Aquarium 2 vs New Pixels
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Aquarium 2
This app offers a generative music player with interchangeable loops and a tone wheel for remixing. It also includes a detailed fish reference guide with high-quality photos from the original masters.
- Generative music player
- Interchangeable sound loops
- Tone wheel for remixing
- Detailed fish reference guide
- High-quality fish photos
- Blu-ray remote control functionality
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The core of the 'Psychic Summit: Aquarium 2' app is a generative music player. We took some of our favorite music from the AQ2 audio sessions (Morgan Kuhli, Liteworks, &) + select field recordings and created sets of interchangeable loops that could be played or remixed. You 'play' a song via the tone wheel and can stack more sounds or full tracks while playing. A remote control for the Aquarium 2 Blu-ray. Requires a BD Live enabled Blu-ray player, a network connection, the BD disc and a Wi-fi enabled iPhone/iPod touch. Fish reference guide: We give you hints on the disc of the various fish in each tank via the on screen facts. In this app, there’s a deeper guide to help you figure out your favorite fish. If you haven’t checked out our disc, here’s your chance to see some of the tanks and their inhabitants. All photos come directly from the 4k Red masters. 'Psychic Summit: Aquarium 2' is a cooperation between Psychic Summit, Communal & Juggleware.
New Pixels
Explore a unique pixel art creation experience using basic shapes and colors. Craft your own miniature worlds and share them with a community gallery or friends. This app offers a creative outlet inspired by renowned artists.
- Unique pixel art creation
- Basic shapes and colors
- World building
- Share art with friends
- Cloud gallery submission
- Inspired by artists
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Love pixel art? This is a new form of pixel art you gotta check out. Using basic shapes and colors and a sprinkle of imagination, a little world is swirling under your fingertips. Share your art with friends or post it to our cloud gallery, we'd love to stumble upon your little world of new pixels :) Quotes from our favorite artists: "Using #newpixelsapp is my self care." - Ken Wong, lead designer of mobile game Monument Valley & Florence. "New Pixels puts me in such a fun state. Different than doodling... though oddly similar. Like solving a tough puzzle and not knowing where I'm going at the same time." - Bob Flynn, cartoonist & character designer. (We follow CC BY-SA Copyright License for user uploaded artwork)
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Aquarium 2 at Free against New Pixels's $3.99. Aquarium 2 also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 78%). New Pixels's advantage is update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 72 months) and ratings volume (415 vs 2). On rating, ads, 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
Aquarium 2 is free to download; New Pixels costs $3.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
New Pixels holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: New Pixels has 415 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 100% of Aquarium 2's written reviews are positive against 78% of New Pixels's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Aquarium 2 ships an update every 72 months, New Pixels every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 13, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Aquarium 2 | New Pixels |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $3.99 |
| Rating | 4.5 (2 ratings) | 4.7 (415 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 77.6% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 415 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 72 months | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 | 12.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 120 MB | 11 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Juggleware, LLC | 丽 张 |
Customer experience
Aquarium 2
New Pixels
Bugs and requests
Aquarium 2
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
New Pixels
Reported bugs
11 issues- Canvas erased when changing size
- Upload/server functionality broken since server downtime
- App crashes when changing language settings
- iPad version stuck in foreign language
- Login authentication failing with correct credentials
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- Account creation button hidden behind keyboard
- Export to Photos not working (only Dropbox works)
- Top menu buttons inaccessible (grid size, grid lines)
- Image quality becomes fuzzy/has JPEG artifacts when saved
- Shapes not aligning properly
- Keyboard not dismissing after signup on iPad
Requested features
17 requests- Dark mode
- Larger canvas size options beyond 18x18
- Ability to lock selected shapes to avoid reselection
- Extended undo/redo history (multiple steps)
- More color combinations and wider color palette
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- Symmetry tool
- Shape rotation capability
- Landscape mode support
- PNG and SVG export support
- Color wheel for precise color selection
- Multi-finger undo/redo gestures (like Procreate)
- Artist follow/gallery features
- Ability to expand canvas without losing work
- Copy and paste functionality
- More shape variety
- Ability to drag elements
- Account recovery/forgot password feature
In-app purchases
Aquarium 2
No in-app purchases
New Pixels
No in-app purchases
