Pango Sheep vs ScratchUP
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- Shepherding gameplay
- 5 landscapes to explore
- 50 sheep to find
- Counting up to 10
- Progressive difficulty
- No stress or timer
- Interactive game elements
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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!
ScratchUP
This app allows users to learn, teach, and play with code. It offers a variety of features for creating educational activities, including sensor integration, machine learning capabilities, and math tools. Compatible with Scratch files, it provides an offline coding experience for students and educators.
- Scratch file compatibility (.sb2, .sb3)
- Sensor event integration (touch, keyboard, camera, Bluetooth)
- Machine learning for object and sound recognition
- Body detection, Handpose, and Facemesh
- QRCode scanner
- Math tools for learning
- Offline app functionality
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ScratchUP is the perfect app for students, teachers, and anyone who wants to learn coding. Use it in the classroom or at home to create interactive projects, explore programming concepts, and design educational activities with endless possibilities. Scratch-compatible: open and save .sb2 and .sb3 files with ease. Build richer projects by combining touch events, keyboard input, camera features, and Bluetooth sensor data. A fullscreen offline app packed with powerful features: - Virtual keyboard for managing key events - Bluetooth connection to devices such as micro:bit - Body Detection, Hand Pose, and Face Mesh powered by machine learning - QR code scanner - Train your own object recognition models with machine learning - Import Teachable Machine models to recognize objects and sounds - Built-in math tools for easier learning - Control the front and back cameras directly in code - New Function extension for creating more advanced programs - New option to hide blocks in the interface and in scripts for a cleaner workspace - Native iPadOS export to share projects instantly via AirDrop or email - Export scripts as images to easily add them to worksheets, lessons, or other documents Code, learn, teach, and play — all in one app. Enjoy!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: ScratchUP at $0.99 against Pango Sheep's $6.99. ScratchUP also leads on review sentiment (75% vs 56%). Pango Sheep's advantage is chart position (#143 vs unranked) and ratings volume (25 vs 4). On rating, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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
Pango Sheep costs $6.99 and ScratchUP $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.0 for Pango Sheep against 4.0 for ScratchUP. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Pango Sheep has 25 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 56% of Pango Sheep's written reviews are positive against 75% of ScratchUP's.
Pango Sheep ships an update every 2 months, ScratchUP every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 16, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Pango Sheep | ScratchUP |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $6.99 | $0.99 — better |
| Rating | 4.0 (25 ratings) — better | 4.0 (4 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 55.6% of reviews | 75.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 25 — better | 4 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 4 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Paid |
| Best chart rank | #143 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 182 MB | 476 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Studio Pango | Ulrich PICAUD |
Customer experience
Pango Sheep
ScratchUP
In-app purchases
Pango Sheep
No in-app purchases
ScratchUP
No in-app purchases
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