Spider King vs Fishful Thinking
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Spider King
Tap to shoot webs and trap enemies. Hold and swipe to launch them away. Eliminate all foes to rescue your friend.
- Tap to shoot web
- Hold and swipe to throw
- Kill all enemies
- Rescue your friend
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Tab to shoot web. Hold and swipe to throw enemy away! Kill all the enemies and rescue your friend!
Fishful Thinking
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Build the aquarium you always wanted. Fishful Thinking is an idle aquarium sim. Stock a tank, plant it out, furnish it however you like — then close the app and let it live. Your fish keep growing, breeding and earning while you're gone. COLLECT 24 SPECIES Start with a cheap guppy and work your way up to the showpieces: koi, discus, arowana, even a freshwater stingray. Six of them can't be bought at all. BREED SOMETHING NO SHOP SELLS Pair two grown fish and see what hatches — a Prism Guppy, an Opal Koi, a Celestial Discus. Every fish carries its own traits: Greedy, Hardy, Shy, Fertile, Ancient and more. CATCH A VISITOR Wild fish swim up to the glass. Win them over in a quick match-3 or bubble-popping round and they join your tank. PLANT IT AND WALK AWAY Plant a sprout, come back to a jungle. Keep the water clean and the oxygen up, and your plants and fish thrive together. FURNISH IT YOUR WAY Driftwood, pots, coral, a sunken shipwreck — put every piece exactly where you want it. Change the sand and the whole tank changes: black basalt makes a neon tetra glow, bleached coral sand turns the same fish into a postcard. PUT THE TANK ON STAFF A little boat feeds your fish while you're at work, and a magnet gathers the coins. Come back to a tank that kept going without you. IT'S ALIVE It's not a screensaver. Feed them and keep the water clean and they flourish. Let a predator in and you can lose one for good — so be ready to drive it off. NO ADS Nothing interrupts your tank. Optional pearl packs are there if you want to speed things up. Your aquarium is backed up to your own iCloud account, so it follows you to a new iPhone.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Fishful Thinking at none against Spider King's shown. Spider King's advantage is iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.0). On price, in-app purchases 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. Spider King sells 3 one-off in-app purchases and Fishful Thinking sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
| Parameter | Spider King | Fishful Thinking |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (30K ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 51.1% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 30K — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | — |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 299 MB | 207 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 9+ |
| Developer | SUPERSONIC STUDIOS LTD | Cat Tran |
Bugs and requests
Spider King
Reported bugs
3 issues- Black screen issue preventing gameplay
- Inability to watch ads for rewards
- Levels not progressing properly
Requested features
4 requests- More level variety
- Ability to customize spider characters
- Reduced ad frequency
- Improved reward system for completing levels
Fishful Thinking
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Spider King
- Remove Ads$2.99
- NoAds And Cash Bundle$3.99
- NoAds And Cash And Skin Bundle$5.99
Fishful Thinking
- Handful of Pearls$0.99
- Pouch of Pearls$2.99
- Jar of Pearls$4.99
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- Chest of Pearls$9.99









