FishPond vs A Swing Monkey
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
A Swing Monkey
Embark on a thrilling side-scrolling adventure as a monkey, swinging through mysterious lands. Explore jungle, ice, and fire cave environments, overcoming monsters and cutting ropes to progress through challenging stages. Escape the ordinary with this engaging and fast-paced game.
- Side-scrolling gameplay
- Monkey swinging mechanics
- Multiple themed chapters (Jungle, Ice Land, Fire Cave)
- Stage-based progression
- Rope cutting action
- Monster encounters
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[Game Introduction] Giving a gift to a girl friend, Monkey scrolling game Speed in a side-scrolling game. National swing game! Escape Boring routine! Cool ~ ~ ~ ~ take a rope and explore mysterious Land! Monsters being added each stage!. [Game configuration] Chapter1-Jungle. 12stage Chapter2-Ice Land. 12stage Chapter3-Fire Cave. 12stage And More ... [How to play] a. Jump: jumps when you touch the screen. b. Touch the screen when monkey is on Jump c. Cut the rope by touch. [About Us] Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/SpongeMobile Twitter: http://twiter.com/ #! / Spongegame Blog: http://spongemobile.blogspot.com [Contact Us] if you have anything, please email spongemobile@naver.com
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: FishPond at none against A Swing Monkey's 3. FishPond also leads on review sentiment (70% vs 46%). A Swing Monkey's advantage is iOS requirement (4.3 vs 18.0). 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. A Swing Monkey sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. FishPond asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 3.5 for FishPond against 3.5 for A Swing Monkey. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 17 and 8 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 70% of FishPond's written reviews are positive against 46% of A Swing Monkey's.
| Parameter | FishPond | A Swing Monkey |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.5 (17 ratings) | 3.5 (8 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 70.0% of reviews — better | 46.2% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 17 — better | 8 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 4.3 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 1 MB | 13 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | BitXP | Sponge Mobile |
Customer experience
FishPond
A Swing Monkey
In-app purchases
FishPond
No in-app purchases
A Swing Monkey
- 100,000 Gold$0.99
- 500,000 Gold$2.99
- 1,000,000 gold$4.99
