Comparison

Assort! vs Duckling Sort

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

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About

Assort!

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Step into a cozy mage's workshop and sort shimmering potions until every tube holds a perfect match. Assort is a colorful liquid-sorting puzzle game with a fantasy twist. Tap a tube, pour matching colors, and solve each board by arranging every potion into its own bottle. The rules are simple to learn, but each new chapter adds fresh layouts, trickier color patterns, and special tubes that change how you think through every move. Assort is built to be a complete game without interruptions or storefront pressure. We do not ever advertise in the game. We offer no in-app purchases, ever. There are no paid boosters, no ad-watching rewards, no limited-time purchase prompts, and no paywalls inside the puzzle flow. Play through a handcrafted campaign of potion puzzles across magical chapters, or jump into endless mode for a fresh challenge whenever you want one. Use undo when a plan goes sideways, ask for a hint when you are stuck, or restart and try for a cleaner solve. Features: - Relaxing color-sorting puzzle gameplay - Mage-themed potion tubes, magical effects, and cozy fantasy atmosphere - Handcrafted campaign levels with rising difficulty - Endless mode for unlimited sorting challenges - Special bottle types including hidden, covered, locked, and wrapped tubes - Hints, undo, restart, and auto-solve support - Star ratings, chapter progress, and reward chests - No ads, ever - No in-app purchases, ever Whether you want a quick puzzle break or a longer sorting session, Assort gives you a bright, satisfying way to test your logic and unwind without ads or in-app purchases.

About

Duckling Sort

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Duckling Sort is a relaxing bird sort puzzle with no ads at all: no banners, no pop-ups and no "watch a video for a reward". It's free to play from the first stage to the last, and you never have to pay to win one. Sort the ducklings by color. Fill a raft with one color and the whole flock flaps away. It's a gentle daily brain workout the whole family can share, from young players to grandparents. WHY PLAYERS PICK IT • No ads, ever, not even optional reward videos • Free to play; purchases are optional extras • No rush: every clear earns a star; 3 stars ask for a tidy pace • Plays offline, no Wi-Fi needed • Calm pixel art and gentle music • English and Thai, switchable any time HOW TO PLAY • Tap a raft to pick up the ducks of one color on top, then tap where they should fly • Rafts hold four ducks, five from stage 30. Ducks land on an empty raft or on their own color, if there is room • A full raft of one color rides away and the rafts below slide up • Nests hold one duck each: park a duck, then bring it back to an empty or matching raft • From stage 51, waves wash a nest away after it rests a few ducks • Some ducks hide in eggs until they reach the top of their raft • Send every duck off, nests included, to clear the stage A GROWING CAMPAIGN • A lily-pad trail of zones from Duckling Shore, with more to come • Stages grow from 20 ducks to 60, with up to 44 hidden in eggs • Earn 1 to 3 stars per stage and a shield for a perfect clear • Every stage can be cleared without extra nests, extra rafts or Undo • Stuck? Undo up to three moves, or spend coins on an extra nest or raft A NEW DAILY CHALLENGE • The same new pond for everyone each day, from Gentle Ripple on Monday to Big Splash on Sunday • Fewest moves wins, then fewest tries, then the faster time. Beat the secret Duck Master score for a bigger prize MY HOME, A COZY DUCK FARM Grow a little island farm with the coins you earn. Ducks from the Duck Shop lay eggs every day; feed them for better eggs. A flower stand, lemonade stand, honey hut, bakery and windmill earn coins too. Make each nest comfier for bonus eggs. Clear the forest, level up and decorate with 53 pieces, including Thai festival sets. Stages 50 and 100 open two more islands. Day turns to night, and your ducks sleep in their nests. MISSIONS, FRIENDS AND RANKINGS • Daily and weekly missions pay coins and unlock a lucky wheel spin • Weekly goals: play for points and four rewards, the last a decoration you can't buy • A monthly login calendar: a prize for each of 28 stamps, a duck figurine last. Missed days never reset it • Friends: add them by name or invite link, send a heart a day (10 energy), visit farms and race on friends boards • Optional rankings: Daily and Weekly Egg Race and Daily Challenge (coins and trophies for top places), an All-time board and each stage's Fastest 5 • 34 pixel-art avatars and a profile with your trophy cabinet ACCESSIBLE AND PRIVATE • Differentiate Without Color adds a symbol to every duck color • VoiceOver reads each raft; Reduce Motion turns flights into quick fades • No tracking and no account to create • Signed in to iCloud? Progress syncs between your iPhone and iPad, in private iCloud storage we cannot see OPTIONAL PURCHASES • Coin packs of 1,500, 5,000, 11,000 or 25,000 coins • Duck Club VIP, monthly: 300 coins a member day, banked; 75 energy battery; 20% faster refills; auto-feeder (spends your coins); VIP badge • Duck Club renews monthly until cancelled in Settings › Apple Account › Subscriptions QUICK ANSWERS • Does Duckling Sort have ads? No. None, and no reward videos either • Is it free? Yes. You can play every stage without paying • Does it work offline? Yes. Only rankings, friends, purchases and iCloud sync need a connection • Who is it for? Fans of bird sort, ball sort or water sort puzzles For iPhone and iPad, iOS 17 or later. Join us on Discord: ducklingsort.com/discord Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Assort!4 screens
Duckling Sort4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Assort! at none against Duckling Sort's 5. Duckling Sort's advantage is update cadence (every 2 days vs every 4 weeks). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. Duckling Sort sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Assort! asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Assort! ships an update every 4 weeks, Duckling Sort every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 4 level
Assort! versus Duckling Sort: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAssort!Duckling Sort
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 4 weeksEvery 2 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS16.4 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size73 MB72 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperChristopher WeissThunyathep Santhanavanich

In-app purchases

None

Assort!

No in-app purchases

5 purchases

Duckling Sort

Subscriptions1
  • Duck Club VIP$2.991 Month
One-time4
  • Coin Pouch$0.99
  • Coin Bag$2.99
  • Coin Bucket$4.99
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  • Treasure Chest$9.99

Questions

Is Assort! free?
Assort! is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Duckling Sort free?
Duckling Sort is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Assort! or Duckling Sort have ads?
Neither Assort! nor Duckling Sort shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Assort! or Duckling Sort?
Assort! ships an update every 4 weeks, and Duckling Sort every 2 days. Most recently, Assort! was updated on October 31, 2026 and Duckling Sort on November 6, 2026.

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