Garden Eel vs Shark Ocean
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Garden Eel
A relaxing simulator where you nurture garden eels by managing their environment. Swipe to create currents, clean the seabed, and feed your eels to help them grow. Drive away unwanted sea creatures to ensure a thriving habitat.
- Swipe to create currents
- Clean the seabed
- Feed garden eels
- Drive away sea creatures
- 5 kinds of garden eels
- Apple Watch support
- iCloud data saving
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Garden Eel is a garden eel simulator. Swipe and make current, then feed garden eels. Swipe sea bottom and make it clean. Then new garden eel will appear and they'll grow. There are 5 kinds of garden eels. When fishes and sea cucumbers appear, tap and drive them away. This game is inspired by the sea of Saipan, Okinawa, etc. This app supports Apple Watch(garden eel animation with feeding indicator). Animations of the Watch App will be added when the new garden eel appears in the iPhone App. This app saves play data to iCloud in every two minutes. Saved data can be downloaded by new install of app in another device. Or Garden Eel AR/VR for viewing in 3D!!
Shark Ocean
Select and nurture various shark species, including extinct ones. Discover ancient sharks and expand your aquatic collection. This game offers a unique breeding experience for shark enthusiasts.
- Choose from multiple shark types
- Grow and breed sharks
- Discover extinct ancient sharks
- Collect a variety of shark species
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Choose your favorite shark and grow it The type of shark ・ Blue shark ・ Hammerhead shark ・ Tiger shark ・ Saw shark ・ Great white shark ・ Whale shark ・ Bull shark And that extinct shark ...! Find the extinct ancient shark!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Garden Eel at 5.0 against Shark Ocean's 4.3. Garden Eel also leads on update cadence (every 3 months vs every 10 months) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 14.0). Shark Ocean's advantage is ratings volume (9 vs 3). 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Garden Eel holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 9 respectively.
Garden Eel ships an update every 3 months, Shark Ocean every 10 months. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Garden Eel | Shark Ocean |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better | 4.3 (9 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 70.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 3 | 9 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months — better | Every 10 months |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 14.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 80 MB | 189 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 9+ |
| Developer | KENSHI DOI | Shinichiro Ihara |
Customer experience
Garden Eel
Shark Ocean
In-app purchases
Garden Eel
No in-app purchases
Shark Ocean
No in-app purchases
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