Algae Bloom Dynamics vs Ecotopia
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Algae Bloom Dynamics
Experience algae blooms in augmented reality, learning about their causes and solutions in lakes and waterways. Explore animated 3D models of aquatic life and understand environmental threats from human activities and invasive species.
- Augmented reality environmental simulation
- Learn about algae bloom causes
- Explore aquatic life 3D models
- Understand environmental threats
- Global waterway focus
- Educational game
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Algae Bloom Dynamics (ABD) is an augmented reality art, science, and game simulation for experiencing how algae blooms occur, and where to find and fix their sources in lakes and waterways globally. Educate and inform people in an engaging augmented reality that is experienced in your own environment. Experience a clear-water lake that begins to have imbalances in phosphorus and nitrogen from human activities and threats from invasive species. Local, regional, and global threats are presented from: - agriculture - household waste - stormwater runoff - wastewater systems - road salt - invasive species - fossil fuels The project includes animated 3D models of: - Fish: Yellow Perch, Rainbow Smelt, and Bass - Zooplankton: Daphnia and Spiny Water Flea - Phytoplankton: Microcystis and Aphanocapsa - Mollusks: Zebra Mussels - Macroalgae: Nitella ABD is a project created by the Eco Resilience Global Games Research Group at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. The project is funded in part by the Jefferson Project. For more information, please see our website. Algae Bloom Dynamic AR: https://sites.google.com/view/algae-bloom-dynamics/algae-bloom-dynamics Eco Resilience Games: https://sites.google.com/view/eco-resilience/home Eco Resilience Games is creating virtual worlds that inspire us to preserve our actual ones. Whether we are enabling people to experientially see, hear and touch plankton in new ways in order to understand their vital importance to freshwater ecology, or making it possible to become a water droplet traveling through an entire watershed, we are using advanced game technology creatively to introduce people to new worlds, new perspectives, and new systems to help understand emerging environmental knowledge and the vital need to work together globally for a sustainable, eco resilient future.
Ecotopia
Embark on an eco-adventure in a post-apocalyptic future. Cleanse a world choked with garbage, solve puzzles, and build your own farm. Discover new inhabitants and restore balance to the planet.
- Dynamic world with player consequences
- Ecological gameplay with bonuses
- Friendship with animals for benefits
- Crafting and building mechanics
- World clearing and garbage recycling
- Mini-games and quests
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Accidentally freezing yourself, you wake up in the distant future. Humanity is no more! Where are they all? The old world is destroyed, garbage is everywhere, which kills all living things, but a new, still unexplored world has emerged on its ruins. To survive, you have to collect resources, make tools, build structures and houses, but not everything is so simple, the world is destroyed and thrown into chaos, only by cleaning the world you can cope with all difficulties and survive. Explore abandoned locations, solve tricky puzzles, meet new inhabitants of this world and build your own small farm in the world of Ecotopia. – Are you ready to uncover the mystery behind humanity's disappearance and navigate a world lost to chaos? – Have you ever imagined waking up in a future where civilization has crumbled, and the world is engulfed in garbage and despair? – Embark on the quest in Ecotopia: Farm Adventure! Cleanse the world, solve puzzles, and build your farm. – Take action in Ecotopia: Farm Adventure! Reclaim the world, solve puzzles, and build your own farm. Features of the game: -DYNAMIC WORLD Every action of the player has consequences that affect the appearance of this world. Clearing the world, you will be able to see in real time how a lifeless wasteland turns into a blooming forest. -ECOLOGICAL GAMEPLAY Improving the ecology of the game world gives a lot of bonuses, as well as opens up new areas for research. - FRIENDSHIP WITH ANIMALS Improving relations with animals will allow the hero to open new locations and tasks, as well as get a good discount from a local merchant. All animals are very closely connected with nature. -LEARN TO CRAFT AND BUILD Collect materials and use them to build your own farm! Learn how to create different types of materials and buildings. You will need them to survive and save the world! Build your own unique camp, on the basis of which you will start an adventure in the world of Ecotopia. -CLEARING THE WORLD Collect and recycle garbage to get rare and difficult-to-access resources. The cleaner the location becomes, the more bonuses the player gets from the world and characters. - MINI GAMES AND QUESTS Play mini-games, solve puzzles, and embark on thrilling quests. With a wide variety of quests to challenge you, every step of your eco-adventure will be filled with excitement and discovery. Are you ready to go on an adventure in Ecotopia: Farm Adventure, save the world and solve the mystery of humanity's disappearance? Start your journey right now, adventures are waiting for you! – Will you be the savior it desperately needs? – Can you rise to the challenge and forge a sustainable future? – Will you be the one to restore balance and harmony? – Are you ready to make a difference and save the planet? Thank you for testing the game Ecotopia: Farm Adventure! If you liked what you saw or if you have any suggestions, we will be very glad to hear your feedback in the app store. -> Discord: https://discord.gg/NEse2H8rgu
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Algae Bloom Dynamics at 100% against Ecotopia's 17%. Algae Bloom Dynamics also leads on rating (4.6 vs 1.7) and in-app purchases (none vs 10). On price, ratings volume 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. Ecotopia sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. Algae Bloom Dynamics asks for nothing beyond the download.
Algae Bloom Dynamics holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 1.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 5 and 11 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of Algae Bloom Dynamics's written reviews are positive against 17% of Ecotopia's.
| Parameter | Algae Bloom Dynamics | Ecotopia |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (5 ratings) — better | 1.7 (11 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 17.1% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 5 | 11 — better |
| Update frequency | — | Every 5 days |
| Ads | — | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 470 MB | 319 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Kathleen Ruiz | Outside Digital |
Customer experience
Algae Bloom Dynamics
Ecotopia
Bugs and requests
Algae Bloom Dynamics
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Ecotopia
Reported bugs
25 issues- Freezes on loading page
- Won't open
- Loading screen bug
- Stuck in the first frame
- Game won't load up
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- Infinite loop
- Infinite loading screen
- Stuck with a loading icon
- Resource download restarts
- Crashes every time
- Game crashes and refuses to load
- Crashing
- Stuck at a part and won't let me go farther
- Freezing
- Game stays frozen
- Freezes up at the bot
- Game shuts down or just freeze
- Crashes within 3 seconds of opening
- Crashes all the time
- Game kicks me out every time
- Constantly crashing
- Rabbit boy saved are somehow in both places
- No new trees grow
- Hydro separator, ground purifier, and air purifier have fuel but need to buy firewood
- New update reseted everything
Requested features
11 requests- Fix loading screen bug
- Fix crashing issues
- More storage space
- Clearer goals
- Storyline to follow
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- Clearer material indication
- More energy
- Fix resource replenishment
- Fix update issues
- Fix bridge reset
- Fix rabbit boy duplication
In-app purchases
Algae Bloom Dynamics
No in-app purchases
Ecotopia
- Three-course lunch$0.99
- Engineer's set$0.99
- Stock of energy shards$0.99
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- Builder's kit$0.99
- Hoverboard Offer$0.99
- Hoverboard на 3 день$1.99
- Crystal 80$2.99
- Hoverboard for 5 day$3.99
- Crystal 220$6.99
- Crystal 460$12.99
Questions
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