Comparison

Pong vs Placid Plastic Duck Simulator

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

Head to head
About

Pong

Experience a visually stunning rendition of the classic Pong game, powered by advanced neural rendering and real-time ray tracing on mobile devices. Explore realistic lighting effects and dynamic material properties, with gameplay that evolves as you score.

Highlights
  • Real-time ray tracing
  • Neural rendering
  • Global illumination
  • PBR materials
  • Dynamic themes
  • Adjustable settings
Features
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Pong-RT is a simple game of Pong that showcases the power of neural rendering by running ray tracing on phones. Real-time GI, sub-surface scattering, refraction, reflections, and caustics with PBR materials are showcased in this tech demo. Change the theme by scoring points. First to 3 points, wins. Tap the cog on the top right and adjust settings to improve quality or performance. Also try changing the device to CPU/GPU.

About

Placid Plastic Duck Simulator

Experience a serene 3D environment as a rubber duck. Enjoy a peaceful stay at a seaside pool, interacting with other ducks, floating, sunbathing, and sliding. Embrace the present moment and find bliss.

Highlights
  • 3D rubber duck simulation
  • Serene seaside pool environment
  • Interact with other ducks
  • Float, sunbathe, and slide
  • Day/night cycle with stars
  • Nostalgic radio tunes
Features
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A relaxing 3D environment where you experience life as a rubber duck, Placid Plastic Duck Simulator is an experiment to induce calm and bliss. You're up for a reinvigorating stay at your favorite seaside pool. You are not alone. Different ducks will slowly and happily fall into the pool with you, each with their own style and demeanor (you can name them and have names appear over their heads). Float on the water, sunbathe, dip your beak, go down the slide. The radio is playing a nostalgic tune. Here comes the night. Look at the stars. Turn off the radio, listen to the waves in the dark. Dream. The sun is rising. The sky is blue. Slide down into the second pool. An airplane is rushing somewhere, there's stuff to do. Not for you. Live in the present moment, enjoy life. Everything is going to be alright.

Screenshots

Pong4 screens
Placid Plastic Duck Simulator4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Pong at Free against Placid Plastic Duck Simulator's $1.99. Pong also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 8) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 16.0). Placid Plastic Duck Simulator's advantage is rating (4.9 vs 4.3) and ratings volume (250 vs 7). On review sentiment, ads and device support 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

Pong is free to download; Placid Plastic Duck Simulator costs $1.99 up front. Placid Plastic Duck Simulator sells 8 one-off in-app purchases. Pong asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Placid Plastic Duck Simulator holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Placid Plastic Duck Simulator has 250 ratings behind it against 7, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 100% of Pong's written reviews are positive against 93% of Placid Plastic Duck Simulator's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

Scorecard7 real differences · 4 level
Pong versus Placid Plastic Duck Simulator: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPongPlacid Plastic Duck Simulator
PriceFree — better$1.99
Rating4.3 (7 ratings)4.9 (250 ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better92.9% of reviews
Number of ratings7250 — better
Update frequency—Daily
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
Best chart rank—#8 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS12.0 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size588 MB670 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAmrithkiran ManavedanTunnel Vision Srl

Customer experience

Pong

All ratings7 ratings
Positive85.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative14.3%
Written reviews6 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Placid Plastic Duck Simulator

All ratings238 ratings
Positive96.2%
Neutral2.5%
Negative1.3%
Written reviews85 reviews
Positive92.9%
Neutral2.4%
Negative4.7%

Bugs and requests

Pong

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Placid Plastic Duck Simulator

Reported bugs

1 issue
  • Bug with logo overlapping in Forsaken folder

Requested features

2 requests
  • Cloud save feature
  • Remote control duck or boat

In-app purchases

None

Pong

No in-app purchases

8 purchases

Placid Plastic Duck Simulator

One-time8
  • Ducks, Please$0.99
  • Quacking the Ice$0.99
  • Duck Addiction$0.99
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  • So Many Ducks$0.99
  • Hippospace Download$0.99
  • Rooftop One Percent$0.99
  • Ducks Galore$0.99
  • All DLCs Bundle$4.99

Questions

Is Pong free?
Pong is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Placid Plastic Duck Simulator free?
Placid Plastic Duck Simulator costs $1.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Pong or Placid Plastic Duck Simulator?
Placid Plastic Duck Simulator is rated higher. Pong averages 4.3 out of 5 from 7 ratings, while Placid Plastic Duck Simulator averages 4.9 from 250 ratings.
Do Pong or Placid Plastic Duck Simulator have ads?
Neither Pong nor Placid Plastic Duck Simulator shows ads.

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