Comparison

Super Starfish vs Vs. Octopus

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

Head to head
About

Super Starfish

Navigate a cosmic ocean as a space starfish, dodging celestial hazards and collecting exotic plants. Customize your own space aquarium and discover over 30 unique starfish. Compete with friends and share your interstellar discoveries.

Highlights
  • Cosmic swimming gameplay
  • Space aquarium customization
  • Collect exotic flora
  • Over 30 Starfish to collect
  • Explore new zones
  • Master swimming style
Features
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Swim through the swirling cosmos as an interstellar Starfish! Bring life to your space aquarium by dodging meteors, black holes, quasars and more. Super Starfish uses cutting-edge techniques to deliver amazing visual effects never seen before in mobile games. Be mesmerized by swirling ripples of color as your Starfish soars across the galaxy. Collect exotic flora and customize your very own space aquarium. Watch your Starplants grow as you create a home for your wondrous collection of Starfish. • Simple, intuitive gameplay for everyone. Try it now! • Explore the cosmos and discover mesmerizing new zones! • Master your swimming style and score huge combos! • Customize and grow your very own aquarium in space! • Over 30 colorful Starfish to collect and add to your aquarium. Can you find a super rare Starfish? • Compete with your friends and share your discoveries! Are you ready to become the next Fish Superstar? "My go-to time killer game for the foreseeable future" - TouchArcade. "Super Starfish nails the action as well as the audiovisual fireworks" - PocketGamer "Collecting fish & learning about their real life inspirations really does it for me!" - Texinis

About

Vs. Octopus

Develop and merge submarines to explore the mysterious underwater world. Dodge and counterattack hostile creatures while discovering new resources and encountering cute but dangerous octopuses. Enjoy easy operation and engaging level design.

Highlights
  • Develop various submarines
  • Merge submarines of the same class
  • Explore the underwater world
  • Defeat underwater enemies
  • Easy operation
  • Engaging level design
Features
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A great chance to develop super-new submarines and explore the mysterious underwater world! As we all know, 70% of the earth is covered by the ocean and it’s always an important target for scientists to investigate the underwater creatures and explore more resources. So now, you’re one of the scientists! What you need to do is to invent newer and more powerful submarines and control them for underwater exploration. Many underwater creatures floating around to attack your submarine. You have to manipulate your machine to dodge the offense of them and at the same time, counterattack them. Don't be fooled by their cute shape, they are not innocent. Gameplay: - Combine submarines of the same class to obtain a higher level submarine; - Dispatch submarines into the water to explore and defeat all enemies encountered; Features: - Develop various submarines; - Extremely easy operation; - Great level design with reasonable difficulty; - Full of cute but pesterous octopus. Don’t wait any longer! Just come and get more powerful submarines to explore the unknown underwater world!

Screenshots

Super Starfish4 screens
Vs. Octopus4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Super Starfish at 87% against Vs. Octopus's 50%. Super Starfish also leads on ratings volume (29K vs 27) and rating (4.8 vs 4.5). Vs. Octopus's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 18) and ads (none vs shown). On price 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

Both are free to download. Super Starfish sells 16 one-off in-app purchases. Vs. Octopus asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Super Starfish holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Super Starfish has 29K ratings behind it against 27, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 87% of Super Starfish's written reviews are positive against 50% of Vs. Octopus's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Super Starfish ships an update every 3 weeks, Vs. Octopus weekly. The most recent releases landed on September 27, 2026 and June 1, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard8 real differences · 2 level
Super Starfish versus Vs. Octopus: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSuper StarfishVs. Octopus
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (29K ratings) — better4.5 (27 ratings)
Positive reviews87.2% of reviews — better50.0% of reviews
Number of ratings29K — better27
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksWeekly — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.09.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size319 MB281 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperProtostarBalrog Game Ltd

Customer experience

Super Starfish

All ratings29,477 ratings
Positive96.6%
Neutral1.9%
Negative1.5%
Written reviews1,888 reviews
Positive87.2%
Neutral5.9%
Negative6.9%

Vs. Octopus

All ratings27 ratings
Positive92.6%
Neutral0.0%
Negative7.4%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%

Bugs and requests

Super Starfish

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Notifications showing incorrect prize contents
  • Inability to progress quests after completion

Requested features

5 requests
  • Ability to sell/trade unwanted plants
  • Earn shells/moonstones for high scores
  • Customization options for fish/sanctuary
  • Multiplayer/competitive gameplay modes
  • More frequent quests and missions

Vs. Octopus

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

16 purchases

Super Starfish

One-time16
  • Small Pile of Moonstones$0.99
  • Small Pile of Moonstones$1.99
  • Medium Pile of Moonstones2 variants$2.99
Show 13 more
  • Starter Bundle$2.99
  • Event Moonstones$2.99
  • Celestia Bundle$2.99
  • FUNGLES PACK$3.99
  • Remove Advertising$4.99
  • Large Pile of Moonstones2 variants$5.99
  • Event Moonstones$5.99
  • FUNGLES PACK$6.99
  • Extra Large Pile of Moonstones$9.99
  • Extra Large Pile of Moonstones$14.99
  • Event Moonstones$14.99
  • Event Moonstones$24.99
  • Event Moonstones$49.99
None

Vs. Octopus

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Super Starfish free?
Super Starfish is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Vs. Octopus free?
Vs. Octopus is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Super Starfish or Vs. Octopus?
Super Starfish is rated higher. Super Starfish averages 4.8 out of 5 from 29K ratings, while Vs. Octopus averages 4.5 from 27 ratings.
Do Super Starfish or Vs. Octopus have ads?
Super Starfish shows ads; Vs. Octopus does not.
Which is updated more often, Super Starfish or Vs. Octopus?
Super Starfish ships an update every 3 weeks, and Vs. Octopus weekly. Most recently, Super Starfish was updated on September 27, 2026 and Vs. Octopus on June 1, 2026.

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