# ZOOLA Animals — user reviews > 96 indexed App Store user reviews of ZOOLA Animals by INBAL Tal, rated 3.43/5 from 7 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/zoola-animals/id413126268/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/zoola-animals/id413126268.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 2 · 4★ 3 · 3★ 0 · 2★ 0 · 1★ 2 ## What do users think of ZOOLA Animals? Overall sentiment: positive **Pros** - 👍 Great for learning animals - 👍 Entertaining for young children - 👍 Beautiful and clear pictures - 👍 Realistic and good animal sounds - 👍 Easy to use for toddlers - 👍 Educational value - 👍 Appreciated family/baby animal depictions - 👍 Good value for money - 👍 Soothing music - 👍 HD quality images - 👍 Interactive features - 👍 Well-organized categories - 👍 Offers memory games and puzzles (paid version) - 👍 Ability to post personal photos - 👍 Good for speech development - 👍 Works well in waiting rooms/restaurants - 👍 Available in Arabic **Cons** - 🐛 Ads present - 🐛 Sound issues (not working) - 🐛 Some animal names are incorrect - 🐛 Some animal sounds are incorrect - 🐛 Misleading number of photos/animals advertised - 🐛 App reverts to menu on accidental touch - 🐛 Music choice is uneven - 🐛 Some mismatched animals - 🐛 Frequent large updates **Commonly reported bugs** - Sound not working - Ads present - App reverts to main menu on accidental touch - Incorrect animal names - Incorrect animal sounds - Rodents tab missing in an update - Automatically goes to bulldog on dogs tab - Back button behavior in dogs tab **Most requested features** - Fix sound issues - Add more animals - Add more breeds of animals (e.g., cats) - Show animal names on screen when pressed - Prevent accidental return to menu on touch - More updates with new features/animals - Fix incorrect animal names and sounds - More variety in music - Add dark mode ## Newest reviews (11 of 96) ### 5/5 — Big fan of the Zoola apps *2012-10-17, version 3.0* I wish these types of apps were around when our kids were younger. But I love entertaining my niece with the Zoola apps. This one in particular has a ton of different animals! ### 5/5 — Great for Babies and Toddlers! *2012-10-01, version 2.4* Sorry for the super long review, but I was really, really impressed with this app! I'm pregnant with my first baby (due November!) and have been loading my iPhone up with apps to help me through pregnancy and baby's first year. I saw ZOOLA Animals and thought it would make a great app for a little one that's learning about animals. I bought the app and had my friend's toddler try it out. He loved it so much that he wouldn't give my phone back to me after an 1.5 of playing with this app!!! He learned soooo much about the various types of animals and the sounds they make. I was finally able to get my phone back by bribing him with a trip to the local park so he could see some of the animals from the app in real life. We manged to find dogs, geese, squirrels, and frogs at the park (all of which are in the app). My friend's toddler would squeal every time we found an animal in real life that was also on the app he was playing with. It was a great education experience! I was surprised because ZOOLA Animals also is great for babies. I tried it with my neighbor's 6 mo. old baby and she giggles when she hears the animal sounds. It's very entertaining and yet the little ones are learning. Beyond education/entertainment value for the kids, I like this app for other reasons: * It's very well organized. There's a different screen for the different types of animals: farm, safari, forest, and water. (Forest and water sections available in paid version). * The pictures are beautiful and are classic to the type of animal being represented. * Lots of pictures. There are at least two pictures depicting a male, female, offspring, and family/love for each animal. * Lots of different sounds. The app developers have included not just one sound to represent a particular animal, but several sounds for each. * Paid Version Bonus: several memory boosting games! There's Memory (where you have to flip over "cards" and find pairs, Simon (the game has a sequence of icons that it starts with and you have to remember the sequence and repeat it, and Puzzle (you piece together a simple puzzle of an animal picture). * Paid Version Bonus: a section of pictures of kids with their animals from around the world. This is very cute and paired with a cheerful version of "It's a small world" song. I can't wait for my baby to be born so I can have my little one use this. It should come in very handy! I would also recommend getting the paid version of the app because it unlocks a lot of the features that my friend's toddler loved playing (games, extra animals). ### 5/5 — Great application *2012-09-28, version 2.4* This is a great application i have used to teach children about animals. The pictures are of superior quality and. The app is so easy to use a 10 moth old can use it!! ### 5/5 — 1 yr and 7 yr olds both like it! *2012-09-12* It is a great learning app. My 7 year old likes the pictures and animal sounds too, especially the instrumental songs that accompany some pictures. My 18 month old asks for "ammals" when she sees my phone, and she is learning to tap on the icons. ### 5/5 — Love it! *2012-07-30, version 2.4* My daughter loves it! ### 5/5 — Best App *2012-07-20, version 2.4* I can't say enough good things about this app. My little one initially started by copying the noises, now says the