Last updated on January 4th, 2026 at 12:20 am
Pocket Frogs: Tiny Pond Keeper – Family Game Review
Pocket Frogs: Tiny Pond Keeper is a Family/Simulation/Entertainment game from NimbleBit LLC, first launched in 15th September 2010.
It’s rated 9+ and currently has 2,858+ ratings on the App Store.
What Makes Pocket Frogs: Tiny Pond Keeper Stand Out
Discover, collect, trade, and breed over 35,000 unique frogs on your iOS device, anytime, anywhere!
- Trade frogs and habitat items with friends
- Breed a diverse and unique collection of frogs
- Play anytime, online or off
- Beautiful high resolution Retina graphics
- Customize and decorate each of your frog habitats
- Over 60 challenging awards to earn
- View your friends' habitats and frogs
- Different in-game items available every day
- Explore the pond to find rewards and discover rare frogs
This Family game offers engaging gameplay and regular updates for mobile players.
Player Feedback
As a newer release, Pocket Frogs: Tiny Pond Keeper is building its player community. Early feedback suggests .
Recent Updates & Development
Latest Update: 24th September 2025
Recent improvements include:
- Celebrating 15 years of Pocket Frogs!
- Three new breeds!
- Made the game snappier (also added Battery Saver mode)
- Removed TapJoy & popup ads!
- VIPs can now change the order of their habitats!
- VIPs can now name their habitats!
- Added ability to search Sets, Neighbors & Froggydex
- Added ability to see sender in Mailbox
- New habitat icon to accept neighbor gifts
- Added ability to purchase a missing frog from Froggydex
- Added more lily pads to the pond
- Ate some bugs!
Download & Availability
Pocket Frogs: Tiny Pond Keeper is available through the official App Store for iOS devices.
Get Pocket Frogs: Tiny Pond Keeper on App Store
Requirements: Requires iPhone 5s / iPad Air / iPad Air (Cellular) / iPad Mini 2 (Retina) / iPad Mini 2 (Retina, Cellular) / iPhone 6 / iPhone 6 Plus / iPad Air 2 / iPad Air 2 (Cellular) / iPad Mini 3 or later.
Compatible with iPhone and iPad devices.
Player Experience Highlights
Community Insight:
We downloaded this game as a child, and we still play it. Our mom plays it. We love this game so much, its been reliable.
Been playing since the ipod days and decided to pick it back up again. Could you please have an option to turn off the potion offers like how you can turn off the video offers? We really dislike having to stare at these icons on screen all the time.
We love this game even when Im not good at it and thats pretty hard hopefully you are better at it than we are hehe ;).
Our sister and we have been playing this game for years off and on, and we love that not much has changed. We love this game so much! Obviously over the years they have taken some stuff out, along with adding some new stuff in. We dont really mind the ads, we get like maybe 3 the whole hour Im playing which is better than most games honestly. And we get the option to watch ads for stamps/potions which is awesome because Ill watch an ad for those sometimes! Ive always wished theyd add a way to get another nursery. Maybe make it super hard or super expensive but we would love a way to get another nursery. We also think it would be cool if we could store items we get if we dont have room or dont know where we want to put them. Our sister and we LOVE to decorate our habitats, but we get overwhelmed with all of the items and it would be nice to have it all in like storage or whatever and see what all we have! 10/10 for this game.
From time to time we delete a lot of app including this game , but when we get a new phone or just feel like playing mobile games we download this. We been having this game and play it off and on for YEARS we LOVE IT. Hope this game goes on forver.
