Epic Skater vs Pixie Pals
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Epic Skater
Perform a variety of skateboarding tricks like kickflips and grinds to achieve high scores and long distances. Compete with friends on leaderboards and upgrade your skater's abilities to unlock new possibilities. This free-to-play game offers endless combo potential.
- Perform over 25 unique tricks
- Combine tricks into millions of combos
- Compete on distance, combo, or score
- Upgrade skater stats
- Battle friends on leaderboards
- Level up skater for score multipliers
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Kickflip, grind, manual, and combo your way through the streets of Los Angeles in Epic Skater. This free skating game will keep you coming back for more as you master dozens of tricks that combine into endless combos. Epic Skater has something for everyone as you compete on distance, biggest combo, or highest total score. Play the way you want. PLEASE NOTE: Epic Skater is completely free to play, but some in-game items can be purchased for real money. If you don't want to use this feature, please disable your device's settings. FEATURES: *More than 25 unique tricks that combine into millions of gnarly combos. *Trick over monster gaps for big points. *Battle your friends for leaderboard dominance. *Upgrade your stats to jump higher, grind faster, manual longer, and more! *Level up your skater to multiply your score into the stratosphere. *Skate the furthest, combo the biggest, or maximize it all to truly be an Epic Skater.
Pixie Pals
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Pixie Pals is the free cruise duck hunt. Hide real rubber ducks on your ship, log where you hid them, and hunt the ducks other cruisers hid. Every find counts on your sailing's leaderboard, and the best hunter and best hider are crowned champions on the last day at sea. Cruising ducks are a beloved guest tradition on almost every cruise line. Pixie Pals gives that tradition a scoreboard. HOW THE DUCK HUNT WORKS 1. Pick your game: Duck Hunt (real ducks on the ship) or Pixie Pals (the cozy collecting game). 2. Join your sailing: choose your ship and departure date. Everyone on the same sailing sees the same ducks. 3. Hide a duck and log it: deck, a tap on the ship diagram, a hint, and an optional photo. 4. Find a duck, tap "I found this duck!" and add a proof photo. Earn Pixie Dust for every find, and for every duck of yours that gets found. 5. Climb the Hunters and Hiders leaderboards. Champions are announced when the sailing ends, with confetti. No tags required. Any rubber duck works. It also works with no Wi-Fi: hides and finds save on your phone and sync when you reconnect. DUCK HUNT FEATURES - Sailing leaderboards for Hunters and Hiders with a top-three podium - Duck Champion countdown and full-screen champion announcements - Finder ranks from Hatchling to Duck Legend with illustrated badges - Duck Journal: your ducks found and hidden, cruise by cruise, plus champion titles - Prizes for top duck hiders (current prize and rules are always in the app) - Peak hiding hours, fleet board across ships, in-app alerts when a fresh duck is hidden - Printable duck tags with the ship and sail date filled in (no business info, so they are fine on every line) - Report and hide ducks that are gone or out of line; families can block players they do not want to see PIXIE PALS: THE BONUS GAME At ports, on the beach, at a theme park, or at home, open the map and collect adorable cardboard creatures called Pals. Daily streaks, challenges, seasonal Pals, a Pal of the Day, and Pixie Dust to design and hide your own custom Pals for other travelers. PERFECT FOR - Cruise families and kids who love treasure hunts - Duck hiders who want to see their ducks get found - Cozy gamers who prefer chill vibes over combat - Ages 4+, family-friendly, no ads, no chat with strangers A NOTE ON DUCKS Ducks are a guest tradition, not a cruise-line program. Please keep them out of pools, theater seats, and anywhere crew have to clean, and never put business information on a duck. Not offered on Disney Cruise Line. PRIVACY YOU CAN TRUST No ads. No tracking across other apps. No selling your data. Photos you add to a duck are shown to other players on your sailing and deleted after the cruise. Adding an email is optional. Full privacy policy: pixievacations.com/pixie-pals/privacy ABOUT PIXIE VACATIONS Pixie Pals comes from Pixie Vacations, a family-owned travel agency booking dream cruises and family vacations. We made this game because we love that spark of joy when a stranger's duck turns up in a stairwell. Planning a real cruise? We'd love to help at pixievacations.com/cruise. Grab a duck, join your sailing, and start hunting. Bon voyage!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Pixie Pals at none against Epic Skater's 7. Pixie Pals also leads on ads (none vs shown). On price, update cadence, 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
Both are free to download. Epic Skater sells 7 one-off in-app purchases. Pixie Pals asks for nothing beyond the download.
Epic Skater ships an update monthly, Pixie Pals every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and October 28, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Epic Skater | Pixie Pals |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.1 (302 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 72.8% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 302 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 168 MB | 347 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Your Daily Fill, LLC | Steven GRISWOLD |
Bugs and requests
Epic Skater
Reported bugs
4 issues- App crashes on launch for many users
- Tricks not registering properly during gameplay
- Leaderboard and save data issues
- Compatibility problems on newer devices
Requested features
4 requests- Ability to customize skater appearance and skateboard
- Addition of new gameplay modes and environments
- Improved performance and stability
- Reduced frequency of ads and more fair monetization
Pixie Pals
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Epic Skater
- Stack of Coins$1.99
- Pack of Energy Drinks$1.99
- Vault of Coins$4.99
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- Crate of Energy Drinks$4.99
- Epic Bundle$4.99
- Mountain of Energy Drinks$9.99
- Swimming Pool of Coins$9.99
Pixie Pals
No in-app purchases









