Comparison

Pango Sheep vs Dr. Panda School

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

Head to head
About

Pango Sheep

Guide Pango as a shepherd to round up scattered sheep, avoiding a wolf. Engage in fun activities like dressing, coloring, and bathing the sheep. Explore five distinct worlds with interactive elements and challenges.

Highlights
  • Shepherding gameplay
  • 5 landscapes to explore
  • 50 sheep to find
  • Counting up to 10
  • Progressive difficulty
  • No stress or timer
  • Interactive game elements
Features
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OBSERVE AND COUNT FROM AGE 3 The sheep have escaped! It’s your turn: with Pango, find them, catch them, gather your flock and bring them back to the pen. In every area, your challenge is simple: find exactly 10 sheep! Your child counts, recounts, and discovers the meaning of numbers through play. The experience is calm, intuitive, and without any timer: your child observes, tries, explores freely, and gradually builds logical thinking. THE PANGO STANDARD For more than 15 years, Pango has offered smart, colorful, and caring games to over 15 million children around the world. Pango Sheep continues this tradition: a simple and warm educational game designed for children aged 3 to 6. WHY DO PARENTS LOVE PANGO SHEEP? Because it combines the very best: - a calm universe that helps focus attention - simple mechanics that teach counting - free exploration that encourages autonomy and confidence - a tender, positive game adapted to small hands - a healthy alternative to fast and noisy games Pango Sheep supports preschool children in their early learning. Interactions are fun and varied: a bath in the river, a roll in the mud, a silly shearing session, a mischievous wolf, a tiny train… and sheep you can dress up and color however you like! Just enough to spark curiosity. A 100% SAFE ENVIRONMENT The app is fully designed for calm and independent use: no ads, no external links, no hidden purchases. Integrated parental controls protect the settings. Everything complies with COPPA/GDPR standards for a smooth, safe, and controlled experience. OUR COMMITMENT At Pango, we create games for children with heart and common sense. Our mission is simple: give children a quiet space to learn, understand, and have fun — without stress or competition. Need help? We’re always here: pango@studio-pango.com More information about our creations: www.studio-pango.com DOWNLOAD PANGO SHEEP… and enjoy the adventure of the cutest shepherd ever! Find them, count them… and off they go, back to the pen!

About

Dr. Panda School

Spark imagination through open-ended role-playing adventures in a vibrant school setting. Create unique stories by exploring classrooms, customizing characters, and interacting with a variety of objects and animal friends. Discover hidden secrets and play as any character you choose.

Highlights
  • Creative role-play exploration
  • Character customization
  • Multiple school locations
  • Open-ended play
  • Animal characters
  • Storytelling
Features
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Are you ready for class? CREATE YOUR OWN STORIES! Let your imagination run wild in Dr. Panda School! Create and tell your very own stories through exploring and roleplaying with the school, students and any objects you discover along the way! BE WHO YOU WANT TO BE! Tell your story as a teacher, student, cook, nurse or even a janitor! Choose who you would like to be by customizing the animal characters with clothes, hats, glasses and more! EXPLORE THE SCHOOL! Discover all the different rooms in Dr. Panda School! Make clay sculptures in the art class, grow your own crops in the playground, take care of Hambo the hamster or teach math in the classroom - there are tons of ways to play! KEY FEATURES - Explore school surroundings through creative role-play - 19 child and adult animals, so you can play as student, teacher, or parent! - 6 locations to discover: the hallway, classroom, nurse's office, art room, school yard and the cafeteria! - Don't forget to feed Hambo the hamster! - Tons of secret objects to find! - No set goals or objectives. Free to discover through absolute open-ended play! - Kid safe! No third party advertisements or in-app purchases. Privacy Policy As a designer of kids’ games, we understand how important privacy is in this modern, digital world. You can read our privacy policy here: http://www.drpanda.com/privacy About Dr. Panda Dr. Panda is a developer of games for kids. We develop games with educational values that help kids learn about the world. All of our games are safe and do not contain inappropriate content. If you’d like to know more about us and how we design games for kids, visit our website www.drpanda.com/about. If you have any questions, feel free to send us an email at support@drpanda.com or contact us on Facebook (www.facebook.com/drpandagames) or Twitter (www.twitter.com/drpandagames) or Instagram (www.instagram.com/drpandagames).

Screenshots

Pango Sheep4 screens
Dr. Panda School4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Pango Sheep at every 2 months against Dr. Panda School's every 32 months. Dr. Panda School's advantage is review sentiment (70% vs 56%) and price ($3.99 vs $6.99). On rating, ads, 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

Pango Sheep costs $6.99 and Dr. Panda School $3.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Dr. Panda School holds the better App Store score, 4.2 against 4.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 25 and 91 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 56% of Pango Sheep's written reviews are positive against 70% of Dr. Panda School's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Pango Sheep ships an update every 2 months, Dr. Panda School every 32 months. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 11, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Pango Sheep versus Dr. Panda School: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPango SheepDr. Panda School
Price$6.99$3.99 — better
Rating4.0 (25 ratings)4.2 (91 ratings) — better
Positive reviews55.6% of reviews70.5% of reviews — better
Number of ratings2591 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 months — betterEvery 32 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.011.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size182 MB168 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperStudio PangoDr. Panda Ltd

Customer experience

Pango Sheep

All ratings24 ratings
Positive70.8%
Neutral16.7%
Negative12.5%
Written reviews18 reviews
Positive55.6%
Neutral5.6%
Negative38.9%

Dr. Panda School

All ratings91 ratings
Positive79.1%
Neutral8.8%
Negative12.1%
Written reviews61 reviews
Positive70.5%
Neutral4.9%
Negative24.6%

Bugs and requests

Pango Sheep

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Dr. Panda School

Reported bugs

12 issues
  • Bloody handprint and creepy eyes
  • Game doesn't launch (white screen)
  • Not working on iOS 14
  • Characters look like paper cutouts
  • Characters look like stickers
Show 7 more
  • Bus doesn't start
  • Bin doesn't work
  • Students can't write
  • Cart needs to take cups as well
  • No interaction, reward, or change
  • People don't take seats on the bus or make it drive off
  • Incorrect pricing charged

Requested features

26 requests
  • Add gym and library
  • More backpacks and lunchboxes
  • More seats on the bus
  • Add a drivable bus
  • Add a weather changer
Show 21 more
  • Add emotions feature
  • More things in recess (monkey bars)
  • Add a staircase to the second floor
  • Add more lockers
  • Add more characters (turtle, skunk, fox)
  • Add parents and homes
  • Add sports practice
  • Add homes for animals
  • Add a car rider line
  • Add a theater and music room
  • Add field trips
  • Add more locations
  • Add more characters
  • Add PE
  • Add a school nurse
  • Add music for learning notes
  • Add more classrooms
  • Add siblings
  • Make rooms bigger
  • Allow entry into other rooms
  • Add older characters

In-app purchases

None

Pango Sheep

No in-app purchases

None

Dr. Panda School

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Pango Sheep free?
Pango Sheep costs $6.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Dr. Panda School free?
Dr. Panda School costs $3.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Pango Sheep or Dr. Panda School?
Dr. Panda School is rated higher. Pango Sheep averages 4.0 out of 5 from 25 ratings, while Dr. Panda School averages 4.2 from 91 ratings.
Do Pango Sheep or Dr. Panda School have ads?
Neither Pango Sheep nor Dr. Panda School shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Pango Sheep or Dr. Panda School?
Pango Sheep ships an update every 2 months, and Dr. Panda School every 32 months. Most recently, Pango Sheep was updated on November 6, 2026 and Dr. Panda School on November 11, 2026.

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