Ah, Pocket Frogs, a veritable masterpiece of digital husbandry, where one cultivates a fine collection of amphibious companions with the utmost care and refinement. At its core, this splendid diversion is a harmonious blend of strategy and serendipity, inviting the player to breed, trade, and curate an exquisite array of vibrantly patterned frogs. Each specimen, a marvel of pixelated craftsmanship, is not merely a creature but a testament to ones dedication to the noble pursuit of collection and perfection. The mechanics, though deceptively simple, are executed with an elegance seldom seen in mobile entertainment. One traverses idyllic ponds in search of new breeding stock, cultivates a lineage of ever-rarer specimens, and engages in a most satisfying economy of trade and acquisition. The absence of garish intrusions or undue pressure ensures that each interaction remains a leisure, not a labora rare courtesy in the modern age. Indeed, Pocket Frogs is more than a mere game; it is an exercise in patience, a celebration of beauty, and a gentle nod to the pleasures of meticulous curation. For the discerning gentlemanor indeed, any connoisseur of lifes more whimsical delightsthis is a pastime most worthy of ones attention.
We LOVE THIS GAME butPlease make a feature so you can name the frogs youve caught. Us and probably others want to have this feature.
We absolutely adore this game, and have played it since we were a kid. Its so simple but enjoyable and easily a favorite of ours. One thing we would love to see is more colors and or patterns. Dont get us wrong, the current colors are fantastic but we think you could add so many more variations of colors, lavender, seafoam, gold, silver, etc. Maybe its the fact that we love collecting these little frogs, but we think it would be great. Another thing that we think could be cool is if you can swap to collecting toads or tree frogs alongside the classic ones, in a separate area with maybe trees and branches for the tree frogs instead of the pond. We also would like to see different personalities in the frogs that could affect their behavior in the habitats, pond, and races. Think it would be a cute touch. We love this game and hope it will continue to update and improve. Even if you never add these things we will continue to support and enjoy this pleasant little game Much love – Rose.
Brought back so many memories for our childhood. We used to ask our mom to play this game or we would watch her put her password in without her knowing and then we would steal her phone and play all night 10/10 game.
Love the game! So addicting. We just love collecting these adorable little fellas.
Ive had this game for so many years on and off since we were a kid. We are 25 now and we secretly still love this game so much its so calming to us. One minor critique we have is that some of the wallpapers or floors you can have for your frogs are very pixelated and blurry and we wish there was a better selection because we love the idea of decorating for them. Another thing is we dont mind waiting a day or two for a frog to grow and fully mature and we know there are tons of ways to boost that but we feel like waiting 2 full days almost for a fully mature level 17 frog is kind of a while and it makes us nervous for the higher level frogs. Also we think it would be cool if somehow it was more community based and you can make your own sets for people to try and complete. Something like that. But thats just an idea. Anyway our biggest concern is the wallpapers. But we love this game thank you for your hard work making it.
We played this game in our childhood and recently downloaded again. We will say this game is very nostalgic and brings back so many memories. Anyways, this game fun and relaxing in so many different ways. This game is like if early 2010s was peak Michael Jackson times. Someone give the devs of this game an Oscar.
Absolute classic dawg Ive been playing this game since 2011 and it never gets old.
We love this game its so amazing and we just started playing today we got recommended from our brother who got recommend by his friend. This game is so fun you can even play with friends!! We recommend this to you.
The icon changed to a weird AI frog. Pls bring back the og one :( Ive been playing pocket frogs for as long as we can remember. Its a really addicting game that just needs some polishing. Please come out with an update and support for the iPhone X! We wish we could give it 5 stars.
Hasnt changed much in the past decade, and its stayed true to itself. It receives constant support from the developers but still feels like Im 10 playing this on our dads iPhone 4S. We wish theyd bring back the old icon though. We dont like the current one because it doesnt match the art style of the game.
Ok so we LOVE this game, Ive been playing for years but only recently started playing again. Thing is, levels are really hard to achieve and the ads are very annoying. Great game for when youre bored on a long flight though. Overall its fun but the ads are very annoying.
We loved this game when we downloaded it a couple years ago. However when we downloaded it again recently we remember why we deleted it in the first place. The amount of ads is insane. Such a shame because its as good as we remember but the ads are to much.
