Pango Build & Explore City vs Maker Studio
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- Draw roads and rails
- Place buildings and monuments
- Populate city with characters
- Open-ended construction
- Develops creativity and organization
- Child-safe environment
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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!
Maker Studio
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Maker Studio is an all-in-on creativity app for kids which lets them create animations ,build worlds, draw shapes and share their creations with movies, flipbooks and 3d prints. Create beautiful worlds and cities with simple taps, from giant windmills to craggy castles and add animals, humans and birds. "Walk" mode lets you create a character and walk around the world ,with the ability to customize your character with different costumes and colors. Make objects such as birds, animals, vehicles with simple taps and print them or project them in the real world with Augmented Reality Print mode allows parents to 3d print their kids creations in the real world Draw funny cartoons in 2d and print them out as flipbook or export out as movie. Use Apple Pencil or touch to make funny cartoons or beautiful animated backgrounds. Build cute 3D characters and animate them to walk, run and dance. Simple controls and video tutorials show step by step instructions on how to make 3D animations Explore clay animation with our simple-to-use Stopmotion app. Capture frames using the device's camera and time the frames to create your very own animated masterpiece! Build 2D shapes with simple drag and drop with an interactive mode on creating basic geometric shapes. Kids can learn how to visualize their creations in 2d and 3d with minimal instructions. **How-To Videos show kids step by step how to use the app to make creations. *All the apps in Maker Studio have won awards from Purdue University, Children's Tech Review, Common Sense Media and been featured in Apple's Top Ten for Creativity with over 10 million downloads globally. Key Features of Maker Studio: • Unlimited access to our complete collection of games and activities, all in one kid-friendly app through COPPA and GPDR compliant • Work offline and save all creations locally on device • Pre-downloaded games without WiFi or internet, perfect for long roadtrips. • Perfect for kids aged 4-9 • No Ads or in-app purchases! • No tracking or analytics. • We don’t share your data. If you are facing any issues with the app, please reach out at support@appymonkeys.com. Privacy Policy & Terms of Use: We adhere to the strict guidelines set forth by COPPA (Children’s Online Privacy Protection Rule), which ensures the protection of your child’s information online. Read our full privacy policy and Terms of Use: Privacy Policy & Terms Of Use https://appymonkeys.com/privacy_policy.html About Appy Monkeys Maker Studio is developed by Appy Monkeys, an award-winning company devoted to play and education. www.appymonkeys.com
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Pango Build & Explore City at $6.99 against Maker Studio's $9.99. Pango Build & Explore City also leads on device support. Maker Studio's advantage is iOS requirement (11.0 vs 15.0). On 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 Build & Explore City costs $6.99 and Maker Studio $9.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
| Parameter | Pango Build & Explore City | Maker Studio |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $6.99 — better | $9.99 |
| Rating | 4.5 (89 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 72.2% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 89 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 117 months | — |
| Ads | No | — |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | — |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 11.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 194 MB | 794 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Studio Pango | Arjun Gupte |
In-app purchases
Pango Build & Explore City
No in-app purchases
Maker Studio
No in-app purchases
Questions
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