Comparison

Creature Garden by Tinybop vs Thinkrolls Space

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

Head to head
About

Creature Garden by Tinybop

Design and build unique creatures using a vast collection of parts. Test their abilities, create a habitat for them, and even crossbreed them to discover new species. This app encourages creativity, problem-solving, and storytelling.

Highlights
  • Build thousands of creatures from 100+ parts
  • Test creature abilities (walk, swim, fly)
  • Create and customize a garden habitat
  • Crossbreed creatures for new breeds
  • Save and organize creatures in a cabinet
  • Creatures eat, sleep, and poop
  • Race creatures with obstacles
Features
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Create wonderful, incredible, and fantastical creatures. Give them hooves and horns, wings and beaks, or paws and claws. Fun for creative, curious, and kind kids! Play with your creatures in a wild garden of your own creation. Cross two creatures to see what new breeds you can make. Schools around the world use Creature Garden as a writing prompt to spark young imaginations! The Creature Garden is No. 6 in Tinybop's Digital Toys series which let kids create their own worlds. Each Digital Toys app is an open-ended construction kit for kids to build, test, and play. Kids develop creative-thinking, problem-solving, and storytelling skills. FEATURES + Build thousands of different creatures from 100+ parts. + Test your creatures to see if they will (or won’t!) walk, swim, and fly. + Save and organize all your creatures in a curiosity cabinet. + Create a garden for your creatures to live in. + Play with, feed, and groom your creatures. + Creatures eat, sleep, and poop! + Cross your creatures to create new breeds. + Race your creatures. See which is the fastest. + Make races harder with obstacles. + Keep track of your creatures’ best statistics. + Easy-to-use, safe, and kid-friendly design. + Multi-user system: each child can create and save their own robots. + Entertaining for kids and adults alike. + No in-app purchases or 3rd party advertising. Play in peace! + Original artwork by Natasha Durley. + Original sound design. Privacy Policy We take your and your child’s privacy seriously. We do not collect or share personal information about your child. We do not allow any third-party advertising. If the camera, microphone, and other services are used in an app, your information is not collected or distributed outside of the app. Read our complete privacy policy at tinybop.com. About Tinybop is a Brooklyn-based studio of designers, engineers, and artists. We make toys for tomorrow. We’re all over the internet. Visit us: www.tinybop.com Follow us: twitter.com/tinybop Like us: facebook.com/tinybop See us: instagram.com/tinybop We love hearing your stories! Reach out: hi@tinybop.com. Psst! It's not Tiny Bop, or Tiny Bob, or Tiny Pop. It's Tinybop.

About

Thinkrolls Space

Embark on an interstellar adventure with this child-friendly puzzle game. Guide colorful characters through over 200 unique mazes across seven planets, using logic and physics to overcome obstacles and unlock new alien companions.

