Comparison

Wake vs Fish Around

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

Head to head
About

Wake

Features
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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

About

Fish Around

This is a relaxing digital pond experience where you can interact with four unique fish. Collect bubbles to unlock new themes and decorations, and discover special photo memories as the fish get to know you. Enjoy offline play with no pressure.

Highlights
  • Interactive fish with distinct personalities
  • Unlockable pond themes and decorations
  • Pond photo album and portraits
  • Offline play
  • No ads or in-app purchases
  • Multi-language support
Features
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Fish Around is a small illustrated pond made for quiet breaks. Touch the water, spend time with four fish with distinct personalities, and watch each one respond in its own way. Every visit brings bubbles that can unlock pond themes and decorations. As a fish grows familiar with you, it may discover special photo memories around the pond. Features: • Four fish with playful, quiet, tsundere, and whimsically weird personalities • Spring, Summer Night, and Autumn pond themes • Decorations you can place, move, resize, and flip • A fish collection and a pond photo album • Pond portraits you can save or share • English, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Japanese, and Korean • Offline play with no ads, purchases, accounts, or streak pressure Nothing to finish. No day to save. Just spend a little time by the water.

Screenshots

Wake3 screens
Fish Around4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Wake at 14.0 against Fish Around's 17.0. 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Wake against 5.0 for Fish Around. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 2 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 8 level
Wake versus Fish Around: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWakeFish Around
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings)
Number of ratings12 — better
Update frequency—Every 3 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
Monetization—Free
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS14.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size220 MB100 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMax NelsonJiayi Qu

In-app purchases

None

Wake

No in-app purchases

None

Fish Around

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Wake free?
Wake is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Fish Around free?
Fish Around is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Wake or Fish Around?
Wake and Fish Around are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 1 and 2 ratings respectively.
Do Wake or Fish Around have ads?
Neither Wake nor Fish Around shows ads.

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