Comparison

FishPond vs Diamond Drop!

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

Head to head
About

FishPond

Create and manage a virtual fish pond. Tap to feed your fish and observe their growth. Enjoy a relaxing simulation experience.

Highlights
  • Virtual fish pond
  • Feed fish by tapping
  • Watch fish grow
  • Relaxing simulation
Features
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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

About

Diamond Drop!

This puzzle game challenges players to sacrifice movement keys to press buttons and solve intricate levels. Become the ultimate thief by using your intelligence and strategic sacrifices to steal the diamond.

Highlights
  • Sacrifice movement keys for puzzles
  • Steal the diamond
  • Intelligent puzzle solving
  • Addictive gameplay
  • Unique mechanics
Features
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Sacrifice your movement keys to press buttons and solve puzzles! NEW SPECIAL GAMEPLAY - SACRIFICE TO WIN Do you have what it takes to become the best thief? In this addictive puzzle game you will need steal the diamond with your intelligence and sacrifice. Drop keys, press buttons, and solve puzzles! Good luck! Have fun ;-)

Screenshots

FishPond2 screens
Diamond Drop!4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Diamond Drop! at 5.0 against FishPond's 3.5. Diamond Drop! also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 70%) and iOS requirement (9.0 vs 18.0). FishPond's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and ratings volume (17 vs 2). On price, ads, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Diamond Drop! sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. FishPond asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Diamond Drop! holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: FishPond has 17 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 70% of FishPond's written reviews are positive against 100% of Diamond Drop!'s.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
FishPond versus Diamond Drop!: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFishPondDiamond Drop!
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.5 (17 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews70.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings17 — better2
Update frequencyFortnightly—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS18.09.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size1 MB104 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBitXPUnimob

Customer experience

FishPond

All ratings17 ratings
Positive58.8%
Neutral17.6%
Negative23.5%
Written reviews30 reviews
Positive70.0%
Neutral16.7%
Negative13.3%

Diamond Drop!

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

FishPond

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Diamond Drop!

One-time1
  • Remove Ads$1.99

Questions

Is FishPond free?
FishPond is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Diamond Drop! free?
Diamond Drop! is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, FishPond or Diamond Drop!?
Diamond Drop! is rated higher. FishPond averages 3.5 out of 5 from 17 ratings, while Diamond Drop! averages 5.0 from 2 ratings.
Do FishPond or Diamond Drop! have ads?
Neither FishPond nor Diamond Drop! shows ads.

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