Pond Pals vs Alien Morgue
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Pond Pals
Build and customize a glamping site for frogs in a peaceful pond. Attract unique visitors by catering to their preferences, upgrading facilities, and hosting activities. Transform your pond into a viral trend.
- Build and customize glamping sites
- Attract unique frog visitors
- Cater to visitor preferences
- Upgrade facilities
- Cook meals and host activities
- Transform pond into a trend
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Aaron the Frog has a dream: to turn his pond into the world's hottest glamping site... but success never comes easy, and now he needs a helping hand (or is it leg?). Are you up to the challenge? Build and customize your dream glamping site in a peaceful pond. Attract new frogs unique new visitors with charming personalities. Each visitor has its own preferences: some love to go fishing, others prefer sunbathing or drinking mushroom juice cocktails. Upgrade your facilities, cook tasty meals, host activities, and transform your pond into the next viral trend.
Alien Morgue
Step into the role of an alien pathologist, dissecting bodies to determine causes of death and identify species. Make critical choices about handling remains and their contents, impacting the narrative and uncovering a corporate conspiracy.
- Alien autopsy simulation
- Database for alien physiology
- Body dissection and analysis
- Identity establishment
- Body disposal protocols
- Narrative-driven choices
- Multiple endings
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- TRY BEFORE YOU BUY - Try the first 7 days of the main game for free. A one-time in-app purchase unlocks the full game with 25 days and 9 endings. No ads. You're an alien pathologist. Search the Database for alien physiology and dissect bodies to figure out what caused death. Find the correct IDs based on the deceased's features and occupation. Discover weird stuff inside bodies and decide what to do with it. Follow protocols or personal request? Choices matter! Alien Morgue is a sci-fi medical sim where you search for the correct causes of death, identifying aliens and making decisions by choosing how to treat bodies and their stuff. A mix of Papers, Please, Strange Horticulture, with a pinch of Rick and Morty and X-Files. ______________________________________ Features - Observe bodies with no time pressure - Search the Database to know the physiology of different races and other info - Dissect bodies to analyze organ conditions and extract them for different purposes - Establish identities by features, age, occupation and race physiology - Use the Washer to clean bodies - Dispose of bodies in accordance with protocols - Find various stuff inside bodies and decide what to do with it - Decide whether to fulfill someone's personal request or not - 25 days and 9 endings ______________________________________ World You're a citizen of an alien world where people live in the belief that a rich and powerful corporation will soon create immortality. But in order to live long enough to see immortality, people must rent cryocapsules in which they can be stored after death. These cryocapsules are provided by the same corporation, and only rich people can afford them. ______________________________________ Story Your story begins with the death of your spouse. Unable to cope with the loss, you take a job at a morgue owned by the corporation. Working at the corporation's facilities earns employees credits that can be spent directly on renting cryocapsules. While working at the morgue, you will uncover a terrible conspiracy related to the corporation's activities and will be faced with a choice: to complete the project and bring back your loved one, despite the moral contradictions, or to find peace and begin to appreciate life again.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Pond Pals at 4.8 against Alien Morgue's 3.7. Pond Pals also leads on review sentiment (88% vs 63%) and ratings volume (1K vs 61). Alien Morgue's advantage is ads (none vs shown). On price, update cadence, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Pond Pals sells 10 one-off in-app purchases and Alien Morgue sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Pond Pals holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 3.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Pond Pals has 1K ratings behind it against 61, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 88% of Pond Pals's written reviews are positive against 63% of Alien Morgue's.
Pond Pals ships an update every 8 days, Alien Morgue every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on November 8, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Pond Pals | Alien Morgue |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (1K ratings) — better | 3.7 (61 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 87.7% of reviews — better | 62.5% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1K — better | 61 |
| Update frequency | Every 8 days — better | Every 9 days |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Best chart rank | #195 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 17.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 259 MB | 102 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | HyperBeard Inc. | ARTEM GUMENNIKOV |
Customer experience
Pond Pals
Alien Morgue
In-app purchases
Pond Pals
- 40k Coins Pack$0.99
- 80k Coins Pack$0.99
- 10 Tickets Pack$0.99
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- 20 Gems Pack$1.99
- 24 Tickets Pack$1.99
- Recharger Pack$2.99
- Starter Pack$3.99
- Summer Set$9.99
- Spring Set$9.99
- Cherry Blossom Set$9.99
Alien Morgue
- Unlock Full Game$4.99
Questions
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