Comparison

Pango Build & Explore City vs Patchwork Pals

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

Head to head
About

Pango Build & Explore City

Design and construct your own city by drawing roads, placing buildings, and populating it with characters. This open-ended game encourages creativity, organization, and exploration for young children.

Highlights
  • Draw roads and rails
  • Place buildings and monuments
  • Populate city with characters
  • Open-ended construction
  • Develops creativity and organization
  • Child-safe environment
Features
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IMAGINE YOUR CITY… AND BRING IT TO LIFE! Draw your roads, lay your rails, place your buildings and create a city just the way you like it: small houses, tall buildings, parks, shops, monuments… Here, everything begins with a simple swipe of a finger. Place Pango and friends in their roles: firefighter, mail carrier, doctor, shopkeeper… They drive, work, visit, wander around, go home to sleep at night… and bring life to everything you create. Every street becomes a story, every district an adventure. Pango Build City is an open-ended construction game that develops creativity, organisation, exploration and fine motor skills. An intuitive, open experience perfectly suited for children aged 3 and up. A PANGO CREATION With over 15 years of experience and more than 15 million children worldwide, Pango is a trusted name for parents looking for calm, intelligent and gentle games. Pango Build City continues this philosophy: a lively building game designed to spark creativity, logic and the pride of creating. WHY PARENTS LOVE PANGO BUILD CITY - Boosts imagination and sense of organisation - Builds logic and understanding of how a city works - Strengthens fine motor skills through road and rail placement - 100% open construction: children create, modify and expand their city freely - A gentle, lively world with no stress or competition - Simple, smooth and perfectly adapted to small hands - 3 pre-built cities to support younger children A 100% CHILD-SAFE GAME • No in-app purchases • No advertising • No external links • Built-in parental controls • Complies with children’s data protection standards THE PANGO VALUES: CREATIVITY, AUTONOMY, KINDNESS At Pango, we design experiences from a child’s perspective: simple, open and enriching. Our games nurture curiosity, encourage independence and let every child imagine their own world. Need help? A question? pango@studio-pango.com More information: www.studio-pango.com DOWNLOAD PANGO BUILD CITY and let your child imagine, build and bring their own city to life: A WORLD TO CREATE, ADVENTURES ON EVERY CORNER!

About

Patchwork Pals

Help a lonely moth find her animal friends who have disappeared from a patchwork blanket. Guide each animal back to its home in this heartwarming puzzle adventure. Features animated designs, a charming story, and fun video rewards.

Highlights
  • 23 animated animal designs
  • Heartwarming story
  • Interactive animal puzzle
  • Video animations as rewards
  • Includes theme song
  • Intuitive interface for young children
Features
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Where did all the animals go? The elephant, the bunny and the bear just disappeared! Suddenly, the moth is all alone and she needs your help! Can you help the moth find her friends and bring them back to the patchwork blanket? But watch out! Each animal wants to get back to their own home. In the popular TV show Patchwork Pals, the animal designs on a beautiful patchwork blanket come to life. They sing and play together, and from time to time, they also face small challenges. But then the animals work together, and soon everything is right again in their little world. In the game, the moth is suddenly all alone because her friends are hiding. Now the kids have to help the inhabitants of the patchwork blanket to get back to their favorite spots. - 23 animated animal designs, arranged randomly each time - an easy animal puzzle, framed by a heartwarming story - fun video animations as rewards for success - lovingly designed by award-winning animator Angela Steffen - includes the show's theme song for listening and singing along - intuitive interface for children from 2 to 5 An entertaining and educational app for boys and girls • promotes empathy and cooperation • encourages imagination and creativity • trains intelligence and problem solving skills • refines coordination and motor skills The App is running reliably on iPhone 5 or later, and on iPad 3 or later.

Screenshots

Pango Build & Explore City4 screens
Patchwork Pals4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Pango Build & Explore City at 4.5 against Patchwork Pals's 2.7. Pango Build & Explore City also leads on review sentiment (72% vs 48%) and ratings volume (89 vs 6). Patchwork Pals's advantage is update cadence (every 6 weeks vs every 117 months) and price ($1.99 vs $6.99). On ads, in-app purchases, monetization model 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 Build & Explore City costs $6.99 and Patchwork Pals $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Pango Build & Explore City holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 2.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Pango Build & Explore City has 89 ratings behind it against 6, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 72% of Pango Build & Explore City's written reviews are positive against 48% of Patchwork Pals's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Pango Build & Explore City ships an update every 117 months, Patchwork Pals every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 12, 2026 and October 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Pango Build & Explore City versus Patchwork Pals: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPango Build & Explore CityPatchwork Pals
Price$6.99$1.99 — better
Rating4.5 (89 ratings) — better2.7 (6 ratings)
Positive reviews72.2% of reviews — better47.8% of reviews
Number of ratings89 — better6
Update frequencyEvery 117 monthsEvery 6 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.010.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size194 MB299 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperStudio PangoStudio FILM BILDER

Customer experience

Pango Build & Explore City

All ratings89 ratings
Positive86.5%
Neutral3.4%
Negative10.1%
Written reviews36 reviews
Positive72.2%
Neutral2.8%
Negative25.0%

Patchwork Pals

All ratings6 ratings
Positive33.3%
Neutral16.7%
Negative50.0%
Written reviews23 reviews
Positive47.8%
Neutral4.3%
Negative47.8%

In-app purchases

None

Pango Build & Explore City

No in-app purchases

None

Patchwork Pals

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Pango Build & Explore City free?
Pango Build & Explore City costs $6.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Patchwork Pals free?
Patchwork Pals costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Pango Build & Explore City or Patchwork Pals?
Pango Build & Explore City is rated higher. Pango Build & Explore City averages 4.5 out of 5 from 89 ratings, while Patchwork Pals averages 2.7 from 6 ratings.
Do Pango Build & Explore City or Patchwork Pals have ads?
Neither Pango Build & Explore City nor Patchwork Pals shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Pango Build & Explore City or Patchwork Pals?
Pango Build & Explore City ships an update every 117 months, and Patchwork Pals every 6 weeks. Most recently, Pango Build & Explore City was updated on October 12, 2026 and Patchwork Pals on October 10, 2026.

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