Vertigo Rogue Lite vs FishPond
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Vertigo Rogue Lite
Pilot a heavily armed helicopter in this fast-paced arcade action game. Engage in a sinister plot as a flying mafia hitman amidst a city conflict. Experience realistic graphics, diverse weaponry, and intuitive controls.
- Arcade style action gameplay
- Helicopter combat
- Land, sea, and air enemies
- Criminal underworld plot
- Multiple weapon types
- Intuitive two-thumb controls
- Optional 3D mode
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Vertigo Rogue is an original, fast-paced arcade style action game that puts you in the seat of a heavily armed helicopter taking on a range of land, sea and air based enemies. See reviews and video on support site www.vertigorogue.com As an ex-con mercenary fighter pilot about to retire and settle down, you are whirled into a sinister plot where you are forced to enact the role of a flying mafia hitman in a city where the on-going conflict between 7 criminal organizations is about to spin out of control in a frantic, explosive climax. Vertigo Rogue Lite features: 1. A short campaign including 4 Vertigo Rogue missions 2. A huge, detailed landscape of unprecedented complexity 3. Advanced, realistic graphics in a rich and populated environment 4. A selection of 8 different weapon types 5. A powerful, yet simple and intuitive two-thumb control system 6. Advanced 3D sound environment 7. Optional stereoscopic, red/blue color-filtered 3D mode Note: 3D glasses are of course not included, but if you happen to have a pair of those old cardboard goggles with a red/blue 3D filter, turn on the 3D mode and enjoy the REAL vertigo effect! Note that in stereoscopic mode, the frame rate will be lower and the most convincing depth effect is achieved on the newest generations of iPod Touch/iPhones. The color coded 3D mode will not work with shutter- or polarized 3D glasses as used in theaters.
FishPond
Create and manage a virtual fish pond. Tap to feed your fish and observe their growth. Enjoy a relaxing simulation experience.
- Virtual fish pond
- Feed fish by tapping
- Watch fish grow
- Relaxing simulation
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FishPond is a small, calm pond for your iPhone and iPad. Feed your fish, watch them swim, grow, change colour and raise little ones – or just leave it running and enjoy the view. HOW IT WORKS • Tap to drop food – the fish race to get it • Pick one of six food colours: fish slowly take on the colour of what they eat • Well-fed fish grow and have offspring, up to 15 fish in your pond • Hungry fish get smaller – and if they starve, they swim away • Drag your finger and the whole school follows • Shake your device to scare them off • A turtle shares the pond (and the food) MADE FOR TODAY'S DEVICES • Rebuilt from scratch for current iPhones and iPads, in portrait and landscape • Smooth animation on ProMotion displays • The retro low-poly look of the 2011 original • Your pond is saved and waits for you PRIVATE AND CALM • No ads, no in-app purchases, no tracking • No account, no network connection – everything stays on your device
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Verdict
The clearest difference is monetization model: Vertigo Rogue Lite at free against FishPond's free with in-app purchases. Vertigo Rogue Lite also leads on ratings volume (516 vs 17) and iOS requirement (3.1.2 vs 18.0). FishPond's advantage is rating (3.5 vs 3.3) and update cadence (fortnightly vs monthly). On price, review sentiment, 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.
FishPond holds the better App Store score, 3.5 against 3.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Vertigo Rogue Lite has 516 ratings behind it against 17, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 74% of Vertigo Rogue Lite's written reviews are positive against 70% of FishPond's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Vertigo Rogue Lite ships an update monthly, FishPond fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 22, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Vertigo Rogue Lite | FishPond |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.3 (516 ratings) | 3.5 (17 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 73.7% of reviews — better | 70.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 516 — better | 17 |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 3.1.2 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 9 MB | 1 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Brainphant | BitXP |
Customer experience
Vertigo Rogue Lite
FishPond
Bugs and requests
Vertigo Rogue Lite
Requested features
2 requests- Update game for iOS 11
- Option to choose an in-vehicle view
FishPond
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Vertigo Rogue Lite
No in-app purchases
FishPond
No in-app purchases
