Comparison

Gun Clone vs Lackin

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

Head to head
About

Gun Clone

Engage in thrilling shooting action to collect cards and build powerful weapon combos. Upgrade your arsenal to dominate the battlefield and destroy your enemies. Experience strategic gameplay with a focus on maximizing your firepower.

Highlights
  • Shoot and collect cards
  • Create weapon combos
  • Upgrade weapons
  • Destroy enemies
  • Strategic gameplay
Features
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-Shoot and collect cards! -Make the best combo with your hand! -Upgrade your weapons! -Destroy!

About

Lackin

Turn casual hangouts into hilarious photo challenges with friends. Capture unexpected moments and share funny, meme-worthy pictures. Features include location tracking, elevation data, and group management for endless fun.

Highlights
  • Photo challenges for capturing friends
  • Social sharing of funny moments
  • Real-time notifications
  • Location tracking
  • Elevation data
  • Group member management
Features
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The app your school uses to run Senior Assassin. Set up a game in under a minute, send one link, and let Lackin handle the rest: targets, eliminations, photo proof, safe zones and the leaderboard. No more 200-message group chat arguing about who got who. HOW IT WORKS 1. Create a game and pick your rules 2. Share the join link with your grade or your friend group 3. Get your target, hunt them down, post photo proof 4. Survive to the final round GAME MODES - Senior Assassin: eliminate your target, then inherit theirs - Rounds: everyone draws a fresh target each round - Infection: every player you catch joins your team - Tag and casual: run manhunt, hide and seek or any chase game your friends already play BUILT FOR REAL GAMES - Live map so you can track your target and dodge your hunter - Photo and video proof on every claim, so eliminations never get disputed - Safe zones and no-tag windows, so school hours and homes stay off limits - Purge: targets stop mattering and anyone can take anyone out - Bounty: the whole game hunts one player - Dozens of abilities that change how a round plays - Group chat, push notifications and a full elimination feed - Tournaments and permissions for organizers running hundreds of players PLAY IT SAFE Lackin is a game. Play in safe places, follow your local laws, respect people who are not playing, and never trespass or play near roads. Questions or ideas: https://lackinapp.com/support Privacy Policy: https://lackinapp.com/privacy Terms of Service: https://lackinapp.com/terms

Screenshots

Gun Clone4 screens
Lackin4 screens

Verdict

The call

Gun Clone and Lackin both sit at 4.7 stars, but that hides the real split: 100% of Lackin's written reviews are positive against 21% of Gun Clone's. Gun Clone's advantage is ratings volume (9.8K vs 24). On price, rating, update cadence and ads 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. Gun Clone sells 13 one-off in-app purchases and Lackin sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.7 for Gun Clone against 4.8 for Lackin. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Gun Clone has 9.8K ratings behind it against 24, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 21% of Gun Clone's written reviews are positive against 100% of Lackin's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and October 8, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Gun Clone versus Lackin: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGun CloneLackin
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (9.8K ratings)4.8 (24 ratings) — better
Positive reviews20.5% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings9.8K — better24
Update frequencyWeeklyWeekly
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better16.4
Further details — not scored
Size600 MB197 MB
Age rating9+12+
DeveloperRollic GamesLackin LLC

Customer experience

Gun Clone

All ratings9,849 ratings
Positive91.6%
Neutral3.4%
Negative5.0%
Written reviews190 reviews
Positive20.5%
Neutral11.6%
Negative67.9%

Lackin

All ratings24 ratings
Positive95.8%
Neutral0.0%
Negative4.2%
Written reviews5 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Gun Clone

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Lost progress and upgrades after updates
  • Permanent weapons not working as intended
  • Crashes and freezes on certain devices

Requested features

3 requests
  • More levels and content updates
  • Option to permanently unlock features
  • Improved ad implementation

Lackin

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

13 purchases

Gun Clone

One-time13
  • Beginner's Pack$0.99
  • Year Offer 1$0.99
  • Token Offer 1$1.99
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  • Token Offer 2$3.99
  • Starter Pack$4.99
  • Special Card Pack$6.99
  • Starter No-Ads Pack$6.99
  • No Ads$7.99
  • Double Gun Pack$8.99
  • Token Offer 3$9.99
  • Token Offer 4$14.99
  • Mega No Ads Pack$29.99
  • Limitless Fun Pack$39.99
2 purchases

Lackin

Subscriptions2
  • Lackin Pro$9.997 Days
  • Lackin Pro Yearly$39.991 Year

Questions

Is Gun Clone free?
Gun Clone is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Lackin free?
Lackin is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Gun Clone or Lackin?
Lackin is rated higher. Gun Clone averages 4.7 out of 5 from 9.8K ratings, while Lackin averages 4.8 from 24 ratings.
Do Gun Clone or Lackin have ads?
Both Gun Clone and Lackin show ads.
Which is updated more often, Gun Clone or Lackin?
Gun Clone ships an update weekly, and Lackin weekly. Most recently, Gun Clone was updated on October 15, 2026 and Lackin on October 8, 2026.

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