Comparison

Duck Tycoon vs Nebula Forge

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

Head to head
About

Duck Tycoon

Features
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Welcome to the duck empire! Duck Tycoon is the ultimate incremental management game (Idle Game) where you build a generating factory of infinite wealth thanks to... ducks! Open crates, collect dozens of wacky ducks, and place them in your factories to watch your bank account explode. But beware, a simple duck will not be enough to become the greatest billionaire of the universe. You will have to merge, mutate and optimize your breeding to reach numbers so gigantic that they defy the imagination! - MAIN FEATURES - OPEN CRATES AND COLLECT Discover ducks of all rarities: from the simple Common to the divine Mythical! Will you get the rare Golden Duck or the super-powerful Radioactive Duck? - BUILD YOUR EMPIRE (TYCOON) Assign your best ducks to your factories to generate money every second, even when youโ€™re not playing (offline)! Upgrade your factories to multiply your earnings. - MERGE AND MUTATION Merge your ducks to create even rarer and more profitable versions. Harvest DNA by recycling those you no longer need to buy genetic improvements and change the size or mutations of your ducks! - LEVEL SYSTEM & PERKS Gain experience, level up and unlock powerful "Perks" (equipment bonuses) to assign to your ducks or factories to boost their output ad infinitum. - PRESTIGE & RITUALS Have you reached the heights of wealth? Sacrifice your current empire with the Prestige system to gain stars, unlock permanent upgrades and start over even stronger! Attempt dangerous canarian rituals to get super-powerful statistics.

About

Nebula Forge

Features
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Grow a galaxy from a single mote of dust. Nebula Forge is a merge game about building something enormous out of almost nothing. Forge celestial items, combine matching pairs into stronger ones, and arrange them across a hex grid where every placement changes what your galaxy produces. WHERE YOU PUT THINGS MATTERS Each element earns its output differently. Fire stacks hard beside other Fire. Ice takes a little from every neighbour. Void drains what it sits next to and grows fat on it. Radiant barely produces at all, and makes everything around it better. The number under each item is exactly what that tile is worth, so you can see a rearrangement pay off as you make it. FUSE OPPOSITES Two different elements at the same tier don't tier up โ€” they fuse. Four hybrid chains, from Tempest to Final Dark, each far more powerful than the ordinary merge you gave up to reach them. GO SUPERNOVA When your galaxy is dense enough, collapse it. You lose the board and keep Galaxy Marks, which buy permanent upgrades. Marks scale with how deep you merged, not how much you crammed in. PLAY AT YOUR OWN PACE Your galaxy keeps producing while the app is closed. Comets drop onto the board and fade after twenty seconds if nobody catches them. There is no timer, no energy meter, and nothing to lose. No ads. No tracking. Your progress stays on your device. SUBSCRIPTIONS Nebula Pass Monthly (1 month), Nebula Pass Plus (1 month), Nebula Pass Architect (1 month) and Gem Subscription (1 week). Prices are shown in the app before purchase. Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase. A subscription renews automatically unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Your account is charged for renewal within 24 hours before the end of the current period. You can manage or cancel your subscription in your Apple Account settings after purchase. Privacy Policy: https://ema19rivas99-max.github.io/nebula-forge/privacy Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Duck Tycoon4 screens
Nebula Forge4 screens

Verdict

The call

Duck Tycoon and Nebula Forge are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters โ€” price, ads, in-app purchases and device support among them โ€” neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

Scored on Price ยท Rating ยท Positive reviews ยท Number of ratings ยท Update frequency ยท Ads ยท In-app purchases ยท Monetization ยท Best chart rank ยท Devices ยท Requires iOS

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

Both are free to download. Duck Tycoon sells 6 one-off in-app purchases and Nebula Forge sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Duck Tycoon versus Nebula Forge: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDuck TycoonNebula Forge
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 9 daysโ€”
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
DevicesiPhone, iPad โ€” betteriPhone
Requires iOS17.617.0 โ€” better
Further details โ€” not scored
Size12 MB49 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDorian HAIRABEDIAN - - ROSENFELDelmer rivas

In-app purchases

6 purchases

Duck Tycoon

One-time6
  • 50 Gemmes$0.99
  • 250 Gemmes$1.99
  • 1200 Gemmes$9.99
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  • 2500 Gemmes$19.99
  • 6500$44.99
  • 15000 Gemmes$89.99
10 purchases

Nebula Forge

Subscriptions4
  • Nebula Pass$4.991 Month
  • Gem Subscription$4.997 Days
  • Nebula Pass Plus$9.991 Month
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  • Pass Architect$19.991 Month
One-time6
  • Handful of Gems$0.99
  • Architect Kit$9.99
  • Crate of Gems$9.99
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  • Vault of Gems$19.99
  • Hoard of Gems$49.99
  • Galaxy of Gems$99.99

Questions

Is Duck Tycoon free?
Duck Tycoon is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Nebula Forge free?
Nebula Forge is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Duck Tycoon or Nebula Forge have ads?
Neither Duck Tycoon nor Nebula Forge shows ads.

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