Coelacanth and ancient fish vs Shark Ocean
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
Shark Ocean
Select and nurture various shark species, including extinct ones. Discover ancient sharks and expand your aquatic collection. This game offers a unique breeding experience for shark enthusiasts.
- Choose from multiple shark types
- Grow and breed sharks
- Discover extinct ancient sharks
- Collect a variety of shark species
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Choose your favorite shark and grow it The type of shark ・ Blue shark ・ Hammerhead shark ・ Tiger shark ・ Saw shark ・ Great white shark ・ Whale shark ・ Bull shark And that extinct shark ...! Find the extinct ancient shark!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Shark Ocean at 4.3 against Coelacanth and ancient fish's 3.7. Shark Ocean also leads on review sentiment (70% vs 50%). Coelacanth and ancient fish's advantage is update cadence (every 5 weeks vs every 10 months) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 14.0). On price, ratings volume, ads and in-app purchases 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.
Shark Ocean holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 3.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 7 and 8 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 50% of Coelacanth and ancient fish's written reviews are positive against 70% of Shark Ocean's.
Coelacanth and ancient fish ships an update every 5 weeks, Shark Ocean every 10 months. The most recent releases landed on October 10, 2026 and September 26, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Coelacanth and ancient fish | Shark Ocean |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.7 (7 ratings) | 4.3 (8 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews | 70.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 7 | 8 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks — better | Every 10 months |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 14.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 108 MB | 189 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Yamabus | Shinichiro Ihara |
Customer experience
Coelacanth and ancient fish
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In-app purchases
Coelacanth and ancient fish
No in-app purchases
Shark Ocean
No in-app purchases
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