Rules! vs Fish in a Watch
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Rules!
Engage in a fast-paced, challenging, and fun puzzle game with a hundred levels. Features a daily brain workout for Apple Watch and animated stickers. Offers multiple game modes and unique mechanics.
- Daily Apple Watch brain workout
- Animated sticker pack
- Beginner, Expert, or Timeless game modes
- Multi-touch interface
- Color perception assistance
- Surprising new game mechanics
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• Includes a daily brain workout mini-game for Apple Watch • Includes animated sticker pack • App Store – Best Apple Watch Game of 2015 • App Store – Best of 2014 • German Developer Award 2014 – Best mobile Game • German Video Game Award 2015 – Best mobile Game • Pocket Gamer Awards 2015 Finalist Best Casual/Puzzle Game & Most Innovative Game RULES! is a cute puzzle game that's challenging, fast-paced and fun. • Choose your preferred type of game: Beginner, Expert or Timeless • “What’s presented here is a stylish, original, clever puzzle game that I’m having trouble putting down long enough to write this review.” ~ Gamezebo “A delightfully constructed memory test that grows in complexity and appeal the deeper in you go.” ~ Pocket Gamer “The Coding Monkeys have never released anything that wasn’t utterly brilliant, therefore Rules shall almost certainly be brilliant.” ~ Pocket Tactics Follow RULES! into a hundred level-deep maze of cuteness and order: • Multi-touch interface at its finest • Color perception assistance mode • Whales, Unicorns, Robots and Squirrels! • A plethora of surprising new game mechanics
Fish in a Watch
Navigate a digital ocean within a smartwatch or phone as a small fish. Grow by eating smaller fish while avoiding larger predators and environmental hazards. Control your fish using the watch crown or by swiping on your phone.
- Play as a fish
- Eat smaller fish to grow
- Avoid larger predators
- Control with watch crown or swipe
- Works on Apple Watch and iPhone
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Eat or be eaten as you play as a fish stuck inside an Apple Watch (or an iPhone)! The Apple Watch game works best for Apple Watch Series 4 and up. Works OK on Series 3. Steer your fish fin by turning the Apple Watch crown back and forth. Or swipe on your phone. Avoid being eaten by bigger fish and get bigger by eating smaller fish. And there might just be a jellyfish or two lurking in the deep.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Rules! at 4.2 against Fish in a Watch's 3.5. Rules! also leads on review sentiment (71% vs 50%) and update cadence (monthly vs every 4 months). Fish in a Watch's advantage is price ($1.99 vs $2.99) and iOS requirement (12.1 vs 15.2). On ratings volume, 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
Rules! costs $2.99 and Fish in a Watch $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Rules! holds the better App Store score, 4.2 against 3.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 67 and 25 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 71% of Rules!'s written reviews are positive against 50% of Fish in a Watch's.
Rules! ships an update monthly, Fish in a Watch every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Rules! | Fish in a Watch |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $2.99 | $1.99 — better |
| Rating | 4.2 (67 ratings) — better | 3.5 (25 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 70.8% of reviews — better | 50.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 67 — better | 25 |
| Update frequency | Monthly — better | Every 4 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Paid |
| Best chart rank | #177 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, iPod, Apple Watch |
| Requires iOS | 15.2 | 12.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 25 MB | 25 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 9+ |
| Developer | 137b | Hesselbom Tech AB |
Customer experience
Rules!
Fish in a Watch
Bugs and requests
Rules!
Reported bugs
2 issues- Freezing and crashing issues, especially on Apple Watch
- Unresponsive tapping on certain tiles
Requested features
5 requests- Option to save progress and continue from last level
- Randomized rule order
- Difficulty settings with longer time limits
- Colorblind accessibility options
- More game modes and challenges
Fish in a Watch
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Rules!
No in-app purchases
Fish in a Watch
No in-app purchases
