Comparison

marimo vs メダカ育成げーむ

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

Head to head
About

marimo

A virtual pet simulation where you nurture a Marimo, a unique aquatic plant from Hokkaido. The core gameplay involves changing its water to help it grow. You can then share your Marimo's progress with friends.

Highlights
  • Virtual Marimo pet
  • Water changing gameplay
  • Marimo growth simulation
  • Share progress on Twitter
  • Hokkaido souvenir theme
Features
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Marimo-chan is an application to grow the "Marimo" on the iPhone. Inhabit Lake Akan in Hokkaido, can be observed / breeding on the iPhone the "Marimo" very popular as a souvenir of Hokkaido. Is a very simple system. Basically all you have to do change water. When Marimo grow large then Let's boast to your friends on twitter

About

メダカ育成げーむ

Features
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Totally Free ! Healing of Medaka training app! Care will only increase once food in three days . It would be healed by the killifish to grow chillin watching ! Killifish will continue to increase more and more family because becomes greater produce the children of killifish . It may sometimes escape surprised to tap the Medaka ! ? ▼ material use This app we were allowed to use the BGM of the following sites . - MusMus (http://musmus.main.jp/)

Screenshots

marimo4 screens
メダカ育成げーむ3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: marimo at 98% against メダカ育成げーむ's 52%. marimo also leads on ads (none vs shown) and iOS requirement (9.0 vs 15.0). On price, update cadence, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

marimo ships an update every 4 months, メダカ育成げーむ every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and October 8, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
marimo versus メダカ育成げーむ: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
Parametermarimoメダカ育成げーむ
PriceFreeFree
Rating—4.5 (17 ratings) — better
Positive reviews98.0% of reviews — better52.4% of reviews
Number of ratings—17 — better
Update frequencyEvery 4 monthsEvery 3 months — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS9.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size31 MB76 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperHANA-DA HiromitsuCanvas soft

Customer experience

marimo

Written reviews50 reviews
Positive98.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative2.0%

メダカ育成げーむ

All ratings17 ratings
Positive82.4%
Neutral5.9%
Negative11.8%
Written reviews21 reviews
Positive52.4%
Neutral28.6%
Negative19.0%

In-app purchases

None

marimo

No in-app purchases

None

メダカ育成げーむ

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is marimo free?
marimo is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is メダカ育成げーむ free?
メダカ育成げーむ is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do marimo or メダカ育成げーむ have ads?
メダカ育成げーむ shows ads; marimo does not.
Which is updated more often, marimo or メダカ育成げーむ?
marimo ships an update every 4 months, and メダカ育成げーむ every 3 months. Most recently, marimo was updated on October 14, 2026 and メダカ育成げーむ on October 8, 2026.

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