Fish Around vs Emberkeep
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.
Emberkeep
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Keep a small fire alive. Emberkeep is a cozy campfire you tend whenever you like. Tap to fan the flames, feed it twigs and logs, and watch it glow against the night. The fire slowly fades while you're away — so drop by, warm your hands, and keep it burning. A calm little world to return to: • Tend the flame — tap to stoke, add fuel, keep it from going cold • Gather & forage — wood grows back over time, or collect it yourself • Weather rolls in — rain, wind and snow change the mood and the fire • Catch rare wonders — aurora, shooting stars, fireflies, comets and more to discover and collect • Unlock & decorate — flame colours, new places (forest, beach, mountains) and cozy keepsakes to arrange around your fire • A gentle daily visit — a small gift each new day, never a demand • Lives on your Lock Screen — watch your fire glow in the Dynamic Island and on the Lock Screen, fading in real time No timers screaming at you. No "your fire is DYING!!!" guilt-trips. Just warm, honest reminders and a quiet place to come back to. Made to feel calm. Play for a minute, or sit for a while.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Fish Around at every 2 days against Emberkeep's monthly. 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 2 days, Emberkeep monthly. The most recent releases landed on September 11, 2026 and September 28, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Fish Around | Emberkeep |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better | — |
| Number of ratings | 2 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 days — better | Monthly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 100 MB | 20 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Jiayi Qu | VLADIMIR GONCHARUK |
In-app purchases
Fish Around
No in-app purchases
Emberkeep
No in-app purchases





