Osmo World vs Plastic Swim
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Osmo World
This app serves as a central hub for a collection of educational games designed to foster creativity, problem-solving, and social interaction in children. It allows users to launch into various Osmo games and collect virtual rewards.
- Launch Osmo games
- Explore game library
- Win collectible stickers
- Hands-on learning
- Promotes creativity
- Encourages problem-solving
- Fosters social interaction
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This is the home for Osmo! Launch into Osmo to explore all your favorite Osmo games, and win collectible stickers along the way. Osmo is connecting over 1 million kids around the world to a new healthy, hands-on learning experience that promotes creativity, problem-solving, and social interaction. Find out more at www.playosmo.com
Plastic Swim
Experience an augmented reality world to understand the impact of plastic pollution. Navigate a treacherous aquatic environment, collect information on plastic consumption, and emerge with greater environmental awareness.
- Augmented reality experience
- Environmental awareness focus
- Interactive aquatic world
- Information on plastic consumption
- Lakeside terrain overlay
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Plastic Swim is an AR experience to raise awareness about the toll of plastics on the environment. The player begins by overlaying a lakeside terrain over their current location through their smart phone. While interacting with the app, the viewer will find themselves in a glimmering but treacherous game, swiping through an aquatic world dense with plastic. When they have accumulated enough information about plastic consumption by interacting with illuminating debris they can resurface buoyed by the specifics of their newly acquired environmental awareness.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Plastic Swim at 5.0 against Osmo World's 3.9. Plastic Swim also leads on update cadence (every 6 days vs every 2 months) and monetization model (free vs ad-supported). Osmo World's advantage is ratings volume (1.4K vs 1). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Plastic Swim holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.9. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Osmo World has 1.4K ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Osmo World ships an update every 2 months, Plastic Swim every 6 days. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 12, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Osmo World | Plastic Swim |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.9 (1.4K ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 42.3% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 1.4K — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 6 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 347 MB | 295 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Tangible Play | Meredith Starr |
Customer experience
Osmo World
Plastic Swim
Bugs and requests
Osmo World
Reported bugs
4 issues- App crashes or freezes
- Camera recognition problems
- Saved progress/data loss
- Incompatibility with certain iPad models
Requested features
4 requests- More game content and updates
- Improved account/progress syncing
- Simplified setup and onboarding
- Better support for newer hardware
Plastic Swim
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Osmo World
No in-app purchases
Plastic Swim
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Osmo World free?
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