Comparison

RADIX 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

RADIX

Guide a single root through procedurally generated earth in this one-tap descent game. Chain depth combos, collect essence to upgrade your root tree, and explore three distinct biomes. Enjoy pure offline play with no ads or in-app purchases.

Highlights
  • One-tap gameplay
  • Procedurally generated levels
  • Depth combo chaining
  • Root tree upgrades
  • Three distinct biomes
  • Daily challenges
  • Offline play
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Where the roots run deep, only descent remains. RADIX is a hyper-minimal one-tap descent game. Tap, hold, and guide a single root through procedurally generated earth. Chain depth combos. Reach the bedrock — then go deeper into the void. EVERY RUN IS DIFFERENT A world generator carves new caves, stones, and essence drops every time you play. No two descents share the same shape. THREE BIOMES, ONE BREATH TOPSOIL gives way to clay. Clay yields to BEDROCK. Bedrock cracks into the void where light no longer reaches and your roots are all that remain. A procedural ambient soundtrack shifts with the geology — drone tones for topsoil, deeper resonance for bedrock. DAILY CHALLENGE A new target depth every UTC midnight, the same for every player worldwide. Beat it and grow your streak. Streak bonuses scale up to +75 Essence per day. ROOT TREE Every drop you collect becomes Essence. Spend it to grow your Root Tree — faster descent, wider magnet range, deeper void resistance. BUILT FOR EVERYONE • 4+ rated. No violence. No microtransactions, ever. • Reduced motion mode for vestibular sensitivity. • Optional haptics, optional sound. Settings persist across runs. • Works one-handed, portrait-locked. NO ADS. NO ACCOUNTS. NO INTERRUPTIONS. Pure offline play. No advertisements. No in-app purchases. No login. Just you and the depths. A meditation on going down. Tap to begin.

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

RADIX4 screens
Fish Around4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Fish Around at every 3 days against RADIX's every 3 weeks. Fish Around also leads on ratings volume (3 vs 1). RADIX's advantage is iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.0). On price, rating, ads and in-app purchases 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 RADIX against 5.0 for Fish Around. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 3 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

RADIX ships an update every 3 weeks, Fish Around every 3 days. Both last shipped on October 31, 2026.

Scorecard3 real differences · 6 level
RADIX versus Fish Around: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRADIXFish Around
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (3 ratings)
Number of ratings13 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 3 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.1 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size32 MB100 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAli Can YayciliJiayi Qu

In-app purchases

None

RADIX

No in-app purchases

None

Fish Around

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is RADIX free?
RADIX 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, RADIX or Fish Around?
RADIX and Fish Around are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 1 and 3 ratings respectively.
Do RADIX or Fish Around have ads?
Neither RADIX nor Fish Around shows ads.
Which is updated more often, RADIX or Fish Around?
RADIX ships an update every 3 weeks, and Fish Around every 3 days. Most recently, RADIX was updated on October 31, 2026 and Fish Around on October 31, 2026.

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