Comparison

Duckbill vs Bangs!

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

Head to head
About

Duckbill

This app offers human-led, AI-enhanced personal assistance for everyday tasks and life administration. It handles everything from prescription refills and appointment booking to travel arrangements and bill management, freeing up your time.

Highlights
  • Human-led AI-enhanced assistance
  • Task execution for daily chores
  • Life administration management
  • Prescription refill coordination
  • Birthday card and gift sending
  • Passport renewal services
  • Travel booking and coordination
  • Grocery delivery setup
Features
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Duckbill is an executive assistant for your personal life, led by expert humans and enhanced with AI superpowers. We provide life support by taking over the execution of dreaded everyday tasks and endless life admin. Just tell us what you need, like: - I’m having trouble finding my Rx in stock anywhere, can you call around to pharmacies and have it delivered monthly? - Can you put my friends and family's birthdays on my calendar, and send each one a handwritten card from me every year? - Renew my passport, please. - Can you review my calendar and book me a trip to/from the airport for each flight? - Send me new recipes each week and set up an ongoing grocery delivery so I have what I need for each one. - Can you call my health insurance and sort out this medical bill? I don’t have time to wait on hold. Then, our team of copilots will get to work! We’ll ask the right questions to get it done. We promise: we’re always aiming to take the burden off of you. With just a bit of info from you, we’ll start to anticipate your to-do’s and stay one step ahead. The more we get to know you, the better Duckbill gets. It feels good to let go, doesn’t it?

About

Bangs!

Features
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Bangs! - Search Faster in Safari Unlock the power of "bangs" on every search engine! Bangs! is a Safari Web Extension that brings DuckDuckGo-style search shortcuts to Google, Bing, Yahoo, and more. Stop navigating to websites just to search them - do it directly from your address bar. WHAT ARE BANGS? Bangs are short commands that let you search other sites directly. Want to look something up on Wikipedia? Just type !w swift into your Safari search bar. Need a repository on GitHub? Type !gh [query]. Bangs! intercepts these commands and takes you exactly where you want to go. KEY FEATURES: - Thousands of Built-in Bangs: Access a massive library of shortcuts for Wikipedia, YouTube, Amazon, GitHub, Reddit, and thousands more. - Create Custom Bangs: Have a specific site or internal tool you use daily? Create your own custom shortcuts (e.g., !mytool) with ease. - Seamless Integration: Works automatically within Google, Bing, DuckDuckGo, Yahoo, and Ecosia. - Privacy First: Bangs! processes everything locally on your device. Your search history stays private and is never sent to our servers. - Lightweight & Fast: Designed to be virtually invisible until you need it, with no impact on browsing speed. HOW TO USE: 1. Enable the extension in Safari Settings. 2. Go to your favorite search engine (like Google). 3. Type a bang followed by your search term (e.g., !yt funny cats). 4. Hit enter and go straight to the results! Stop wasting time with extra clicks. Search smarter, faster, and more efficiently with Bangs!

Screenshots

Duckbill4 screens
Bangs!4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Duckbill at Free against Bangs!'s $0.99. Duckbill also leads on device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.1 vs 26.0). On ads and in-app purchases 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

Duckbill is free to download; Bangs! costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Duckbill versus Bangs!: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDuckbillBangs!
PriceFree — better$0.99
Rating4.3 (70 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews74.4% of reviews—
Number of ratings70 — better—
Update frequencyWeekly—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationAd-supported—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.1 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size116 MB8 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDuckbill Technologies, Inc.Sayan Goswami

Bugs and requests

Duckbill

Reported bugs

5 issues
  • No way to resolve billing issues on mobile
  • Service went down due to billing issue with no quick fix
  • Login screen freezes (inferred from billing issue)
  • Incompatible with older devices (inferred from general app issues)
  • Home screen features gone

Requested features

8 requests
  • Ensure tasks are completed within scope
  • Humans can't get paid until task is marked complete by user with 5 stars
  • Flat, predictable pricing plan instead of credits
  • Bring back unique and useful app features
  • Automate more features with agents
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  • Build multi-action agents (shopping, calendar management, bookings)
  • Lower prices
  • Improve app cleanups (e.g., password prompts)

Bangs!

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Duckbill

No in-app purchases

None

Bangs!

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Duckbill free?
Duckbill is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Bangs! free?
Bangs! costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do Duckbill or Bangs! have ads?
Neither Duckbill nor Bangs! shows ads.

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