FishPond vs Fat Slice
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
FishPond
Create and manage a virtual fish pond. Tap to feed your fish and observe their growth. Enjoy a relaxing simulation experience.
- Virtual fish pond
- Feed fish by tapping
- Watch fish grow
- Relaxing simulation
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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
Fat Slice
A touch-based puzzle game where players slice shapes with their finger. Avoid bouncing balls and unsliceable walls to complete challenges. Designed for intuitive touchscreen gameplay.
- Touchscreen slicing gameplay
- Avoid bouncing balls
- Navigate unsliceable walls
- Puzzle challenges
- Designed for mobile
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A puzzle game made for a touch screen! Slice up shapes with your finger while avoiding bouncing balls and unsliceable walls.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is monetization model: Fat Slice at free against FishPond's free with in-app purchases. Fat Slice also leads on review sentiment (79% vs 70%) and iOS requirement (6.0 vs 18.0). FishPond's advantage is update cadence (fortnightly vs every 6 weeks). On price, rating, ratings volume and ads 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.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 3.5 for FishPond against 3.5 for Fat Slice. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 17 and 16 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 70% of FishPond's written reviews are positive against 79% of Fat Slice's.
FishPond ships an update fortnightly, Fat Slice every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 23, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | FishPond | Fat Slice |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.5 (17 ratings) — better | 3.5 (16 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 70.0% of reviews | 78.9% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 17 — better | 16 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Every 6 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 6.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 1 MB | 26 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | BitXP | ChewOnGlass.com |
Customer experience
FishPond
Fat Slice
In-app purchases
FishPond
No in-app purchases
Fat Slice
No in-app purchases
