Comparison

金魚すくい vs Duck Scooping

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

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About

金魚すくい

Features
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縁日でおなじみの金魚すくいがゲームになりました。 あの、雰囲気と楽しさをiPhoneやiPadでお楽しみください。 ※このゲームは仕事の合間や気分転換したいときに最適です。

About

Duck Scooping

Engage in a fun arcade-style game where you scoop floating rubber ducks. Compete with others online or aim for high scores in various game modes, including a bingo challenge. Enjoy a casual yet strategic experience with time limits and combo mechanics.

Highlights
  • Normal duck scooping mode
  • Online multiplayer battles
  • Bingo game mode
  • Combo scoring system
  • Time limit challenges
  • Continue option with score carry-over
Features
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In this game, you can enjoy scooping ducks floating in the pool. It's a fun combination of ball scooping and crane games. There are three game modes. *Normal duck scooping game Press the button to move the crane. Scoop up the ducks in time. You get points when you scoop up a duck. Scoop up the same duck three times for a combo. You get a higher score and a new duck will come in. When the time limit is up, the game is over. If you get a combo, the remaining time will increase. You can continue up to five times. If you continue, your score and combo status will be carried over. *Online battle Compete with friends and family in online duck scooping. One person creates a battle room first. At that time, a four-digit room number will be notified. The other person enters that room number and enters the battle room to start the battle. The person who scoops the most ducks and gets the most points wins. Combinations of duck types that you catch will result in combos, which will add to your score. Players' strategies will be tested as they try to steadily scoop up ducks within the time limit to earn points, or try to get high-scoring combos and turn the game around. *Bingo game Scoop up balls with numbers written on them floating in the pool, and if the numbers appear on the bingo chart, a mark will be placed on them. If you get marks vertically, horizontally, or diagonally, you get bingo. The water flows faster and faster over time, making it more difficult to save the balls. If you scoop up a time-extension ball, the time limit will be extended. (The time will be extended even if you get bingo.) When the time limit is reached, the game is over. When playing online, an Internet connection is required. The user is responsible for any communication fees required for communication.

Screenshots

金魚すくい2 screens
Duck Scooping4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: 金魚すくい at 5.0 against Duck Scooping's 4.4. 金魚すくい also leads on ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 3 days vs every 4 months). Duck Scooping's advantage is review sentiment (100% vs 83%) and ratings volume (18 vs 1). On price, in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

金魚すくい holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Duck Scooping has 18 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 83% of 金魚すくい's written reviews are positive against 100% of Duck Scooping's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

金魚すくい ships an update every 3 days, Duck Scooping every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 27, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
金魚すくい versus Duck Scooping: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
Parameter金魚すくいDuck Scooping
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better4.4 (18 ratings)
Positive reviews83.3% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings118 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 days — betterEvery 4 months
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNoNo
Monetization—Ad-supported
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS7.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size2 MB153 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDream Grow, LLCKentarou Kurusima

Customer experience

金魚すくい

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews6 reviews
Positive83.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative16.7%

Duck Scooping

All ratings18 ratings
Positive77.8%
Neutral11.1%
Negative11.1%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

金魚すくい

No in-app purchases

None

Duck Scooping

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is 金魚すくい free?
金魚すくい is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Duck Scooping free?
Duck Scooping is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, 金魚すくい or Duck Scooping?
金魚すくい is rated higher. 金魚すくい averages 5.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while Duck Scooping averages 4.4 from 18 ratings.
Do 金魚すくい or Duck Scooping have ads?
Duck Scooping shows ads; 金魚すくい does not.
Which is updated more often, 金魚すくい or Duck Scooping?
金魚すくい ships an update every 3 days, and Duck Scooping every 4 months. Most recently, 金魚すくい was updated on October 23, 2026 and Duck Scooping on October 27, 2026.

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