The Marimo vs Gold Fish 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.
Gold Fish Pet
Nurture and care for virtual goldfish on your smartphone. This simple healing application allows you to feed, clean, and watch your fish grow while enjoying relaxing music. You can even name your fish and sell them to get new ones.
- Virtual goldfish care
- Feeding and cleaning mechanics
- Goldfish growth tracking
- Real-time size updates
- Relaxing background music
- Customizable fish names
- Notifications for care tasks
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Completely free! This is an easy and simple healing nurturing application. You can easily raise cute goldfish in your smartphone. The game also puts a lot of effort into the music that plays slowly. This game is an application to raise goldfish in your smartphone. Taking care of your goldfish is very easy. Just feed and clean them! It is recommended for those who are not good at games or for busy people. Please be healed by the sight of the goldfish growing day by day. Game Contents You can feed and clean the goldfish and take care of them easily. Goldfish grow little by little every day. You can sell the goldfish you have grown and get a new one. You can watch goldfish while listening to music (you can turn it off from the menu). You can give your goldfish any name you like. The size of the goldfish is updated every second to show the size of the goldfish in real time. When the app is launched, it reports how much the goldfish has grown since the last time it was launched. Notify you when it is time to feed and clean the goldfish.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Gold Fish Pet at every 10 days against The Marimo's every 3 months. Gold Fish Pet also leads on rating (4.7 vs 4.4) and iOS requirement (10.0 vs 15.6). The Marimo's advantage is review sentiment (79% vs 71%). 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.
Gold Fish Pet holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.4. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 16 and 41 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 79% of The Marimo's written reviews are positive against 71% of Gold Fish 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, Gold Fish Pet every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on November 10, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | The Marimo | Gold Fish Pet |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (16 ratings) | 4.7 (41 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 78.9% of reviews — better | 70.6% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 16 | 41 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 10 days — better |
| 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 | 148 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Kosuke Ogawa | sio honda |
Customer experience
The Marimo
Gold Fish Pet
In-app purchases
The Marimo
No in-app purchases
Gold Fish Pet
No in-app purchases
Questions
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