Comparison

Quack the Planet vs Ship It

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

Head to head
About

Quack the Planet

Guide a brave duck through an endless pixel art world, tapping to flap and dodge obstacles. Compete for high scores on global leaderboards and unlock unique bird designs in this retro arcade challenge.

Highlights
  • Classic tap-to-flap gameplay
  • SNES-style pixel art
  • Multiple themed environments
  • Unlockable special ducks
  • Global leaderboards
  • One-handed play
Features
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Take flight as a brave little duck in Quack the Planet — a retro arcade flapper inspired by the golden age of 16-bit gaming. Tap to flap. Dodge the obstacles. Try not to faceplant. Simple to pick up, impossible to put down. Guide your duck through an endless gauntlet of obstacles across multiple hand-crafted pixel art worlds — each with its own look, feel, and challenge. Every run is a chance to push your high score further and climb the leaderboard. FEATURES - Classic tap-to-flap arcade gameplay with tight, responsive controls - Gorgeous SNES-style pixel art and animations - Multiple themed environments to explore - Unlock a roster of special ducks and birds — each with unique pixel art designs - Global leaderboards and Daily Prizes— compete with players worldwide - Original chiptune soundtrack - One-handed play — perfect for on the go Whether you grew up blowing into cartridges or you just love a good challenge, Quack the Planet delivers that "one more try" magic that made retro gaming great. Flap hard. Fly far. Quack the Planet.

About

Ship It

Build a virtual app development empire from a small studio to a large business. Manage tech debt, handle app store reviews, and hire advisors to optimize your growth. Make strategic exits to gain permanent benefits for future runs.

Highlights
  • Build and improve apps
  • Manage tech debt
  • Handle app store reviews and incidents
  • Hire and upgrade advisors
  • Automated builds and idle earnings
  • Make strategic studio exits
  • Unlock permanent legacy benefits
Features
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Turn taps into apps. Turn a tiny studio into your pocket empire. SHIP IT! is an incremental game about building apps, growing a studio, and making your next big exit. Start small, ship new versions, improve your apps, and put your earnings back into the business. BUILD SOMETHING BIGGER Write code, launch apps, and choose upgrades that move your studio forward. Build a portfolio a buyer wants, unlock automation, and keep shipping new versions. MIND YOUR TECH DEBT New features make an app earn more. Most also add tech debt, which slows its next builds. The Features screen shows exactly how much before you buy. When the debt piles up, refactor: pay a quarter of what those features cost, clear the debt, and keep every feature. THINGS BREAK From your second studio, App Review checks every 25th version. Ship a release with too much debt and it's rejected. The app goes off sale until the fix ships. Design Polish raises the limit, and each app warns you before a release would fail. Incidents keep you on your toes: servers go down, payments wobble, a Friday deploy goes wrong. Spend cash to fix it, send an adviser, or wait it out. Nothing random happens while you're idle or away, and your versions never go down. LEAVE WITH A PLAN Create a Build plan with app-version targets and let your automated builds get to work. Your studio keeps building and earning for up to 8 hours while you're away, and Night Shift stretches that to 24. Stay away longer and the overflow bank keeps earning at a quarter of the rate, for up to the same time again. MEET YOUR UNFAIR EDGE Discover 68 satirical advisers with different abilities. Choose a Power for a timely boost and seat a passive adviser at your Studio desk for an ongoing perk. Every card shows its effect at a glance, and you can swipe through your collection. Find combinations that suit your run, and collect duplicates to improve them. Rotate your team: lean on one adviser too often and they need a longer rest. A COLLECTION THAT GROWS WITH YOU Unlock CI to choose a free first passive adviser. Earn extra expansion cards as you recruit. For dedicated collectors, reaching Rank V with every adviser unlocks the road to Master VI. MAKE YOUR BIG EXIT Sell your studio and carry permanent benefits into the next run. Later, take on optional Exit Goal quests with distinct rules and rewards. Late in the game, their targets grow with your studio, so they stay a real challenge. Complete a quest to retire it from the board, or keep building a normal studio at your own pace. PLAY THE LONG GAME After 18 exits, each of your next 17 Legacy sales adds 13% code speed, compounding, so the late game keeps its pace. Old apps become classics: from v1000, an app earns ×1.5 for every newer app you've launched. Chase 8 badges and 23 tiers in the Hall of Fame, and keep every tier after every sale. Earn Feature Complete to unlock Max out, which buys every feature level you can afford on an app in one tap. Then see how your all-time revenue ranks on the Fortune leaderboard in Game Center. MAKE IT YOUR STUDIO Enjoy a lively pixel-art workspace with an original soundtrack that grows with your career, and big moments that land with stamps, bursts, and count-ups. Dress the studio with neon signs, window views, desk toys and pets, with a new drop every Monday, and fill a trophy cabinet with every exit. Watch your seated adviser join the crew. Play without an account or an internet connection. Optional purchases are available. One more version. One more upgrade. One more big idea. Ship it. Game Center wallet backup is optional. Optional in-app purchases and Founder Club subscriptions are available. All cash and earnings shown in the game are fictional in-game currency. Privacy: https://www.cleardays.co/ship-it/privacy/ Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Quack the Planet4 screens
Ship It4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Ship It at 5.0 against Quack the Planet's 2.0. Ship It also leads on update cadence (daily vs every 3 months) and ratings volume (6 vs 1). Quack the Planet's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 4) and ads (none vs shown). On price 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

Both are free to download. Ship It sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Quack the Planet asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Ship It holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 2.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Ship It has 6 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Quack the Planet ships an update every 3 months, Ship It daily. Both last shipped on October 31, 2026.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Quack the Planet versus Ship It: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterQuack the PlanetShip It
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (6 ratings) — better
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings16 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsDaily — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.1 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size110 MB190 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAppsFlyerHendrik Haandrikman

Customer experience

Quack the Planet

All ratings1 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

Ship It

All ratings6 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Quack the Planet

No in-app purchases

4 purchases

Ship It

Subscriptions1
  • Founder Club$4.991 Month
One-time3
  • Pocket Chips — 30 Chips$0.99
  • Stack of Chips — 160 Chips$4.99
  • Crate of Chips — 350 Chips$9.99

Questions

Is Quack the Planet free?
Quack the Planet is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Ship It free?
Ship It is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Quack the Planet or Ship It?
Ship It is rated higher. Quack the Planet averages 2.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while Ship It averages 5.0 from 6 ratings.
Do Quack the Planet or Ship It have ads?
Ship It shows ads; Quack the Planet does not.
Which is updated more often, Quack the Planet or Ship It?
Quack the Planet ships an update every 3 months, and Ship It daily. Most recently, Quack the Planet was updated on October 31, 2026 and Ship It on October 31, 2026.

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