Tasty Planet Lite vs Garden Eel AR/VR
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Tasty Planet Lite
Control a growing ball of grey goo that consumes everything smaller than itself. Start with dirt and bacteria, and eventually grow large enough to devour entire planets. This unique game offers a simple yet addictive progression.
- Control a growing grey goo ball
- Eat objects smaller than yourself
- Progressively larger consumption
- Devour entire planets
- MFi controller support
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Eat Everything in the World! Control a tiny ball of grey goo with the ability to eat anything smaller than itself. The more it eats, the bigger it gets! Soon you'll be able to eat the entire planet! The grey goo was originally created as a bathroom cleaner. It was only supposed to eat dirt and bacteria - cleaning your bathroom automatically. Instead it eats anything that it touches: dirt, bacteria, bugs, mice, cats, dogs, cars, trees, houses, planets... Everything! Supports MFi controllers.
Garden Eel AR/VR
Experience garden eels in a virtual sea or your own environment. Explore six viewing modes, including AR and VR, and interact with eels by adding them to detected planes or having them follow faces. Synchronize with other devices and capture images.
- AR and VR viewing modes
- Six distinct viewing options
- Place eels on detected planes in AR
- Eels follow detected faces
- Synchronize across multiple devices
- Capture screen images
- Download custom eels via iCloud
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"Garden Eel AR/VR" is the AR/VR version of "Garden Eel". It provides a realistic experience of viewing garden eels in the virtual sea through your iOS device. There are six viewing modes and can be switched by tapping switch view icon(right bottom of the screen): 1) single view mode 2) front camera mode 3) back camera mode 4) side by side mode(for iPhone/iPod touch with VR viewing box) 5) 3D lens mode(for iPhone/iPod touch with 3D lens attachment and VR viewing box) 6) 360 degree rendering mode 7) AR mode In AR mode, white circles appears on detected planes and you can add garden eels on these planes by tapping them. You can adjust VR parameters by VR menu(left bottom icon). You can capture screen image by tapping right-top corner of the screen(camera icon). You can synchronize display contents between multiple iOS devices by tapping synchronize icon at the same timing. By tapping right-middle of the screen in camera mode(face detection icon), you can turn on face detection. Garden eels will follow faces!! Switching face detection mode to garden eel overlay mode, garden eels will appear on top of faces detected by camera. This is for portrait photo. You can grow garden eels via another app "Garden Eel". Then you can download your own garden eels via iCloud by tapping left top corner(iCloud icon).
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Tasty Planet Lite at 4.2 against Garden Eel AR/VR's 3.7. Tasty Planet Lite also leads on ads (none vs shown) and review sentiment (79% vs 50%). Garden Eel AR/VR's advantage is update cadence (every 3 months vs every 9 months). On price, 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.
Tasty Planet Lite holds the better App Store score, 4.2 against 3.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Tasty Planet Lite has 258 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 79% of Tasty Planet Lite's written reviews are positive against 50% of Garden Eel AR/VR's.
Tasty Planet Lite ships an update every 9 months, Garden Eel AR/VR every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Tasty Planet Lite | Garden Eel AR/VR |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.2 (258 ratings) — better | 3.7 (3 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 78.7% of reviews — better | 50.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 258 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 9 months | Every 3 months — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple TV — better |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 — better | 12.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 47 MB | 9 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Dingo Games Inc. | KENSHI DOI |
Customer experience
Tasty Planet Lite
Garden Eel AR/VR
Bugs and requests
Tasty Planet Lite
Reported bugs
3 issues- Game not launching or disappearing after installation
- Unresponsive controls and inability to move the character
- Compatibility issues on certain devices
Requested features
4 requests- Add more levels and stages
- Implement alternative control schemes
- Unlock full version for free
- Provide updates and support for the game
Garden Eel AR/VR
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Tasty Planet Lite
No in-app purchases
Garden Eel AR/VR
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Tasty Planet Lite free?
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