Comparison

Fishpond War vs Goblin's Workshop

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Fishpond War

Engage in an idle battle game where you collect fishbones to unlock and upgrade heroes. Design formations and choose skills to develop winning strategies for your fishpond. Enjoy a relaxing experience with daily rewards and creative hero designs.

Highlights
  • Idle battle gameplay
  • Hero collection and merging
  • Strategic formation design
  • Daily gift rewards
  • Relaxing ASMR elements
  • Unlockable heroes and skills
Features
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FIshpond War is a Idle Battle mobile game. In this alliance battle, you need to collect fishbones to unlock various amazing heroes. Improving heroes by merging them together. You can design different formations and choose skills to find more battle strategies. When you have spare time, come here and create your best team. Let's fight! 【Features】 -Relax and De-stress. This game is as cool as Mowing. -Free game. You don't have to play all day but upgrade easily. -Interesting. There are many creatively designed heroes. -Design Formation. It need strategy and I believe you can win. -Daily gifts. Sign in to claim rewards every day. Come on! With the increasingly large Fishpond, many heroes such as Knight Fish, Assassin Fish and Wizard Fish can be unlocked. You can also get all kinds of skills, such as Arrows, Revive. At same time, the enemies you face will become stronger and stronger, so pay attention to your fishpond and protect it. ※ This game is free. In the game, you can purchase virtual game currency, items and other services ※ Please consume moderately according to your personal interests and abilities. ※ Please pay attention to the game time and avoid to be addicted. After playing for a long time, you had better take a break. Contact us: support@yojoygame.com Facebook group:https://www.facebook.com/groups/358724249774788

About

Goblin's Workshop

A simulation RPG where you craft weapons, recruit monsters, and explore to gather materials. Sell items to monsters, upgrade your transport, and equip your monsters to battle humans and reclaim territories.

Highlights
  • Item crafting and selling
  • Monster recruitment and exploration
  • RPG combat mechanics
  • Idle gameplay
  • Monster equipment upgrades
  • Territory battles
Features
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***** goblin's Workshop is a simple and easy item making simulation & RPG idle game. ***** Make weapons, recruit monsters to explore, get more materials and make more powerful weapons! Defeat the evil humans! [Introduction] In the game, you can make all kinds of items to sell to monsters to earn money, from time to time there will be a variety of monsters to visit your store. If you are very idle, you can also click them to pimp, from them to cut more money. When there are not enough materials, you must send your monster hired soldiers to explore the world to get more resources. If you have some money, please buy a better transport wagon for the monsters to ride. But the humans in this world is not a vegetarian, they occupy many territories. So your monsters if the equipped items are too bad to explore, it is easy to be beaten by human! You can leave the better items to your monsters to put on, so that the monsters increase more combat power. The crap will be left to other idiot customers to buy it, this is the right way to do business! Well, no more chit chat. I'm going to the market to buy materials and drink... [Terms of Use] https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Fishpond War4 screens
Goblin's Workshop4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Fishpond War at 4.9 against Goblin's Workshop's 3.7. Fishpond War also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 3 weeks) and iOS requirement (10.0 vs 12.0). Goblin's Workshop's advantage is review sentiment (71% vs 35%). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Fishpond War sells 10 one-off in-app purchases and Goblin's Workshop sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Fishpond War holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 3.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 23 and 9 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 35% of Fishpond War's written reviews are positive against 71% of Goblin's Workshop's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Fishpond War ships an update weekly, Goblin's Workshop every 3 weeks. Both last shipped on November 3, 2026.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Fishpond War versus Goblin's Workshop: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFishpond WarGoblin's Workshop
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.9 (23 ratings) — better3.7 (9 ratings)
Positive reviews34.9% of reviews71.4% of reviews — better
Number of ratings23 — better9
Update frequencyWeekly — betterEvery 3 weeks
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS10.0 — better12.0
Further details — not scored
Size318 MB423 MB
Age rating9+4+
DeveloperYojoyJUNG CHUN HUNG

Customer experience

Fishpond War

All ratings22 ratings
Positive95.5%
Neutral4.5%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews43 reviews
Positive34.9%
Neutral7.0%
Negative58.1%

Goblin's Workshop

All ratings8 ratings
Positive62.5%
Neutral12.5%
Negative25.0%
Written reviews7 reviews
Positive71.4%
Neutral14.3%
Negative14.3%

In-app purchases

10 purchases

Fishpond War

One-time10
  • gemx60$0.99
  • daily benefits$0.99
  • Daily Deals$1.99
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  • Daily Cost-Effective$2.99
  • monthly card$4.99
  • no ads weekly card$4.99
  • God Pass$9.99
  • Growth Fund$19.99
  • super monthly card$19.99
  • no ads annual card$19.99
10 purchases

Goblin's Workshop

Subscriptions3
  • Double Bless$9.997 Days
  • Goblin King's Bless$9.997 Days
  • Hire Crystal Miner$14.991 Month
One-time7
  • Fistful of crystals$0.99
  • Unlock a random recipe$1.99
  • Pouch of crystals$2.99
Show 4 more
  • Chest of crystals$9.99
  • 3x Battle Speed$9.99
  • Newbie Special Package$9.99
  • Barrel of crystals$29.99

Questions

Is Fishpond War free?
Fishpond War is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Goblin's Workshop free?
Goblin's Workshop is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Fishpond War or Goblin's Workshop?
Fishpond War is rated higher. Fishpond War averages 4.9 out of 5 from 23 ratings, while Goblin's Workshop averages 3.7 from 9 ratings.
Do Fishpond War or Goblin's Workshop have ads?
Both Fishpond War and Goblin's Workshop show ads.
Which is updated more often, Fishpond War or Goblin's Workshop?
Fishpond War ships an update weekly, and Goblin's Workshop every 3 weeks. Most recently, Fishpond War was updated on November 3, 2026 and Goblin's Workshop on November 3, 2026.

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