Super Starfish vs AQUALIA
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- Cosmic swimming gameplay
- Space aquarium customization
- Collect exotic flora
- Over 30 Starfish to collect
- Explore new zones
- Master swimming style
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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
AQUALIA
Design and manage your dream aquarium, raising over 180 types of tropical fish. Decorate your tank with hundreds of items, feed your fish, and keep it clean for their steady growth. Enjoy mini-games to earn rewards and unlock new content.
- Raise 180+ fish types
- Decorate with 280+ items
- Fish feeding and tank cleaning
- Level up fish for upgrades
- Play integrated mini-games
- Earn rare fish and decorations
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We present to you the most beautiful fish tank in the world. Fill your fish tank with a variety of tropical fish and design the aquarium with your own concept. 1. The fun of raising various fish You can purchase eggs from over 180 types of fish and hatch and grow them yourself. Over time, the fish get hungry and the tank gets dirty. Feed the fish and keep the fish tank clean to ensure steady growth. 2. Decorate your own aquarium Create your own aquarium by arranging over 280 types of decorations as you wish. You can create a variety of aquariums that you could only dream of. 3. Grow and level up your fish! Grow your fish to 100% and upgrade levels as you gain experience. Each time you level up, fish tanks with more diverse concepts await you. 4. When you’re bored, play a mini game! Do you feel like the time spent growing fish is boring? Enjoy the high-quality mini games prepared for you. Rare fish and decorations can be obtained as bonuses! Instagram: @aqualia_game Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aqualia.game
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Verdict
Super Starfish and AQUALIA both sit at 4.8 stars, but that hides the real split: 87% of Super Starfish's written reviews are positive against 69% of AQUALIA's. Super Starfish also leads on ratings volume (30K vs 1K). AQUALIA's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). On price, rating, update cadence and ads 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. Super Starfish sells 8 one-off in-app purchases and AQUALIA sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.8 for Super Starfish against 4.7 for AQUALIA. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Super Starfish has 30K ratings behind it against 1K, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 87% of Super Starfish's written reviews are positive against 69% of AQUALIA's.
Super Starfish ships an update every 3 weeks, AQUALIA monthly. Both last shipped on November 12, 2026.
| Parameter | Super Starfish | AQUALIA |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (30K ratings) — better | 4.7 (1K ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 87.2% of reviews — better | 68.6% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 30K — better | 1K |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Monthly |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 323 MB | 224 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Protostar | Ligensoft |
Customer experience
Super Starfish
AQUALIA
User reviews
Super Starfish
From 30K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🌟 Beautiful graphics
- 🎨 Stunning visuals and colors
- 🐟 Cute and unique sea creatures
- 🕹️ Simple yet engaging gameplay
- 🌱 Decorative sanctuary customization
Room to improve
- 💰 Expensive rock clearing costs
- 🔍 Difficulty obtaining in-game currency
- 🌟 Lack of purpose for star collection
- 🐛 Occasional freezing and crashes
- 🔍 Inconsistent prize machine rewards
AQUALIA
From 1K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🎨 Beautiful graphics
- 🎶 Relaxing music
- 🔍 Detailed fish information
- 🎮 Fun mini-games
- 📺 No intrusive ads
Room to improve
- 🤖 AI-generated art
- 🔍 Unclear game mechanics
- 🧭 Limited camera controls
- 🐟 Mixing of freshwater and saltwater fish
- 🔁 Repetitive tasks
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
AQUALIA
Reported bugs
4 issues- Flashing logo causing seizure concerns
- Slow server load times
- Progress not saving properly
- Inconsistent hitboxes in mini-games
Requested features
6 requests- Ability to sell or remove fish from main tank
- Automatic fish growth and tank maintenance
- Separate tanks for freshwater and saltwater fish
- More mini-game options
- Ability to name and level up fish
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- Expanded tank customization options
In-app purchases
Super Starfish
- Small Pile of Moonstones$0.99
- Small Pile of Moonstones$1.99
- Medium Pile of Moonstones2 variants$2.99
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- Starter Bundle$2.99
- Remove Advertising$4.99
- Large Pile of Moonstones2 variants$5.99
- Extra Large Pile of Moonstones$9.99
- Extra Large Pile of Moonstones$14.99
AQUALIA
- 600,000 Hearts$1.99
- Green field Decoration Set$1.99
- Water Puppy Flowerhorn$2.99
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- Beautiful Betta Fishes Package$3.99
- Koi Fish Package$4.99
- 1,500,000 Hearts$4.99
- 2,400,000 Hearts$6.99
- Dreamland Turtle Aquarium$9.99
- Mystical Arowana Aquarium Set$12.99
- Waddling Ranchu Aquarium Set$14.99
