Frequently asked questions
Live Aquarium is an iPhone and iPad app for children aged 3 to 8 that turns a child's drawing into a 3D fish swimming in their own aquarium. Here are short answers to the questions parents ask most often. For step by step help see the support page.
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About the app
What is Live Aquarium?
A drawing and colouring game. A child colours one of 34 sea creatures, draws anything on a blank sheet or photographs a paper drawing, and the picture comes alive as a 3D fish in an underwater world with a ship, a castle and a reef.
What can a child do in the aquarium?
Feed and pet the fish, give them names, decorate the aquarium with 35 decorations, read short facts about each sea creature, and play as their own fish in five expeditions.
What age is it for?
Ages 3 to 8. There is no reading required: voice hints explain what to do.
Which devices does it run on?
iPhone and iPad with iOS 17 or later. There is no Android version.
Which languages does it support?
The app is available in 18 languages and uses the language of the device.
Price
Is Live Aquarium free?
The app is free to download and the first two fish drawn or coloured in the app are free, along with the aquarium, feeding, decorating and the first two expeditions.
What does Live Aquarium Plus add?
Unlimited fish, fish from photos of paper drawings, three more expeditions (Castle, Cave and Night) and the Sweets and Space decoration sets. It is a monthly or yearly subscription sold and processed by Apple; the yearly plan has a 3 day free trial.
Can a child buy something by accident?
The Subscribe button works only after a grown-up holds a button for two seconds on a card marked "For grown-ups". Pearls, the in game currency, cannot be bought for money at all.
How do I cancel the subscription?
In your Apple ID settings on the device: Settings, your name, Subscriptions.
Safety and privacy
Does the app show ads?
No. There is no advertising.
What data does it collect?
None. There are no accounts, no analytics and no third party SDKs. Drawings, photos and fish are processed and stored only on the device. See the privacy policy.
Does it need the internet?
No. Drawing, bringing fish to life and playing all work offline.
What is the parental gate?
A card titled "For grown-ups" that asks to hold a button for two seconds. It stands before purchases, links out of the app, printing, sharing a snapshot and opening the device settings.
Drawings and printing
Can I print colouring pages?
Yes, for free. All 34 pages are printed from the app (on the "From paper" screen, after the parental gate), and ten of them can also be printed from our colouring pages on this site.
Does a printed page come alive?
Yes, with Plus: colour the printed sheet, photograph it in the app, and it becomes that creature with your child's colours.
How do I delete a fish?
Open "All my fish", open the fish's profile and choose "Let the fish go". A fish released by mistake can be brought back right away.
Will the fish survive deleting the app?
No. Fish and drawings live only on the device, so deleting the app deletes them.