Great game but we had to use shortcuts to switch the icons as this new one is not it docking a star till it's switched back.. Just screams cheap… Yes this is a freemium game def grindy has its issues but it's a fun game to play when bored just sorting around the pond, still not as smooth as playing on our iPad mini with the old version that's the best, but hey it works. Still no landscape ether which is sad no new frogs or decorations the only thing that update did was put that icon & bleh ..we switched it to leaf & frog with shortcuts cause we hate the new icon.
We love this game, been playing it off and on for over a decade however, Im using an oldish device and the most recent update outright broke the game for us. We suspect it works fine on newer devices, but Im not getting an iPhone under any circumstances. Ill get it on the android store if we must, and start over but Im really hoping you can fix this instead.
Loved this game! All of our data was lost, but after reaching out, they gave us coins and a few levels to help us out! Only issue we have is how glitchy the game is offline or in airplane mode.
Good game. Would rate much higher if the icon returned to its iconic photo of a Pocket Frog rather than that AI generated image.
We can no longer buy potions and stamps. Why is that? Im still playing this game and find it fun to play. However, we would still like to make purchases.
We have watch the five ad videos in a row for the same free gift because it was never granted. The free gift it supposed to be Coins and Special Scenery Gift. We closed the app and reopened. We logged out and back in. Yet nothing is granted, its stuck on the green Claim option. We dont know what more we can do. We took a screenshot of the defect video award/gift.
Ive had this game when we were a kid and never knew what it was called. We recently saw it on the App Store and had to download it. Is there any way that we can chat with our neighbors? We need a frog someone has and dont know if we can chat or not please let us know.
Back in the day we played this game and really enjoyed breeding the frogs and getting rare frogs! So fun! It was relaxing to the mind, yet exhilarating especially when racing frogs. Two words: pocket frogs These two words marked an era in our iPod touch mobile gaming phase. We enjoyed this game along with many such as, doodle jump, temple run, angry birds, fancy pants and many more!! Wow.
Absolutely love this game. Its cute, its simple, its a good way to pass time, and we always find ourselves coming back to it. The only thing we would change if we could, is we really want to be able to name our frogs. There are just so many unique frogs that we cant remember all of the names we want to give them in our head alone! Other than that, its a perfect game. 10/10.
We love this app so much, we would give ANYTHING to be able to pay a monthly or yearly fee for NO ADS.
The pattern of frogs are so cute. We love it when they blink. Haha we have bred all the frogs. We wish the dev team would make new frogs so we can continue playing this game.
When our wife was in the hospital in 2011 for a broken leg after she was hit by a greyhound bus on the corner of 3rd and McGregor we found this app on the store- when we bred our first frog we were elated- we cried tears of joy. It was a Red Picea Anura. We then bred him with a green frog for like 15 coins and we felt like a real father. We had a purpose. We got to level 25, then we were 26, and then level 27. After some time we are now on level 37. There are no new frogs after level 35. We breed new frogs every 2nd Wednesday of the month and NOTHING. WE NEED NEW FROGS.
We miss the requests! Add another mini game too.
We like this game very much. However, we purchased the VIP package and still get all the ads we got before purchase. The pro show states any purchase will remove ads, but here we are, still getting them. We noticed no reduction in ads.
UPDATED 8/16/2024 Been away for a number of years. Just started back up and found that there are now Sell All and Move All buttons. GREAT improvements!! Still have one final request before we can give this app 5 stars. Being able to order the Froggiedex alphabetically would be a major time savor. There are so many breeds and when youre working on sets using the Froggiedex is key to knowing what you have in your nursery before the eggs hatch. Being able to order by alpha would help immensely when searching through the Froggiedex. Again – would pay an extra couple bucks for that functionality. OG REVIEW: Ive been playing this game for years and still enjoy playing it. But we have a ton of habitats and it gets real old real fast tapping what feels like 500 times to move eggs from the nursery to a new habitat, or to sell all our frogs in a single habitat. We paid for the VIP package and am happy with that purchase, but we would pay more money and play more often if there was a Sell All button and a Move All button.
