Garden Eel AR/VR vs Wriggly Snake
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Garden Eel AR/VR
Experience garden eels in a virtual sea or your own environment. Explore six viewing modes, including AR and VR, and interact with eels by adding them to detected planes or having them follow faces. Synchronize with other devices and capture images.
- AR and VR viewing modes
- Six distinct viewing options
- Place eels on detected planes in AR
- Eels follow detected faces
- Synchronize across multiple devices
- Capture screen images
- Download custom eels via iCloud
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"Garden Eel AR/VR" is the AR/VR version of "Garden Eel". It provides a realistic experience of viewing garden eels in the virtual sea through your iOS device. There are six viewing modes and can be switched by tapping switch view icon(right bottom of the screen): 1) single view mode 2) front camera mode 3) back camera mode 4) side by side mode(for iPhone/iPod touch with VR viewing box) 5) 3D lens mode(for iPhone/iPod touch with 3D lens attachment and VR viewing box) 6) 360 degree rendering mode 7) AR mode In AR mode, white circles appears on detected planes and you can add garden eels on these planes by tapping them. You can adjust VR parameters by VR menu(left bottom icon). You can capture screen image by tapping right-top corner of the screen(camera icon). You can synchronize display contents between multiple iOS devices by tapping synchronize icon at the same timing. By tapping right-middle of the screen in camera mode(face detection icon), you can turn on face detection. Garden eels will follow faces!! Switching face detection mode to garden eel overlay mode, garden eels will appear on top of faces detected by camera. This is for portrait photo. You can grow garden eels via another app "Garden Eel". Then you can download your own garden eels via iCloud by tapping left top corner(iCloud icon).
Wriggly Snake
Guide a snake through challenging levels, feeding it to grow and reach its designated resting spot. Experience a simple yet engaging gameplay loop focused on progression and achievement.
- Snake navigation through challenges
- Feeding mechanics for growth
- Goal-oriented level completion
- Simple, engaging gameplay
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Crawl with the snake through various challenges, feed him, get to a snakes's favorite box and enjoy a well-deserved rest
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Wriggly Snake at 4.2 against Garden Eel AR/VR's 3.7. Wriggly Snake also leads on ratings volume (39 vs 3). Garden Eel AR/VR's advantage is update cadence (every 3 months vs every 13 months) and review sentiment (50% vs 40%). 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.
Wriggly Snake holds the better App Store score, 4.2 against 3.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Wriggly Snake has 39 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 50% of Garden Eel AR/VR's written reviews are positive against 40% of Wriggly Snake's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Garden Eel AR/VR ships an update every 3 months, Wriggly Snake every 13 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Garden Eel AR/VR | Wriggly Snake |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.7 (3 ratings) | 4.2 (39 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews — better | 40.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 3 | 39 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months — better | Every 13 months |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple TV — better | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 9 MB | 181 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | KENSHI DOI | Yso Corp |
Customer experience
Garden Eel AR/VR
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In-app purchases
Garden Eel AR/VR
No in-app purchases
Wriggly Snake
No in-app purchases
Questions
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