Comparison

Starry Night Interactive vs Betta Fish

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

Head to head
About

Starry Night Interactive

Experience Vincent Van Gogh's "Starry Night" like never before. This app brings the iconic painting to life with hypnotic animation and interactive elements. Control the flows with your touch, explore the landscape in immersive 3D, and enjoy responsive ambient music for an enchanting artistic journey.

Highlights
  • Hypnotic animation of "Starry Night"
  • Interactive touch controls for flows
  • Immersive 3D zoom
  • Responsive ambient music
  • Re-discover classic art
Features
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Watch the iconic flows of Vincent Van Gogh's "Starry Night" come to life, in a hypnotic animation! Drive the flows with your hand to create your own variation of the original painting! Dive in the landscape with immersive 3D zoom! Listen to the background ambient music, which is also responsive. Have an enchanting experience and re-discover a classic masterpiece. ::::: REVIEWS ::::: "Very cool! An interactive animation of van Gogh's 'The Starry Night'." MoMA - The Museum of Modern Art of New York (facebook page) "Imagine being Vincent Van Gogh. Imagine giving form to 'Starry Night' with your hands. ... Playing the artist instead of the observer is now possible. ... As the viewer drags his finger across the painting, the dashed oil lines react, creating a river-like effect of blues and golds over the night sky. With each brushstroke movement, a soft note of ambient music rings out as well. The work that went into creating such an elaborate piece of art is impressive. Vrellis took a piece with a seemingly unsurpassable amount of artistic merit, and breathed new life into it." Huffington Post "We find Vrellis' interactive piece enchanting - and even, given Van Gogh's tragic story, emotionally powerful." C|NET "Van Gogh's Starry Night modded into beautiful interactive light and sound show. …This is one of those little projects you wish you could just play with the second you've seen it." Engadget "The effect is so beautiful and mesmerising." Gizmodo "Beauty through simplicity at its finest and most playful." Creative Applications Network "A very fascinating version of ‘Starry Night’... The result is stunning!" Today and tomorrow "This interactive version of Van Gogh’s Starry Night seems to be something wholly different and wonderful.” Colossal art & design "The work finds success in subtlety.” Design.org "Designer Petros Vrellis adds a whole new dimension with his animated and interactive version of the painting." Dutch daily news "The results, which also have a musical soundtrack, are quite stunning." The verge "This app can function as a lovely example of new possibilities. It's so impressive, allowing everyone to feel like Van Gogh for a few moments." O Globo "If Vincent had the tools that we have today, this is the work that he would have created." skyguide.newsvine.com "Utterly beautiful to look at and interact with ... positively delightful, both peaceful and wondrous with a similarly attractive musical score. ... Using a finger to ripple through the artwork is a mesmerising experience. ... It makes art accessible for the masses and brings it to life for children." 148Apps.com "With hypnotic relaxing visuals and audio, 'Starry Night’ is our new favorite thing to play with on a rainy Sunday afternoon. ... It is hard to describe what a wonderfully immersive experience it is getting hands-on with an art piece like this, you just have to have a go." iPadCreative.com ::::: INSTRUCTIONS ::::: - There are three modes: interaction, navigation, screen-saver and dream mode. 1. In interaction mode, just touch to interact with the brushstrokes! 2. In navigation mode, use one finger to rotate around a point, two fingers to zoom and pan. 3. In screen-saver mode, just relax and watch the animation with automated smooth camera movements; you can also touch the brushstrokes! 4. In dream mode, see the original painting melt into a colorful dreamscape. ::::: FEATURES ::::: - Enchanting animation - Immersive 3D zoom and pan - Dynamic interaction - Speed selection - Responsive background music ::::: PREVIEW ::::: This app is an modern interpretation of this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pCHFAsXYHGA ::::: TIP ::::: For best iPad experience, disable "Multitasking Gestures". ::::: SUPPORT ::::: For any problems please email us at: info@artof01.com

About

Betta Fish

Create and interact with a stunning 3D virtual aquarium featuring up to 10 variations of Betta fish. Design your own underwater scapes or choose from a dozen pre-made environments, all enhanced by relaxing zen-like music.

Highlights
  • 3D virtual fish tank
  • Up to 10 Betta fish variations
  • Interactive fish
  • Customizable underwater scapes
  • Over a dozen pre-made environments
  • Relaxing zen music
Features
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Betta Fish - Virtual Aquarium captures the beauty of Betta fish like never seen before in a 3D virtual fish tank. Design your own stunning aquarium with up to 10 variations of Betta fish that you can interact with. Watch your fish swim and explore over a dozen incredible underwater scapes or design your own backdrop with a host of gradient options. With a relaxing sound mix of zen-like music and unsurpassed realism, Betta Fish virtual aquarium will keep you entertained and captivated for hours.