Highlights
  • Over 200 logic and physics puzzles
  • Seven unique themed planets
  • 24 collectible alien characters
  • Two difficulty modes
  • Unlimited penalty-free retries
  • Enhances logic and problem-solving skills
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*** Featured as "App of the Day" on the App Store! *** Thinkrolls Space is a child-friendly puzzle game that’s out of this world. Colorful heroes boldly roll where no Thinkroll has rolled before, in over 200 mazes set across seven unique planets. A cast of oddball aliens will make you grin from ear to ear. But you’ll need brains and nimble fingers to reach your goal—and catch the waiting UFO that will beam your Thinkroll to the next fun-filled planet. CLOSE ENCOUNTERS Thinkrolls and Thinkrolls 2 introduced our revolving heroes. Thinkrolls: Kings & Queens added exciting new concepts—and dragons. Now Thinkrolls Space blasts the award-winning series into outer space. You’ll meet goo monsters, bleeping robots, spring-like soprano aliens, and cheese monsters who love munching moon cheese. You’ll face vanishing rainbow bridges, plasma fields, teleporters—and more. Each of these can help or hinder. You must figure out which—and how to move and match objects to clear a path, get the key, and open a gate to the next level. REACH FOR THE STARS Two difficulty modes and unlimited penalty-free retries ensure the 200+ level journey is stress-free for children and adults alike. Along the way, stars and hearts can be collected, and later used to unlock 24 unique alien Thinkrolls. Throughout, players are encouraged to experiment. They will learn through trial and error to combine elements, and build on successive lessons to strengthen creative thinking, logic, problem solving, spatial cognition, and memory. Don’t be surprised when even younger players start thinking several moves ahead, in this fun, inventive, family-friendly combination of physics problems, logic puzzles, and exciting platform gaming! GAME FEATURES • 110 easy levels for ages 5+ • 108 hard levels for ages 8+ • Explore 7 bizarre, unique themed planets • 24 quirky alien Thinkrolls to collect • Gather hearts and stars and use them to unlock new aliens • Unlimited retries, and no time limits—play at your own pace • Enhances logic, problem solving, memory, strategic thinking, and perseverance • Store up to six separate player profiles • Intuitive, easy to understand touchscreen controls • Original concept, artwork, and sound design • COPPA and GDPR compliant; no third party ads; no in-app purchases • No internet connection required ------------------------------------------ *** Featured as "App of the Day" and "Best New App" on the Today tab and Home page of the App Store! *** 5 stars by Common Sense Media - "The adorable Thinkrolls and their sometimes maddening puzzle worlds will captivate kids of all ages, including some adults." *** Editor's Choice by Children's Technology Review (score 98%) ------------------------------------------ PRIVACY POLICY We respect our users’ privacy! We do not collect, store, or share any personal or location data. Thinkrolls Space does not contain third party ads and is safe for families and young children. Read our privacy policy: http://avokiddo.com/privacy-policy. ABOUT AVOKIDDO Avokiddo is an award-winning creative studio specializing in the development of quality educational apps for children. Hand-in-hand with kids, we design unique experiences crafted with love! Read more about us at avokiddo.com.

Screenshots

Creature Garden by Tinybop4 screens
Thinkrolls Space4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Thinkrolls Space at 4.6 against Creature Garden by Tinybop's 4.2. Thinkrolls Space also leads on review sentiment (93% vs 66%) and ratings volume (3.4K vs 126). Creature Garden by Tinybop's advantage is update cadence (every 3 months vs every 8 months) and price ($3.99 vs $5.99). On ads, in-app purchases, monetization model and chart position 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

Creature Garden by Tinybop costs $3.99 and Thinkrolls Space $5.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Thinkrolls Space holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Thinkrolls Space has 3.4K ratings behind it against 126, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 66% of Creature Garden by Tinybop's written reviews are positive against 93% of Thinkrolls Space's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Creature Garden by Tinybop ships an update every 3 months, Thinkrolls Space every 8 months. Both last shipped on October 16, 2026.

Scorecard6 real differences · 5 level
Creature Garden by Tinybop versus Thinkrolls Space: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCreature Garden by TinybopThinkrolls Space
Price$3.99 — better$5.99
Rating4.2 (126 ratings)4.6 (3.4K ratings) — better
Positive reviews66.0% of reviews92.7% of reviews — better
Number of ratings1263.4K — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 months — betterEvery 8 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidPaid
Best chart rank#194#194
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS9.0 — better11.0
Further details — not scored
Size143 MB174 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTinybop Inc.AVOKIDDO

Customer experience

Creature Garden by Tinybop

All ratings126 ratings
Positive79.4%
Neutral7.1%
Negative13.5%
Written reviews144 reviews
Positive66.0%
Neutral11.1%
Negative22.9%

Thinkrolls Space

All ratings3,374 ratings
Positive91.6%
Neutral4.6%
Negative3.8%
Written reviews96 reviews
Positive92.7%
Neutral3.1%
Negative4.2%

User reviews

Creature Garden by Tinybop

From 126 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🎨 Creative creature building and customization
  • 👍 Free-to-play with no ads or in-app purchases
  • 🎮 Fun and engaging gameplay for children
  • 🧬 Breeding and hybrid creature creation
  • 🏃 Multiple activity modes (racing, swimming, flying)

