Comparison

Applicator Home vs Hook A Duck

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

Head to head
About

Applicator Home

Design and build houses with a wide variety of materials. Create architectural masterpieces and capture your creations within your phone's camera view. Save your progress to continue working on your designs.

Highlights
  • House building and design
  • Wide range of building materials
  • Architectural creation
  • Camera integration for landscape capture
  • Save progress for future work
Features
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Applicator Home is a toy for the whole family: build a house out of bricks, windows, doors, a roof, a chimney, a lantern and a balcony, on a photo of your own wall or on a sky. • Pick an element and its type, then lay bricks with a finger. They snap into neat rows. • Move, rotate and flip pieces, bring them to the front or send them to the back, undo and redo. • Take a photo of a real wall and measure it with the ruler, so the bricks come at their real size. • Pinch to zoom in on the details. The picker folds away while you paint. • Every house is saved by itself. Rename, duplicate and share your houses, or save them to Photos. • Background music with six melodies, and a Help with pictures. • In 25 languages. The app shows a small ad banner; one purchase turns the ads off. Houses from earlier versions are kept.

About

Hook A Duck

Experience the classic carnival game "Hook a Duck" on your mobile device. Tilt your phone or tablet to maneuver the hook and catch bobbing ducks, aiming for special bonus ducks to increase your score and time. Enjoy the fun of the fair anytime, anywhere.

Highlights
  • Tilt controls for gameplay
  • Catch bobbing ducks
  • Special bonus ducks
  • Classic fairground experience
  • Easy to play
Features
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Hook A Duck From our Carnival games series we bring you another Classic fairground game, “Hook a Duck”. Its easy to play, just tilt your phone or tablet to move the hook around and catch the bobbing ducks. Keep an eye open for special bonus ducks which award more points, more time, etc. Its got all the fun of the fair so download Hook-a-duck now!

Screenshots

Applicator Home4 screens
Hook A Duck4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Hook A Duck at 50% against Applicator Home's 0%. Hook A Duck also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 4) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 17.0). Applicator Home's advantage is update cadence (every 6 months vs every 24 months). On price, ads and device support 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. Applicator Home sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. Hook A Duck asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Applicator Home ships an update every 6 months, Hook A Duck every 24 months. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and October 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Applicator Home versus Hook A Duck: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterApplicator HomeHook A Duck
PriceFreeFree
Rating1.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews50.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 6 months — betterEvery 24 months
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesAd-supported — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.013.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size62 MB66 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAleksei NeronovGalatic Droids

Customer experience

Applicator Home

All ratings1 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

Hook A Duck

Written reviews4 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%

In-app purchases

4 purchases

Applicator Home

One-time4
  • Load saved image$0.99
  • Use camera$0.99
  • Photoalbum$0.99
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  • No banners$0.99
None

Hook A Duck

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Applicator Home free?
Applicator Home is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Hook A Duck free?
Hook A Duck is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Applicator Home or Hook A Duck have ads?
Both Applicator Home and Hook A Duck show ads.
Which is updated more often, Applicator Home or Hook A Duck?
Applicator Home ships an update every 6 months, and Hook A Duck every 24 months. Most recently, Applicator Home was updated on October 15, 2026 and Hook A Duck on October 5, 2026.

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