Wake vs TapTheGlow
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Wake
Explore vibrant ponds as a koi fish, rescuing others and restoring life to the environment. Discover unique koi variants and navigate through procedurally generated worlds. Enjoy a relaxing experience with intuitive controls and an ambient soundtrack.
- Intuitive one-touch swimming
- Discover 9 koi variants
- Procedurally generated worlds
- Relaxing ambient soundtrack
- No ads or paywalls
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Swim through a living pond as a beautiful koi fish. Explore lush gardens and venture into dark, dangerous waters to rescue trapped koi and bring them home. As you rescue koi, your school grows — each fish following behind you in a graceful chain. Restore dead ponds back to life with lily pads, reeds, and cherry blossom trees. Avoid snapping turtles lurking in the shadows. Choose from unique koi variants — classic red and white, midnight black, rainbow, cherry blossom pink, and more. Each rescue brings the pond closer to life. Features: - Intuitive one-touch swimming controls - 9 hand-painted koi variants to discover - Procedurally generated pond worlds - Relaxing ambient soundtrack - No ads, no paywalls
TapTheGlow
Test your reflexes in this fast-paced game where you tap a glowing button before it disappears. Achieve high scores, build combos, and compete globally. Features multiple difficulty levels and daily challenges.
- Multiple difficulty levels
- Combo multiplier for bonus points
- Daily challenges for all players
- Local multiplayer (Pass & Play)
- Global leaderboards
- Reaction time statistics
- Seasonal themes and achievements
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TapTheGlow is the ultimate tap reaction game. A glowing button appears — tap it before it vanishes. Score combos, beat your high score, and see how long you can keep up as the speed increases. Simple to learn. Impossible to master. **FEATURES** - 3 difficulty levels — Easy, Normal, and Hard with separate high scores - Combo multiplier — tap fast to rack up bonus points - Daily Challenge — a new challenge every day, same for players worldwide - Pass & Play — take turns with up to 4 friends on one device - Game Center — compete on the global leaderboard - Streak system — build your daily streak and hit milestones - Achievements — 15+ hidden badges to unlock - Reaction time stats — track your average, best, and worst reaction times - Seasonal themes — special visuals for Halloween, Christmas, and more - Home screen widget — see your streak and daily challenge status at a glance - Apple Watch app — play directly on your wrist
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Verdict
The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Wake at 14.0 against TapTheGlow's 26.2. On price, rating, ratings volume 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Wake against 5.0 for TapTheGlow. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively.
| Parameter | Wake | TapTheGlow |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 1 |
| Update frequency | — | Weekly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 — better | 26.2 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 220 MB | 2 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Max Nelson | Bhavesh Sharma |
In-app purchases
Wake
No in-app purchases
TapTheGlow
No in-app purchases