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Frequent creature deletion and disappearance glitches
  • 🐛 Head/body part positioning bugs and glitches
  • ⚠️ Limited content after initial gameplay
  • ⚠️ Misleading marketing showing unavailable parts
  • ⚠️ Insufficient variety of animal parts

Thinkrolls Space

From 3.4K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Fun and engaging
  • 💡 Challenges the brain
  • 👍 Cute and creative characters
  • 👍 No ads or in-app purchases
  • 👍 Suitable for all ages

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Occasional glitches or crashes
  • 🔑 Levels can be frustratingly difficult
  • 🤔 Needs more content/levels

Bugs and requests

Creature Garden by Tinybop

Reported bugs

23 issues
  • Creatures disappear from world, water, and sky
  • Delete creature button doesn't work properly
  • App crashes on startup or when selecting player
  • White screen freeze after setup
  • Head moves into body after naming creature
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  • Creature names get switched after deletion
  • Armadillo body missing walking animation frames
  • Creatures get stuck when dragging into environment
  • Creatures fly off screen and disappear
  • Screen drifts in specific direction uncontrollably
  • Flying creatures cause screen to scroll up
  • Body parts fall off creatures (especially tails)
  • Creatures fail to load in creature list
  • Only one creature visible in creature list at a time
  • Game crashes when placing many decorative items
  • Poop generation excessive
  • Progress deletion after extended play
  • App won't download or fails to load
  • Incompatibility with newer iPad versions
  • Creatures with removed parts leave body behind
  • Offspring body parts flip around arbitrarily
  • Creatures can't be selected for certain races
  • Eyes and mouth pop out of head underwater

Requested features

23 requests
  • More animal body parts (dinosaurs, birds, reptiles, insects, aquatic creatures)
  • Canine and lupine parts (wolves, foxes)
  • Avian parts (talons, bird feet, peacock tail, owl face)
  • Aquatic parts (octopus tentacles, eel heads, shark parts)
  • Insect parts (bug antennae, spider legs, dragonfly wings)
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  • Mythical creature parts (dragon wings, unicorn horns)
  • Color customization and paint mode for creatures
  • More environment options (caves, jungles, mountains, waterfalls, dens)
  • More decorative items (trees, plants, food, flowers)
  • Habitat/zoo customization system
  • Baby creatures following parents
  • Predator/prey mechanics and food chain system
  • Additional test types (defense, courage, breath-holding)
  • Part variant tabs (different wing types, tail variations)
  • Ability to see which animal parts are being used
  • Improved size slider range for parts
  • Multiple connection points on heads for more combinations
  • Scroll through creatures on world and race screens
  • Era/time period maker feature
  • Content for older audiences (lichens, soil microbes, college-level education)
  • Technical manual or tutorial system
  • Better world dragging mechanics
  • Improved animation for certain parts (armadillo body, inchworm)

Thinkrolls Space

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Stuck on certain levels
  • Compatibility issues on older devices

Requested features

3 requests
  • More planets and levels
  • Easier difficulty options
  • Ability to reset progress

In-app purchases

None

Creature Garden by Tinybop

No in-app purchases

None

Thinkrolls Space

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Creature Garden by Tinybop free?
Creature Garden by Tinybop costs $3.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Thinkrolls Space free?
Thinkrolls Space costs $5.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Creature Garden by Tinybop or Thinkrolls Space?
Thinkrolls Space is rated higher. Creature Garden by Tinybop averages 4.2 out of 5 from 126 ratings, while Thinkrolls Space averages 4.6 from 3.4K ratings.
Do Creature Garden by Tinybop or Thinkrolls Space have ads?
Neither Creature Garden by Tinybop nor Thinkrolls Space shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Creature Garden by Tinybop or Thinkrolls Space?
Creature Garden by Tinybop ships an update every 3 months, and Thinkrolls Space every 8 months. Most recently, Creature Garden by Tinybop was updated on October 16, 2026 and Thinkrolls Space on October 16, 2026.
Which is more popular, Creature Garden by Tinybop or Thinkrolls Space?
Creature Garden by Tinybop currently peaks at #194 in the App Store charts, and Thinkrolls Space at #194. Chart position reflects recent download velocity rather than total install base.

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