Magic Friends vs Fishful Thinking
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Magic Friends
Embark on a magical adventure in a vibrant 3D world. Team up with friends, both old and new, to battle enemies using unique magical abilities. Enjoy exciting gameplay with simple controls and an intuitive interface.
- Bright 3D graphics
- Simple management
- Exciting gameplay
- Intuitive interface
- Magical adventures
- Defeat enemies
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Interesting and full of magical adventures, Magic Friends – Color Hands game is waiting for you! Rather, become part of the magical world and meet old and new friends. Together you need to defeat the enemies that will meet on the way! And the magical abilities of your friends will definitely come in handy! Features of Magic Friends - Color Hands: - Bright 3D graphics; - Simple management; - Exciting gameplay; - Intuitive interface. Never be bored with Magic Friends - Color Hands! After all, is it ever sad with friends? So let's go to new heights!
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 Magic Friends's shown. Magic Friends's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 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. Magic Friends sells 10 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 | Magic Friends | Fishful Thinking |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (40K ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 71.3% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 40K — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months | — |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 705 MB | 207 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 9+ |
| Developer | MOONEE PUBLISHING LTD | Cat Tran |
Bugs and requests
Magic Friends
Reported bugs
4 issues- Inability to combine elements
- Loss of progress
- Unresponsive controls
- Texture and visual glitches
Requested features
4 requests- More element combinations
- Additional characters and powers
- Improved save/progress system
- Reduced ads or option to remove
Fishful Thinking
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Magic Friends
- Small coin pack$0.99
- Medium coin pack$1.79
- No ADS$1.99
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- VIP Pack with 90% discount$2.00
- Large coin pack$2.59
- VIP Pack with 80% discount$3.99
- VIP Pack with 70% discount$5.99
- VIP Pack with 60% discount$7.99
- VIP Pack with 50% discount$9.99
- VIP Pack with 40% discount$11.99
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
Questions
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