Screenshots

Starry Night Interactive4 screens
Betta Fish4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ratings volume: Betta Fish at 209 against Starry Night Interactive's 44. Betta Fish also leads on device support (4 vs 2) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 18.0). Starry Night Interactive's advantage is price ($1.99 vs $2.99). On rating, review sentiment, update cadence and ads 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

Starry Night Interactive costs $1.99 and Betta Fish $2.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.8 for Starry Night Interactive against 4.8 for Betta Fish. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 44 and 209 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 87% of Starry Night Interactive's written reviews are positive against 80% of Betta Fish's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Starry Night Interactive ships an update every 6 months, Betta Fish every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on October 26, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Starry Night Interactive versus Betta Fish: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterStarry Night InteractiveBetta Fish
Price$1.99 — better$2.99
Rating4.8 (44 ratings) — better4.8 (209 ratings)
Positive reviews87.2% of reviews — better80.0% of reviews
Number of ratings44209 — better
Update frequencyEvery 6 monthsEvery 5 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better
Requires iOS18.011.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size31 MB255 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developerartof01Lighthouse Games Studio

Customer experience

Starry Night Interactive

All ratings44 ratings
Positive95.5%
Neutral0.0%
Negative4.5%
Written reviews125 reviews
Positive87.2%
Neutral4.8%
Negative8.0%

Betta Fish

All ratings209 ratings
Positive95.2%
Neutral2.4%
Negative2.4%
Written reviews50 reviews
Positive80.0%
Neutral6.0%
Negative14.0%

User reviews

Starry Night Interactive

From 44 App Store ratings

What we love

  • ✨ Mesmerizing and beautiful visuals
  • 🧘 Calming and relaxing experience
  • 🎨 Interactive art exploration
  • 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Great for kids and adults
  • 💖 Long-term user satisfaction

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Recent update issues
  • 📉 Loss of previous features
  • 🖼️ Limited to one painting
  • 📱 UI not optimized for larger screens
  • ⚠️ Potential for seizures/vertigo

Betta Fish

From 209 App Store ratings

What we love

  • ✨ Beautiful graphics and imagery
  • 😌 Very relaxing and enjoyable
  • 👍 Easy to set up and use
  • 🐠 Lifelike fish appearance
  • 🎶 Soothing background music options

Room to improve

  • 🔋 Mobile becomes very hot
  • 📉 Lower resolution backgrounds
  • 🔒 Some features locked behind Facebook integration
  • 🚫 UI buttons obstruct view
  • 🔊 Sound only through headset

Bugs and requests

Starry Night Interactive

Reported bugs

11 issues
  • Cannot see lines of brushstrokes
  • Cannot long press to enter painting
  • Update removed desired effects
  • App doesn't appear to be maintained
  • Website not secured
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  • No sound on some devices
  • Doesn't work on some older iPads (iOS 6)
  • Blurry graphics/pixelation
  • Auto-orientation doesn't work
  • Music settings not saved
  • Doesn't fit iPhone 5 screen

Requested features

28 requests
  • Bring back old effects (galaxy)
  • Allow long press to enter painting
  • See lines of brushstrokes
  • Support newer iPhones
  • More true full-screen support
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  • Legacy mode option
  • Print or save option
  • More pictures/paintings
  • Ability to change color hues
  • Add more Van Gogh paintings
  • User ability to create/share paintings
  • Add custom music option
  • Snapshot feature
  • More color flow options
  • Tap and drag stars
  • Pinch, flick, twist kinetics
  • Zoom in and out
  • Push blue ridge line
  • Dab color dots
  • More town interaction
  • Video capture/record feature
  • Screen capture feature
  • Save/load custom colors
  • 3D effect for modified paintings
  • Retina quality graphics
  • Auto-rotation for landscape
  • More music options
  • Don McLean song integration

Betta Fish

Reported bugs

6 issues
  • 🐛 App crashes after a few minutes
  • 🐛 Won't run, shows loading then quits
  • 🐛 Screen saver not installing correctly
  • 🐛 Only getting sound through headset, not iPhone speaker
  • 🐛 App settings not saved on relaunch
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  • 🐛 Tap to load other aquariums does nothing

Requested features

23 requests
  • Native Apple Vision Pro version
  • Apple Watch app
  • More fish variety (puffers, seahorses, clownfish, crabs, crawfish)
  • More tail types (crown, plakat, veil, double)
  • Female bettas
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  • Breeding feature
  • Feeding feature
  • Night cycle/light
  • Flaring or tap to interact
  • Decorations and different backgrounds
  • Small fish (tetras, danios)
  • Snails, shrimp
  • Widget for home screen
  • Greenery that sways
  • Snails creeping
  • Bubbles in the tank
  • More music selections
  • Add this to ROKU's App Store
  • Option to hide UI buttons
  • Add more different fishes
  • Living backgrounds
  • Toggle between screen taps and tapping screen for food
  • Airplay on 4K television

In-app purchases

None

Starry Night Interactive

No in-app purchases

None

Betta Fish

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Starry Night Interactive free?
Starry Night Interactive costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Betta Fish free?
Betta Fish costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Starry Night Interactive or Betta Fish?
Starry Night Interactive is rated higher. Starry Night Interactive averages 4.8 out of 5 from 44 ratings, while Betta Fish averages 4.8 from 209 ratings.
Do Starry Night Interactive or Betta Fish have ads?
Neither Starry Night Interactive nor Betta Fish shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Starry Night Interactive or Betta Fish?
Starry Night Interactive ships an update every 6 months, and Betta Fish every 5 months. Most recently, Starry Night Interactive was updated on October 26, 2026 and Betta Fish on October 25, 2026.

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