Fish vs Scrapyard Magnate
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Fish
Catch fish using a net, then sell your catch at the bay. Use your earnings to upgrade your ship. This game offers a relaxing experience with appealing graphics and intuitive gameplay.
- Catch fish with a net
- Sell catch at the bay
- Upgrade your ship
- Appealing graphics
- Intuitive gameplay
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Use your net to catch as many fish as you can. Take your catch to the bay to sell it and upgrade your ship with the money you get. Enjoy this satisfying and relaxing experience with appealing graphics and intuitive gameplay.
Scrapyard Magnate
Manage a recycling business by collecting junk, processing it into new products, and selling them to customers. Expand your scrapyard, hire employees, and aim to become the ultimate recycling magnate.
- Junk collection and processing
- Product crafting and sales
- Customer interaction and table cleaning
- Drive-thru customer service
- Employee hiring for efficiency
- Scrapyard expansion and development
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Welcome to the world of “Scrapyard Magnate”! In this idle arcade game, you control a player character who collects junk brought in by trucks and processes it in machines to create new products. Sell these newly crafted items to customers and earn money! Game Features: Junk Collection: Collect junk from the trucks and recycle it in the machines! Product Sales: Sell the crafted new products to customers and increase your profits. Customer Interaction: Customers will pack items at the table or create new products. Make sure to clean the tables after they leave. Drive-Thru: Don’t forget to attend to the busy drive-thru customers! Employee Hiring: Use your earnings to hire more employees and boost efficiency! Store Development: Expand your recycling shop and build a vast scrapyard empire! Find treasures in the junk and aim to become the king of the recycling shops! Pursue endless possibilities in “Scrapyard Magnate”! Download now and start your new adventure in the recycling shop! EU / California users can opt-out under GDPR / CCPA. Please respond from the pop-up displayed when starting in the app or within the settings in the app.
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Verdict
Fish and Scrapyard Magnate both sit at 4.7 stars, but that hides the real split: 60% of Scrapyard Magnate's written reviews are positive against 31% of Fish's. Fish's advantage is ratings volume (827 vs 108). On price, rating, 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
Both are free to download. Fish sells 9 one-off in-app purchases and Scrapyard Magnate sells 11 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.7 for Fish against 4.6 for Scrapyard Magnate. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Fish has 827 ratings behind it against 108, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 31% of Fish's written reviews are positive against 60% of Scrapyard Magnate's.
Fish ships an update every 3 weeks, Scrapyard Magnate monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and October 17, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Fish | Scrapyard Magnate |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (827 ratings) — better | 4.6 (108 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 31.4% of reviews | 60.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 827 — better | 108 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Monthly |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 | 12.5 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 213 MB | 244 MB |
| Age rating | +4 | 12+ |
| Developer | ZPLAY (HK) TECHNOLOGY CO., LIMITED | ONIGIRI GAMES |
Customer experience
Fish
Scrapyard Magnate
Bugs and requests
Fish
Reported bugs
2 issues- Stuck in the first level
- Restarting from the beginning after completing tasks
Requested features
3 requests- New fishing areas and fish species
- Improved progression system
- Reduced ads or paid ad-free option
Scrapyard Magnate
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Fish
- Money Pack 5000$0.99
- 5 Tickets$1.99
- Money Pack 20000$2.99
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- 20 Tickets$4.99
- Worker$4.99
- Money Pack 50000$5.99
- Starter Pack$6.99
- Starter Pack$9.99
- 70 Tickets$14.99
Scrapyard Magnate
- AD SKIP TICKET10$1.99
- AD SKIP TICKET20$3.99
- No Ads$3.99
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- FUND MANAGER$3.99
- AD SKIP TICKET35$6.99
- FUND CEO$7.99
- ADS FREE PACK$9.99
- AD SKIP TICKET 60$12.99
- VIP PACK$19.99
- AD SKIP TICKET90$19.99
- AD SKIP TICKET260$39.99
