Comparison

gARret vs Rainbow Sea

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

Head to head
About

gARret

Explore detailed 2D scenes, find hidden gears, and interact with characters. This game offers a unique exploration experience where you uncover the map and its secrets.

Highlights
  • 2D scene exploration
  • Gear collection
  • Character interaction
  • Map discovery
  • Interactive gameplay
Features
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gARret is 2D Search game We product with such a concept as to explore the picture! For the first time let's slowly explore the map and gather gears while interacting with the residents!

About

Rainbow Sea

Embark on a pixel-art adventure where you nurture relationships with seven gods aboard a treasure ship. Your choices shape a bittersweet story with multiple endings, offering replayability. Discover events and uncover the gods' true natures through dialogue and interaction.

Highlights
  • Isometric pixel-art graphics
  • Chiptune-inspired music
  • Branching narrative with multiple endings
  • Relationship building with seven gods
  • Interactive dialogue system
  • Event discovery based on conditions
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Rainbow Sea is an adventure game with beautiful character designs, isometric pixel-art, nostalgic chiptune-flavored music, and a sometimes funny, sometimes sad story. You can clear this in a couple of hours, but you can play it again and again as the story changes depending on your choices and actions, and there are many ways to reach a single ending. The player spends a year as Human, chosen to be a god, nurturing relationships with the Seven Lucky Gods aboard the treasure ship. You can move freely around the ship by tapping the screen. By talking to the Seven Lucky Gods, you can get their affection. New events will occur under certain conditions such as winning their affection, weather, and events you have seen so far. There are over hundred different types of events. You can find the conditions of each event by watching advertisements, so it is easy to find. Not all of the Seven Lucky Gods characters will open up to you right away, and as you interact with them, you'll start to see what they're up to. You'll start to see what they're dealing with, and since many of them won't reveal their true colors until you get to know them, you may find yourself going through the game with a somewhat unsettled feeling. In addition, Rainbow Sea allows you to lie, so you can hide your true feelings from the Seven Lucky Gods and change the course of the story. You can enjoy character designs that greatly reflect the personalities of each of the Seven Lucky Gods, music which is like a fusion of Japanese style and chiptune, and a bittersweet scenario. We are also planning to update the character graphics and pixel-art animation in the near future.

Screenshots

gARret3 screens
Rainbow Sea4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: gARret at none against Rainbow Sea's shown. gARret also leads on monetization model (free vs ad-supported) and review sentiment (86% vs 73%). Rainbow Sea's advantage is update cadence (every 6 weeks vs every 68 months) and ratings volume (28 vs 8). On price, rating, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.8 for gARret against 4.6 for Rainbow Sea. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 8 and 28 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 86% of gARret's written reviews are positive against 73% of Rainbow Sea's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

gARret ships an update every 68 months, Rainbow Sea every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
gARret versus Rainbow Sea: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParametergARretRainbow Sea
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (8 ratings) — better4.6 (28 ratings)
Positive reviews85.7% of reviews — better73.3% of reviews
Number of ratings828 — better
Update frequencyEvery 68 monthsEvery 6 weeks — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree — betterAd-supported
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS12.012.0
Further details — not scored
Size157 MB100 MB
Age rating4+12+
Developer勇輔 菊地Rina Okuyama

Customer experience

gARret

All ratings6 ratings
Positive83.3%
Neutral16.7%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews7 reviews
Positive85.7%
Neutral14.3%
Negative0.0%

Rainbow Sea

All ratings25 ratings
Positive92.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative8.0%
Written reviews45 reviews
Positive73.3%
Neutral2.2%
Negative24.4%

In-app purchases

None

gARret

No in-app purchases

None

Rainbow Sea

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is gARret free?
gARret is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Rainbow Sea free?
Rainbow Sea is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, gARret or Rainbow Sea?
gARret is rated higher. gARret averages 4.8 out of 5 from 8 ratings, while Rainbow Sea averages 4.6 from 28 ratings.
Do gARret or Rainbow Sea have ads?
Rainbow Sea shows ads; gARret does not.
Which is updated more often, gARret or Rainbow Sea?
gARret ships an update every 68 months, and Rainbow Sea every 6 weeks. Most recently, gARret was updated on November 2, 2026 and Rainbow Sea on November 3, 2026.

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