Rent Duck vs Pretty Shell
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Rent Duck
Easily find and rent various properties like houses, apartments, and commercial spaces. Users can also post their own rental listings after creating a free account.
- Rent houses, apartments, and commercial spaces
- Post rental listings
- Search for local rentals
- Free account creation
- User-friendly interface
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Rent Duck allows you to rent houses, apartments, commercial space, and more. Anyone can post listings they want to offer for rent. Use this app to search for listings for rent in your area. After creating a free account, you can post any listings you want to offer for rent.
Pretty Shell
Rent items you need for short-term use and earn money by lending out your own belongings. The platform also donates 30% of its profits to humanitarian causes chosen by users.
- Rent items for temporary use
- Earn money by lending belongings
- Donate 30% of profits to charity
- Choose your preferred humanitarian cause
- Save money on purchases
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You Rent -------- Why purchase the power washer you need for one weekend when you can rent it? Rent on Pretty Shell and save $$$ every month. You Lend -------- Have a canopy that you only use twice a year? A table saw collecting dust? Post it on Pretty Shell and earn $$$ every month. We Donate ---------- Want to give back to your community? We donate 30% of our profits to humanitarian causes close to you. And you choose the cause! When you use Pretty Shell, we donate $$$ every month and you make a difference.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Rent Duck at 5.0 against Pretty Shell's 4.5. Rent Duck also leads on ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 2 months vs every 6 months). Pretty Shell's advantage is ratings volume (8 vs 2). On price, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Rent Duck holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 8 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of Rent Duck's written reviews are positive against 88% of Pretty Shell's.
Rent Duck ships an update every 2 months, Pretty Shell every 6 months. The most recent releases landed on October 13, 2026 and October 8, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Rent Duck | Pretty Shell |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better | 4.5 (8 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 87.5% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 8 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 6 months |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 17.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 36 MB | 80 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Virgo Development | Bruce Morrison |
Customer experience
Rent Duck
Pretty Shell
In-app purchases
Rent Duck
No in-app purchases
Pretty Shell
No in-app purchases