names of all the animals. She loves looking through "your photos" and even has her own picture on it. A great learning tool in my opinion for child learning and development. ### 5/5 — Great app *2012-07-18, version 2.3* My son was 18 months when I downloaded this app for him. He is 21 months now and still loves it!!! ### 5/5 — Love it *2012-07-12, version 2.3* My busy 18 mth old loves this app. It has increased her imitation skills & she is able to identify the animals in other settings (i.e t.v & books). ### 5/5 — Excellent *2012-07-03, version 2.3* My son LOVES this. ### 5/5 — Great *2012-06-20, version 2.3* This app is a great way to teach your kid or baby the animal names and sounds they make. It even has memory games and puzzles for extra fun. Must have for anyone with a baby or child ### 5/5 — Great *2012-06-10, version 2.3* My daughter loves this app as well as the students I work with. Great pictures, lots of animal categories and the sound is amazing. Well worth it! ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Not worth it *2016-08-31, version 5.5* Still has ads, not worth it. Sounds don't work. ### 1/5 — a few animals *2014-02-24, version 4.3* Very misleading to say there are over 500 photos. There are only 72 animals!!! The extra photos are of the same animals (mother, father, baby) Nice to have them but I thought there would be 500 types of animals. Pro- The photos are excellent quality and the sounds are very good as well. Con- very few animals. Had I known how many animals were represented, I would not have bought this ap. Would not recommend. ### 1/5 — NO SOUND *2013-07-08, version 3.5* Where is the sound? Please fix ASAP!!!!!! ### 2/5 — Pas de son!! *2012-10-13, version 3.0* Est ce possible que non compatible avec iOS 6??? On ne peut entendre aucun son des animaux? ### 2/5 — Sound doesn't work *2012-02-04, version 2.1* Worked for a few days and now the sound doesn't work. ### 3/5 — Update? *2015-10-20* My son loves this app, it's pretty cool. The only problem is that with this new update, I've seen more problems than before. For some reason, we no longer have the rodents tab, and he was playing on the dogs tab, and now when we go to it it automatically goes to the bulldog and when you hit the back button it goes back to the menu to choose dogs. I love this app but these need fixed. ### 3/5 — Sound has stopped *2013-03-17, version 3.3* My 2 yr old has loved this app. Suddenly, though, the sound no longer works. i have an an iPad2. I can navigate and see everything, but the sound is gone. Only a problem with this app. Volume control has no effect. Help! ### 3/5 — Intéressant mais... *2012-08-13, version 2.4* Ma fille trouve ça très divertissant sauf que la nom de quelques animaux sont faux. Comme le bison en réalité c'est un buffle et ya aussi quelques sons d'animaux qui sont faux!!!. Pas très éducatif à cause de ça. ### 4/5 — Great App but needs a simple change *2012-06-21* I love this app and so does my 16 month old! However, they should modify this so that if my little one clicks on the screen it doesn't go back to the main menu. She gets so excited about the sounds and pictures that she often doesn't click in the right place and then it she gets upset because the animal she was viewing disappears. ### 4/5 — Great pix *2012-06-10, version 2.3* This app was recommended to me and I am glad it was. Clear pix and sounds. ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Best game ever *2023-12-16, version 6.4* All I have to say ANIMA COOL ### 5/5 — La mejor! *2014-09-03, version 4.6* Mi hijo Renato ama esta aplicación, tiene 1 año y diez meses y ya nombra al hipopótamo y rinoceronte por sus nombres, reconoce muchos animales con sus respectivos sonidos, y la parte donde muestran mama, papa y bebe le causa mucha ternura! , ya que ve familias de otras especies. ### 5/5 — Outstanding application *2013-05-07* outstanding application that provides hours of fun, not only with speech sounds, but also hear melting pictures and themes. There are lot's of animals, hundreds of pictures, just endless fun and the best part is the love seen, just download the app and see. There is a great lite version to start with. ### 5/5 — My daughter loves it! *2013-04-24, version 3.3* My daughter loves this! She loves it and uses it so much, I just had to get the full version! ### 5/5 — Kids Love It *2013-04-18, version 3.3* My little boy LOVES this app. He'll sit there and mimic the animals which is hilarious. There are TONS of animals to choose from and I love how it plays the sound as a baby and adult. Great association with pictures, voice, and sounds ### 5/5 — Zola animals *2013-01-23, version 3.2* Downloaded both the free app and then purchased the app. Had no sound on either app! Very frustrating...great pictures though. ### 5/5 — Great app for children *2013-01-04, version 3.2* Really great app, I have to recommend it. My daughters (6 and 3 years old) love it. Thanks. ### 5/5 — Mr *2012-11-25, version 3.0* I would like to support the developer for this great app. Thanks ### 5/5 — Very good *2012-11-10, version 3.0* I love it. Thanks ### 5/5 — Sweet & Soothing!! *2012-10-17, version 3.0* This app is both educational and entertaining for young children!! I can't believe it is only .99 cents!! The music is very soothing and my nephew can't get enough of the farm animals :) --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. Ratings, prices and chart positions refresh continuously; this snapshot is from 2026-06-10.*