The Marimo vs Flapjack Octopus Pet
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
The Marimo
Care for a virtual green ball creature that grows over time. Keep its environment clean and provide light to ensure its survival. Customize its appearance and interact with it through various gestures.
- Virtual pet care
- Growth simulation
- Environment maintenance
- Customization options
- Interactive controls
- Social sharing
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Thank you 1,130,000 download!! [About Marimo] Marimo means a plant like a green ball which grow in Hokkaido, Japan. You can raise a Marimo. A marimo will grow up little by little every day. When water become dirty, you need to refresh water. If you don't take care of a Marimo long time, Marimo will wither. [Other Features] - You can rename Marimo, and change background. - Drag to move Marimo. - Double tap to pick tap Marimo. - Rotate marimo with two finger. - Marimo moves by the direction of the device. - You can upload image of Marimo on Twitter/Facebook. - Photosynthesis occurs in a bright place.
Flapjack Octopus Pet
Raise a cute octopus as a virtual pet on your phone. Enjoy its smooth animations and relaxing music while you feed and clean it. Watch your octopus grow and change in real-time, with notifications to help you care for it.
- Virtual octopus pet raising
- Real-time growth tracking
- Feeding and cleaning mechanics
- Interactive touch controls
- Relaxing background music
- Customizable pet name
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Completely free! This is an application to make a Octopus a pet. You can easily raise a cute Octopus in your phone. The smooth animation of the Octopus's cute movements will heal you. The music is also very relaxing. This game is an app to raise Octopuss in your phone. It's very easy to take care of them. All you have to do is feed it and clean it! It is recommended for people who are not good at playing games and busy people. Please enjoy watching the Octopus grow day by day. The game's contents You can feed the Octopus, clean it, and take care of it easily. The Octopus grows a little bit every day. Touch the screen, and the Octopus will come to that place. You can watch the Octopus while listening to music. You can give the Octopus a name of your choice. (The name can be changed at any time.) The size of the Octopus is updated every second so that you can see its size in real time. When you start the app, it will report how much it has grown since the last time. Notifies you of the timing of feeding and cleaning.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: The Marimo at 79% against Flapjack Octopus Pet's 45%. The Marimo also leads on update cadence (every 3 months vs every 17 months). Flapjack Octopus Pet's advantage is rating (4.7 vs 4.4) and iOS requirement (10.0 vs 15.6). 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Flapjack Octopus Pet holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.4. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 16 and 42 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 79% of The Marimo's written reviews are positive against 45% of Flapjack Octopus Pet's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
The Marimo ships an update every 3 months, Flapjack Octopus Pet every 17 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | The Marimo | Flapjack Octopus Pet |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (16 ratings) | 4.7 (42 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 78.9% of reviews — better | 44.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 16 | 42 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months — better | Every 17 months |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 10.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 18 MB | 78 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Kosuke Ogawa | sio honda |
Customer experience
The Marimo
Flapjack Octopus Pet
In-app purchases
The Marimo
No in-app purchases
Flapjack Octopus Pet
No in-app purchases
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