Comparison

AquaLife 3D vs Tap Dolphin

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

Tap Dolphin

A relaxing simulation game where you nurture a 3D dolphin. Interact with your dolphin through simple taps and swipes, customize its environment, and enjoy calming music. The dolphin grows even when the app is closed.

Highlights
  • 3D animated dolphin
  • Interactive dolphin actions (sing, spin)
  • Customizable names and environments
  • Healing music selection
  • Dolphin growth while offline
  • Hide UI for immersive viewing
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It is a raising game to grow Dolphin with smartphone. Difficult operation is unnecessary at all.you can play with ease without taking excessive playing time. Relax looking at dolphin to swim and sea bubbles in quiet water.Listen to the healing music and heal the heart and soul. Please enjoy the state of dolphin with strange charm. 【How to raise】 Easy to raise! Just do the feeding and cleaning of water once every 5 days.Dolphin grows little by little every day. 【Function】 ◇Dolphin is 3D. The fully animated dolphin swims in the water realistically. ◇Tap the dolphin,you can hear dolphin sings. ◇Swipe the dolphin,you can spin dolphin. ◇You can attach your favorite name to dolphin and you can change it at any time. ◇ Sometimes the dolphin talks about their feelings and things they like. The content to talk to the upper left is displayed. ◇ Music can be selected.Please choose your favorite song from the three songs according to your mood. ◇ You can select the background images from 3 types. Recommended when you want to change the atmosphere. ◇ By pressing the bottom left button, you can hide the buttons and text, and you can appreciate only dolphins. ◇Dolphin grows even while not activating the application, and the size of the dolphin is displayed in the upper right. No charge function, you can play for free.

Screenshots

AquaLife 3D4 screens
Tap Dolphin3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: AquaLife 3D at 3.9 against Tap Dolphin's 3.0. AquaLife 3D also leads on review sentiment (58% vs 38%) and ratings volume (46 vs 6). Tap Dolphin's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 11) and iOS requirement (10.0 vs 12.2). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. AquaLife 3D sells 11 one-off in-app purchases. Tap Dolphin asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

AquaLife 3D holds the better App Store score, 3.9 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: AquaLife 3D has 46 ratings behind it against 6, 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 38% of Tap Dolphin's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
AquaLife 3D versus Tap Dolphin: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAquaLife 3DTap Dolphin
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.9 (46 ratings) — better3.0 (6 ratings)
Positive reviews57.6% of reviews — better37.5% of reviews
Number of ratings46 — better6
Update frequencyEvery 4 monthsEvery 4 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS12.210.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size138 MB106 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperNikolay Egorovmie aoki

Customer experience

AquaLife 3D

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

Tap Dolphin

All ratings5 ratings
Positive40.0%
Neutral20.0%
Negative40.0%
Written reviews8 reviews
Positive37.5%
Neutral50.0%
Negative12.5%

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

Tap Dolphin

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is AquaLife 3D free?
AquaLife 3D is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Tap Dolphin free?
Tap Dolphin is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, AquaLife 3D or Tap Dolphin?
AquaLife 3D is rated higher. AquaLife 3D averages 3.9 out of 5 from 46 ratings, while Tap Dolphin averages 3.0 from 6 ratings.
Do AquaLife 3D or Tap Dolphin have ads?
Neither AquaLife 3D nor Tap Dolphin shows ads.
Which is updated more often, AquaLife 3D or Tap Dolphin?
AquaLife 3D ships an update every 4 months, and Tap Dolphin every 4 months. Most recently, AquaLife 3D was updated on October 21, 2026 and Tap Dolphin on October 24, 2026.

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