Comparison

Puppet Duel vs Tiny Machinery

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Puppet Duel

Design custom fighting moves for your ragdoll character. Engage in challenging levels against unique opponents, mastering the art of puppet combat. Unlock new abilities and customization options as you progress.

Highlights
  • Create unique fighting moves
  • Realistic ragdoll physics
  • Battle diverse opponents
  • Unlock new abilities
  • Progress through challenging levels
Features
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Create unique fighting moves for your dummy. Use a wide variety of punches and kicks, the possibilities are endless. Сomplete many exciting and challenging levels. As you progress through the game, you'll face off against increasingly formidable opponents, each with their own unique set of moves. Can you master the art of puppet fighting and emerge victorious? Features: - Engaging and intuitive gameplay. - Realistic ragdoll physics bring your poses to life. - Battle a variety of formidable opponents, each with their own unique set of moves. - Progress through the game and unlock new abilities and customization options for your character.

About

Tiny Machinery

Immerse yourself in a virtual dimension to solve intricate puzzles and escape a mysterious experiment. Use your intellect to manipulate complex machinery and unlock the secrets of your confinement. Experience a unique escape room adventure with creative 3D graphics and atmospheric audio.

Highlights
  • Escape room-style puzzles
  • Creative 3D graphics
  • Intricate mechanisms
  • Atmospheric audio
  • Hint system
  • Unlockable story notes
Features
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You've been kidnapped by unknown scientists and your brain has been plugged into a sophisticated machine to run an experiment: travel into a virtual dimension to unlock weird machinery. Use your imagination and IQ to crack puzzles and complete all intricate levels to save your life. Can you make it? A CLEVER PUZZLE GAME Embark into an escape room-style adventure full of riddles! CREATIVE 3D GRAPHICS Explore weird machines that will impress you with their unique art style INTRICATE MECHANISMS Enjoy tons of original puzzles, interact with buttons, levers, and little wheels to complete each level ATMOSPHERIC AUDIO Play the game with your headphones to get immersed in the game at best TRY FOR FREE Play the first 4 levels for free, with the option to unlock all the levels with a small In-App purchase, which will make you experience the whole story and puzzles HINTS In case you get stuck on a level, click the bulb button to get a hint that will help you solve the riddles STORY NOTES You will unlock a new story paragraph for each level you will complete. Discover how your kidnappers have threatened you and how it ends! ------------------------------------------------ XSGames is an independent solo startup from Italy. Find out more at xsgames.co Follow me @xsgames_ on both X and Instagram

Screenshots

Puppet Duel4 screens
Tiny Machinery4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Tiny Machinery at none against Puppet Duel's shown. Tiny Machinery also leads on review sentiment (54% vs 20%). Puppet Duel's advantage is rating (4.4 vs 4.2) and update cadence (monthly vs every 3 months). On price, ratings volume, in-app purchases and monetization model 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Puppet Duel sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Tiny Machinery sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Puppet Duel holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 4.2. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 126 and 48 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 20% of Puppet Duel's written reviews are positive against 54% of Tiny Machinery's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Puppet Duel ships an update monthly, Tiny Machinery every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on November 7, 2026 and November 8, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Puppet Duel versus Tiny Machinery: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPuppet DuelTiny Machinery
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.4 (126 ratings) — better4.2 (48 ratings)
Positive reviews20.0% of reviews54.1% of reviews — better
Number of ratings126 — better48
Update frequencyMonthly — betterEvery 3 months
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size208 MB142 MB
Age rating9+4+
DeveloperNikita ShirmankinXSGames

Customer experience

Puppet Duel

All ratings108 ratings
Positive87.0%
Neutral2.8%
Negative10.2%
Written reviews5 reviews
Positive20.0%
Neutral20.0%
Negative60.0%

Tiny Machinery

All ratings45 ratings
Positive75.6%
Neutral13.3%
Negative11.1%
Written reviews37 reviews
Positive54.1%
Neutral16.2%
Negative29.7%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Puppet Duel

One-time1
  • No Ads$0.99
3 purchases

Tiny Machinery

One-time3
  • Full Game$3.99
  • Full Game + Coffee$4.99
  • Full Game + Love$7.99

Questions

Is Puppet Duel free?
Puppet Duel is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Tiny Machinery free?
Tiny Machinery is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Puppet Duel or Tiny Machinery?
Puppet Duel is rated higher. Puppet Duel averages 4.4 out of 5 from 126 ratings, while Tiny Machinery averages 4.2 from 48 ratings.
Do Puppet Duel or Tiny Machinery have ads?
Puppet Duel shows ads; Tiny Machinery does not.
Which is updated more often, Puppet Duel or Tiny Machinery?
Puppet Duel ships an update monthly, and Tiny Machinery every 3 months. Most recently, Puppet Duel was updated on November 7, 2026 and Tiny Machinery on November 8, 2026.

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