AquaPlants vs Coelacanth and ancient fish
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
AquaPlants
Cultivate a vibrant underwater world by growing aquatic plants and observing their photosynthesis. As your plants flourish, attract a variety of beautiful tropical fish to your aquarium. This idle game offers a relaxing experience with charming animations and detailed plant information.
- Idle incremental gameplay
- Grow aquatic plants
- Attract tropical fish
- Collect various fish and plants
- Detailed plant encyclopedia
- Cute fish animations
- Realistic 3D plant models
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Welcome to the world of aquatic aquariums! "I like tropical fish, but it's hard to manage the aquarium by myself ...!" AquaPlants was born for you. This game is very simple "Incremental" game! Grow aquatic plants and let them photosynthesize a lot. As the plants grow, beautiful tropical fish will visit more often! Find various tropical fish and grow your own aquarium. Game features ■ Simple game method that can be nurtured by leaving it alone ■ Various tropical fish and aquatic plants ■ Detailed bean knowledge like a picture book ■ Cute animation of tropical fish ■ 3D model of aquatic plants that faithfully reproduces the real thing ■ Healing sound info@filmo.jp Created by team, Filmo.
Coelacanth and ancient fish
Customize coelacanth colors and feed them to earn points. Excavate fossils for bonuses and purchase new backgrounds and creatures. Experience AR to bring the ancient world into your room.
- Color customization for coelacanth
- Dynamic predation for points
- Fossil excavation with bonus multipliers
- Purchase background images and creatures
- AR function for recreating ancient worlds
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● You can adjust the coelacanth to your favorite color by using the color adjustment food. There is also high point food, and you can get points while looking at the dynamic predation. Points can buy background images and ancient creatures. ● You can get points by excavating fossils and rewarding them. Select a colored stone and tap it carefully to crush the stone. If you take out the fossil inside without damaging it, you will get a perfect bonus. The bonus multiplier will increase as you issue Perfects in succession. The points of fossils change depending on their rarity. Let's get reward food while having fun. ● Equipped with AR function. You can recreate the ancient world in your room.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: AquaPlants at 4.7 against Coelacanth and ancient fish's 3.7. AquaPlants also leads on review sentiment (67% vs 50%) and update cadence (fortnightly vs every 5 weeks). Coelacanth and ancient fish's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 7) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 15.0). On price, 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. AquaPlants sells 7 one-off in-app purchases. Coelacanth and ancient fish asks for nothing beyond the download.
AquaPlants holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 3.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: AquaPlants has 43 ratings behind it against 7, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 67% of AquaPlants's written reviews are positive against 50% of Coelacanth and ancient fish's.
AquaPlants ships an update fortnightly, Coelacanth and ancient fish every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 7, 2026 and October 10, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | AquaPlants | Coelacanth and ancient fish |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (43 ratings) — better | 3.7 (7 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 66.7% of reviews — better | 50.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 43 — better | 7 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Every 5 weeks |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Ad-supported — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 11.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 157 MB | 108 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Filmo inc. | Yamabus |
Customer experience
AquaPlants
Coelacanth and ancient fish
In-app purchases
AquaPlants
- Decoration Item (TreeStamp)$1.99
- ガチャアイテム(ネオンテトラx5)$1.99
- AmazonFrogPit$1.99
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- シンガブルーネオンタキシードリボンx5$3.99
- グリーンコブラグッピーx5$3.99
- ショップチケット×5$9.99
- ショップチケット×20$24.99
Coelacanth and ancient fish
No in-app purchases
Questions
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