AQUALIA vs Tiny Cafe
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
AQUALIA
Design and manage your dream aquarium, raising over 180 types of tropical fish. Decorate your tank with hundreds of items, feed your fish, and keep it clean for their steady growth. Enjoy mini-games to earn rewards and unlock new content.
- Raise 180+ fish types
- Decorate with 280+ items
- Fish feeding and tank cleaning
- Level up fish for upgrades
- Play integrated mini-games
- Earn rare fish and decorations
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We present to you the most beautiful fish tank in the world. Fill your fish tank with a variety of tropical fish and design the aquarium with your own concept. 1. The fun of raising various fish You can purchase eggs from over 180 types of fish and hatch and grow them yourself. Over time, the fish get hungry and the tank gets dirty. Feed the fish and keep the fish tank clean to ensure steady growth. 2. Decorate your own aquarium Create your own aquarium by arranging over 280 types of decorations as you wish. You can create a variety of aquariums that you could only dream of. 3. Grow and level up your fish! Grow your fish to 100% and upgrade levels as you gain experience. Each time you level up, fish tanks with more diverse concepts await you. 4. When you’re bored, play a mini game! Do you feel like the time spent growing fish is boring? Enjoy the high-quality mini games prepared for you. Rare fish and decorations can be obtained as bonuses! Instagram: @aqualia_game Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aqualia.game
Tiny Cafe
Run your own cozy cafe, brewing coffee and serving treats to adorable cat customers. This idle simulation game lets you manage staff, expand your menu, and grow your business into a global franchise. Enjoy relaxing music and charming stories.
- Run your own cafe
- Brew drip coffee
- Serve cat customers
- Manage cute staff
- Expand to global cities
- Collect Cheese
- Soothing cafe music
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■ Tiny Cafe, a cute and cozy cafe game featuring cat customers and winner of the 2024 BIC Best Casual Game Award, has officially launched! A new cozy cafe game from the developers of Forest Island, a relaxing animal game downloaded by 7 million players who love beautiful nature and animals! [Game Introduction] 1. Run your own cafe for free! Open and run a cafe with Dolce, the world's smallest barista mouse, and the cat Gusto. Brew drip coffee with beans from Gusto's own roastery. The aromatic smell of coffee will attract cats to your cafe. 2. A casual idle simulation cooking game that's easy to play and simple to learn. Leave the cute staff to their own devices to work hard brewing coffee. The showcase will automatically fill with freshly baked donuts. Install new tools such as espresso machines, ovens, and more, and add cakes and other items to the menu. 3. Serve coffee to cat customers Treat cat customers to heart-melting hot coffee and sweet treats. Make sure they like your cafe and become regulars. Enjoy additional stories of your regulars along with their daily or special menu orders on Catbook, the feline social network. 4. Cute part-timers working hard to create your menu items Watch as cute little mice scurry around making espressos, lattes, and other drinks and desserts. Set up various rest areas, like a bathhouse, and earn Cheese when staff use them. Collect Cheese to hire more staff and grow your cafe. 5. 30+ managers with different skills at each grade to help you run your cafe Call in a special manager with the special delivery service. If you're lucky, you'll get a top-tier Platinum-grade manager with 4 stars. When you put managers in your cafe who have a good synergy with each other, your cafe will grow even faster! 6. Go global! Gather a loyal customer base and harness word of mouth on social media to expand your cafe to cities like New York, Paris, Hawaii, Seoul, Tokyo, and more. Become a global franchise brand like many you know from the human world. With a trusted manager and well-trained part-timers, your cafe dreams will certainly come true. 7. Soothing cafe music Enjoy cafe music from the developers of the global hit, Forest Island. Listen to them and you'll feel refreshed after a tiring day or a depressing mood. [Official Instagram] Follow Tiny Cafe's official Instagram for special events, announcements, free merchandise, and more. https://www.instagram.com/tinycafe_dolce ■ If one of the following sounds like you, we recommend Tiny Cafe! - Love coffee and sweets - Want to run a cute cafe - Want to get to know cat customers - Dream of becoming a barista or pastry chef - Want to learn how to make cafe menu items - Enjoy cafe music or ASMR - Love a relaxed cafe atmosphere - Want to grow a small, independent cafe into a global franchise - Want to play a cozy idle game, growth game, or simulation game - Play tycoon games, food games, cooking games, and restaurant games - Enjoy cute animal games and cat games - Love manga and anime with stories - Enjoy interactive story games Tiny Cafe, a cute, cozy cafe game with cat customers, Join Dolce, the world's smallest barista, and Gusto the cat, and serve cats coffee! ---- Contact Us https://nanalistudios.atlassian.net/servicedesk/customer/portals
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Tiny Cafe at every 2 weeks against AQUALIA's monthly. Tiny Cafe also leads on ratings volume (4K vs 1K). AQUALIA's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). On price, rating, review sentiment 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. AQUALIA sells 15 one-off in-app purchases and Tiny Cafe sells 36 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Tiny Cafe holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1K and 4K respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 69% of AQUALIA's written reviews are positive against 70% of Tiny Cafe's.
