Duckling Sort vs Elevator Simulator
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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/
Elevator Simulator
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Elevator Simulator for kids: a calm, hands-on elevator game for little ones. Step inside and take the controls. There are 14 elevators to ride, including a goods lift, an observatory, an aquarium, a launch gantry and a clock tower. Each one has its own look, its own sounds and its own world outside the doors. - Press the floor buttons and listen. The doors slide, the motor hums, and a voice announces each floor. - Open the maintenance panels and fix little puzzles: sort the wiring, replace the dead bulbs, squash the sparks, top up the oil. The cabin gets cleaner as you fix it. - Hunt for hidden treasures tucked away inside every elevator. - Give your elevator its own name. Gentle and safe by design: - No ads. - No account and no sign-in. - Works offline. We collect no personal information, only anonymous usage statistics and crash reports that cannot identify your child. Two elevators, the Goods Lift and the Observatory, are free. One optional one-time purchase, behind a simple parents-only check, unlocks the other 12 elevators. That is all it unlocks; everything else in the app is free. No subscription. Made with care by Gentle Motion: calm apps for kids who see the world differently. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Elevator Simulator at 15.0 against Duckling Sort's 17.0. On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.
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Both are free to download. Duckling Sort sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month and Elevator Simulator sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
| Parameter | Duckling Sort | Elevator Simulator |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Every 2 days | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 72 MB | 154 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Thunyathep Santhanavanich | MICHAL HANTL |
In-app purchases
Duckling Sort
- Duck Club VIP$2.991 Month
- Coin Pouch$0.99
- Coin Bag$2.99
- Coin Bucket$4.99
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- Treasure Chest$9.99
Elevator Simulator
- All 12 extra elevators$12.99
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