Comparison

Pollen Pet vs Let's duck

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

Head to head
About

Pollen Pet

A home screen widget that visually represents local pollen counts through a character's mood and environment. It provides detailed pollen data, forecasts, and alerts without requiring an account or displaying ads.

Highlights
  • Live pollen count widget
  • Character mood indicator
  • 5-day pollen forecast
  • Top allergen identification
  • Customizable alerts
  • No account required
  • Ad-free experience
Features
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Sporo is a little seedling who lives on your home screen. He watches the local pollen count so you don't have to. When pollen is low, he's fine. When it's high, he's not. His mood, expression, and everything around him change with the air outside. You can also pet him. Pollen data for your area -- tree, grass, weed. Trend arrows. 5-day forecast. Your top allergen by name. Widgets and lock screen. Alerts when conditions change. In character, obviously. No account. No ads. No tracking. Runs on your device. sporo says: "you're probably allergic to me. sorry about that."

About

Let's duck

This app features a pixelated duck that lives on your Apple Watch and encourages movement without pressure. It integrates with Apple Health, tracks workouts, and offers a calming breathing exercise. Optional purchases unlock customization and history.

Highlights
  • Integrates with Apple Health
  • Tracks various workout types
  • Offers guided breathing exercises
  • Customizable duck outfits and colors
  • Displays workout stats
  • Watch face complications and widgets
Features
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Let’s Duck is a little pixel duck that lives on your Apple Watch and moves with you. I made it because most fitness apps made me feel like I was always behind. Rings to close, streaks to protect, numbers that turn red. I wanted something that just felt nice to open. So there’s no score to keep up with here. The duck is simply happy when you move, and happy to see you when you don’t. YOU DON’T HAVE TO DO ANYTHING SPECIAL Already use Apple’s Workout app, or another app that saves to Apple Health? Your duck picks those workouts up on its own. You don’t have to change how you work out. Just open the app now and then and say hi. NO PRESSURE, REALLY Take a week off and nothing breaks. Your duck won’t sulk. It’ll just be glad you’re back. If you turn on reminders, they’re gentle nudges like “lunch loop if you feel like it”, and they skip the days you’ve already moved. Rest days are part of it. A REAL LITTLE PET Your duck hatches from an egg, grows up, and has its own personality. Feed it, play, give it baths and tuck it in at night. It picks up your habits, too: early bird, night owl, water lover. WANDERLAND Every walk outside uncovers a little more of your duck’s own map of the neighbourhood, turned and drawn so your real streets stay private. Watch it uncover live as you walk, collect the places your duck finds, and decorate it all with the presents it brings you: flowers, benches, fountains, even a cottage. Friends from the games drop by to visit. MINI GAMES, GAME BOY STYLE Fishing, skipping stones, a pebble shooter, a sky chase with bosses, a rhythm game with kawaii songs and more, each with its own story, characters and 8-bit music. Listen to every soundtrack on the Jukebox. WHAT THE DUCK DOES ON A WORKOUT • Comes along on walks, runs, swims, rides, yoga, strength and lots more, waddling through its own little world while you go • Cheers your small wins with a happy hop • Draws a map of your outdoor workouts, colored by pace, and lets you press play to watch it waddle the whole route again • Shows the stats that matter: time, distance, heart rate, pace and calories • Breathes with you: rest a finger on the screen for a calm minute on a night pond • Lives on your watch face too, through complications and widgets Everything you record is saved to Apple Health. No account, no sign-up, no ads. FREE, AND YOU CAN EARN EVERYTHING Your duck and its workouts are free for everyone. Workouts you record in Let’s Duck earn feathers on the Pond Road, which unlock games, colors, outfits and more over time, just by moving. Locked games have free demos. Want it all right away, or want to support the app? Duck Premium is a one-time purchase that unlocks everything at once, plus a golden supporter collection. No subscription. Let’s Duck is made by one person. If you have an idea or something isn’t working right, I’d love to hear from you through the review. Hope your duck makes your day a little lighter.

Screenshots

Pollen Pet4 screens
Let's duck4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Let's duck at 5.0 against Pollen Pet's 4.5. Let's duck also leads on update cadence (every 3 days vs every 8 days). Pollen Pet's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26). On price, review sentiment, ratings volume and ads 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. Let's duck sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Pollen Pet asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Let's duck holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 2 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Pollen Pet ships an update every 8 days, Let's duck every 3 days. Both last shipped on October 31, 2026.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Pollen Pet versus Let's duck: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPollen PetLet's duck
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (2 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings22
Update frequencyEvery 8 daysEvery 3 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, Apple Watch
Requires iOS17.0 — better26
Further details — not scored
Size3 MB57 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDylan Amadortrung truong

Customer experience

Pollen Pet

Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Let's duck

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Pollen Pet

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Let's duck

One-time1
  • Let's Duck Unlimited$2.99

Questions

Is Pollen Pet free?
Pollen Pet is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Let's duck free?
Let's duck is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Pollen Pet or Let's duck?
Let's duck is rated higher. Pollen Pet averages 4.5 out of 5 from 2 ratings, while Let's duck averages 5.0 from 2 ratings.
Do Pollen Pet or Let's duck have ads?
Neither Pollen Pet nor Let's duck shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Pollen Pet or Let's duck?
Pollen Pet ships an update every 8 days, and Let's duck every 3 days. Most recently, Pollen Pet was updated on October 31, 2026 and Let's duck on October 31, 2026.

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