LASAR vs Paint A Fish
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
LASAR
This app allows students, parents, and the public to anonymously report incidents occurring within the Los Angeles Unified School District. It is operated by the Los Angeles School Police Department to enhance safety and communication.
- Anonymous incident reporting
- For students, parents, and public
- Covers LAUSD schools
- Operated by LA School Police
- Enhances school safety
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Los Angeles Schools Anonymous Reporting (LASAR) application for students, parents and public to report incidents in and around Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD). The application is governed by LAUSD and operated by Los Angeles School Police Department.
Paint A Fish
Design and paint your own virtual fish, then see it swim in a digital aquarium exhibit using augmented reality. Choose from various fish types and colors to create unique aquatic life.
- Paint custom fish designs
- Augmented reality integration
- Multiple aquarium exhibit environments
- Variety of fish species to paint
- Interactive virtual swimming
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Bring the Aquarium’s popular Paint a Fish exhibit to your own mobile device. Paint your own fish and watch it swim right in front of you or in the exhibit of your choice. Watch as your own painted shark swims next to our zebra shark in Shark Lagoon. See your own painted basslet swim in our Coral Lagoon. Look at your own painted parrotfish swimming gracefully alongside all the other colorful fish in our Tropical Reef Habitat. Choose from an assortment of colors and paint either a fairy basslet, parrotfish, or black tip reef shark any way you like. Then, with the power of augmented reality, watch it appear to swim right in front of your eyes... and in any exhibit at the Aquarium!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: LASAR at 3.9 against Paint A Fish's 2.6. Paint A Fish's advantage is review sentiment (17% vs 0%) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.1). On price, ratings volume, 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
LASAR holds the better App Store score, 3.9 against 2.6. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 11 and 12 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 0% of LASAR's written reviews are positive against 17% of Paint A Fish's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
LASAR ships an update every 7 months, Paint A Fish every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | LASAR | Paint A Fish |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.9 (11 ratings) — better | 2.6 (12 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 16.7% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 11 | 12 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 7 months | Every 4 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 34 MB | 200 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | LOS ANGELES UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT | Aquarium of the Pacific |
Customer experience
LASAR
Paint A Fish
In-app purchases
LASAR
No in-app purchases
Paint A Fish
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is LASAR free?
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