# Puppet Pals — Record your own animated show

> Real-time animation and audio recording app for creating animated shows. (iPhone/iPad app by Polished Play, LLC.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/puppet-pals/id342076546 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Polished Play, LLC](https://appshunter.io/developer/332686547)
- Category: Education, Entertainment
- Price: Free with in-app purchases
- Rating: 3.80/5 from 50 App Store ratings · 210 written reviews indexed
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 17.0 · 77 MB
- Languages: American English, Arabic, Danish, French (France), German (Germany), Japanese, Korean, Norwegian Bokmål, European Portuguese, Russian and 3 more
- Released: 2010-05-11
- Data updated: 2026-08-27
- Monetization: free with in-app purchases
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/puppet-pals/id342076546/reviews.md

## What is Puppet Pals?

Create your own animated shows in real time!

Pick your actors and backdrops, drag them onto the stage, and tap record. Your movements and voice are captured live, ready to play back, save, and watch again.

Act out a pirate adventure on the high seas, a spooky monster showdown, or a Wild West escape — and mix any characters and scenes however you like. Your shows are only limited by your imagination.

FREE FEATURES
- A stage full of characters and backdrops to perform with
- Turn a photo into a character or a backdrop
- Record shows with live animation and audio
- Zoom, rotate, and flip characters as you perform
- Save shows and watch them anytime

CREATIVE CLUB (optional subscription)
Join the Creative Club to unlock the full show:
- Imagine any character or backdrop, describe it, and watch AI bring it to life
- Every character and scene pack included
- Record shows up to 10 minutes long
- Draw your own characters and backdrops
- Export your shows as videos
- Widescreen stage and full control over the end-of-show outro

Choose your plan, monthly or annual:
- Essentials — includes 40 AI creations per month
- Unlimited — includes up to 1,000 AI creations per month

SUBSCRIPTION DETAILS
Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase. Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. You can manage or cancel your subscription anytime in your App Store account settings. Any unused portion of a free trial is forfeited when you purchase a subscription.

Privacy Policy: https://www.polishedplay.com/puppetpals1/privacy
Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Puppet Pals is fully usable without a subscription — the Creative Club just adds more magic.

## Key features

- 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

## Pricing and in-app purchases

Base price: Free.

**One-time purchases**

| Purchase | Price | Type |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Wild West | $0.99 | one-time |
| Director's Pass | $3.99 | one-time |
| Political Par-tay | $0.99 | one-time |
| Monsters | $0.99 | one-time |
| Talk Shows | $0.99 | one-time |
| Pirates | $0.99 | one-time |
| Fairytale | $0.99 | one-time |
| Zombie Attack | $0.99 | one-time |
| On the Farm | $0.99 | one-time |
| Christmas | $0.99 | one-time |


## What do users think of Puppet Pals?

Overall sentiment: positive

**Pros**

- ⭐ 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

**Cons**

- 💰 Many features require paid upgrade
- 🤬 Frustrating that you can't use own characters without paying
- 🐛 Bugs with exporting and saving videos
- 🙄 Limited free content

**Commonly reported bugs**

- Crashes when trying to export videos
- Saved videos not playing back properly
- Issues with using own photos and characters

**Most requested features**

- Add more characters, backgrounds, and themes
- Allow exporting and sharing of videos
- Improve video editing and recording features
- Add sound effects and background music options

## Recent user reviews (10 of 210)

All indexed reviews: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/puppet-pals/id342076546/reviews.md

### 1/5 — Dude you ruined it.

*2026-08-02*

…

### 5/5 — They ruined it

*2026-07-29*

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.

### 1/5 — Puppet Pals

*2026-02-02*

Can We Just Have The Whole Thing For Free

### 1/5 — bad

*2025-11-30*

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

### 1/5 — BETTER APP

*2025-07-01*

LITERALLY PUPPET MASTER DOES ALL OF THIS FOR FREE AND MORE

### 5/5 — Muy útil para educar

*2025-03-25, version 1.9.17*

Muy primitiva comparada con PuppetPals2, pero aún útil y además es barata (recomiendo el pack completo de las versiones 1 y 2, que también es barato y vale la pena para padres y educadores: los niños se lo van a pasar bomba aprendiendo). Polished Play están haciendo unas aplicaciones muy interesantes para los niños 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻.

### 5/5 — Great⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

*2025-02-01*

I love this

### 5/5 — This grate

*2023-09-19*

I go to school we use this is so polish and so good how can this be bad!

### 1/5 — Highly not recommend playing this

*2023-08-16*

This game is ridiculous 🤬 you have to pay for you own character and background your own!!!🤬🤬🤬highly recommend, not playing this

### 5/5 — I have become the commander of a chad army

*2023-07-16*

I’m now the commander of a gigachad army of slendytubbies, necromorphs, zombies and other creatures

## Frequently asked questions about Puppet Pals

### 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.

## Version history (last 5 releases)

### 1.10.9 — 2026-08-13

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

### 1.10.8 — 2026-07-29

Introducing the Creative Club!

- NEW: Imagine any character or backdrop, describe it, and watch AI bring it to life
- Join as Essentials or Unlimited, monthly or annual
- Members also get every pack, 10-minute recordings, the ability to export shows as videos, and more

Plus bug fixes and performance improvements.

### 1.10.7 — 2026-07-28

Introducing the Creative Club!

- NEW: Imagine any character or backdrop, describe it, and watch AI bring it to life
- Join as Essentials or Unlimited, monthly or annual
- Members also get every pack, 10-minute recordings, unlimited saved shows, online sharing, and more

Plus bug fixes and performance improvements.

### 1.9.17 — 2025-02-02

Small bug fixes

### 1.9.14 — 2024-07-07

Fixed crash which could occur when starting to choose actors and/or backgrounds

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## More apps by Polished Play, LLC

- [Puppet Pals Pocket](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/puppet-pals-pocket/id395844666)
- [Puppet Pals: School Edition](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/puppet-pals-school-edition/id462134755)
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- [Puppet Pals Pocket Director's Pass](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/puppet-pals-pocket-directors-pass/id511985746)

All apps by Polished Play, LLC: https://appshunter.io/developer/332686547

## Related topics

[puppet animation](https://appshunter.io/ios/topics/puppet-animation)

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