My Dolphin Show is an animal-simulation game for mobile users, featuring dolphin training and user-generated level creation.
Product velocity
Dormant
Daily rank 🇺🇸
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Games
Sentiment
4.4
967k reviews
Nemesis
Fragmented field
The App DNA
What makes this app unique?
Users hire this app for low-stakes, nostalgic animal interaction and creative expression, but the current launch-crash bug prevents the app from fulfilling this job-to-be-done.
For Casual gamers of all ages interested in animal simulation and creative level-building.
What does it look like?
Key features
Tool for creating custom levels that can be shared with other players
Outfits and character skins including orca, shark, mermaid, and unicorn
Core gameplay functionality accessible without an active internet connection
How much does it cost?
Monetization model transitioned from ad-supported to a free-to-play structure with IAP, as indicated by recent removal of ads.
Velocity
Dormant developmentperformancemonetizationShow more...
The app has been inactive for nearly five years, with no updates recorded since August 2021. The development trend is non-existent, as the last release occurred over 56 months ago. Given the lack of recent activity, the app is classified as a zombie project with no ongoing maintenance or feature development.
Who built it?
SPIL GAMES
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What do users think recently?
The recent review mood reads mixed. Users appreciate deep emotional connection to childhood memories keeps long-term players engaged with the core simulation, but report immediate application crashes upon launch prevent access for a large segment of mobile users.
How are ratings & reviews evolving?
What users say, by theme
- Deep emotional connection to childhood memories keeps long-term players engaged with the core simulation
- Immediate application crashes upon launch prevent access for a large segment of mobile users
100 of 101 recent reviews analyzed · high confidence · Mixed overall
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Competitive landscape for My Dolphin Show
How's the Games market?
The app maintains a 4.33 average rating across platforms, but the lack of updates since 2021 leaves it vulnerable to modern competitors with higher update cadences.
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Key takeaways for My Dolphin Show
Where is it heading?
The market for casual simulation is consolidating around titles with frequent live-ops and high-performance stability. My Dolphin Show is currently in a maintenance-mode trap, where the lack of updates since 2021 is actively eroding the legacy user base.
- The critical launch-crash bug prevents user access, which directly causes the declining sentiment trend observed in recent reviews.
- The latest update removed ads and provided free power-ups, but these changes fail to address the underlying stability issues.
The SWOT
- 500,000+ level library drives long-term retention
- Nostalgia-based brand equity sustains legacy user interest
- Modernize UI to reduce cognitive load
- Implement social-sharing hooks for user-generated levels
Next best moves
Ship stability patch to resolve launch-crash bug because it is the #1 churn driver → recover legacy user base
+ 1 more prioritized moveThe counter-intuitive read
The app's 500,000+ user-generated levels are a liability, not an asset…
Read the full takeFeature gaps
Complex emotional state systems (available in My Talking Tom 2) +1
Since the last report: The app transitioned to a freemium monetization model while suffering from persistent, critical launch-crash bugs that have negatively impacted user sentiment.
Bottom line
My Dolphin Show retains a loyal base through nostalgia, but the critical launch-crash bug makes the app unusable for many, so the PM must prioritize stability over new content to prevent total churn.
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