Comparison

duk. vs In Two Lights

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

In Two Lights

Features
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A sculpture hangs in the corner of a dark room. Two lights. Two walls. Two shadows that refuse to agree. Turn it until both shadows land on their targets at once. Fix one and you break the other — the answer is the single position where both are true. No timers. No lives. No tutorial text. The room teaches you, and it hums as you close in. • 247 rooms across thirteen chapters • Endless mode — rooms generated on your device, running as deep as you want to go • Sculptures that look like nothing, until scattered fragments resolve into a duck, a cat, a moth • A daily room — the same puzzle for everyone, every day • The Workshop: stop finding the answer and start building it • Stars for precision, never for speed Play it slowly. It rewards that.

Screenshots

duk.4 screens
In Two Lights4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: duk. at none against In Two Lights's 1. In Two Lights's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 18.0). On price, update cadence 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. In Two Lights sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. duk. asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

duk. ships an update every 11 days, In Two Lights every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 12, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 6 level
duk. versus In Two Lights: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
Parameterduk.In Two Lights
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 11 days — betterEvery 3 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS18.013.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size8 MB24 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBetula Noir LLCJheremiah Figueroa

In-app purchases

None

duk.

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

In Two Lights

One-time1
  • All Chapters$2.99

Questions

Is duk. free?
duk. is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is In Two Lights free?
In Two Lights is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do duk. or In Two Lights have ads?
Neither duk. nor In Two Lights shows ads.
Which is updated more often, duk. or In Two Lights?
duk. ships an update every 11 days, and In Two Lights every 3 weeks. Most recently, duk. was updated on October 24, 2026 and In Two Lights on October 12, 2026.

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