Seashine vs Brian
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Seashine
Explore a mysterious, dangerous underworld as a fragile jellyfish. Absorb light to survive longer and evade bizarre creatures lurking in the darkness. Experience an endless, unique survival quest with intuitive touch controls and a dynamic soundtrack.
- Endless underworld exploration
- Unique, unlimited gameplay
- Intuitive touch controls
- Dynamic reactive soundtrack
- Survival against bizarre creatures
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How long will you survive in the abyss? Dive now into the abyss, in an endless quest for survival. You are born as a fragile jellyfish, struggling to maintain a fading light in the darkness of the deep ocean caves. Explore this mysterious underworld and absorb all the light you find on your way to live a few more seconds. But be aware... As poetic as this place seems to be, bizarre creatures and plants lurk in the obscurity, waiting to take a bite of you! Survival of the fittest inside nature's most well kept secret, the depths of the ocean. - Explore a gorgeous and endless underworld full of unknown dangers and strange creatures. - An unlimited experience where each game is unique. You'll never face the same challenge twice. - Intuitive controls specially made for touch devices. - A beautiful dynamic soundtrack reacting to the environment.
Brian
Care for a sensitive, blob-like creature that can mutate into various forms through DNA injection. Navigate deadly obstacles and manage its well-being to prevent it from exploding into happiness. Purchase new creatures if your current one perishes.
- Physics-based gameplay
- Pet evolution and mutation
- Tamagotchi-style care
- Side-scrolling obstacle navigation
- DNA injection for mutations
- Black humor elements
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100,000+ downloads all over the world! Brian is a physics-based, Tamagotchi, side-scrolling pet game. Brian is a very fragile, sensitive brain-like blob, that requires the utmost care. By injecting DNA to Brian it could mutate to different forms like Angel Brian with spider legs, Chicken Leg Brian with Tentacle arms, tentacle Brian with human ears, anything is possible. As you the mad scientist, creator and father of Brian it's your sole responsibility to take good care of it or it will explode into happiness. What happen if your Brian died? Buy another one! Features: - Cuteness, adorable with a little bit of contrast - Deadly obstacles: slope, river, mines, lasers, missiles - Most likely broken physics - Pet evolutions and mutations - Maybe a little bit of black humour
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Seashine at 94% against Brian's 44%. Seashine also leads on rating (4.8 vs 3.8) and ratings volume (4.7K vs 64). Brian's advantage is iOS requirement (7.0 vs 15.6). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Seashine sells 6 one-off in-app purchases and Brian sells 5 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Seashine holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 3.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Seashine has 4.7K ratings behind it against 64, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 94% of Seashine's written reviews are positive against 44% of Brian's.
Seashine ships an update monthly, Brian every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 13, 2026 and October 9, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Seashine | Brian |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (4.7K ratings) — better | 3.8 (64 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 93.5% of reviews — better | 44.4% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 4.7K — better | 64 |
| Update frequency | Monthly — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 7.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 217 MB | 79 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Patrick Ellis | SweatyChair Pty. Ltd. |
Customer experience
Seashine
Brian
Bugs and requests
Seashine
Reported bugs
3 issues- Occasional crashes or freezes
- Disappearing collectibles or progress loss
- Inconsistent enemy spawn patterns
Requested features
5 requests- Peaceful exploration mode without enemies
- More diverse environments and creatures
- Ability to play as other sea creatures
- Multiplayer or co-op gameplay
- Improved tutorial and onboarding
Brian
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Seashine
- 40 Stars$0.49
- 100 Stars$0.99
- 200 Stars$1.89
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- 400 Stars$2.99
- Star Doubler$3.99
- 800 Stars$4.99
Brian
- Bag of Poop$0.99
- Tons of Poop$3.99
- Unlimited Pack$3.99
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- Special Pack$3.99
- Truck of Poops$14.99









