Digital Puppet vs Matexo
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Digital Puppet
A beautiful programming puzzle game where you command a puppet to defeat enemies. Solve 80 stages by inputting commands and aiming for three stars by using the fewest possible moves. It's designed for all ages and features addictive gameplay with great music.
- 80 programming puzzle stages
- Command a puppet to defeat enemies
- 3-star rating system for efficiency
- Addictive gameplay
- Suitable for all ages
- Awesome BGM and sound effects
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Digital Puppet is a very simple and beautiful programming puzzle game! Try to operate a puppet the way you want and beat all enemies! The Rules: 1) Input commands for a white puppet (player) to beat all red puppet (enemies) 2) Tap a run button 3) If you can beat all red puppet (enemies), you win (If you achieve the minimum number of commands, you can grab 3 stars) The features: ● 80 beautiful stages ● Everyone (children to adults) can play the game ● highly addictive ● The 3 star rating system ● Awesome BGM and Sound Effects The message from the developer: Can you 3 stars on all stages? Hints: The key point is whether or not you can use JOB wisely. If you can do it, you can use repetitive, looping procedures and solve all stages beautifully with much less number of commands. Ads: 5 retry activate ads.
Matexo
Engage in a unique math puzzle game where you reach a target value using a starting number and strategic operations. Explore hundreds of handcrafted levels with increasing difficulty and enjoy an immersive experience with beautiful visuals and a relaxing soundtrack.
- Hundreds of hand-crafted levels
- Themed level packs
- Immersive visuals
- Relaxing soundtrack
- Improves focus and creativity
- Cloud saving and achievements
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Matexo is here! Challenge your math skills with our exciting new mobile game! The goal is simple: meet the target value by strategically applying a series of operations to a starting value. As simple as it may seem, it can get quite challenging. Discover a unique and puzzling experience through hundreds of hand-crafted levels and enjoy an immersive atmosphere in your journey. With progressively challenging levels, this game is perfect for all ages and math levels. Download now and start your math adventure today! Features - 100 hand-crafted levels - 5 uniquely themed level packs - Beautiful and immersive visuals - A relaxing and meditative soundtrack - Improves your focus and creativity - Cloud saving and achievements Enjoy!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Digital Puppet at none against Matexo's 4. Digital Puppet also leads on update cadence (every 10 days vs every 2 months). Matexo's advantage is rating (4.9 vs 4.6) and ratings volume (354 vs 27). On price, review sentiment, ads 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
Both are free to download. Matexo sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. Digital Puppet asks for nothing beyond the download.
Matexo holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Matexo has 354 ratings behind it against 27, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 100% of Digital Puppet's written reviews are positive against 93% of Matexo's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Digital Puppet ships an update every 10 days, Matexo every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on September 15, 2026 and September 29, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Digital Puppet | Matexo |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (27 ratings) | 4.9 (354 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 93.2% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 27 | 354 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 10 days — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Ad-supported — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 | 11.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 100 MB | 69 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Tatsuya Nakano | Logisk Studio Inc. |
Customer experience
Digital Puppet
Matexo
Bugs and requests
Digital Puppet
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Matexo
Reported bugs
3 issues- Ad videos fail to load for level unlocks
- Help feature restoration not working properly
- Ad video loading error messages
Requested features
4 requests- More levels and content
- Division operations in addition to current math operations
- Paid version option to remove ads entirely
- Better optimization for battery life
In-app purchases
Digital Puppet
No in-app purchases
Matexo
- Unlimited Hints$1.49
- Remove Ads$2.49
- Unlock All Level Packs$2.49
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- Premium$4.49
