- More interactive elements in the environment
In-app purchases
Penguin Aquarium
No in-app purchases
Virtual Orca Simulation game3D
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Penguin Aquarium free?
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