Garden Eel Pet vs AquaPlants
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Garden Eel Pet
Raise a virtual Garden Eel on your smartphone. This simple game allows you to feed and clean your pet, watch its cute movements, and even name it. It's a therapeutic and time-killing experience perfect for all ages.
- Raise a virtual Garden Eel
- Feed and clean your pet
- Watch cute pet movements
- Name your pet
- Take and share photos
- Receive feeding/cleaning reminders
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Over one million downloads worldwide! Introducing the 「Garden Eel」 to this already popular game! FREE DOWNLOAD! It's real easy to raise your own pet in this game!! ■Raise your own Garden Eel on your smartphone. ■Watch how cute your Garden Eel moves. It's so soothing and therapeutic. [Instructions] This is a virtual pet app where you can raise your very own Garden Eel on your smartphone. It`s so easy to raise. Just feed your pet once every four days and clean its home once a week. This game app is great for kids and people who find RPG's and puzzle games a bit tedious. Try this game out! It's therapeutic, and a great way to kill time! [Basic Functions] - It's simple to raise. Just remember to feed you Garden Eel and clean its home. - Like a real Garden Eel, it moves around in such an adorable way. - You can give your Garden Eel a name. You can give it a new name at anytime. - You can take a picture of your Garden Eel with your mobile device and share it with your friends over various social networking sites. - The app also can send you notifications to let you know when your pet needs feeding and cleaning. - All of these functions are free and do not require any microtransactions! [Recommended for:] - people who have always wanted a Garden Eel or already have one and want a virtual Garden Eel to spend time with everywhere and at anytime - people who love visiting the zoo and aquariums - people who love raising virtual pets - people who want a simple game to pass their free time with something fun
AquaPlants
Cultivate a vibrant underwater world by growing aquatic plants and observing their photosynthesis. As your plants flourish, attract a variety of beautiful tropical fish to your aquarium. This idle game offers a relaxing experience with charming animations and detailed plant information.
- Idle incremental gameplay
- Grow aquatic plants
- Attract tropical fish
- Collect various fish and plants
- Detailed plant encyclopedia
- Cute fish animations
- Realistic 3D plant models
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Welcome to the world of aquatic aquariums! "I like tropical fish, but it's hard to manage the aquarium by myself ...!" AquaPlants was born for you. This game is very simple "Incremental" game! Grow aquatic plants and let them photosynthesize a lot. As the plants grow, beautiful tropical fish will visit more often! Find various tropical fish and grow your own aquarium. Game features ■ Simple game method that can be nurtured by leaving it alone ■ Various tropical fish and aquatic plants ■ Detailed bean knowledge like a picture book ■ Cute animation of tropical fish ■ 3D model of aquatic plants that faithfully reproduces the real thing ■ Healing sound info@filmo.jp Created by team, Filmo.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Garden Eel Pet at none against AquaPlants's 7. Garden Eel Pet also leads on ratings volume (393 vs 43) and review sentiment (78% vs 67%). AquaPlants's advantage is update cadence (fortnightly vs every 6 weeks). On price, rating, ads and monetization model 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. AquaPlants sells 7 one-off in-app purchases. Garden Eel Pet asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.6 for Garden Eel Pet against 4.7 for AquaPlants. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Garden Eel Pet has 393 ratings behind it against 43, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 78% of Garden Eel Pet's written reviews are positive against 67% of AquaPlants's.
Garden Eel Pet ships an update every 6 weeks, AquaPlants fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on September 22, 2026 and September 23, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Garden Eel Pet | AquaPlants |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (393 ratings) | 4.7 (43 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 77.8% of reviews — better | 66.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 393 — better | 43 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 123 MB | 157 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Hiroki Yamada | Filmo inc. |
Customer experience
Garden Eel Pet
AquaPlants
Bugs and requests
Garden Eel Pet
Reported bugs
7 issues- Pets dying unexpectedly after short absences
- Pets coughing/showing illness symptoms
- Pets hissing and fighting with newly added animals
- Snake pet not functioning properly
- Screen partially cut off by ads after updates
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- Pets dying despite proper care
- Game crashes or unresponsive behavior
Requested features
10 requests- Breeding/reproduction system
- More decorations and customization options
- Frog pet variant
- Additional activities and gameplay mechanics
- Faster currency earning methods
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- Multiple pets of same species without conflict
- More animals (amphibians, birds, reptiles)
- Pet naming system expansion
- Scheduled feeding/cleaning times
- Heart earning alternatives to ads
AquaPlants
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Garden Eel Pet
No in-app purchases
AquaPlants
- Decoration Item (TreeStamp)$1.99
- ガチャアイテム(ネオンテトラx5)$1.99
- AmazonFrogPit$1.99
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- シンガブルーネオンタキシードリボンx5$3.99
- グリーンコブラグッピーx5$3.99
- ショップチケット×5$9.99
- ショップチケット×20$24.99
Questions
Is Garden Eel Pet free?
Is AquaPlants free?
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