# Putt-Putt Saves The Zoo — Award-Winning edutainment game

> Interactive adventure game for children to find lost baby animals at a zoo. (iPhone/iPad app by Humongous Entertainment.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/putt-putt-saves-the-zoo/id511499384 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Humongous Entertainment](https://appshunter.io/developer/783928291)
- Category: Games, Education, Adventure
- Price: $4.99
- Rating: 3.60/5 from 116 App Store ratings · 116 written reviews indexed
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 17.0 · 232 MB
- Languages: American English
- Released: 2012-03-30
- Data updated: 2026-08-30
- Monetization: paid
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/putt-putt-saves-the-zoo/id511499384/reviews.md

## What is Putt?

It’s the grand opening of the Cartown Zoo, but all the baby animals are missing! Putt-Putt and Pep need to reunite the little ones with their parents before the zoo gates open. Along the way, they’ll swing across rivers, play hockey with a polar pear, build a bridge out of icebergs, dance with penguins and experience so much more on this adventure. 

Filled with captivating challenges and so many new friends to be made, this adventure is perfect for children of any age. 

—User Reviews—
"my daughter loves this game. teaches a lot of good things and also just fun to play. I would recommend this to any child.",
"My kids love this game. It is challenging and fun. It encourages creative problem solving and gives the child a wonderful sense of accomplishment when he or she achieves each goal of saving lost baby animals at the zoo. Don't miss this one!",
"This is a great easy game for young children I used to love playing this as a kid and am glad my children love playing it as well."

FEATURES: 
• Help Putt-Putt track down everything he needs so he can find the missing baby animals. 
• Simple touchscreen navigation makes it easy to guide Putt-Putt on his adventure.
• Fun music videos and mini-games keep things lively for you and your child.
• Touch everything! Nearly everything in the game can be interacted with through touch in the Putt-Putt world ranging from the dashboard to objects within the environment. 

This Product and Humongous Entertainment are not in any manner affiliated with Putt-Putt, LLC. The PUTT-PUTT® trademark is a registered trademark of Putt-Putt, LLC and is used under license.

This product uses ScummVM which is released under the GNU GPL v2. 
For more information, please visit - https://www.scummvm.org 
The GNU GPL can be viewed here - https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html

## Key features

- Track down missing baby animals
- Interactive environments
- Touchscreen navigation
- Music videos and mini-games
- Touch and interact with objects

## What do users think of Putt?

Overall sentiment: mixed

**Pros**

- 🎮 Nostalgic gameplay experience
- 👍 Educational and engaging for children
- 🎨 Clear, crisp graphics on modern displays
- 📱 Faithful adaptation from PC to mobile
- 🎵 Memorable soundtrack and audio (when working)
- 🧩 Charming point-and-click puzzle mechanics
- ⏱️ Appropriate length for children's attention span

**Cons**

- 🐛 Frequent freezing and crashing issues
- 🔇 Sound not working on many devices
- 📱 Recent UI update made game smaller and non-fullscreen
- 🎮 Intrusive load/save/skip buttons blocking gameplay
- 💾 Game doesn't save progress properly after closing
- 🔄 New engine update broke previously working version
- ⚠️ Unresponsive touch controls and click detection
- 🔊 Audio only works with ringer enabled (unintuitive)

**Commonly reported bugs**

- Game freezes every 5-10 minutes requiring restart
- No audio output on multiple device types
- Touch controls swapped horizontally after updates
- Game crashes after opening song
- Unclickable items and frozen character dialogue
- Force close errors
- Game doesn't save current stage when closed
- Audio disappears after first few launches
- Incompatibility with iPhone 13, iPhone 15, and iPad Pro
- Screen mirroring doesn't output audio

**Most requested features**

- Restore fullscreen mode option
- Add music and sound effect toggle options
- Release other Putt-Putt games (Travels Through Time, Goes to the Moon, Wins the Race)
- Release Freddi Fish and Pajama Sam games
- Apple TV version
- Game Center achievements that actually register
- Ability to switch between old and new UI
- Buzzy the Knowledge Bug games
- Junior Field Trips games (Airport, Jungle, Farm)
- Lower pricing on games

## Recent user reviews (10 of 116)

All indexed reviews: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/putt-putt-saves-the-zoo/id511499384/reviews.md

### 1/5 — Constantly Freezes

*2026-01-14*

My kids love this game but are getting very frustrated because the game freezes every time they play. The program has to be closed and restarted every time and if we are lucky we get 5 minutes before it freezes again. Will not be purchasing any more games from humongous.

