Pondlife — Relaxing Fish Game

Midnight Wolfe

3 weeks ago

Would rate this five stars because I love the gameplay and idea of the game but there's been several times where I complete a quest or release a certain amount of animals to get a reward but after I claim it I don't get what I was supposed. It's happened two times now for the premium currency rewards and more times than I can count for the bubbles. So it's frustrating to complete goals and then get nothing from completing these milestones. Everything else is great though!

Ann Slyer

3 weeks ago

The first time, it downloaded in my pocket. I tried to play it, I didn't like it. Too involved. Uninstalled. Yesterday, I see an ad and the game looks so perfect and easy. And all aqua animals which are my fave. Great animation and artwork. Easy to follow patterns and so relaxing to look at. So far no huge pushes for in game purchases, and I was rewarded some of those dollars by just advancing in the game. So far, great game.

Logan Allen

3 days ago

Truly a very relaxing game. Even the limited time events still provide plenty of time to get all the desired rewards. If I ever want to kill time or take my mind of other things, this app does the trick. Unfortunately, during the recent update, all of my progress disappeared. Even after updating, still nothing. Very sad

Bernard Mokuahi

1 month ago

Quaint game. At time of review I have played about 30 minutes of the game. I absolutely love getting see above the surface of the pond. Something so simple gives it that lived in documentary feel for me. The art of the game is nice. what detracts from the game is the item of interest targeting. A major mechanic is to touch items and drag items to and from one place of of interest to another. For the life of me I cannot activate the beavers lodge for decoration no matter how or where I click.

Michelle Collins

1 month ago

good points: no ads, relaxing game. bad points: I have the problem of running out of shells to get new fish with, and the only way it's showing to get more is spending money or waiting long time to drop from other fish. wish there could be some kind of mini game to pass time and help collect shells

Alanna Walter

1 month ago

It's nicely made without any hitches, a little educational, but kind of boring. After initial 30 minutes, you'll find yourself opening the game many times a day for about 3 minutes if you're not in the mood to leave it open and occasionally tap the bubbles and feed creatures. It's silly that you don't get rewards for hatching enough of a species for "Thriving" status. Middle of the road here. It's pretty, but lacking substance.

NupeOSkeet

2 months ago

This game is absolutely beautiful, I've been a fan of runaway games for a long while, and the small details and colorful art style of this game is definitely high up on the list. I love how the critters get lighter when exposed to a sunlight source within the pond and how the frogs can rest on the wood above! So much detail and thought was put into this game. I highly recommend it for any casual game fans! Or animal fans, too :)

Caitlyn Lockett

4 weeks ago

Starts strong then shows itself to be a money grab if you want to see any progression. Bubbles to feed fish accumulate incredibly slow, meanwhile the cost to feed increases exponentially-effectively turning the game from fun and relaxing, to just boring from waiting too long to see any real progression. That is, unless you spend real money for more bubbles to do things sooner. A real bummer, considering how fun the game actually can be.

Emilie Karr

1 month ago

This game is pretty, no overpushing of ads. But after the first few levels, progression slows to a slog. Fish food comes from decor. There are only 13 decor slots & most decor items give 100-150 food. With 30 fish each costing 100 or 200 to feed, you can't even feed half. So rather than swimming around looking cute, most of my fish are just parked in place waiting to eat. I got access to a new decor slot at level 13. the next slot opens at level 43!!! after 3+ weeks daily play I'm at level 14.

Doobsk

1 month ago

I'm OBSESSED with this game! I love all of the fish designs, and it's nice to run in the background while I do my schoolwork. However there's a bug I keep getting where it just won't launch the game unless I completely delete and re-install it... (Edit: Force-quitting the app in my settings also worked the same!)

Mika Gonzalez (Auggie)

1 month ago

super cute game, with tons of cute fish skins and animations! there's a lot of tiny issues though, and one big issue. I can't open the beavers little furniture area, no matter how much I tap?? sometimes I'll get lucky, and tapping on the bubble with the furniture redeeming thing will work, but otherwise I can't open that area? it's also super hard to get fish food, even if you have plants that give you a lot of money and you buy it with the cash they give you to start with. the events fun though

Balance Of Judgement

1 month ago

Having trouble opening the beaver exchange and the video snail. There seems to be a hit box issue, I have to click all around them a LOT to open them up. And still getting errors when I try to log in without clearing cache. Otherwise great game! Love that we get other creatures than fish, and hope there will be more diverse creatures in the future. Would really love to see more info about our fish, like where they are native, how long lived, size, and interesting habits! Thanks so much!

Kaylynn Brown

1 month ago

This is a really cute and relaxing game. The only issue I've come across is that the main currency, bubble coins, take a long time to accumulate. If you do have your pond full you will never be able to feed all the fish without waiting on the plants to make more bubble coins, this issue gets more apparent the higher your level and more fish you're able to have. There are options to pay for bubble coins, however, the push for paying to play is really upsetting and I expected more from this game.

Izaiah Chapin

1 month ago

It was a great game but all of a sudden it restarted while I was playing and when it reloaded my pond as well as my account was completely gone no trace. very frustrating as I've been playing since release. (edit: not sure what you guys did but almost immediately after ur response the game said it had to update then my original progress was BACK!! so thank you I've updated my review as I am a big fan of the game and all runaway games.

Anthony Ruckus

2 weeks ago

It'd be more relaxing if it didn't sometimes just not give rewards, or randomly them away. How do I get -1 of the rare item? Why would I spend anything if I don't even know if I can keep it? Also, the minishop is almost impossible to click on. I had to develop a strategy to get it to work, by holding one finger on my phone, then repeatedly pressing the store with another finger.

Zifeara Nightshade

1 week ago

Cute, happy little collection game you check on every few hours and learn about real wildlife. I like it a lot, but I have a very hard time clicking on Willow (our beaver friend who makes decor) on mobile; it always trys to move the camera around instead of going into her build menu. Didn't get any response from in-game chat help days after asking about this issue.

Windraptor

1 week ago

Ok, so the game is cute and I like the fish and wildlife that is available and such. HOWEVER leveling up can take a while (I just hit Level 11 and need 4,250 XP to go to level 12) because there is feeding your fish every so often and there is the little challenges, but there isn't much else to actually help with leveling up. It's a cute little game to open every so often but I really wish there was more than one method to level up faster than just from feeding or releasing animals.