Comparison

Fishdom vs Arcwise

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

Head to head
About

Fishdom

Engage in a captivating match-3 puzzle adventure to design and decorate unique underwater aquariums. Collect adorable fish and pets while exploring thousands of levels and participating in exciting in-game events.

Highlights
  • Match-3 puzzle gameplay
  • Aquarium decoration
  • Fish and pet collection
  • Thousands of levels
  • Creative freedom
  • Exciting in-game events
  • Player competitions
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Dive into the fantastic world of Fishdom! You're in for an ocean of exciting levels, scores of adorable fish and pets, and a sea of captivating events! Explore incredible underwater adventures! Unlock aquariums and decorate them to your taste, creating perfect homes for cute fish and their friends. Game Features: ● Original gameplay: beat match-3 levels to create the perfect home for your fish! ● Thousands of captivating levels with powerful boosters! ● Loads of beautiful decorations and unlimited creative freedom: what the aquariums look like is entirely up to you! ● Exciting events: embark on expeditions, collect keys in season adventures, and get awesome rewards like power-ups, boosters, unlimited lives, pets, and aquarium decorations! ● Have fun together: compete against other players, team up, and win fantastic prizes! Play with your Facebook friends, or make new friends in the game community! Fishdom is free to play, but some in-game elements (including randomized items) can be purchased for real money. If you don't want to take advantage of this option, simply turn it off in your device's "Restrictions" menu. A Wi-Fi or internet connection is not required to play. *An internet connection is required to access competitions and additional features. Do you like Fishdom? Follow us! Facebook: facebook.com/Fishdom Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/fishdom_mobile/ Need to report an issue or ask a question? Contact Player Support through the game by going to Settings > Help and Support. If you can't access the game, use the web chat by clicking the chat icon in the lower right corner of our website: https://playrix.helpshift.com/hc/a/4-fishdom/ Privacy Policy: https://playrix.com/privacy/index.html Terms of Use: https://playrix.com/terms/index.html

About

Arcwise

Features
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A dot circles the ring. An arc waits somewhere ahead. Tap when the dot is inside it. That is the whole game. Every hit makes the dot faster and the arc narrower. One miss ends the run. Hit the exact centre of the arc and it counts as a perfect and perfects in a row build a multiplier up to ×5. The colour of the screen shifts as the run goes on, so you can feel how far you have come without reading a number. FIVE MODES STEADY — Slow and wide, and it never reverses. The place to learn the rhythm. CLASSIC — The full curve, with the dot reversing direction later in a run. RUSH — No warm-up. It starts roughly where Classic begins to hurt. ALTERNATE — The dot reverses on every single hit. The timing is never twice the same. VANISH — The dot fades out before it reaches the arc. Tap from memory. Each mode keeps its own best score and its own global leaderboard. BUILT TO BE FAIR The next arc is never placed so close that it cannot be reached. However fast the dot is travelling, there is always time to react — so when you miss, it is because you mistimed it, not because the game cheated. ALSO • Twelve achievements, from your first perfect hit to fifty hits without a miss • Game Center leaderboards for all five modes • Your records follow you between devices over iCloud • Plays entirely offline and works without signing in to anything • No adverts, no in-app purchases, no account, no tracking • Every sound is generated as you play, so a long streak turns into a rising melody

Screenshots

Fishdom4 screens
Arcwise4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Arcwise at none against Fishdom's 10. Arcwise also leads on update cadence (every 5 days vs every 2 weeks). Fishdom's advantage is chart position (#15 vs unranked) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 17.0). On price, ads and device support 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. Fishdom sells 9 one-off in-app purchases. Arcwise asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Fishdom ships an update every 2 weeks, Arcwise every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on November 4, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 7 level
Fishdom versus Arcwise: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFishdomArcwise
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (1.2M ratings) — better—
Positive reviews33.3% of reviews—
Number of ratings1.2M — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksEvery 5 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
Best chart rank#15 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS13.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size292 MB2 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperPlayrixBENCE ATTILA GACS

Bugs and requests

Fishdom

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Boosters not working as intended
  • Levels becoming unwinnable due to glitches
  • Disappearing aquariums and lost progress

Requested features

4 requests
  • Option to replay previous levels for coins
  • Ability to choose when to use earned boosters
  • More transparent and fair progression system
  • Improved customer support responsiveness

Arcwise

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

9 purchases

Fishdom

One-time9
  • A few Diamonds!$0.99
  • A few Diamonds$0.99
  • Wonderous Collection$1.99
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  • A few Diamonds$1.99
  • Diamond Fishy Bank$2.99
  • Handful of Diamonds2 variants$4.99
  • Marvelous Collection$5.99
  • Hatchling's Cache$6.99
  • Crab's Finds$15.99
None

Arcwise

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Fishdom free?
Fishdom is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Arcwise free?
Arcwise is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Fishdom or Arcwise have ads?
Neither Fishdom nor Arcwise shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Fishdom or Arcwise?
Fishdom ships an update every 2 weeks, and Arcwise every 5 days. Most recently, Fishdom was updated on November 4, 2026 and Arcwise on October 29, 2026.

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