The Executive vs D.U.M.B. Ducks
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
The Executive
Engage in fast-paced martial arts combat and thrilling acrobatic stunts as a CEO fighting werewolves. Run a mining company to earn money and upgrade your abilities across 120 hand-crafted levels. Experience a cinematic action game with no ads or in-app purchases.
- Martial arts combat system
- Acrobatic stunt segments
- Mining company simulation
- 120 hand-crafted levels
- Dozens of abilities and skills
- Over 50 unique enemies
- 12 challenging bosses
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Flame kick werewolves, perform thrilling acrobatic stunts, and run a trillion dollar mining company in Riverman Media’s combat-action masterpiece! The Executive is a fast-paced, cinematic martial-arts action game designed from the ground up for iPhone and iPad. You are the CEO of a company that has been infiltrated by werewolves, and it’s your job to save your employees, and eventually the entire city, from their dastardly schemes. OUR PROMISE TO YOU: No ads. No getting suckered into buying more stuff later. The whole game, for one price, for all updates, forever. The Executive combines a high-speed combat system, timing-based running and platforming, 120 hand-crafted levels, a full inventory of moves and upgrades, and a simple mining company simulation for earning money, all into one cohesive experience. The fighting engine evokes a cross between Street Fighter II and Zelda II: The Adventure of Link, with controls designed from scratch to be ideal for touch screens. The platforming (or “stunt”) segments require precise timing, similar to Elite Beat Agents but with an emphasis on visual timing instead of musical rhythm. Both of these mechanics are brought together by the SP bar, which allows you to execute gesture-based special moves like flame kicks, health restoration, and even morphing your character’s arm into a silver spike to impale foes. The Executive uses Riverman Media’s proprietary animation system to bring to life its large, hand-drawn 2D sprites with an unprecedented amount of smoothness and detail. The Executive represents the pinnacle of Riverman Media’s research and development into new 2D graphics technology. FEATURES + 120 levels, hand-crafted one pixel at a time. No randomly generated endless filler. + Dozens of abilities and skills to learn + Battle enemies and execute stunts in every level + Over 50 unique enemies, each with their own intelligence, strengths, and weaknesses + Invest in your mining company and earn money continuously + 12 Menacing bosses that will require your strategy and skill to defeat + Universal App: purchase it once, play forever on iPhone, iPad, and iPod Touch + 12 Challenging achievements + High-definition “Retina” graphics for all supported devices, Retina HD graphics on iPhone 6+ + iCloud support: touch the Book icon from the main menu to transfer progress between devices! ―――――――――― Riverman Media is two brothers who have dedicated their lives to the art of 2D game making ―――――――――― * Street Fighter 2, Zelda II: The Adventure of Link, and Elite Beat Agents are not affiliated with Riverman Media or The Executive.
D.U.M.B. Ducks
Embark on a retro platform adventure where hungry ducks, seeking snails underground, discover monsters. Battle beasts, destroy walls, and upgrade weapons with collected cash to escape military bases.
- Retro platformer gameplay
- Battle giant snails and beasts
- Upgrade weapons
- Destroy walls
- Collect cash
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Stationed in deep underground military bases, the ducks were hungry. Rather than accept their given rations, they dug deeper into the earth in search of delicious snails. Instead they found the monsters of the abyss! D.U.M.B. Ducks is an action-filled, retro platform game. Slaughter giant snails. Battle gigantic beasts. Buy better guns. Blow up walls. Collect fat stacks of cash.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: D.U.M.B. Ducks at 5.0 against The Executive's 4.5. D.U.M.B. Ducks also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 82%) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 16.4). The Executive's advantage is ratings volume (86 vs 1). On price, ads, 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
The Executive costs $2.99 and D.U.M.B. Ducks $2.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
D.U.M.B. Ducks holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: The Executive has 86 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 82% of The Executive's written reviews are positive against 100% of D.U.M.B. Ducks's.
| Parameter | The Executive | D.U.M.B. Ducks |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $2.99 | $2.99 |
| Rating | 4.5 (86 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 81.6% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 86 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.4 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 1.1 GB | 415 MB |
| Age rating | +9 | 12+ |
| Developer | Riverman Media LLC | Cascadia Games LLC |
Customer experience
The Executive
D.U.M.B. Ducks
Bugs and requests
The Executive
Reported bugs
2 issues- Crashes when revisiting early levels
- Unresponsive controls in certain situations
Requested features
4 requests- More enemy variety
- Additional levels or content updates
- Ability to reset progress or start over
- Cloud save/sync support
D.U.M.B. Ducks
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
The Executive
No in-app purchases
D.U.M.B. Ducks
No in-app purchases





