Comparison

AquaLife 3D vs Garden Eel Pet

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

AquaLife 3D

Design and manage your own virtual aquarium with realistic 3D fish and decorations. Explore freshwater, saltwater, and fantasy environments, breed and sell fish to earn in-game currency, and customize your underwater world.

Highlights
  • Realistic 3D fish and decorations
  • Multiple aquarium types (saltwater, freshwater, fantasy)
  • Breed, feed, and sell fish
  • Earn coins, diamonds, and experience
  • Over 100 fish species and decorations
  • Social features: invite friends, give/receive gifts
Features
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Create your own fascinating and realistic underwater world on your mobile device! AquaLife 3D - it's a real live aquarium that you can take with you wherever you go! With AquaLife 3D you can create attractive saltwater, freshwater and even fantasy aquariums as well as choose their inhabitants and decorate them. You can buy, feed, grow and sell fish, earning coins, diamonds and experience. There are over 100 species of exotic fish, more than 100 decorations and items, a variety of backgrounds and aquatic pets. Your possibilities are endless! Enjoy the journey into the alluring and mysterious underwater world and be sure to invite your friends! AquaLife 3D is your real aquarium in your mobile device! Features: - realistic 3D fish and decorations; - 10 aquariums space for your imagination; - the constant addition of new types of fish; - the opportunity to earn coins, diamonds and experience; - play with your friends, give and receive gifts.

About

Garden Eel Pet

Raise a virtual Garden Eel on your smartphone. This simple game allows you to feed and clean your pet, watch its cute movements, and even name it. It's a therapeutic and time-killing experience perfect for all ages.

Highlights
  • Raise a virtual Garden Eel
  • Feed and clean your pet
  • Watch cute pet movements
  • Name your pet
  • Take and share photos
  • Receive feeding/cleaning reminders
Features
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Over one million downloads worldwide! Introducing the 「Garden Eel」 to this already popular game! FREE DOWNLOAD! It's real easy to raise your own pet in this game!! ■Raise your own Garden Eel on your smartphone. ■Watch how cute your Garden Eel moves. It's so soothing and therapeutic. [Instructions] This is a virtual pet app where you can raise your very own Garden Eel on your smartphone. It`s so easy to raise. Just feed your pet once every four days and clean its home once a week. This game app is great for kids and people who find RPG's and puzzle games a bit tedious. Try this game out! It's therapeutic, and a great way to kill time! [Basic Functions] - It's simple to raise. Just remember to feed you Garden Eel and clean its home. - Like a real Garden Eel, it moves around in such an adorable way. - You can give your Garden Eel a name. You can give it a new name at anytime. - You can take a picture of your Garden Eel with your mobile device and share it with your friends over various social networking sites. - The app also can send you notifications to let you know when your pet needs feeding and cleaning. - All of these functions are free and do not require any microtransactions! [Recommended for:] - people who have always wanted a Garden Eel or already have one and want a virtual Garden Eel to spend time with everywhere and at anytime - people who love visiting the zoo and aquariums - people who love raising virtual pets - people who want a simple game to pass their free time with something fun

Screenshots

AquaLife 3D4 screens
Garden Eel Pet1 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Garden Eel Pet at 4.6 against AquaLife 3D's 3.9. Garden Eel Pet also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 11) and review sentiment (78% vs 58%). AquaLife 3D's advantage is ads (none vs shown). On price, monetization model, device support and iOS requirement 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. AquaLife 3D sells 11 one-off in-app purchases. Garden Eel Pet asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Garden Eel Pet holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 3.9. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Garden Eel Pet has 393 ratings behind it against 45, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 58% of AquaLife 3D's written reviews are positive against 78% of Garden Eel Pet's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

AquaLife 3D ships an update every 4 months, Garden Eel Pet every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 19, 2026 and September 22, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
AquaLife 3D versus Garden Eel Pet: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAquaLife 3DGarden Eel Pet
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.9 (45 ratings)4.6 (393 ratings) — better
Positive reviews57.6% of reviews77.8% of reviews — better
Number of ratings45393 — better
Update frequencyEvery 4 monthsEvery 6 weeks — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS12.211.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size138 MB123 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperNikolay EgorovHiroki Yamada

Customer experience

AquaLife 3D

All ratings45 ratings
Positive68.9%
Neutral11.1%
Negative20.0%
Written reviews210 reviews
Positive57.6%
Neutral13.8%
Negative28.6%

Garden Eel Pet

All ratings393 ratings
Positive91.3%
Neutral4.3%
Negative4.3%
Written reviews144 reviews
Positive77.8%
Neutral8.3%
Negative13.9%

Bugs and requests

AquaLife 3D

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Garden Eel Pet

Reported bugs

7 issues
  • Pets dying unexpectedly after short absences
  • Pets coughing/showing illness symptoms
  • Pets hissing and fighting with newly added animals
  • Snake pet not functioning properly
  • Screen partially cut off by ads after updates
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  • Pets dying despite proper care
  • Game crashes or unresponsive behavior

Requested features

10 requests
  • Breeding/reproduction system
  • More decorations and customization options
  • Frog pet variant
  • Additional activities and gameplay mechanics
  • Faster currency earning methods
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  • Multiple pets of same species without conflict
  • More animals (amphibians, birds, reptiles)
  • Pet naming system expansion
  • Scheduled feeding/cleaning times
  • Heart earning alternatives to ads

In-app purchases

11 purchases

AquaLife 3D

One-time11
  • 2 000 coins$0.99
  • 10 diamonds$0.99
  • 20 diamonds$1.99
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  • 4 500 coins$1.99
  • 55 diamonds$4.99
  • 45 diamonds$5.99
  • 15 000 coins$5.99
  • 70 diamonds$5.99
  • VIP$5.99
  • 120 diamonds$9.99
  • 250 diamonds$19.99
None

Garden Eel Pet

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is AquaLife 3D free?
AquaLife 3D is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Garden Eel Pet free?
Garden Eel Pet is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, AquaLife 3D or Garden Eel Pet?
Garden Eel Pet is rated higher. AquaLife 3D averages 3.9 out of 5 from 45 ratings, while Garden Eel Pet averages 4.6 from 393 ratings.
Do AquaLife 3D or Garden Eel Pet have ads?
Garden Eel Pet shows ads; AquaLife 3D does not.
Which is updated more often, AquaLife 3D or Garden Eel Pet?
AquaLife 3D ships an update every 4 months, and Garden Eel Pet every 6 weeks. Most recently, AquaLife 3D was updated on September 19, 2026 and Garden Eel Pet on September 22, 2026.

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