Comparison

Talkr vs My Talking Pet

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

Head to head
About

Talkr

Bring any photo to life by making it speak. Create fun videos of stuffed animals, pets, or even cartoon characters delivering messages in various languages. Share your animated creations with friends and family.

Highlights
  • Animate any photo
  • Create talking characters
  • Record and share videos
  • Multiple language support
  • Customizable voice options
  • Ideal for storytelling and entertainment
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Quickly and easily make any picture talk with Talkr! Your favorite stuffed animals can come to life to entertain children or read bedtime stories. Pets can now express their love in over a dozen languages. Babies can speak messages for grandma and grandpa. Your favorite cartoon characters can speak with your voice or a disguised version of your voice. Celebrities and politicians can interact in movies that you record and share with friends on social media. Do your photos have something creative to say? Say it and share it with Talkr! Your device must support ReplayKit in order to create and share videos. Have a different question? Check the FAQ! https://www.talkrapp.com/faq.html

About

My Talking Pet

An app that animates your pet photos, making them speak with custom voices and accessories. Create funny videos to share with friends and family, or use them as digital assistants. Features include voice modulation, costume additions, and text overlays.

Highlights
  • Animate pet photos
  • Customizable voices
  • Add hats and accessories
  • Create memes
  • Digital assistant features
  • Video sharing
Features
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The #1 hit app as seen on TV! More than 10 million downloads so far. Bring photos of your pet to life. Make them speak realistically and share it as a video on Facebook, or email it as a special greeting to your friends and family. Packed full of features! - Lots of animals to choose from even if you don't have your own pet - Record your own voice or choose from hundreds of hilarious pre-recorded clips - Change the voice from big dog to little cat or anything in between - Add hats, glasses, moustaches and more to your pet - Turn your pet into a digital personal assistant. Have them tell you the weather forecast , news headlines , or even get them to remind you of your appointments - iMessage integration, send your messages using your talking pet - Advanced animation, your pet looks around in 3D - Add text to make your own memes *** SUBSCRIPTION TERMS *** My Talking Pet offers auto-renewing monthly and yearly subscriptions to 'My Talking Pet Pro'. My Talking Pet Pro has no limit on saving and sharing videos, has no watermark on videos, unlocks special modes for hats, glasses and filters, and unlocks more animals to use in addition to your own photos. My Talking Pet offers free trials, which auto-enrol into the selected subscription if not cancelled during the free trial period. Any unused portion of free trial periods, if offered, will be forfeited if you start a new subscription before the completion of your trial. Payment will be charged to your iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase. Your account will be charged for renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period. Subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current period. You can turn off auto-renew at any time from your iTunes account settings but refunds will not be provided for any unused portion of the term. Privacy policy: https://mytalkingpet.app/privacy Terms of service: https://mytalkingpet.app/terms

Screenshots

Talkr3 screens
My Talking Pet4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ratings volume: My Talking Pet at 174K against Talkr's 9K. My Talking Pet also leads on review sentiment (73% vs 60%) and update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 2 months). Talkr's advantage is iOS requirement (12.0 vs 14.0). On price, rating, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Talkr sells 2 one-off in-app purchases and My Talking Pet sells 9 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

My Talking Pet holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: My Talking Pet has 174K ratings behind it against 9K, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 60% of Talkr's written reviews are positive against 73% of My Talking Pet's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Talkr ships an update every 2 months, My Talking Pet every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 9, 2026 and November 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Talkr versus My Talking Pet: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTalkrMy Talking Pet
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (9K ratings)4.8 (174K ratings) — better
Positive reviews59.8% of reviews73.3% of reviews — better
Number of ratings9K174K — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS12.0 — better14.0
Further details — not scored
Size87 MB322 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTalkr IncSharemob LLC

Customer experience

Talkr

All ratings8,795 ratings
Positive92.5%
Neutral3.7%
Negative3.8%
Written reviews246 reviews
Positive59.8%
Neutral12.2%
Negative28.0%

My Talking Pet

All ratings174,032 ratings
Positive97.1%
Neutral2.1%
Negative0.8%
Written reviews1,060 reviews
Positive73.3%
Neutral5.1%
Negative21.6%

User reviews

Talkr

From 9K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Simple and easy to use
  • 😄 Funny and entertaining
  • 🎨 Allows animating photos and paintings
  • 💡 Unique feature of making objects talk

Room to improve

  • 🔒 Limited free features, need to pay for more
  • 🐛 Buggy and glitchy at times
  • 💬 Robotic and unnatural sounding voices
  • 🤔 Difficult to get facial features aligned properly

My Talking Pet

From 174K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🤩 Fun and entertaining
  • 👍 Easy to use
  • 🤗 Brings joy to friends and family
  • 🎨 Customizable features
  • 🐶 Great for pets

Room to improve

  • 💰 Expensive subscription model
  • 🔒 Limited free features
  • 🐛 Glitches and bugs
  • 🔄 Inconsistent updates
  • 🤖 Robotic/unnatural voices

Bugs and requests

Talkr

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • App crashes or freezes when trying to import audio
  • Difficulty re-adjusting facial features after initial setup
  • Zooming in/out causes issues with facial alignment

Requested features

4 requests
  • Add more voice options including ability to record own voice
  • Allow animating multiple faces in one photo
  • Improve facial animation quality and realism
  • Provide more editing tools and customization options

My Talking Pet

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Sudden loss of paid features after app update
  • Inability to re-use saved voice settings
  • Inconsistent performance and crashes
  • Difficulty aligning face markers properly

Requested features

5 requests
  • More voice options (accents, genders, ages)
  • Ability to use multiple pets in one video
  • Improved face tracking and mouth synchronization
  • Expanded costume/accessory options
  • Easier sharing/saving options in free version

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Talkr

One-time2
  • Premium$2.99
  • Remove Logo$9.99
9 purchases

My Talking Pet

Subscriptions9
  • Weekly3 Days trial$0.997 Days
  • My Talking Pet Pro3 Days trial2 variants$2.991 Month
  • Monthly7 Days trial$2.991 Month
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  • My Talking Pet Pro3 Days trial$3.991 Month
  • My Talking Pet Pro7 Days trial$9.991 Year
  • Yearly7 Days trial$23.991 Year
  • My Talking Pet Pro3 Days trial$23.991 Year
  • Yearly1 Year trial$23.991 Year
  • My Talking Pet Pro7 Days trial$29.991 Year

Questions

Is Talkr free?
Talkr is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is My Talking Pet free?
My Talking Pet is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Talkr or My Talking Pet?
My Talking Pet is rated higher. Talkr averages 4.7 out of 5 from 9K ratings, while My Talking Pet averages 4.8 from 174K ratings.
Do Talkr or My Talking Pet have ads?
Neither Talkr nor My Talking Pet shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Talkr or My Talking Pet?
Talkr ships an update every 2 months, and My Talking Pet every 3 weeks. Most recently, Talkr was updated on November 9, 2026 and My Talking Pet on November 10, 2026.

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