Wee Puzzles vs Gruffalo
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Wee Puzzles
Engaging drag-and-drop puzzles designed for toddlers aged 2-5. Features a variety of themes like pirates and dinosaurs, helping children develop shape recognition and motor skills through interactive play and rewarding animations.
- 50 fun drag & drop puzzles
- Variety of themes (pirates, dinosaurs, etc.)
- Develops shape recognition
- Improves motor skills
- Rewarding animations
- Safe, text-free play
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50 fun puzzles for toddlers! Keep your kids entertained with a wide variety of drag & drop puzzles. Whether they’re into pirates, dinosaurs, trains, gardening, rockets, submarines or farm animals there will be something for them in Wee Puzzles. **Now available on the new Apple TV!** SHAPE RECOGNITION & MOTOR SKILLS With countless shapes and varying difficulty levels, kids will learn to match shapes and work on their motor skills with Wee Puzzles. They’ll then be rewarded with a fun animation once they’ve completed the puzzle. SAFE, TEXT-FREE & INTUITIVE PLAY Having no in-app purchases and no text in the app means even the youngest kids can play this drag & drop game with no instructions required and no worries. Wee Puzzles is ideal for 2-5 year olds. ABOUT WEE TAPS Our goal is to make fun, high quality apps with creative and educational value for kids. We want kids to be able to play safely without parents worrying about in-app purchases or third party advertising. Instead, they should be concentrating on having fun!
Gruffalo
Engage young children with 6 character-themed games based on the beloved Gruffalo story. Designed for ages 3-6, these puzzles enhance cognitive skills, memory, and coordination through intuitive gameplay.
- 6 character-led games
- 18 levels
- Improves cognitive ability
- Enhances working memory
- Develops logical thinking
- Boosts hand-eye coordination
- Play with Gruffalo characters
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Play with all the characters from 'The Gruffalo', the UK's favourite bedtime story! Perfect for 3 - 6 year olds. Featuring 6 character led games and 18 levels that combine fun game play with intuitive design. Carefully developed to improve cognitive ability, working memory, logical thinking and hand eye coordination. Children can play with the Gruffalo, Mouse, Fox, Snake, Owl and even race against them all! • Pit their memory skills against Mouse! • Test their aim against the Gruffalo! • Get colourful and paint with Fox! • Help Owl fly to his tree top house! • Slither through the maze with Snake! • Ready, steady, go! Clear the track and race the characters! Based on ‘The Gruffalo’, the classic children’s picture book written by Julia Donaldson and illustrated Axel Scheffler. These games are brought to you by Magic Light Pictures, producers of the Oscar nominated animations 'The Gruffalo' and 'Room on the Broom' as well as the 'The Gruffalo's Child' and 'Stick Man'. You can play Gruffalo: Puzzles on iPhone (4 and above), iPod Touch (4 and above), iPad (2 and above) and iPad mini. Previous versions of these devices will not be fully supported. If you experience any technical difficulties please email office@magiclightpictures.com
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Wee Puzzles at Free against Gruffalo's $2.99. Wee Puzzles also leads on review sentiment (89% vs 75%). Gruffalo's advantage is chart position (#168 vs unranked). On rating, ratings volume, update cadence and ads 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
Wee Puzzles is free to download; Gruffalo costs $2.99 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 — 4.3 for Wee Puzzles against 4.4 for Gruffalo. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 6 and 8 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 89% of Wee Puzzles's written reviews are positive against 75% of Gruffalo's.
Wee Puzzles ships an update every 4 weeks, Gruffalo every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Wee Puzzles | Gruffalo |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $2.99 |
| Rating | 4.3 (6 ratings) | 4.4 (8 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 88.9% of reviews — better | 75.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 6 | 8 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 4 weeks — better | Every 5 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Paid |
| Best chart rank | — | #168 — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple TV — better | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 | 7.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 162 MB | 174 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Wee Taps | Magic Light Pictures Ltd |
Customer experience
Wee Puzzles
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In-app purchases
Wee Puzzles
No in-app purchases
Gruffalo
No in-app purchases
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