Fishtank vs Life Tile
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Fishtank
Enhance your concentration with a unique approach to productivity. This app gamifies focus sessions, allowing you to build a virtual aquarium filled with discovered fish. Earn rewards and track your progress as you stay on task.
- Customizable focus session lengths
- App blocking for distraction prevention
- Ambient background options
- Progress tracking
- Earn mystery lootboxes
- Discover and collect rare fish
- Virtual aquarium simulation
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Dive into a new way of staying focused with Fishtank, where every focused moment helps you build your own mesmerizing aquatic world. This isn't just another focus app – it's a delightful blend of productivity and collection that turns your dedication into discovery. - Choose your focus session length - App blocking feature keeps you on track - Beautiful ambient backgrounds - Elegant progress tracking - Earn mystery lootboxes upon completing focus sessions - Discover fish of varying rarities - Watch your collected fish swim freely in your tank
Life Tile
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Your day as a Mondrian-inspired grid. Passive. Private. On-device. Life Tile tracks where you spend your time and shows it as a colorful square grid. Your phone knows where you are. Life Tile uses that to build a picture of your day. Each colored block is a place or activity, sized by how long you were there. At a glance, you see exactly where your time went. HOW IT WORKS Life Tile detects the places you visit in the background. Set up a place once — name it, pick a category — and it's tracked automatically from then on. You can also correct or adjust entries when needed. PRIVACY Your location and activity data stays on your device. No accounts, no servers, no ads. Optional iCloud sync between your own devices only. Anonymous usage stats can be turned off in Settings. SQUARE TILE CHART Your day as a grid of colored blocks. It stays readable even with many categories. The bigger the block, the more time you spent there. TREEMAP, MAP & LIST Zoom out to your day, week, or month. The treemap shows proportionally where your time goes. Switch to map view to see every place you visited, or list view to browse your timeline. Patterns and habits become obvious. TWO-LEVEL CATEGORIES Organize your activities with main categories and subcategories. Exercise > Outdoor Run, Entertainment > Concert, Meals > Lunch — as detailed as you want. SLEEP & WORKOUTS Pulls sleep and workout data from Apple Health to complete the picture of your day. No extra setup needed. WIDGETS & SHORTCUTS Check your day from the home screen. Widgets show your current activity and today's breakdown. Shortcuts let you automate common actions. CSV IMPORT Coming from another time-tracking app? Import your CSV data and keep your history. ONE-TIME PURCHASE No subscription. Buy once, use forever.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Fishtank at every 4 days against Life Tile's every 9 days. Fishtank also leads on iOS requirement (18.2 vs 26.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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
Both are free to download. Fishtank sells 4 one-off in-app purchases and Life Tile sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Fishtank ships an update every 4 days, Life Tile every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and October 28, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Fishtank | Life Tile |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (5 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 5 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 4 days — better | Every 9 days |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 18.2 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 5 MB | 9 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Jiajun Zhang | dugodogu |
In-app purchases
Fishtank
- Platinum Lootbox$0.99
- Unlock Backgrounds$1.99
- Speed Boost$1.99
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- 10x Platinum Lootboxes$6.99
Life Tile
- Life Tile Full Access$9.99









