Comparison

Animal Tower Ark vs What’s in The Oceans?

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

Head to head
About

Animal Tower Ark

Help Noah rescue a variety of animals by balancing them on an ark. Explore different habitats, learn animal sounds, and discover prehistoric creatures. This app offers offline play and is designed for children to develop coordination and imagination.

Highlights
  • Balance animals on an ark
  • Learn animal sounds
  • Explore jungle, savanna, and dinosaur worlds
  • Rescue animals from different regions
  • Offline play
  • Develops coordination and imagination
Features
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Animal Tower Ark is a fun app with zoo animals for kids and toddlers. Rescue animals on Noah's boat, learn animal sounds and explore savanna animals, strange animals, farm pets, polar creatures and dinosaurs. ***** Kids love this classic animal ark game. Download it now! ***** A tiny little boat, many animals and a delicate balance! Help get the animals on the ark, balance them on board and bring them to safety, or freely explore the world and discover hidden characters. FREE ANIMALS Explore the savanna for free and play with 8 wild animals from Africa: lion, zebra, flamingo, elephant, crocodile, rhino, giraffe and hippo. SPECIAL ANIMALS Add special worlds if you want even more animals to rescue. • Farm animals and pets: cow, horse, pig, sheep, chicken, dog, cat and donkey. • Jurassic dinosaurs and prehistoric animals: Tyrannosaurus Rex (T. Rex), Brontosaurus, Triceratops, Mammoth, Elasmosaurus, Stegosaurus, Spinosaurus and Glyptodont. • Polar animals: penguin, polar bear, seal, walrus, Arctic hare, reindeer, husky and musk ox. • Australian animals: koala, kangaroo, colour-changing chameleon, kiwi, platypus, lemur, wombat and echidna. This app is like a zoo full of mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, fish, shells and dinosaurs. Rescue them all! ***** Featured by Apple on “Our Favorites Made in Italy” ***** ***** Winner of a Digital Ehon Award, in Japan! ***** ***** Featured on major newspapers and TV channels ***** ***** Highlighted among the best baby games by Tech Radar, Mamamo and BCBF Award! ***** ***** Wonderful illustrations! Selected for the Illustrators Annual! ***** KIDS EXPLORE, PLAY, LEARN! • Learn the animal sounds! • Plunge into a wonderful sea with fun, realistic water effects! • Enjoy changing the weather: sun, rain, storm, hail, and snow! • Listen to relaxing music and try to immerse an animal underwater … the music fades out! • Play with cute animals and pets! • Collect photos of your animal tower! EDUCATIONAL, SIMPLY DESIGNED FOR CHILDREN AND TODDLERS • Animal app designed for 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 ... 100 years old children! • Simple, no reading skills needed. • Multi-touch, meaning baby kids can play with one or more fingers at the same time. • Toddlers can play either alone, independently, or with a friend, or even with mom and dad! • Safe with integrated parental control. • No time limits, no points, no stress! Children can take a break whenever they want. Take a picture of your animal tower to save the level, and enjoy a break in the open air! You can find all of your photos in the app gallery and from them restart to play. This lovely baby app is inspired by traditional wooden, educational toys; like them, it develops your child's eye-finger coordination, imagination, sense of balance and concentration. NO WI-FI NEEDED Once downloaded, this app also works offline, without Wi-Fi or internet connection, so that children can play anywhere, even on long journeys! FREE CONTENTS You can play for free with 8 savannah animals, listen to their sounds and save them as many times as you want! Add farm animals, polar animals, dinosaurs and strange animals from Australia, New Zealand and Madagascar! This animal app is ideal for kids, babies, toddlers, boys and girls, from 3 years upwards. Try it now! PRIVACY and SECURITY Our kids games do not contain third-party advertising and never collect any personal data. You can read our full privacy policy here: www.lolaslug.com/privacy-policy/ LOLA SLUG (Giulia Olivares + Giordano Scalzo) We are an Italian creative studio that designs quality apps and innovative games for children all over the world. Imagery, colours, characters, everything in our contents is designed to meet the cognitive needs of the little kids and to encourage their development. To stay updated on the latest promotions, please visit www.lolaslug.com and subscribe to the newsletter! CONTACTS support@lolaslug.com www.lolaslug.com

About

What’s in The Oceans?

Explore marine life and learn about ocean ecosystems. Interact with various sea creatures, discover their behaviors, and understand the impact of pollution. Features real videos and is suitable for children aged 3 and up.

