Comparison

Happy Fish + vs AquaLife 3D

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Happy Fish +

Engage in a relaxing virtual fish farming experience with over 3000 unique fish species. Interact with your aquatic pets, decorate their habitats with beautiful backgrounds, and enjoy daily activities and mini-games. Connect with friends to share the fun and discover treasures.

Highlights
  • Over 3000 unique fish species
  • Interactive feeding and play
  • Variety of beautiful backgrounds with music
  • Daily activities and new fish updates
  • Exciting mini-games
  • Social features to visit friends
Features
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《Happy Fish》 The most popular and loving fish game! It has been installed over 100 million times worldwide. 【More than 3000 kinds of fishes】 More than 3000 kinds of fishes with remarkable personalities for you to choose. Cutie, Funky, Sweety, Geek, and so on..., no matter what their personalities are, you can have them all! 【Easy and Relaxing】 Feed the fish, play with them, and trigger unexpected motion effects with only one touch! You can also get variety of treasures form your fish. Let the fish comfort you anytime and anywhere. 【Beautiful Backgrounds】 Farmland, desert, outerspace, ocean, four seasons...and so on... There are a variety of backgrounds for you to choose. What's even better is that each background has its own music! 【Activities & Suprises Every Day】 Regularly updated with different activities and new fish. Experience loads of fun in one game! 【Exciting Mini games】 Dr. Octopus, Gold、Golden Dolphin、Big Crab、Sea Otter、Deep Sea... etc. Let the pets bring joy to your fish bowl. 【Make Friends While Raising Fish】 Visit your friends and maybe trick them a little bit, or you can feed their fish, pick up their fish's gems, and leave them messages...etc. Let's experience all the fun with your friends! 【Copyright Notice】 All content in this game is the property of Happy Elements, and is protected by international copyright laws.

About

AquaLife 3D

Design and manage your own virtual aquarium with realistic 3D fish and decorations. Explore freshwater, saltwater, and fantasy environments, breed and sell fish to earn in-game currency, and customize your underwater world.

Highlights
  • Realistic 3D fish and decorations
  • Multiple aquarium types (saltwater, freshwater, fantasy)
  • Breed, feed, and sell fish
  • Earn coins, diamonds, and experience
  • Over 100 fish species and decorations
  • Social features: invite friends, give/receive gifts
Features
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Create your own fascinating and realistic underwater world on your mobile device! AquaLife 3D - it's a real live aquarium that you can take with you wherever you go! With AquaLife 3D you can create attractive saltwater, freshwater and even fantasy aquariums as well as choose their inhabitants and decorate them. You can buy, feed, grow and sell fish, earning coins, diamonds and experience. There are over 100 species of exotic fish, more than 100 decorations and items, a variety of backgrounds and aquatic pets. Your possibilities are endless! Enjoy the journey into the alluring and mysterious underwater world and be sure to invite your friends! AquaLife 3D is your real aquarium in your mobile device! Features: - realistic 3D fish and decorations; - 10 aquariums space for your imagination; - the constant addition of new types of fish; - the opportunity to earn coins, diamonds and experience; - play with your friends, give and receive gifts.

Screenshots

Happy Fish +4 screens
AquaLife 3D4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Happy Fish + at 4.5 against AquaLife 3D's 3.9. Happy Fish + also leads on ratings volume (1K vs 46) and review sentiment (68% vs 58%). AquaLife 3D's advantage is ads (none vs shown). On price, update cadence, in-app purchases and monetization model 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Happy Fish + sells 11 one-off in-app purchases and AquaLife 3D sells 11 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Happy Fish + holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 3.9. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Happy Fish + has 1K ratings behind it against 46, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 68% of Happy Fish +'s written reviews are positive against 58% of AquaLife 3D's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Happy Fish + ships an update every 3 months, AquaLife 3D every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on October 22, 2026 and October 21, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Happy Fish + versus AquaLife 3D: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHappy Fish +AquaLife 3D
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (1K ratings) — better3.9 (46 ratings)
Positive reviews68.1% of reviews — better57.6% of reviews
Number of ratings1K — better46
Update frequencyEvery 3 months — betterEvery 4 months
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS12.0 — better12.2
Further details — not scored
Size1.3 GB138 MB
Age rating9+4+
DeveloperEureka Creation LimitedNikolay Egorov

Customer experience

Happy Fish +

All ratings1,028 ratings
Positive85.8%
Neutral5.1%
Negative9.1%
Written reviews160 reviews
Positive68.1%
Neutral11.3%
Negative20.6%

AquaLife 3D

All ratings45 ratings
Positive68.9%
Neutral11.1%
Negative20.0%
Written reviews210 reviews
Positive57.6%
Neutral13.8%
Negative28.6%

Bugs and requests

Happy Fish +

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Missing fish and lost progress
  • Incorrect rewards and activity tracking
  • Compatibility issues with newer devices

Requested features

4 requests
  • Ability to transfer saved progress across devices
  • More free content and activities
  • Improved translation and localization
  • Breeding and hatching functionality

AquaLife 3D

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

11 purchases

Happy Fish +

One-time11
  • $0.99 Special package$0.99
  • حزمة واحدة من كاش الاسماك$0.99
  • First-gear Gift pack$0.99
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  • Store Value Package$1.99
  • بعض حزم من كاش الاسماك$4.99
  • Second-gear Gift pack$4.99
  • عدة حزم من كاش الأسماك$9.99
  • Third-gear Gift pack$9.99
  • سلة من كاش الأسماك$19.99
  • حقيبة من كاش الاسماك$49.99
  • الكثير من حزم كاش الاسماك$99.99
11 purchases

AquaLife 3D

One-time11
  • 2 000 coins$0.99
  • 10 diamonds$0.99
  • 20 diamonds$1.99
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  • 4 500 coins$1.99
  • 55 diamonds$4.99
  • 45 diamonds$5.99
  • 15 000 coins$5.99
  • 70 diamonds$5.99
  • VIP$5.99
  • 120 diamonds$9.99
  • 250 diamonds$19.99

Questions

Is Happy Fish + free?
Happy Fish + is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is AquaLife 3D free?
AquaLife 3D is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Happy Fish + or AquaLife 3D?
Happy Fish + is rated higher. Happy Fish + averages 4.5 out of 5 from 1K ratings, while AquaLife 3D averages 3.9 from 46 ratings.
Do Happy Fish + or AquaLife 3D have ads?
Happy Fish + shows ads; AquaLife 3D does not.
Which is updated more often, Happy Fish + or AquaLife 3D?
Happy Fish + ships an update every 3 months, and AquaLife 3D every 4 months. Most recently, Happy Fish + was updated on October 22, 2026 and AquaLife 3D on October 21, 2026.

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