Squishy_Duck vs Dawn
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Squishy_Duck
This app offers a digital escape for stress relief. Engage in calming activities like popping balloons, squishing a duck ball, and guided breathing exercises. Discover cute emotional ducks and enjoy an adorable, duck-themed interface designed to bring a smile.
- Balloon Pop Mode
- Squishy Duck Squeeze Ball
- Guided Breathing Bubbles
- Cute duck-themed UI
- Sound effects
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Feeling stressed? Meet Squishy_Duck, your personal stress relief companion! Pop balloons, squish a reactive duck ball, try calming breathing exercises, and discover a world of cute emotional ducks hiding behind your screen. Whether you’re overwhelmed by work, school, or life in general, SquishyDuck is here to make you smile. Features: • Balloon Pop Mode • Squishy Duck Squeeze Ball • Guided Breathing Bubbles • Adorable duck-themed UI with sound effects Designed with love (and a tiny bit of anxiety) by a solo indie developer + their daughter, who also drew the logo duck Enjoy it for free. No ads. If you’d like to support development, we welcome your kindness through optional in-app purchases
Dawn
This alarm app requires users to get out of bed and dance to turn it off. It uses motion detection to ensure genuine movement, preventing snoozing and promoting a natural wake-up process. Designed for heavy sleepers and anyone tired of hitting the snooze button.
- Dance to stop alarm
- Smart motion detection
- Loud, persistent alarms
- Multiple alarms
- Simple setup
- Habit building
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Stop snoozing. Start waking up. This isn’t your regular alarm clock. This is the alarm that forces you to move. To turn it off, you have to get out of bed and dance. No shortcuts. No lazy taps. Just real movement. Using real-time motion detection, the app tracks your body and only stops the alarm when you actually move enough. Walking to your phone won’t work. You have to wake up. Why it works: Your brain can ignore sound, but it can’t ignore movement. Once you start moving, you wake up naturally. Features: • Dance to stop alarm Get out of bed and move your body. The alarm only stops when real movement is detected. • Smart motion detection Tracks full-body movement, not just small gestures or steps. • Loud, persistent alarms Designed to wake you up even when you’re deep asleep. • Multiple alarms Set as many alarms as you need for your routine. • Simple and fast setup Create alarms in seconds with an intuitive interface. • Motivation that works Build a habit of waking up on time without snoozing. Perfect for: - Heavy sleepers - Students - Early risers - Anyone tired of snoozing Important: You need to allow camera access for motion detection. No video is recorded or stored. Everything runs on-device. Wake up with energy. Start your day moving. Terms of Use: https://dawnce.app/terms Privacy Policy: https://dawnce.app/privacy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Squishy_Duck at 5.0 against Dawn's 3.6. Squishy_Duck also leads on ads (none vs shown) and device support (3 vs 1). Dawn's advantage is ratings volume (7 vs 1). On price, update cadence, in-app purchases and monetization model 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
Both are free to download. Squishy_Duck sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Dawn sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Squishy_Duck holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Dawn has 7 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Squishy_Duck ships an update every 6 days, Dawn every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 9, 2026 and October 11, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Squishy_Duck | Dawn |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | 3.6 (7 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 40.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 7 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 6 days | Every 5 days — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 60 MB | 171 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Funi Chen | ASK AABERGE |
Customer experience
Squishy_Duck
Dawn
In-app purchases
Squishy_Duck
- Buy me a coffee$0.99
Dawn
- English$0.991 Month
- Dawnce Pro$2.991 Month
- Dawnce$12.991 Year
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- Split$19.991 Year
- Dawnce3 Days trial$29.991 Year
