Comparison

Pond Pals vs Whenabouts

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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.

About

Whenabouts

Features
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How well do you really know when things happened? Whenabouts is a timeline trivia party game built around one simple question: when did it happen? Draw a card — a real event with a hidden year — and drop it onto your timeline where you think it fits. Get it right and it stays. Keep going for more cards, but guess wrong and you lose everything you haven't locked in yet. Play it safe or push your luck. First to lock in 10 cards wins. Everyone plays on their own phone — together in the same room, or online with friends anywhere. Scan a QR code or share a code to join in seconds. FEATURES • Quick to learn, hard to put down • 2–8 players, live or online • Spin the wheel for a category: history, music, film & TV, sports, science, arts, and everyday life • Push-your-luck scoring — play it safe or go for broke • Pick your nickname and avatar • Bring your own deck with custom questions • Play in American English, British English, or Swedish No ads. No accounts. Just grab some friends and play.

Screenshots

Pond Pals4 screens
Whenabouts4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Whenabouts at none against Pond Pals's 16. Whenabouts also leads on ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 4 days vs every 8 days). Pond Pals's advantage is chart position (#160 vs unranked). On price, device support and iOS requirement 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. Pond Pals sells 16 one-off in-app purchases. Whenabouts asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Pond Pals ships an update every 8 days, Whenabouts every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 16, 2026 and September 29, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 7 level
Pond Pals versus Whenabouts: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPond PalsWhenabouts
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (917 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews87.3% of reviews—
Number of ratings917 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 8 daysEvery 4 days — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
Best chart rank#160 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.015.0
Further details — not scored
Size259 MB22 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperHyperBeard Inc.Edvard Wikhall

In-app purchases

16 purchases

Pond Pals

One-time16
  • 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
  • 150k Coins Pack$2.99
  • 300k Coins Pack$2.99
  • Recharger Pack$2.99
  • Starter Pack$3.99
  • 100 Gems Pack$7.99
  • Summer Set$9.99
  • Spring Set$9.99
  • 600k Coins Pack$9.99
  • 1.2M Coins Pack$9.99
  • Cherry Blossom Set$9.99
  • 250 Gems Pack$19.99
None

Whenabouts

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Pond Pals free?
Pond Pals is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Whenabouts free?
Whenabouts is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Pond Pals or Whenabouts have ads?
Pond Pals shows ads; Whenabouts does not.
Which is updated more often, Pond Pals or Whenabouts?
Pond Pals ships an update every 8 days, and Whenabouts every 4 days. Most recently, Pond Pals was updated on October 16, 2026 and Whenabouts on September 29, 2026.

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