Highlights
  • Explore marine animal habitats
  • Interact with sea creatures
  • Learn about animal behavior
  • Understand ocean pollution
  • Watch real animal videos
  • Suitable for ages 3+
Features
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Explore the deep sea and the animals that call it home. Play with and learn about sharks, penguins, octopuses, seahorses, turtles and many others! With "What’s in The Oceans?" you can play and learn freely, with no pressure or stress. Play, observe, ask questions and find the answers. Explore how animals interact with each other, how they live, how they defend themselves and how they reproduce. Learn and get informed about the pollution of the oceans and its dangers. See how plastics, overfishing, climate change and ships affect the life and health of different ecosystems. We only have one planet — let's take care of it! With five incredible ecosystems: South Pole Discover the life of penguins, seals and orcas. Play with them! What do they eat and how do they live? How does climate change affect them? Octopuses Feed the sharks and learn how octopuses defend themselves and not be devoured. Try to protect the divers inside the shark cage! Dolphins See how the dolphins hunt, reproduce and come out to breathe. Play with them until it becomes night so they can go to sleep. Watch the fishing nets — if the dolphins get caught in them, they will not be able to come out to breathe. Turtles Feed the turtles and watch them lay eggs. Help the younglings to get out of the egg, and make sure the turtles don't eat the plastic bags, as they sometime mistake them for jellyfish. Look at the remoras — they always hitch a ride on the turtles. Seahorses Seahorses are small and fragile. Protect them from their predators, crabs, and make the algae and corals grow so they can hide. Features • Discover how animals live and how they interact in different ecosystems. • Play and learn with different marine animals: octopuses, crabs, sharks, turtles, jellyfish, seahorses, penguins, orcas, seals, remoras, starfish... And many others. • See how pollution and human activity are harming sea life. • With real videos of marine animals. • Suitable for all ages from 3+. ABOUT LEARNY LAND At Learny Land, we love to play, and we believe that games must form part of the educational and growth stage of all children; because to play is to discover, explore, learn and have fun. Our educational games help children learn about the world around them and are designed with love. They are easy to use, beautiful and safe. Because boys and girls have always played to have fun and learn, the games we make - like the toys that last a lifetime - can be seen, played and heard. At Learny Land we take advantage of the most innovative technologies and the most modern devices to take the experience of learning and playing a step further. We create toys that could not have existed when we were young. Read more about us at www.learnyland.com. Privacy Policy We take Privacy very seriously. We do not collect or share personal information about your children or allow any type of third party ads. To learn more, please read our privacy policy at www.learnyland.com. Contact us We'd love to know your opinion and your suggestions. Please, write to support@learnyland.com. Terms of Use: http://learnyland.com/terms-of-service/

Screenshots

Animal Tower Ark4 screens
What’s in The Oceans?4 screens

Verdict

The call

Animal Tower Ark and What’s in The Oceans? both sit at 4.4 stars, but that hides the real split: 87% of Animal Tower Ark's written reviews are positive against 64% of What’s in The Oceans?'s. On price, rating, ratings volume and update cadence 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. Animal Tower Ark sells 7 one-off in-app purchases and What’s in The Oceans? sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $7.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.4 for Animal Tower Ark against 4.3 for What’s in The Oceans?. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 134 and 270 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 87% of Animal Tower Ark's written reviews are positive against 64% of What’s in The Oceans?'s.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Animal Tower Ark ships an update every 4 months, What’s in The Oceans? every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on August 23, 2026 and September 16, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Animal Tower Ark versus What’s in The Oceans?: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAnimal Tower ArkWhat’s in The Oceans?
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.4 (134 ratings) — better4.3 (270 ratings)
Positive reviews86.7% of reviews — better63.6% of reviews
Number of ratings134270 — better
Update frequencyEvery 4 monthsEvery 3 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS12.0 — better13.0
Further details — not scored
Size297 MB329 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperGiulia OlivaresLearny Land

Customer experience

Animal Tower Ark

All ratings118 ratings
Positive83.1%
Neutral5.9%
Negative11.0%
Written reviews15 reviews
Positive86.7%
Neutral6.7%
Negative6.7%

What’s in The Oceans?

All ratings270 ratings
Positive83.7%
Neutral5.2%
Negative11.1%
Written reviews11 reviews
Positive63.6%
Neutral0.0%
Negative36.4%

In-app purchases

7 purchases

Animal Tower Ark

One-time7
  • Upgrade to 40 Animals$0.99
  • Dino Park: T.Rex + 8 Dinosaurs$1.99
  • Koala +8 pets from Australia$1.99
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  • POLAR ANIMALS – Arctic & Antarctic$1.99
  • FARM ANIMALS$1.99
  • ALL WORLDS AVAILABLE – 32 ANIMALS$4.99
  • ALL WORLDS + 40 ANIMALS & DINOSAURS$5.99
5 purchases

What’s in The Oceans?

Subscriptions5
  • Ocean Premium: One app access$7.991 Month
  • Learny Land Pass - Monthly7 Days trial$7.991 Month
  • Learny Land Pass - Monthly7 Days trial$8.991 Month
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  • Learny Land Pass - Annual7 Days trial$39.991 Year
  • Learny Land Pass - Annual7 Days trial$49.991 Year

Questions

Is Animal Tower Ark free?
Animal Tower Ark is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is What’s in The Oceans? free?
What’s in The Oceans? is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Animal Tower Ark or What’s in The Oceans??
Animal Tower Ark is rated higher. Animal Tower Ark averages 4.4 out of 5 from 134 ratings, while What’s in The Oceans? averages 4.3 from 270 ratings.
Do Animal Tower Ark or What’s in The Oceans? have ads?
Neither Animal Tower Ark nor What’s in The Oceans? shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Animal Tower Ark or What’s in The Oceans??
Animal Tower Ark ships an update every 4 months, and What’s in The Oceans? every 3 months. Most recently, Animal Tower Ark was updated on August 23, 2026 and What’s in The Oceans? on September 16, 2026.

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