Comparison

duk. vs Noctagram

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

Head to head
About

duk.

A charming puzzle game where you guide a character across lily pads by stepping a specific number of spaces. Solve 80 unique ponds in classic mode or tackle a new daily challenge. Enjoy a relaxing, ad-free experience with no internet or accounts required.

Highlights
  • Numbered lily pad stepping mechanic
  • 80 classic ponds
  • Daily puzzles (easy, medium, hard)
  • Streak tracking for daily play
  • No ads or accounts
  • Offline play
Features
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duk. is a cozy little puzzle about duk trying to reach his friend goose. each lily pad holds a number, so you step exactly that many pads across the water, sinking the one you leave behind, wrapping around the pond's edges, until every pad is gone and you land on goose. 2 ways to play: • classic: a journey through 80 ponds, each named for a real water lily, growing gently harder as you go. • daily: a fresh puzzle every day at easy, medium, or hard. a win on any tier keeps your streak going. no ads. no accounts. no internet required. nothing tracked. made for a calm few minutes, whenever you need them.

About

Noctagram

Features
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A quieter kind of nonogram — where every puzzle you solve becomes a constellation in a night sky that is entirely your own. Noctagram is a picture-logic puzzle game (nonogram / picross / griddler) wrapped in a calm, star-lit world. Read the number clues, fill the grid row by row — but here the finished picture doesn't just vanish. It ignites. A single line traces through your solved cells, a constellation takes shape, and you name it and seal it into your sky forever. Solve enough, and the darkness fills with stars only you have lit. — WHY NOCTAGRAM IS DIFFERENT — A sky you build, not a gallery you clear. Most nonogram games hand you a pixel picture and move on. Here, each solution is a named constellation added to one living, growing night sky. Your progress isn't a percentage — it's a map of light. 248 constellations, every one named by hand. No random shapes. Each puzzle was designed and christened in the style of a real star chart — unique, quietly poetic, waiting in the dark for you. Made to be calm. No timers. No lives. No pressure. Just clean logic, soft light, and a gentle soundscape. Play a single grid to unwind, or lose an hour among the stars. — HOW IT PLAYS — • Classic nonogram rules — deduce the picture from the number clues. • Puzzles from small and cozy to large and deep (5×5 up to 20×20). • A warm coral fill and a cool marking cross — easy on the eyes, clear at a glance. • A hand-crafted "sealing" ceremony every time you complete a puzzle. • Auto-save and one-tap continue — pick up exactly where you left off. Fill the grid. Light the stars. Name your sky. Noctagram — picross beneath the night.

Screenshots

duk.4 screens
Noctagram4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Noctagram at every 3 days against duk.'s every 11 days. Noctagram also leads on device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 18.0). On price, ads and in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

duk. ships an update every 11 days, Noctagram every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 16, 2026 and October 11, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 6 level
duk. versus Noctagram: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
Parameterduk.Noctagram
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 11 daysEvery 3 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS18.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size8 MB86 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBetula Noir LLCTuTu Fun Games Inc.

In-app purchases

None

duk.

No in-app purchases

None

Noctagram

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is duk. free?
duk. is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Noctagram free?
Noctagram is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do duk. or Noctagram have ads?
Neither duk. nor Noctagram shows ads.
Which is updated more often, duk. or Noctagram?
duk. ships an update every 11 days, and Noctagram every 3 days. Most recently, duk. was updated on October 16, 2026 and Noctagram on October 11, 2026.

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