Sunday, April 17, 2011

Amazon's Free App of the Day - aniPet Marine Aquarium Live

written by: Nick Kosmides

With over 5,000 highly favorable reviews on the Android Market, aniPet Marine Aquarium Live Wallpaper is getting a much needed boost on the Amazon Appstore today by offering itself up to any John for free.

With Android 2.1 or higher needed to run live wallpapers,  you will be able to enjoy real fake fish swimming around the background of your phone's screen. If you are a memory hoarder, live wallpapers in general are not the best idea.  They tend to drain the battery as well as slow the home screen processes down a bit. A quick info check on aniPet Aquarium reveals the 3MB app only runs on 12KB of data.

Being a paid version for free, this live wallpaper comes packed with options. Choose up to 15 different fish from the 100 on board selection of fish in different species ranging from Clownfish to Porcupinefish with the Fishkeeping option. Control different speed settings for swimming or growing.  Even feed the fish with your app icons or watch them die when you don't feed them. I especially enjoyed the ability to set my own image as the backdrop for the fish to swim on top of.  The pic I chose was blown up considerably which made it that much more entertaining given the right photo.


The fish are very detailed and look fantastic even though they do swim in a straight line across the screen. But the backdrops are disappointingly low res. An HD version of the backdrops is left to be desired. Enjoy a free copy of this pretty attractive live wallpaper c/o Amazon.  Help pad their apps reviews.  That is the whole point to the Amazon Appstore's free app a day after all.

aniPet Aquarium Live Wallpaper - $1.99 FREE