Aquarium Project vs NEBULRUSH
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side â with what reviewers say about each.
Aquarium Project
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Create your own aquascape and watch it grow. Arrange aquatic plants, rocks, and driftwood, then welcome fish and shrimp into your aquarium. Feed your inhabitants, change the water, remove algae, and trim plants one at a time. Your care earns points as your collection grows. Discover more than 100 aquatic plant varieties, collect inhabitants, and track your progress with the collection and plant growth chart. Keep extra plants and inhabitants at the farm, and enjoy the changing scenery around the pond. Explore your aquarium in full screen with a sense of depth. Adjust your view and watch the light shimmer across the water and substrate. Your aquarium is saved on your device. Export and import JSON save files when you want to move a copy between compatible versions. Cloud synchronization is not included. Optional rewarded video ads are available when you choose to watch them. Real-product shopping links may include affiliate advertising; availability depends on the supported market. Discover 122 aquatic plant varieties, 269 fish species and varieties, and 77 shrimp color and pattern variations. Counts include selected varieties and color forms. Undiscovered species remain silhouettes until you acquire them. English common names or scientific names are used for your collection. Catch 26 insect species and color forms around the farm, watch eggs grow through larvae and pupae, and try insect sumo or safe practice battles. Explore the greenhouse and pond, store extra inhabitants, and follow their growth. The breeding and care rules are game simulations. Display your aquascape in home screen widgets, or select an adult for Dynamic Island on supported iPhones. Widget image updates are managed by iOS. Choose from nine interface languages in Settings: Japanese, English, Brazilian Portuguese, Spanish, Traditional Chinese, Korean, Hindi, Arabic, and Turkish. In non-Japanese interfaces, collection names use English common names or scientific names. Shopping-country selection uses the App Store region when available, with a device-region fallback and manual override. Affiliate shopping links are shown only for configured markets; overseas affiliate services are still being prepared. Discover 11 newt types, including rare Full Red and two Gold forms. Watch externally gilled larvae grow into pixel-art young and high-definition adults. Successful breeding between two adults of the same lineage produces two to four larvae. Healthy adults can be sold for in-game points. Watch newts float near the surface or in midwater, sink gently, and return to walking, resting, or swimming. Tap an angel left after a resident dies to dismiss it individually in care or full-screen view. Place accent plants on driftwood and branch tips; attached plants follow the material when it moves or rotates. Shrimp climb plants, rocks and wood, while young and adult newts climb rocks and wood. When the aquarium is full, new arrivals and newborns move automatically to available farm space or the pond, preserving residents, ages and genetics.
NEBULRUSH
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Survive the swarm and make it home. NEBULRUSH is a top-down survival action game with original pixel art. The in-game interface is in Japanese. ONE-FINGER ACTION Drag to move while weapons fire automatically. Collect experience and choose from three weapons or buffs when you level up. Combine 12 weapon types, including homing missiles, cryo pulses, rifles, flamethrowers, drones, airstrikes and energy blades, to discover weapon evolutions. TEN DISTINCT PLANETS Explore the Moon, a Mars base and an orbital colony, then face poisonous fog, heavy gravity, lightning and meteors. Survive ten minutes in standard missions, dodge bosses and collect recovery kits. UNLOCK YOUR CREW Start free as the astronaut. Earn three more characters through campaign clears and cumulative enemy defeats. Thirteen additional characters are available as separate, one-time in-app purchases. Characters have distinct starting weapons, special abilities and environmental resistances. Choose skill-duration and cooldown upgrades as you level up. Restore purchases with the same Apple Account. TWO-PLAYER CO-OP Join by room code over the same Wi-Fi; nearby play does not require different Apple Accounts. Online play uses Game Center and requires separate Game Center accounts and an internet connection. Both players must use the same latest app version. Play standard and custom missions together and rescue a fallen teammate. DRAW YOUR OWN ENEMIES The workshop unlocks at crew level 10. Choose existing creatures or draw original pixel-art enemies and bosses. Set health, speed, damage, spawn times and intervals, final bosses and victory conditions. Choose a time limit from 1 to 15 minutes in one-minute steps, or no limit for elimination and final-boss missions. Higher crew levels unlock more planets, boss slots and design points. EXPLORE COMMUNITY MISSIONS Search publicly shared stages by name or planet, and browse newest or popular missions. Share your own missions with a code. Newly created or edited stages require the latest app version on the receiving device. Imported missions can be played at any crew level. Workshop missions and co-op cost no stamina and do not grant standard campaign progression rewards. Submitted names and custom artwork are checked automatically; uncertain submissions are held for operator review. Report content, hide an author or delete your own submissions. Long-inactive, low-play stages become dormant and can be republished by their author. Locally saved copies remain playable. FILL YOUR FIELD GUIDE Record defeated creatures and bosses, their traits and cumulative defeat counts. Crew level progresses to 100, expanding what you can create in the workshop. FREE TO START Standard missions cost one stamina. Recover one every 20 minutes, up to five. Completing an optional rewarded ad restores one stamina; rewarded ads can also revive you once per run. In solo play, completing a rewarded ad can also reroll level-up choices once per level. An interstitial may appear after a new or changed workshop stage has been saved. Ad availability depends on network and delivery conditions. Purchases, ads, community missions and online Game Center play require internet access. Game progress and saved custom stages are stored locally without cloud progress sync. Public submissions are stored on the community server. Support and privacy information are available from the in-game shop or help screen.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Aquarium Project at none against NEBULRUSH's 10. NEBULRUSH's advantage is iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). On price, update cadence, ads 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. NEBULRUSH sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. Aquarium Project asks for nothing beyond the download.
Aquarium Project ships an update every 2 days, NEBULRUSH every 3 days. Both last shipped on November 6, 2026.
| Parameter | Aquarium Project | NEBULRUSH |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Every 2 days â better | Every 3 days |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No â better | Yes |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPod â better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 15.0 â better |
| Further details â not scored | ||
| Size | 111 MB | 6 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Takayuki Hakoishi | Tsubasa Wakida |
In-app purchases
Aquarium Project
No in-app purchases
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