Its always something when it comes to the gifts you get when watching videos its a scam when your offered a scenic gift you can watch the ads 10 times and it still wont gift you a darn thing and sometimes you dont see what free gift you get it doesnt show an offer and you dont here any distinct sound on what the free gift was if anything hmmmmm so many times when things were missed because of the game.
Trying to get the pink ad reward present but it wont let us receive anything even after watching an ad multiple times.
The game is great! We love the graphics and the sound effects. The only down side is the wait time is ungodly. The hatch a frog on level 10 can vary but the majority of ours take 1 day and 17 hours. In that time frame we just get bored and move on to something else.
Ive been playing this since early days and enjoy it. Theyve added being able to watch ads to get rewards – fine. Im not going to do that, but good option for people that want to. Our problem is that now we are being forced into ads.
Ive been playing Pocket Frogs casually since 2011. Ive purchased VIP for multiple accounts not only for the benefits, but to support the game. We watch gift ads daily. However, the addition of the tapjoy icon on the habitats screen is SO tacky. Especially since its on the menu screen as well. We understand needing revenue (hopefully to add to the game) but there are better ways. Since we have VIP we dont see pop up ads, but if those had been present when we first started, we would have dropped the game immediately.
Good but one annoying aspect. We used to play this as a kid and we still love it now but it never used to have ads! It would be good for all ages if it wasnt for the ads that pop up on the screen.
Ive had this game for YEARS. Ive never made it very far but it was always a favorite of ours due to the fact ads were kept to a minimum. We even got to the point Id intentionally watch an ad because the reward was actually worth it. However upon finding out that ads are now a forced process regardless it kinda takes away from the best part of the game. The fact it was kind of a chill zen sort of experience. Theres not enough content or things to do to be worth it anymore. Also whats with the logo changes? The original represented the game so well. Now it kinda looks tacky.
We have had this game for years! We sort of forgot and noticed the updated logo, and started to play again. The amount of annoying pop up ads for other games is just rude. They are so long and you cant get out of them until they decide its time to let you. Its definitely taking the shine off pocket frogs.
We love this game it's keeping us sane through college. Developers is there a way you guys can add a way to sort the weekly sets by things like "oldest to newest" or "level required" thank you <3.
Exactly the title. We played this game several years back and enjoyed it, and having restarted playing it now we're still enjoying it.
We have played pocket frogs for years. We will Forever download any Nimblebit game because of pocket frogs because they make such good games.
We LUV THIS GAME IT EATS we LOVE THE CUTE FROGGIES SUPER FUN TO COLLECT THEM BUT MAKE THEM EVEN CUTER we WANT MORE FROG POOKIES.
We just cant move or sell our decor for whatever reason.
This game came out around when we were in 6th grade we think. Im out of college now. While it has popup ads occasionally its hardly the assault on the player that most other apps are. Not to mention you can easily find potions, coins, and stamps just by going to the pond (and tapping lighting bugs? Love that new feature). Our only complaint is the new app logo that looks nothing like the frogs in the game.
We loved this game growing up, still do. Super sad that all our data got deleted- it used to be saved under our apple gaming log in but it won't pull up the way it used to. Still love it though.
Ive had this game since 2012 and played off and on throughout. Its still a very solid game, thats why its still popular after 10yrs.
It would be cool if there were dangers like predators in the pond to make it more interesting.
User feedback from Apple App Store
App Details
- Version: 3.11.3
- Size: 301.41 MB
- iOS: 13.0 or later
- Languages: EN
- Content Advisory: Infrequent/Mild Mature/Suggestive Themes
- Developer: NimbleBit LLC
Last updated: 24th September 2025 | Genre: Family, Simulation | Developer: NimbleBit LLC