FishPond vs Dropchord
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
Dropchord
A music-driven score challenge game with mesmerizing visuals and an original electronic soundtrack. Manipulate a beam to dodge obstacles and collect notes across ten original tracks. Offers both level-based and endless gameplay modes.
- Music-driven gameplay
- Mesmerizing visuals
- Original electronic soundtrack
- Score challenge
- Standard Mode
- Full Mix Mode
- Leaderboards
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COMPATIBILITY NOTICE: This app will NOT be available on any device with iOS 11 or NEWER. It will still work on devices with iOS 10 or older but support will no longer be provided. ***Named Editor's Choice in the iOS App Store! Dropchord is a music-driven, score challenge game with mesmerizing visuals and an original electronic soundtrack! Influenced by music visualizers and score attack arcade games, Dropchord is an original experience that'll test your dexterity while providing endless fun! * Use your fingers to manipulate a beam crossing the extent of a circle. Dodge scratches while you collect notes to progress to the next track! * Ten original, full length electronic tracks stream seamlessly to create an endless DJ set! * "Standard Mode" challenges you to a level-based experience, introducing new game mechanics as the music progresses! * "Full Mix Mode" provides an endless experience with a steadily increasing difficultly! * Global and Local Leaderboards save your high scores for competition with your friends and younger self! Do your fingers and ears a favor-- get Dropchord today!!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Dropchord at 4.1 against FishPond's 3.5. Dropchord also leads on ratings volume (63 vs 17) and iOS requirement (5.0 vs 18.0). FishPond's advantage is review sentiment (70% vs 52%) and monetization model (free with in-app purchases vs paid). On price, update cadence, 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.
Dropchord holds the better App Store score, 4.1 against 3.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 17 and 63 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 70% of FishPond's written reviews are positive against 52% of Dropchord's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
FishPond ships an update fortnightly, Dropchord every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 17, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | FishPond | Dropchord |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.5 (17 ratings) | 4.1 (63 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 70.0% of reviews — better | 52.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 17 | 63 — better |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases — better | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 5.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 1 MB | 51 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | BitXP | Double Fine Productions, Inc. |
Customer experience
FishPond
Dropchord
Bugs and requests
FishPond
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Dropchord
Reported bugs
13 issues- Game crashes on loading screen (iPhone 5, iPad 2, iPad 3, iPad 4, iPad Mini)
- Incompatible with iOS 11 and later
- Does not work on 32-bit devices
- Multitouch not working on iPad Mini
- Game freezes after second bonus stage
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- Stuttering when visual quality set above standard
- Game gets stuck on loading screen then closes
- No sound output on some devices
- Controls not functioning on some devices
- Jailbroken device compatibility issues
- Extremely low frame rate on iPod Touch
- Unintended auto-pause during gameplay
- WiFi connectivity causing loading issues
Requested features
10 requests- Infinite mode without time limits
- Multiple difficulty levels (easy, medium, hard)
- Pause button that's easy to find
- Tutorial or intro video
- More music tracks
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- Progress-based rewards system
- iPad-specific controls optimization
- Better visual quality options
- DLC with additional songs
- Music remixing based on gameplay
In-app purchases
FishPond
No in-app purchases
Dropchord
No in-app purchases
