Comparison

Tiny Ducks vs TamaShell

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

Head to head
About

Tiny Ducks

Features
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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

TamaShell

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TamaShell is a virtual pet that lives entirely inside a fake computer terminal. Hatch an egg, then keep your pet fed, clean, rested, and happy using simple typed commands or on screen buttons. Your pet keeps living in real time, even while the app is closed, so a few days of neglect will actually catch up with you. Along the way there is a full day and night cycle, a coin economy you can earn by putting your pet to work, a shop for food and room decorations, and more... who knows what hides away in the terminal? If your pet dies, it does not just disappear. Reset and start the next generation. Raise a pet. Keep the terminal alive.

Screenshots

TamaShell4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Tiny Ducks at none against TamaShell's 4. Tiny Ducks also leads on device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 26.0). On price and ads 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. TamaShell sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. Tiny Ducks asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard3 real differences ยท 3 level
Tiny Ducks versus TamaShell: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTiny DucksTamaShell
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 11 daysโ€”
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo โ€” betterYes
DevicesiPhone, iPod, Apple Watch โ€” betteriPhone
Requires iOS13.0 โ€” better26.0
Further details โ€” not scored
Size8 MB1 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperRimeLime ABKAMIL BARCZAK

In-app purchases

None

Tiny Ducks

No in-app purchases

4 purchases

TamaShell

One-time4
  • Cat Form$1.99
  • Robot Form$1.99
  • $ theme creator -enable$3.99
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  • TamaShell Pro Set$5.99

Questions

Is Tiny Ducks free?
Tiny Ducks is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is TamaShell free?
TamaShell is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Tiny Ducks or TamaShell have ads?
Neither Tiny Ducks nor TamaShell shows ads.

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