Ocean 4D+ vs Paint A Fish
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Ocean 4D+
Explore a vibrant underwater world with augmented reality. Bring marine creatures to life in your environment, interact with them, and learn fascinating facts about their habitats and conservation status.
- Cardless Augmented Reality
- Interactive 3D marine creatures
- Realistic animations
- Digital Encyclopedia of marine animals
- Conservation status information
- Habitat and diet details
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From the cute clown anemonefish to various fascinating sharks, Ocean 4D+ is here to take you on an underwater marine voyage. CARD & CARDLESS AUGMENTED REALITY EXPERIENCE Place the 3D marine creatures directly in your environment or scan the cards available on our website below to summon the animals right in front of you. INTERACTION Tap the creatures to watch some realistic animations and pair them up with the available interactive objects to see their reactions. DIGITAL ENCYCLOPEDIA Visit the 3D Library feature to learn more about many amazing marine animals. Be aware of their conservation status and the threats they are facing. Find out about their diet, sizes, and in which ocean layer(s) do they live. * Minimum Device Requirements for Ocean 4D+: 1. Min OS (for Cardless AR feature): iOS 9 2. Min OS (for Cards AR feature): iOS 7.0 3. Processor: Qualcomm chipset, 1.2 GHz 4. RAM: 3 GB 5. Camera: 8 MPX 6. Memory card supports Augmented Reality feature 7. Not compatible with Intel Atom processor
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 review sentiment: Ocean 4D+ at 100% against Paint A Fish's 17%. Ocean 4D+ also leads on iOS requirement (11.0 vs 13.0). Paint A Fish's advantage is rating (2.6 vs 1.0) and in-app purchases (none vs 1). On price, update cadence, ads 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. Ocean 4D+ sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Paint A Fish asks for nothing beyond the download.
Paint A Fish holds the better App Store score, 2.6 against 1.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Paint A Fish has 8 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 100% of Ocean 4D+'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.
Ocean 4D+ ships an update every 2 months, Paint A Fish every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on October 12, 2026 and October 2, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Ocean 4D+ | Paint A Fish |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.0 (1 ratings) | 2.6 (8 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 16.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 8 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 4 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 251 MB | 200 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Octagon Studio Ltd | Aquarium of the Pacific |
Customer experience
Ocean 4D+
Paint A Fish
In-app purchases
Ocean 4D+
- All Marine Animals$2.99
Paint A Fish
No in-app purchases
Questions
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