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Puppet Pals

Puppet Pals

Record your own animated show

50 ratings
210 reviews
📚 Education
🎬 Entertainment
Free
In-App Purchases

Details

  • Released
  • Updated
  • May 11, 2010
  • August 13, 2026

Developer

Polished Play, LLC
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About

Bring your stories to life by creating animated shows in real time. Choose actors and backdrops, then record your movements and voice to produce unique performances. Unleash your creativity with endless storytelling possibilities.

✓Real-time animation recording
✓Create actors from photos
✓Use photos as backdrops
✓Zoom and rotate characters
✓Downloadable creative characters
✓Director's Pass for all content
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What users say

Summarized from real user reviews of Puppet Pals. Based on 50 reviews and a 3.8/5 average, it highlights the 5 positives and 4 negatives reviewers mention most about this Education app.

Positive things

  • ⭐Great app for classrooms and education
  • 🤩Lots of fun and creativity
  • 👍Easy to use
  • 💯Awesome for making videos and animations
  • 🎨Ability to use own photos and characters

Negative things

  • 💰Many features require paid upgrade
  • 🤬Frustrating that you can't use own characters without paying
  • 🐛Bugs with exporting and saving videos
  • 🙄Limited free content
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What's New in Puppet Pals

1.10.9

August 13, 2026

This update makes Puppet Pals better for everyone! - Support for larger accessibility text sizes throughout the app - Been with us since the early days? A one-time welcome confirms that everything you bought back then — character packs, the Director's Pass — is still unlocked, and always will be - Creative Club features are now clearly marked, so you can see what membership includes before you join - More reliable loading of Creative Club plans - Bug fixes and performance improvements

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User reviews

Most RecentHighest RatedLowest Rated

Dude you ruined it.

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YooreekYooreek

They ruined it

5 stars for engagement.
Came back to update a classic app with zero issues to add AI Slop, remove features, claim paid features as free and lock content behind an unnecessary and previous inexistent subscription service.
SUKINULKSUKINULK

Puppet Pals

Can We Just Have The Whole Thing For Free
Christian James GustinChristian James Gustin

bad

Is very Bad because everything costs real money except the first one
olliver152514olliver152514

BETTER APP

LITERALLY PUPPET MASTER DOES ALL OF THIS FOR FREE AND MORE
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Developer apps

Puppet Pals Pocket
Puppet Pals Pocket

by Polished Play, LLC

📚 Education

(30)

Free
In-App Purchases
Puppet Pals: School Edition
Puppet Pals: School Edition

Record your own animated show

📚 Education

(13)

$6.99
Bible Buddies Theater
Bible Buddies Theater

Create animated Bible stories

📚 Education

(1)

$3.99
Book of Mormon Stories
Book of Mormon Stories

Animated scripture stories

📚 Education

(6)

$3.99
Puppet Pals Pocket Director's Pass
Puppet Pals Pocket Director's Pass

by Polished Play, LLC

📚 Education

(11)

$1.99
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User experience

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Reported Bugs

3 issues

Crashes when trying to export videos

Bug

Saved videos not playing back properly

Bug

Issues with using own photos and characters

Bug
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Requested Features

4 requests

Add more characters, backgrounds, and themes

Feature

Allow exporting and sharing of videos

Feature

Improve video editing and recording features

Feature

Add sound effects and background music options

Feature

FAQ

What can I do with Puppet Pals?

Puppet Pals allows you to create your own animated shows in real time. You can pick actors and backdrops, then record your movements and voice to bring your stories to life. It's designed for imaginative storytelling and performance.

How do I create characters and scenes?

You can create actors from your own photos and use other photos as backdrops for your scenes. The app provides a variety of creative characters to download, and you can manipulate them on stage using gestures like dragging, zooming, and rotating.

Is Puppet Pals free to use?

The app is free to download and use, but it does offer in-app purchases. You can buy the 'Director's Pass' to access all current and future content, which includes additional characters and features.

What kind of stories can I make?

The possibilities are limitless and depend on your imagination. You can act out adventures like pirates on the high seas, fight as monsters, or create Western tales. The app encourages combining any characters and acting out unique narratives.