Comparison

Kitty Keep™ vs Duck Life 9

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

Head to head
About

Kitty Keep™

Embark on an offline tower defense adventure featuring adorable cat heroes. Strategize to grow your castle and defend against sea creature invaders using unique cat abilities. Enjoy a blend of idle and TD gameplay with auto-battle rewards.

Highlights
  • Offline tower defense gameplay
  • Cute cat hero units
  • Castle growth and upgrades
  • Idle/Auto-battle rewards
  • Level up unique cat heroes
  • Defend against sea creatures
Features
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Journey to the beach for a cat-filled offline tower defense (TD) adventure! Strategize with cute cat heroes, growing your castle to thwart invaders. Level up unique cat heroes to turn the tide on sea creature enemies by using the power of claws, water, and sand! Experience a seamless fusion of idle and tower defense strategy, effortlessly earning rewards through Auto-battle! Join the legion of cat commanders worldwide for a purr-fect mix of tower defense fun and tactics!

About

Duck Life 9

Train a team of racing ducks, explore a vast island, and build your own town to compete for victory. Discover new looks, recipes, and hidden treasures across nine unique realms.

Highlights
  • Train ducks with mini-games
  • Customize duck appearance
  • Build and expand your town
  • Explore 9 unique realms
  • Race against challengers
  • Discover hidden treasures
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Raise your ducklings into the ultimate team of racers in Duck Life 9, where everything is bigger, bolder & more beautiful than ever before! Embark on a quest as you journey across the huge Featherhaven Island, meeting new friends & taking on recruits to help topple the competition & take the crown! - Build your own town and rise up the ranks to become the fastest flock on Featherhaven Island - Choose your duck and discover new looks with zillions of combinations! - Train your ducks with over 60 mini games! - Discover recipes to feed and upgrade your flock - Race against other challengers for incredible prizes! - 9 amazing realms to explore! - Search for hidden jelly coins, golden tickets and buried treasure! - Discover floating towns, mushroomy caves, crystal deserts and much more - Expand your town with shops, houses, and decorations - Farm and gather resources - Teach ducks and make new feathered friends - Build a stellar team of racers to take on new challengers!

Screenshots

Kitty Keep™4 screens
Duck Life 94 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Kitty Keep™ at 96% against Duck Life 9's 43%. Kitty Keep™ also leads on rating (4.9 vs 4.3) and ratings volume (4.5K vs 91). On price, update cadence, 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

Both are free to download. Kitty Keep™ sells 32 one-off in-app purchases and Duck Life 9 sells 11 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Kitty Keep™ holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Kitty Keep™ has 4.5K ratings behind it against 91, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 96% of Kitty Keep™'s written reviews are positive against 43% of Duck Life 9's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 26, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Kitty Keep™ versus Duck Life 9: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterKitty Keep™Duck Life 9
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.9 (4.5K ratings) — better4.3 (91 ratings)
Positive reviews95.6% of reviews — better43.2% of reviews
Number of ratings4.5K — better91
Update frequencyFortnightlyFortnightly
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.015.0
Further details — not scored
Size366 MB440 MB
Age rating9+4+
DeveloperFunovus LLCMoFunZone Inc

Customer experience

Kitty Keep™

All ratings4,530 ratings
Positive98.3%
Neutral0.8%
Negative0.9%
Written reviews982 reviews
Positive95.6%
Neutral1.1%
Negative3.3%

Duck Life 9

All ratings90 ratings
Positive82.2%
Neutral8.9%
Negative8.9%
Written reviews148 reviews
Positive43.2%
Neutral19.6%
Negative37.2%

User reviews

Kitty Keep™

From 4.5K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Fun and addictive gameplay
  • 👍 Cute and charming art style
  • 🚀 Quick progress and upgrades
  • 👍 No forced ads
  • 👍 Engaging tower defense mechanics

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Difficulty spike at higher levels
  • 💰 Potential pay-to-progress issues
  • 🐛 Repetitive gameplay over time
  • 🐛 Occasional crashes or bugs

Duck Life 9

From 91 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Enjoyable gameplay
  • 🎨 Vibrant graphics
  • 🤩 Fun and addictive

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Frequent glitches and bugs
  • ⏱️ Endless loading screens
  • 💰 Paywall for full game

Bugs and requests

Kitty Keep™

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Crashes during high-level waves
  • Progression roadblocks at certain points
  • Inconsistent performance on older devices

Requested features

4 requests
  • More cat variety and customization
  • Expanded event and challenge modes
  • Offline/idle progression features
  • Improved level design and enemy variety

Duck Life 9

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Flying training blocked by ice wall
  • Game freezes after training sessions
  • Progress not saving properly

Requested features

3 requests
  • Ability to create custom duck
  • Improved training and progression
  • Better save/load functionality

In-app purchases

32 purchases

Kitty Keep™

One-time32
  • 1 Hour Auto Battle$3.99
  • Handful of Gold$3.99
  • Pile of Gold$5.99
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  • Basic Mine Pack$5.99
  • More Gems$5.99
  • Event Pass$5.99
  • Pouch of Potions$5.99
  • Basic Starter Pack$5.99
  • 50 Gems$5.99
  • Event Starter Pack$5.99
  • Event Hero Pack$5.99
  • Treasure Pile$5.99
  • Offline boost 1$5.99
  • Event Pass2 variants$9.99
  • Treasure Trove$11.99
  • Secret Lab Bundle$11.99
  • 100 Gems$11.99
  • Event Premium Pass$11.99
  • Remove Ads Bundle$11.99
  • Ultra Chests$12.99
  • Chest of Potions$12.99
  • Regal Mine Pack$12.99
  • Offline boost 2$12.99
  • Pieces of Potions$23.99
  • Event Premium Pass$24.99
  • Chest of Mithril$34.99
  • Big Amount of Potions$34.99
  • Treasure Hoard$34.99
  • Huge Amount of Potions$59.99
  • Wagon of Mithril$59.99
  • 1300 Gems$119.99
  • Giant Amount of Potions$119.99
11 purchases

Duck Life 9

One-time11
  • Double XP$2.99
  • Golden Hammer$2.99
  • 5 Jelly Coins$2.99
Show 8 more
  • Ad Block$3.99
  • Golden Hammer$3.99
  • Double XP$3.99
  • Duck Life 9 Full Game$4.99
  • 15 Jelly Coins$5.99
  • 30 Jelly Coins$9.99
  • 50 Jelly Coins$14.99
  • 100 Jelly Coins$24.99

Questions

Is Kitty Keep™ free?
Kitty Keep™ is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Duck Life 9 free?
Duck Life 9 is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Kitty Keep™ or Duck Life 9?
Kitty Keep™ is rated higher. Kitty Keep™ averages 4.9 out of 5 from 4.5K ratings, while Duck Life 9 averages 4.3 from 91 ratings.
Do Kitty Keep™ or Duck Life 9 have ads?
Both Kitty Keep™ and Duck Life 9 show ads.
Which is updated more often, Kitty Keep™ or Duck Life 9?
Kitty Keep™ ships an update fortnightly, and Duck Life 9 fortnightly. Most recently, Kitty Keep™ was updated on October 24, 2026 and Duck Life 9 on October 26, 2026.

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