I am enjoying this. I am trying to turn my bad morning habit of aimlessly scrolling through the Google news feed to a quick check on my pond, feed the fish, clean the filter, get the daily gift and then get up and live my real life, not goof around on my phone. It is really worthwhile to do the daily gift every day. It gets you free koins and points and only works if you do it for 5 days in a row. I have not had problems with the app crashing. Sometimes the quoted prices for selling a fish are not accurate and that is a little frustrating. It is very pretty and the nature sounds are soothing. There is not that much to do, especially if you are not willing to spend real money to get game koins. As a person who can sucked into spending way more time than I meant to on games, I find that kind of a good thing. In some ways it’s like a real goldfish bowl. You watch the fish, but not much to do. One downside is that it’s hard to find instructions on what to do. You have to figure it out as you go, in terms of feeding the fish, keeping them happy, cleaning the filter. If you neglect the app for a few days, the pond turns green with algae, the fish die and you have to pay to revive them. I was surprisingly sad when I let that happen.

Pros: prettier graphics, can sell things you discover you don't like, frogs & turtles more interactive, birds less annoying, not required to use Facebook to interact with other players.Cons: buggy. Your internet connection needs to be solid, or the app will crash, or lose your changes. Also, I can't do anything to my oval pond b/c it crashes every time I try to change anything about it other than fish, turtles or frogs. I can't even sell it.Differences: The fish look less real to me than the ones in PP2, so I don't find them as interesting. It's harder to make game coins, but it's still possible, and takes longer. Sometimes I like all the patio options. Sometimes I don't. Either way, I find the game can be very soothing after a long, stressful day.

Update Feb. 2, 2019I’m very upset because my game started crashing yesterday every time I tried to open it. I can login to the game on my wife’s phone, but not on my phone. I’ve tried every possible suggestion made to fix it, but nothing works. I contacted the app guy, but haven’t heard back. I’ve spent some money on this game and want to keep playing. I absolutely love this game and play it way too often! It’s really fun visiting other people’s ponds and feeding their fish. One thing I hate is the way fish die if not cared for enough. It’s depressing visiting ponds that sometimes are full of dead fish. Please change this!!! I also wish it were easier to accumulate coins without buying them. It’s frustratingly slow to move ahead in this game without spending money and I’m getting close to discontinuing because of this. Please lower the price of coins needed to move ahead. Also, it would be great to get coin rewards for helping take care of other people’s fish. In spite of all this, I’m addicted to this game!!!!

When I heard that pocket ponds 2 would no longer work without an update when the next iOS comes out I was sad but the the new pocket ponds came out and I thought great the updated it, but this is not an update it is a new game. You can't transfer stuff from the old game so all your fish, joins, points , etc are gone! The graphics aren't a whole lot better either. The fish now have male and female but all the females are navy blue and some other combo( boring) and the patterns lack imagination as well. You also have to feed and play with your fish multiple times a day instead of once a day like the old game. The fish movement is very unnatural as well. You can't get ahead because fish cost almost as much to breed as to sell so you always just break even. The loin spin after 5 days of playing is pathetic and the daily gift is rarely joins . Don't waste your time and seriously do not buy anything because you will never get anywhere in this game.