Bow Fish Lightning vs Spearfishing Simulator
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Bow Fish Lightning
Experience the thrill of bowfishing by shooting and retrieving fish with specialized archery equipment. Upgrade your bow, accuracy, and pulling power to catch bigger catches. Discover diverse gameplay mechanics for capturing various fish.
- Bowfishing simulation
- Upgrade bow and accuracy
- Improve pulling speed and force
- Thicker rope for better control
- Diverse fish capture gameplay
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Bowfishing is a method of fishing that uses specialized archery equipment to shoot and retrieve fish. Fish are shot with a barbed arrow that is attached with special line to a reel mounted on the bow or crossbow. shoot, pull! upgrade to get better bow, more accuracy. upgrade pull force level, speed up pulling speed bigger fish. upgrade rope thickness, easier to control pulling bigger fish. also diverse little gameplay to capture fishes!
Spearfishing Simulator
Experience a realistic spearfishing adventure. Start as a beginner, learn to hunt fish, and earn money and experience to upgrade your gear. Explore various underwater locations and master challenging gameplay modes.
- Realistic fish behavior
- Gear upgrades (speargun, wetsuit, fins)
- XP system for performance increase
- Multiple diving locations
- Target fish for bonus XP
- Realistic underwater sounds
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A very realistic Spearfishing game with a challenging gameplay. Start as a rookie spearo and learn spearfishing. Hunt fishes, earn money and experience. Buy new items to increase your hunting skills and diving performance. - Upgrade your speargun, wetsuit, fins, mask and other items. - Earn XP while playing and increase your diving performance. - Realistic fish behaviour. - Every item your equip, effects your diving and hunting performance. - Realistic underwater sounds. - Various diving locations - Target fish option. Hunt suggested target fish to earn x2 XP. Game tips: -Your oxygen level will be increased while you gain experience(XP) -Since default gear is for snorkelling, it reduces your diving performance. Replace it when you earn money. -Behave like you spearfishing in real life. Swimming towards the fish and chasing the fish won't work most of the time. Game modes: - Realistic: This is for real spearfishers. Fishes are very sensitive to your movements. Try to stay calm and still while waiting the fish. Oxygen level and consumption is realistic. - Simulation: Close to real life spearfishing. Oxygen level and consumption is realistic, fishes can be spooked easily. - Arcade: Easy mode. Oxygen consumption is much more slower. Fishes are much more braver.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Spearfishing Simulator at 3.8 against Bow Fish Lightning's 2.5. Spearfishing Simulator also leads on update cadence (every 5 days vs every 13 months) and ratings volume (96 vs 2). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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.
Spearfishing Simulator holds the better App Store score, 3.8 against 2.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Spearfishing Simulator has 96 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Bow Fish Lightning ships an update every 13 months, Spearfishing Simulator every 5 days. Both last shipped on November 3, 2026.
| Parameter | Bow Fish Lightning | Spearfishing Simulator |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.5 (2 ratings) | 3.8 (96 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 48.1% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 96 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 13 months | Every 5 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 | 12.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 258 MB | 113 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 12+ |
| Developer | 文明 孙 | Hakan Nehir |
Customer experience
Bow Fish Lightning
Spearfishing Simulator
In-app purchases
Bow Fish Lightning
No in-app purchases
Spearfishing Simulator
No in-app purchases
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