Comparison

duk. vs Potion Clash

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

Potion Clash

Features
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Pour, sort and match the colorful potions — but hurry, the professor is watching the clock! Potion Clash is a satisfying color-sorting puzzle with a twist: a grumpy professor who gets angrier the longer you take. Sort every tube so each glass holds one color, and clear the level before he loses his patience! TWO WAYS TO PLAY Challenge — race the clock, watch the professor's mood boil over, and take on boss levels for bigger rewards. Normal — no timer, no stress. Sort at your own pace with a happy professor. FEATURES • Hundreds of hand-crafted levels that get cleverly harder • Tricky new mechanics: frozen, locked and hidden glasses • Boss levels for a real challenge • Daily bonuses, a Lucky Wheel, a piggy bank and a star chest • Helpful potions: add time, freeze the clock, get a hint • Colorblind mode with unique symbols per color • Play in 10 languages • Save your progress to the cloud and play on any device • Free to play — enjoy the whole game without spending a cent Simple to learn, hard to put down. Can you keep the professor happy? Created by Alexander Just Holst Visby.

Screenshots

duk.4 screens
Potion Clash4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: duk. at none against Potion Clash's shown. Potion Clash's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 18.0). On price, update cadence 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, Potion Clash weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 6 level
duk. versus Potion Clash: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
Parameterduk.Potion Clash
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 11 daysWeekly — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS18.013.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size8 MB16 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBetula Noir LLCNorman Visby

In-app purchases

None

duk.

No in-app purchases

None

Potion Clash

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is duk. free?
duk. is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Potion Clash free?
Potion Clash is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do duk. or Potion Clash have ads?
Potion Clash shows ads; duk. does not.
Which is updated more often, duk. or Potion Clash?
duk. ships an update every 11 days, and Potion Clash weekly. Most recently, duk. was updated on October 31, 2026 and Potion Clash on November 5, 2026.

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