FishPond vs Block Blast 3D Free
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
Block Blast 3D Free
Build intricate block structures in a 3D environment using up to ten fingers. Experiment with realistic physics, adjustable gravity, and bounciness to create unique constructions and then demolish them to a musical score.
- Realistic 3D physics
- Multi-finger control
- Adjustable gravity
- Adjustable bounciness
- Customizable block size
- Background music selection
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★★★★★ "My son will play this for hours if I let him!" ★★★★★ "VERY ADDICTIVE!" DESCRIPTION: This app will entertain you and your kids for days! Use up to 10 fingers at a time to build great block structures then blow them apart while a beautiful musical score plays in the background. These are the most realistic and customizable blocks on the app store. You can turn gravity off and see how blocks act in space or make them the extremely bouncy and then try to build large towers. FEATURES: √ Realistic physics in a 3D environment √ Adjustable gravity √ Adjustable bounciness √ Adjustable block size √ 4 classical and modern background songs to choose from
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Verdict
FishPond and Block Blast 3D Free both sit at 3.5 stars, but that hides the real split: 70% of FishPond's written reviews are positive against 36% of Block Blast 3D Free's. Block Blast 3D Free's advantage is monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases) and ratings volume (103 vs 17). On price, rating, 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.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 3.5 for FishPond against 3.6 for Block Blast 3D Free. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Block Blast 3D Free has 103 ratings behind it against 17, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 70% of FishPond's written reviews are positive against 36% of Block Blast 3D Free's.
| Parameter | FishPond | Block Blast 3D Free |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.5 (17 ratings) | 3.6 (103 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 70.0% of reviews — better | 36.4% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 17 | 103 — better |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | — |
| 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 | 4.2 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 1 MB | 36 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | BitXP | Sweet Action Games |
Customer experience
FishPond
Block Blast 3D Free
In-app purchases
FishPond
No in-app purchases
Block Blast 3D Free
No in-app purchases









