Ducklings! vs Puzzle Wizards
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Ducklings!
Embrace your inner duck and swim through a tranquil pond to rescue adorable ducklings. Navigate carefully to avoid dangerous boats and upgrade your home with your rescued friends, creating the most stylish nest.
- Rescue ducklings
- Swim in a pond
- Dodge boats
- Upgrade home nest
- Kid-friendly gameplay
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It's time to relax, you're a duck now! Swim around and rescue as many ducklings as possible. Dodge the reckless boats, they will hurt you. Upgrade your home by retrieving more ducklings and get the coolest looking nest in the pond. Ducklings is a Kid-Friendly Game.
Puzzle Wizards
Engage in magical puzzle gameplay across three distinct modes: Harvesting, Mixing, and Battle. Embark on adventures in the Wildwoods, collect resources to rebuild your village, and enjoy cooperative multiplayer experiences with friends.
- Three puzzle modes: Harvesting, Mixing, Battle
- Adventure in the Wildwoods
- Village rebuilding and customization
- Co-op multiplayer
- Magic and cute themes
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Do you like Magic, Puzzles and Cuteness? In Puzzle Wizards, you ply your magic by playing three, easy to learn and challenging to master, Puzzles: Harvesting, Mixing and Battle. Set forth from your Village into the magical Wildwoods on Adventures. Bring home your spoils and use them rebuild your Village. Do all of this with your friends in a co-op multiplayer adventure! All this and more awaits you in the magical world of Puzzle Wizards!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Ducklings! at none against Puzzle Wizards's 3. Ducklings! also leads on ratings volume (4K vs 123) and iOS requirement (10.0 vs 15.0). Puzzle Wizards's advantage is update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 4 months) and review sentiment (87% vs 77%). On price, rating, ads 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. Puzzle Wizards sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Ducklings! asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.7 for Ducklings! against 4.7 for Puzzle Wizards. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Ducklings! has 4K ratings behind it against 123, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 77% of Ducklings!'s written reviews are positive against 87% of Puzzle Wizards's.
Ducklings! ships an update every 4 months, Puzzle Wizards every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 20, 2026 and October 15, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Ducklings! | Puzzle Wizards |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (4K ratings) | 4.7 (123 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 77.2% of reviews | 87.2% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 4K — better | 123 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 10.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 27 MB | 575 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Jesper the End B.V. | GG Folks, Inc. |
Customer experience
Ducklings!
Puzzle Wizards
User reviews
Ducklings!
From 4K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🦆 Cute and fun game
- 👍 Relaxing and calming gameplay
- 🎩 Enjoyable hat and nest customization
- 💎 Addictive and engaging
Room to improve
- 🚢 Boats causing frustration and loss of ducklings
- 🕰️ Slow duck movement speed
- 🐦 Other ducks stealing ducklings
- 🔇 Audio issues and lack of sound
Puzzle Wizards
From 123 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- ✨ Ad-free experience
- 💖 Encourages kindness and community
- 🏡 Cozy and cute village building
- 🧩 Fun, unique, and challenging puzzles
- 🤝 Fantastic social community
Room to improve
- ❓ Lack of puzzle guidance/tutorials
- ⏳ Tedious home/village editing
- 🌳 Unremovable landscape elements
- ⚙️ Crafting can be slow
- 🎨 Coloring items is tedious
Bugs and requests
Ducklings!
Reported bugs
3 issues- Game crashing and freezing issues
- Inconsistent behavior when reviving after ads
- Glitches with sound and audio
Requested features
4 requests- Add a peaceful mode without other ducks
- Improve controls and responsiveness
- Introduce more upgrades and customization options
- Add a friends list and multiplayer features
Puzzle Wizards
Reported bugs
5 issues- Crashing issues on iPhone
- Stuck on opening screen on iPhone
- Random streak loss
- Random players showing up in village
- Username changed without clear reason
Requested features
10 requests- Guide on puzzles (e.g., poison mixing)
- More player customization options (e.g., wizard features)
- Ability to move placed villager buildings
- Earn guild bonds for personal use
- More players to team up with
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- Add Thai language support
- Option to play other audio while in-game
- Save puzzle progress when screen is closed or app is minimized
- Name filter for usernames
- More furniture, hats, robes, and activities
In-app purchases
Ducklings!
No in-app purchases
Puzzle Wizards
- 200 Dazzle$1.99
- 1100 Dazzle$9.99
- 2300 Dazzle$19.99
Questions
Is Ducklings! free?
Is Puzzle Wizards free?
Which has better reviews, Ducklings! or Puzzle Wizards?
Do Ducklings! or Puzzle Wizards have ads?
Which is updated more often, Ducklings! or Puzzle Wizards?
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