Pixel Goldfish vs Cube Koala
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Pixel Goldfish
A free puzzle game where players guide a goldfish to safety by navigating challenging levels. Avoid obstacles and master the jump mechanics to progress through 50 unique stages. It's an addictive experience for those who enjoy simple yet engaging gameplay.
- 50 unique puzzle levels
- Rescue the goldfish mechanic
- Obstacle avoidance (spikes)
- Tap-to-jump controls
- Addictive puzzle gameplay
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Pixel Goldfish, is a FREE fun addictive puzzle game with 50 unique levels. You need to rescue the gold fish by pulling him from one aquarium and putting him into the second aquarium. (be aware of the spikes) Tap short to jump low, hold to jump high! Have fun :)
Cube Koala
Navigate a koala through challenging, trap-filled levels by manipulating gravity. This intense puzzler offers increasingly difficult stages with a focus on skill and precision.
- Brutally difficult gameplay
- Gravity manipulation
- Intense puzzler
- Increasingly difficult levels
- Skill-based progression
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"This is a brutally difficult game that takes great pleasure in killing you over and over and over again, as you try to get a koala through the spike-laced gauntlets” - Pocket Gamer - Game of the Week "Cube Koala is so well designed that you can pick it up and play it with ease, learning its intricacies as you go along" - Touch Arcade - 4.5/5 "Now here's a game that's thrusting giant buzzsaws at us upon first sight. There are also dark backgrounds filled with electronic guts and spikes shining sharp in the foreground" - Pocket Gamer Cube Koala is an intense puzzler where you play as a koala placed in a kafkaesque tesseract containing deadly traps. Guide our little hero through increasingly difficult levels, manipulate gravity and employ every skill you have learned to bounce through the level’s exit…just to appear in a new one. ○○○ More from Happymagenta: · Spyglass - outdoor GPS with augmented reality · Scany - WiFi scanner and network utility
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Pixel Goldfish at 2.0 against Cube Koala's 1.7. Cube Koala's advantage is update cadence (every 2 months vs every 7 months) and iOS requirement (7.0 vs 16.0). On price, review sentiment, ratings volume and ads 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. Pixel Goldfish sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Cube Koala sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Pixel Goldfish holds the better App Store score, 2.0 against 1.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 7 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 33% of Pixel Goldfish's written reviews are positive against 29% of Cube Koala's.
Pixel Goldfish ships an update every 7 months, Cube Koala every 2 months. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.
| Parameter | Pixel Goldfish | Cube Koala |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.0 (4 ratings) — better | 1.7 (7 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 33.3% of reviews — better | 28.6% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 4 | 7 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 7 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 7.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 12 MB | 66 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 9+ |
| Developer | ilan TETRUASHVILI | Happymagenta UAB |
Customer experience
Pixel Goldfish
Cube Koala
In-app purchases
Pixel Goldfish
- Remove Ads + Restart from best Level$1.99
Cube Koala
- Remove Ads$0.99
- Level Pack 2$0.99
- Level Pack 3$0.99
Questions
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