AQUALIA ships an update monthly, Tiny Cafe every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 23, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | AQUALIA | Tiny Cafe |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (1K ratings) | 4.8 (4K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 68.6% of reviews | 69.7% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 1K | 4K — better |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Every 2 weeks — better |
| 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 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 224 MB | 479 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Ligensoft | Nanali Inc. |
Customer experience
AQUALIA
Tiny Cafe
User reviews
AQUALIA
From 1K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🎨 Beautiful graphics
- 🎶 Relaxing music
- 🔍 Detailed fish information
- 🎮 Fun mini-games
- 📺 No intrusive ads
Room to improve
- 🤖 AI-generated art
- 🔍 Unclear game mechanics
- 🧭 Limited camera controls
- 🐟 Mixing of freshwater and saltwater fish
- 🔁 Repetitive tasks
Tiny Cafe
From 4K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 💕 Cute and cozy game
- 🎨 Excellent art style and animations
- 🕹️ Engaging and addictive gameplay
- 🎁 Reasonable amount of ads/monetization
- 🗣️ Interesting storylines and characters
Room to improve
- 🐛 Occasional crashes and loading issues
- 💰 Progression can feel grindy at times
- 🕰️ Slow progress in later stages
- 🔍 Unclear mechanics/tutorials in some areas
- 🔊 Audio issues after watching ads
Bugs and requests
AQUALIA
Reported bugs
4 issues- Flashing logo causing seizure concerns
- Slow server load times
- Progress not saving properly
- Inconsistent hitboxes in mini-games
Requested features
6 requests- Ability to sell or remove fish from main tank
- Automatic fish growth and tank maintenance
- Separate tanks for freshwater and saltwater fish
- More mini-game options
- Ability to name and level up fish
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- Expanded tank customization options
Tiny Cafe
Reported bugs
3 issues- Inability to progress past certain missions
- Loss of progress/account data after periods of inactivity
- Incorrect or missing information in certain popups
Requested features
5 requests- More customization options for the cafe
- Ability to recruit and customize employees
- Offline/AFK earning mechanics
- Mini-games or other side activities
- Improved performance on higher branches
In-app purchases
AQUALIA
- 600,000 Hearts$1.99
- Green field Decoration Set$1.99
- Water Puppy Flowerhorn$2.99
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- Beautiful Betta Fishes Package$3.99
- Koi Fish Package$4.99
- 1,500,000 Hearts$4.99
- Butterfly Koi Fish Set$5.99
- Japanese Restaurant Package$6.99
- 2,400,000 Hearts$6.99
- Dreamland Turtle Aquarium$9.99
- Christmas Aquarium Set$12.99
- Mystical Arowana Aquarium Set$12.99
- 5,000,000 Hearts$12.99
- Waddling Ranchu Aquarium Set$14.99
- 8,500,000 Hearts$19.99
Tiny Cafe
- Barista Pack I$0.99
- AD Remove Pack I (Discount)$0.99
- Cafe Support Pack$0.99
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- Cheese Package$1.99
- Coin Package$1.99
- AD Remove Pack I$1.99
- Best friends Pack (Discount)$1.99
- 300 Gems$1.99
- Mascot Skin Pack$2.99
- Cherry Blossom Pass$3.99
- Seasonal Pakage - Winter$3.99
- Unlock Reward$3.99
- Blue Snake Pack$3.99
- Dice package$3.99
- Sally's Branch #1 Support Pack$3.99
- AD Remove Pack II (Discount)$3.99
- Branch #1 PASS$3.99
- Branch #2 Special Pack$3.99
- Dean's Branch #2 Support Pack$3.99
- Attendance book (Special)$3.99
- Daily Gem$3.99
- 1000 Gems$6.99
- Season Pass (Halloween)$7.99
- Branch #3 PASS$7.99
- AD Remove Pack II$7.99
- Branch #2 PASS$7.99
- Barista Pack III$9.99
- AD Remove Pack III (Discount)$9.99
- Best friends Pack$9.99
- Pablo's high-end camera$9.99
- Gusto Gift$19.99
- AD Remove Pack III$19.99
- Roastery Pack$19.99
- 3300 Gems$19.99
- 7000 Gems$39.99
- 16000 Gems$79.99