### 1/5 — Sounds

*2025-11-11, version 1.5.4*

Sounds continuously not working

### 3/5 — Keeps Freezing :(

*2025-09-23*

This is such a nostalgic game for me and I love it but it keeps freezing on me and I have to start all over again :( please fix it

### 1/5 — Game freezes non stop and so do the other putt putts

*2025-08-15, version 1.5.4*

It’s such a shame I love this game and I’m trying to introduce it to my son now. I have the full collection and it freezes nonstop. I wish I could just get my money back

### 1/5 — Bug ridden

*2025-01-02, version 1.5.4*

The game is there, however ruined by music and sound that - if you’re lucky - works for the first couple of launches then disappears for good thereafter. I’ve also had multiple issues with the game freezing at random points. This really needs fixed as it makes the game unplayable.

### 1/5 — Update steals old app and switches with broken app. Shame.

*2024-11-29*

The Humongous games mean everything to me. I want to support them. However, this game is completely unplayable with the new engine. It's upsetting that I purchased one product that was reliable to one day wake up to a completely new product.

 This wasn't just an update, it's essentially an entirely new app running on something that doesn't work. I wish I could get my money back since I had my old product basically stolen from me through the update. The same thing is happening to ALL the apps that have recieved this 'update' (app switching)

 Game crashes around every 10 clicks on iPad Pro-- you will be unable to click anything. Sometimes it fixes itself when you exit and return to the app, but most of the time it doesn't. You have to save often and reload if you want to progress at all since when you close the game it does not save your current stage (unlike in the old version)

 Frustrates the heck out of my toddler, who I'm trying to introduce to my childhood games. 

 Here's what you should all do instead of buying this: 

 Extract the .HE0, .HE1, .HE3 and .HE4 files from your old Humongous CD Roms on your computer, transfer them onto your iPad on properly named folders. (I.E. the HE0,HE1,HE3,HE4 you extracted from Putt Putt Travels Through Time, you put in it's own folder titled ike the game) Then install ScummVM's iPad and import your games that way.

### 5/5 — Terrible update!!

*2024-11-19*

They just made a TERRIBLE update to this game (and a few other putt putt games and pajama sam) that have HUGE load, save, and skip buttons when the game used to be full screen! Please fix it and let the game go full screen again! Awful update I'm so upset...

### 1/5 — Bugs need to fixed and updated

*2024-11-01*

“I’ll update my review once bugs are fixed.” However, I love this game. Been playing it with my kids for many years. However, I just downloaded this game on both my phone & iPad and you can’t click anything. It was completely frozen on my iPhone. I got a little bit further on my iPad, but then it froze too. Also, please make it full screen again as well. Thanksssss!

### 5/5 — Why no German :(

*2024-09-22*

I love it but why no german language :(

### 1/5 — This app doesn’t work

*2024-09-02, version 1.4.7*

I can’t get anything to work, refund.

## Frequently asked questions about Putt

### What is Putt-Putt Saves The Zoo about?

Putt-Putt Saves The Zoo is an interactive adventure game where players help Putt-Putt and Pep find missing baby animals at the Cartown Zoo before it opens. The game involves exploring environments, solving challenges, and playing mini-games.

### What are the key features of this game?

Key features include helping Putt-Putt track down missing animals, simple touchscreen navigation, fun music videos and mini-games, and the ability to interact with almost everything in the game world.

### Is this game free to play?

Based on the provided information, this application is a paid game. It does not appear to have in-app purchases or advertisements.

### What age group is this game suitable for?

This adventure game is described as perfect for children of any age. User reviews highlight its educational value and fun gameplay for young children.

### What kind of activities can children expect in the game?

Children can expect to swing across rivers, play hockey with a polar bear, build ice bridges, dance with penguins, and engage in various other challenges and mini-games designed to be fun and educational.

## Version history (last 5 releases)

### 1.5.4 — 2024-09-03

- Add background music/sound effects toggle
- Add display modes (default, stretch, two-finger pan and zoom)
- Only allow landscape
- Miscellaneous bugfixes

### 1.4.7 — 2024-07-25

- UI changes and bugfixes

### 1.2.2 — 2019-04-20

Interface & stability updates.

### 1.1.8 — 2017-04-26

Fixed cursor issue
Supports iOS 10.3.1

### 1.1.7 — 2016-07-08

Fixed cursor issue
Supports iOS 9.3.2

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