# Octonauts The Whale Shark

> Entertainment

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/id1457563715](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id1457563715)

## Overview

- **ID:** `id1457563715`
- **Platform:** Apple
- **Type:** Apple app
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Tap Tap Tales, SL
- **Category:** Entertainment
- **Rating:** 3.80 / 5 (204 ratings)
- **Version:** 2.0
- **Last updated:** 2025-01-21
- **First published:** 2019-06-21
- **Size:** 294 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-24
- **Store listing:** [Apple App Store](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/octonauts-the-whale-shark/id1457563715)
- **Website:** [http://www.taptaptales.com/](http://www.taptaptales.com/)
- **Privacy policy:** [http://www.taptaptales.com/en\_US/privacy-policy/](http://www.taptaptales.com/en_US/privacy-policy/)

## Description

Join Captain Barnacles, Peso, and Kwazii in an underwater rescue to free Dashi from a Whale Shark's belly. Drive the GUP-A ship through the sea, overcome obstacles, and complete a series of fun, child-friendly challenges to reach the whale and save the day.

This interactive educational game for kids 3-8 also offers a card-collection system: 14 Gold Cards, 14 Silver Cards, and 104 animal and vehicle cards, with hidden chests adding new cards on every run. Activities include camera-based scavenging, puzzles, memory tests, coordination games, and simple math, all designed to promote independent learning and be endorsed by early childhood specialists.

## Rankings

- #111,774 — Overall

## Review summary

Reviewers generally praise the game as fun and educational for kids with Octonauts appeal, but are overwhelmed by ads and monetization. A pattern of locked content, unreliable purchases, crashes, and Family Sharing issues reduces reliability and frustrates parents. Overall, it’s a mixed experience: engaging in concept, but buggy and aggressively monetized in practice.

### Pros

- Fun and engaging gameplay that kids enjoy
- Educational content about sea life through mini-games and card collecting
- Octonauts-themed and appealing to fans of the show
- Variety of mini-games and collectible cards adds replay value

### Cons

- Intrusive and widespread ads, including inappropriate or disruptive content for kids
- Paywalls and inconsistent unlocking: purchased content or removing ads not reliably unlocking across devices or accounts
- Frequent crashes and loading bugs (e.g., opening chests, startup crashes) that hinder play
- Cross-device/Family Sharing issues: purchases not unlocking on other devices or shared profiles
- Connectivity/compatibility problems: some features require WiFi or are affected by device resolution and compatibility

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