Fish Around vs Pond Tale
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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
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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.
Pond Tale
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Welcome to Pond Tale, a relaxing exploration adventure filled with discoveries! Set out on your journey, build and upgrade your fleet, explore mysterious waters, and discover fascinating marine life from around the world. Unlock new regions, improve your boats and equipment, collect unique discoveries, and uncover the secrets waiting beyond the shore. Every journey brings something new to discover. Begin your own Pond Tale today!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Fish Around at every 3 days against Pond Tale's weekly. Pond Tale's advantage is iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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.
Fish Around ships an update every 3 days, Pond Tale weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 16, 2026 and October 13, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Fish Around | Pond Tale |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better | — |
| Number of ratings | 2 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 3 days — better | Weekly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 100 MB | 133 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Jiayi Qu | Fuzhou Tingchuan Technology Co., Ltd |
In-app purchases
Fish Around
No in-app purchases
Pond Tale
No in-app purchases
