Comparison

Duckbill vs AisleUp

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

AisleUp

Features
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AisleUp is a shopping list for the people you live with. Add what you need, anytime. When someone in the household arrives at a store, their list opens — and everyone else gets a quiet ping that says "Priya is at Trader Joe's." Last chance to add the cilantro. Free to start. One subscription covers up to six members of your household. No ads, no tracking. WHAT MAKES AISLEUP DIFFERENT The list opens when you arrive. Add a store once. The next time you walk through the door, your list is already open. No tap, no search, no "where did I put that note." Built on Apple's region monitoring, so it works even when AisleUp isn't running. A quiet ping for the household. The moment one of you arrives at a registered store, everyone else gets a calm, single-line notification — "Maya is at Whole Foods. List has 7 items." It's the last-chance window to add the cilantro you forgot. You're always in control of your own arrivals — broadcast them or mute the pings, anytime. Small moments. Big together. This isn't another shopping list with a sharing feature. It's a list designed for people who actually live and shop together — partners, families, roommates, caregivers. The product fades into the background and shows up exactly when you need it. ONE SUBSCRIPTION, THE WHOLE HOUSEHOLD Free includes everything that makes the experience real: • Up to six household members • Your shared list, real-time sync across every device • One store, and the full arrival broadcast at that store • Up to twenty items in your household catalog • "Buy again" — every item you've bought, with where and how often • No ads, ever AisleUp Plus removes the household-scale ceiling: • Unlimited stores — save as many as your household shops at • Unlimited catalog items — no cap on what your household keeps • Photos on items — attach a picture so the right brand makes it home 14-day free trial when available. Cancel anytime. (App Store shows current pricing for your region next to the subscription product.) Apple Family Sharing is enabled — one Plus subscription covers everyone in your household, on every device. PRIVACY, SPECIFICALLY AisleUp watches for your registered stores. Nothing else. We use region monitoring — a geofence around each store you choose — so we know you've arrived without ever following you anywhere else. Arrival events are kept for thirty days, then deleted. No advertisers. No analytics SDKs. No third-party tracking. You're in control: pause broadcasts for the day, switch your own arrival broadcasts off, or revoke location access entirely — anytime. Read the full policy at aisleup.app/privacy. DESIGNED FOR • Couples coordinating the weekly grocery run. • Families with two parents who shop on different schedules. • Roommates who keep a shared kitchen. • Caregivers running errands for someone they love. • Anyone tired of duplicate trips and forgotten cilantro. REQUIREMENTS • iOS 17 or later • iPhone and iPad • Sign in with Apple • Location permission set to "Always" for arrival detection (you can disable it any time) QUESTIONS Email hello@aisleup.app — we read every message. Made with care by Loud Noise Inc. Terms of Use: https://aisleup.app/terms Privacy Policy: https://aisleup.app/privacy

Screenshots

Duckbill4 screens
AisleUp4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Duckbill at none against AisleUp's 2. Duckbill also leads on device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.1 vs 18.6). On price, 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. AisleUp sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Duckbill asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Duckbill ships an update weekly, AisleUp every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Duckbill versus AisleUp: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDuckbillAisleUp
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.3 (70 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews74.4% of reviews—
Number of ratings70 — better—
Update frequencyWeekly — betterEvery 9 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationAd-supported—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.1 — better18.6
Further details — not scored
Size116 MB6 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDuckbill Technologies, Inc.Loud Noise

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
Show 3 more
  • Build multi-action agents (shopping, calendar management, bookings)
  • Lower prices
  • Improve app cleanups (e.g., password prompts)

AisleUp

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Duckbill

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

AisleUp

Subscriptions2
  • AisleUp Plus14 Days trial$2.991 Month
  • AisleUp Plus14 Days trial$19.991 Year

Questions

Is Duckbill free?
Duckbill is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is AisleUp free?
AisleUp is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Duckbill or AisleUp have ads?
Neither Duckbill nor AisleUp shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Duckbill or AisleUp?
Duckbill ships an update weekly, and AisleUp every 9 days. Most recently, Duckbill was updated on October 24, 2026 and AisleUp on October 25, 2026.

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