Comparison

Tiny Ducks vs Lathe Master

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

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About

Tiny Ducks

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Tiny Ducks is an Apple Watch idle game about repopulating the world, one step at a time. The duck population collapsed. You found the last breeding pair. Your job: walk, hatch, discover new breeds through genetic mutation, and grow your flock until the planet is covered in ducks. How it works: Choose a breeding pair โ€” mother + father from your Duckbook Walk. Every step hatches an egg. Check your watch. See your new ducks. Maybe discover a mutation โ€” a new breed with real-time shader effects. Swap fathers to steer genetics. The mother is locked until you migrate. Walking with the same mother for a long time gives you a permanent boost to that family of ducks. When growth slows, migrate: release your ducks into the wild, convert population to golden eggs, and upgrade your nest. Start over. Faster. Bigger.

About

Lathe Master

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Lathe Master is a lathe simulator: turn metal and wood parts to a drawing, keep the cutter inside the tolerance and earn three stars for a perfect part. The stock spins in the chuck. You steer the cutter with a finger or engage the power feed, take material off pass by pass and bring the profile down to the yellow line on the blueprint. Cut too deep and the metal does not grow back, the same as in a real workshop. Unless you reach for the welding torch. 150 LEVELS, EIGHT CHAPTERS Five materials, each with its own feel: wood, aluminium, brass, steel and hardened steel. Then three chapters of the trade: Boring: boring bars and their holder, bores and bushes, parts turned outside and in. Grooves: V and square grooving tools for pulleys and circlip grooves. Threads: set the pitch, depth and infeed yourself, close the half-nut and release it on time, as on a real lathe. Every chapter ends with a rank exam on a part of its own that you have not turned before. HOW A PART IS SCORED Match to the drawing, time against par and precision. Get all three right and the part earns three stars. The deviation is written down next to it, so you always know how close you came. ON THE BENCH Eight cutters, from the standard tool to diamond and needle, plus three boring bars of different reach. A drawing with every dimension before each level. Power feed with change gears. A loupe for the last hundredths and marking-out that shows where metal is left. Heat to watch: push too hard and the tool snaps. THE WORKSHOP A daily order and side jobs: parts you already know, for coins. A collection shelf: every finished part, exactly as you turned it, with a reward for each full chapter. Game Center leaderboards. Reminders you set up yourself. ON YOUR WRIST Lathe Master also runs on Apple Watch, for a quick part between other things. MASTER PLAN (OPTIONAL) The whole core game plays without it. Master adds: 25 PRO orders: hard parts in gold. Double coins for every part. +15 seconds on every order (exams stay the same for everyone). 2 marking-outs and 1 loupe every day. Master's coins: 500 for every paid week, or 1000 at once with Lifetime. Master comes as a weekly subscription that starts with 3 free days (new subscribers only), or as a one-time Lifetime purchase. Prices are shown in the app before you pay. Payment is charged to your Apple ID account at confirmation of purchase. The weekly subscription renews automatically unless it is cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period; your account is charged for renewal within 24 hours before the period ends. You can manage or cancel the subscription in your App Store account settings. Any unused part of the free trial is forfeited when you buy a subscription. Terms of Use: https://kadapps.com/lathe-master/terms Privacy Policy: https://kadapps.com/lathe-master/privacy DETAILS Plays offline. In English and Ukrainian. One part takes from half a minute to a few minutes, so it fits a short break as well as a long evening. Chuck your first piece of stock and turn a part.

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Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Tiny Ducks at every 11 days against Lathe Master's monthly. On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price ยท Rating ยท Positive reviews ยท Number of ratings ยท Update frequency ยท Ads ยท In-app purchases ยท Monetization ยท Best chart rank ยท Devices ยท Requires iOS

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Tiny Ducks ships an update every 11 days, Lathe Master monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 5, 2026 and October 15, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference ยท 5 level
Tiny Ducks versus Lathe Master: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTiny DucksLathe Master
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 11 days โ€” betterMonthly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPod, Apple WatchiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch โ€” better
Requires iOS13.0 โ€” better14.0
Further details โ€” not scored
Size8 MB41 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperRimeLime ABOlha Kadushkevych

In-app purchases

None

Tiny Ducks

No in-app purchases

None

Lathe Master

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Tiny Ducks free?
Tiny Ducks is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Lathe Master free?
Lathe Master is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Tiny Ducks or Lathe Master have ads?
Neither Tiny Ducks nor Lathe Master shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Tiny Ducks or Lathe Master?
Tiny Ducks ships an update every 11 days, and Lathe Master monthly. Most recently, Tiny Ducks was updated on October 5, 2026 and Lathe Master on October 15, 2026.

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