MOONTIDE vs Baby Drop
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
MOONTIDE
Command the ocean's tides to guide your fish through a dynamic seascape. Dodge obstacles, collect pearls, and earn points for near misses. Unlock new fish, trails, and moons to enhance your underwater adventure.
- Harness moon energy to control tides
- Guide fish by manipulating water
- Dodge mines, jellyfish, gulls, and electric gates
- Earn bonus points for near misses
- Collect pearls to unlock upgrades
- Customize fish, trails, and moons
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Harness the Moon's energy to command the ocean. Hold anywhere and the tide rises toward you, let go and it comes crashing back down. Your fish simply rides the surface, so every dodge and every close call comes down to how you move the water. Time it perfectly, letting go right at the top of the swell or catching it right at the bottom, and you build Surge: the sea speeds up, your multiplier climbs, and a full meter unleashes a Tidal Rush. The farther you swim the busier the sea gets, with mines, jellyfish, diving gulls and electric gates drifting into your path, and an adaptive score that changes with every biome. Collect pearls and spend them on new fish, trails, moons, crests and splashes, and try anything on before you buy.
Baby Drop
Guide a stork to deliver babies by tilting your device. Master precise drops to avoid missing homes and navigate challenging obstacles. Unlock new backgrounds and compete for high scores.
- Tilt to steer stork
- Tap to drop babies
- Avoid missing homes
- Navigate obstacles
- Unlock different babies and backgrounds
- Power-up bubbles
- Compete on leaderboards
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Fly a stork and deliver babies. Tilt to steer, tap to drop. That is the whole game, and it is harder than it sounds. Don't miss any homes as they pass by - miss three and it's game over. TILT TO FLY No buttons and no joystick. Hold the phone flat and lean it to fly left and right, then tap anywhere to let the baby go. It takes about ten seconds to learn and a lot longer to get good at. WATCH OUT FOR OBSTACLES Plenty up there wants that baby. Get past it and land the delivery anyway. CAN YOU MAKE IT THROUGH THE NIGHT? The sun goes down and the town picks up speed. Most runs end before that. Yours does not have to. UNLOCK DIFFERENT BABIES Unlock babies to change the background and homes to their native lands. POP POWER-UP BUBBLES Pop power-up bubbles for temporary perks to help the deliveries, and upgrade them in the store with the gold you earn. COMPETE 33 medals to collect, and Game Center leaderboards for both high score and longest run. Just you, a stork, and a town that needs babies.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Baby Drop at none against MOONTIDE's shown. Baby Drop also leads on ratings volume (16 vs 4). MOONTIDE's advantage is update cadence (every 2 days vs weekly). On price, rating, review sentiment 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
Both are free to download. MOONTIDE sells 4 one-off in-app purchases and Baby Drop sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for MOONTIDE against 4.9 for Baby Drop. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 16 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.
MOONTIDE ships an update every 2 days, Baby Drop weekly. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.
| Parameter | MOONTIDE | Baby Drop |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (4 ratings) — better | 4.9 (16 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 4 | 16 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 days — better | Weekly |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 5 MB | 76 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | VISHNU SAI PURUSHOTHAMAN | Alex Falossi |
Customer experience
MOONTIDE
Baby Drop
In-app purchases
MOONTIDE
- Handful of Pearls$0.99
- Satchel of Pearls$2.99
- Remove Ads$2.99
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- Pearl Treasure$6.99
Baby Drop
- NO ADS$2.99








