Comparison

Let's duck vs alive

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

Head to head
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 and counts them as its own. You don't have to change how you work out or remember to start anything. 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. WHAT THE DUCK DOES • 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 after a workout: time, distance, heart rate, pace and calories • Breathes with you: rest a finger on the screen for a calm minute on a night pond, with gentle taps for each breath in and out • Gets visitors now and then, like a frog, a hedgehog or another duck, and the odd small wonder like a rainbow or a family of ducklings • 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, WITH AN OPTIONAL EXTRA Tracking workouts with your duck is free for everyone. If you'd like to support the app, a one-time Premium purchase unlocks every outfit and color, your full history and the achievements gallery. 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.

About

alive

Features
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Meet the screen-time app you'll actually keep. alive gives you a tiny pet that lives on one thing: the time you don't spend on your phone. Set real limits on the apps that eat your day, stay under them, and your pet grows happy and bright. Blow past them and it droops, fades… and can slip away into the graveyard. Stay off. Keep it alive. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Unlike a reminder you'll swipe away, alive actually locks the apps — powered by Apple's Screen Time. When you hit your limit, the app is shielded until tomorrow. No willpower required. WHAT YOU CAN DO • Group your apps (Social, Games, Work — whatever) and give each its own rules • Set a daily budget — "1 hour of Social," and it locks when you're spent • Set blocked hours — "no games 9PM–6AM," every night, automatically • Watch a real shield appear the moment you go over KEEP YOUR PET ALIVE • Every day under your limits feeds a streak and earns seeds • Spend seeds in the shop on new species, colours and décor • Go over — or force past a block — and your pet takes the hit • Miss too many days and it's gone. Hatch a new one and try again. PRIVATE BY DESIGN alive only ever knows how long your apps are used — never what you do in them. Everything stays on your device. No account, no tracking, no data leaving your phone. alive Plus (optional) Unlock every species, colour and extra with a subscription. A free tier keeps one pet and the core limits forever. Stop doomscrolling to keep something small alive. Download alive.

Screenshots

Let's duck4 screens
alive4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Let's duck at every 3 days against alive's every 5 weeks. alive's advantage is iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.6). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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. Let's duck sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and alive sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Let's duck ships an update every 3 days, alive every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 11, 2026 and October 12, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Let's duck versus alive: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLet's duckalive
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 days — betterEvery 5 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, Apple Watch — betteriPhone
Requires iOS26.617.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size11 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developertrung truongGaleworks, LLC

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Let's duck

One-time1
  • Let's Duck Unlimited$0.99
2 purchases

alive

Subscriptions2
  • alive Plus (monthly)7 Days trial$3.991 Month
  • alive Plus (annual)7 Days trial$29.991 Year

Questions

Is Let's duck free?
Let's duck is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is alive free?
alive is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Let's duck or alive have ads?
Neither Let's duck nor alive shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Let's duck or alive?
Let's duck ships an update every 3 days, and alive every 5 weeks. Most recently, Let's duck was updated on October 11, 2026 and alive on October 12, 2026.

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