FishPond vs Shrimp.io
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
Shrimp.io
Play as a shrimp, consuming microplastics and destroying fish. Upgrade your shrimp with collected resources. A portion of ad revenue is donated to ocean cleanup charities.
- Consume microplastics
- Destroy fish and creatures
- Upgrade your shrimp
- Multiple enemy types
- Multiple maps
- Ad revenue donation to charity
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over 2.7 million combinations of items 60 enemies, including 12 mini-bosses right now 2 maps right now. play as a shrimp destroy all the fishys and Creatures, collect their microplastics and upgrade your shrimp. made in 2 weeks, by an unexperienced game developer, so don't be sad please. and currently 5% of ad revenue will be donated at the end of each month to an ocean plastic cleanup charity on my choice.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Shrimp.io at 4.7 against FishPond's 3.5. Shrimp.io also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 70%) and update cadence (every 4 days vs fortnightly). FishPond's advantage is ads (none vs shown). On price, ratings volume, in-app purchases 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Shrimp.io holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 3.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 17 and 21 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 70% of FishPond's written reviews are positive against 100% of Shrimp.io's.
FishPond ships an update fortnightly, Shrimp.io every 4 days. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.
| Parameter | FishPond | Shrimp.io |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.5 (17 ratings) | 4.7 (21 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 70.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 17 | 21 — better |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | Every 4 days — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Ad-supported — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 1 MB | 63 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | BitXP | Jaxon Gallegos Garcia |
Customer experience
FishPond
Shrimp.io
In-app purchases
FishPond
No in-app purchases
Shrimp.io
No in-app purchases
