Pocket Frogs vs Pocket Pond 2
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Pocket Frogs
Discover, collect, trade, and breed a vast array of unique frogs. Customize their habitats, earn awards, and play online or offline with beautiful graphics.
- Discover and collect unique frogs
- Breed frogs for new variations
- Trade frogs and items with friends
- Customize and decorate habitats
- Earn over 60 awards
- Play online or offline
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Discover, collect, trade, and breed over 35,000 unique frogs on your iOS device, anytime, anywhere! - Trade frogs and habitat items with friends - Breed a diverse and unique collection of frogs - Play anytime, online or off - Beautiful high resolution Retina graphics - Customize and decorate each of your frog habitats - Over 60 challenging awards to earn - View your friends' habitats and frogs - Different in-game items available every day - Explore the pond to find rewards and discover rare frogs
Pocket Pond 2
Cultivate a vibrant aquatic ecosystem by raising, feeding, and breeding thousands of unique koi. Decorate your pond, interact with your fish, and explore friends' creations. Discover new koi through fishing and enjoy a serene, ad-free experience.
- Thousands of koi breeds to collect
- Interactive koi that respond to touch
- Pond decoration and customization
- Visit friends' ponds
- Fishing for new koi
- Interactive pond creatures
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Raise, feed, breed, play with, and sell thousands of different kinds of koi. Decorate your pond and make it beautiful! Splash the interactive water and play with your new koi family, then visit your friends' ponds to see what they've named their koi! Then go fishing at the Mystery Pond to catch new koi for your ponds! Note: Pocket Pond 2 is totally free to play, but certain items cost real money. To disable this feature, turn off in-app purchases. Features: - Thousands of koi breeds to collect - Totally interactive koi will bite your finger and swim around in response to your touch! - Visit your friends' ponds! - Beautiful, serene ponds with relaxing ambience - Decorate your ponds any way you'd like - Interactive pond creatures including * Frogs * Turtles * Hummingbirds * Dragonflies * Crabs - Name your koi, creatures, and ponds! - Go fishing at the Mystery Pond with a rod and bobber! - Totally free to play with NO advertisements! - No Internet connection required to play! Looks great on all devices, but especially good on the new iPad!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Pocket Frogs at 4.4 against Pocket Pond 2's 3.3. Pocket Frogs also leads on review sentiment (88% vs 59%) and update cadence (every 5 days vs every 3 weeks). Pocket Pond 2's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and iOS requirement (7.0 vs 15.0). On price, in-app purchases, monetization model 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. Pocket Frogs sells 12 one-off in-app purchases and Pocket Pond 2 sells 7 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Pocket Frogs holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 3.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Pocket Frogs has 3.1K ratings behind it against 294, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 88% of Pocket Frogs's written reviews are positive against 59% of Pocket Pond 2's.
Pocket Frogs ships an update every 5 days, Pocket Pond 2 every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 20, 2026 and October 16, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Pocket Frogs | Pocket Pond 2 |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (3.1K ratings) — better | 3.3 (294 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 87.5% of reviews — better | 58.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 3.1K — better | 294 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 days — better | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Best chart rank | #100 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 7.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 403 MB | 107 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | NimbleBit LLC | TriggerWave LLC |
Customer experience
Pocket Frogs
Pocket Pond 2
User reviews
Pocket Frogs
From 3.1K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 💚 Relaxing and calming game
- 🐸 Cute and adorable frogs
- 🎨 Beautiful graphics and visuals
- 🕹️ Simple and easy to play
- 🎉 Nostalgic and long-lasting experience
Room to improve
- 🐛 Occasional crashes and glitches
- ⏱️ Slow progression and leveling up
- 💰 Expensive in-app purchases
- 🔍 Lack of search/sorting in Froggydex
- 🕹️ Removal of mini-games and features
Pocket Pond 2
From 294 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🌊 Relaxing and calming experience
- 🐟 Realistic and enjoyable fish interactions
- 🎨 Beautiful graphics and visuals
- 🧠 Engaging breeding and customization features
Room to improve
- 💰 Expensive in-app purchases required for progression
- 🐛 Bugs and crashes reported
- 🔒 Inability to back up or transfer progress
- 🕰️ Repetitive and time-consuming tasks
Bugs and requests
Pocket Frogs
Reported bugs
4 issues- Frogs disappearing from mailbox
- Habitat purchase issues
- Freezing and crashing on certain devices
- Inconsistent performance and visuals
Requested features
6 requests- Ability to name frogs
- More habitat space and storage
- Faster frog growth and breeding
- Bring back mini-games and achievements
- Improved UI and interface
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- More frequent updates and new content
Pocket Pond 2
Reported bugs
3 issues- Inability to log in to Facebook
- Pond data loss or reset issues
- Unresponsive screens and freezes during gameplay
Requested features
4 requests- Add more fish varieties and pond customization options
- Improve social features like visiting friends' ponds
- Implement a way to earn in-game currency without spending real money
- Fix bugs and crashes to improve stability
In-app purchases
Pocket Frogs
- Starter Stamp Pack$0.99
- Starter Potion Pack$0.99
- Catalog Item$1.99
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- Froggydex Frog$1.99
- Value Stamp Pack$4.99
- Value Potion Pack$4.99
- Babyproof Kit$4.99
- Express Mailbox$4.99
- Lost & Found$4.99
- VIP Package (30% OFF)$19.99
- Premium Stamp Pack$29.99
- Premium Potion Pack$29.99
Pocket Pond 2
- Pouch of Koins$0.99
- Bag of Credits$0.99
- Bag of Koins$1.99
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- Box of Koins$2.99
- Sack of Koins$3.99
- Pack of Koins$4.99
- Case of Koins$9.99
