Comparison

Fish Tank AR vs Puppet Time

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

Head to head
About

Fish Tank AR

Transform your surroundings into a vibrant aquarium using augmented reality. Explore over 40 types of fish with unique behaviors, and interact by feeding them. Watch your underwater world grow with coral and seaweed.

Highlights
  • Augmented reality aquarium creation
  • Over 40 fish types with unique behaviors
  • Interactive feeding mechanics
  • Grow coral and seaweed in your environment
  • Explore fish with different mannerisms
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Using advanced Augmented Reality (Apple's ARKit), Fish Tank AR allows you to turn your world into a huge aquarium, with over 40 types of fish currently available. More to come soon! - Walk around to grow more coral and seaweed on your floors, walls and ceilings! - Scroll through the fish menu and flick or tap the icon to see a new fish come to life! - Fish have different mannerisms and behaviours! - Hold the screen to feed the fish, and watch them swarm in to grab a bite to eat! - Watch out for sharks

About

Puppet Time

Unleash your creativity with a digital puppetry app. Design unique puppets with extensive customization options, create vibrant backgrounds, and record your own puppet shows with voiceovers and sound effects. Bring your imagination to life through fun and engaging animation.

Highlights
  • Customizable puppet creator
  • Detailed puppet editing (limbs, body parts)
  • Paint puppets and use photos as stickers
  • Customizable backgrounds
  • Record videos with puppets
  • Record voice and sounds
  • Create digital puppet shows
Features
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Welcome to Puppet Time, the ultimate puppet game that brings your imagination to life! With Puppet Time, you can unleash your creativity and dive into the fascinating world of puppetry and animation. Whether you're a seasoned puppet master or a newcomer to the puppet scene, this app is designed to make puppetry accessible, fun, and incredibly engaging. Puppet Time allows you to craft unique videos using fully customizable digital puppets and dynamic backgrounds. The intuitive puppet creator lets you edit every aspect of your puppet – from its legs and arms to its gut and butt – giving you complete control over the puppet's appearance and movements. Building a puppet has never been this easy and enjoyable. Embrace the joy of puppet play as you bring your creations to life in a vibrant and interactive puppet world. Features: Create Videos with Customizable Puppets: Craft your digital puppet masterpiece by adjusting limbs, expressions, and more. The puppet creator empowers you to build a puppet that perfectly fits your vision. Bring your puppet to life in exciting puppet shows that showcase your unique storytelling skills. Edit Your Puppets - Legs, Arms, Gut, Butt, and More: Dive deep into puppet customization. Tweak and tailor your puppet's features, whether it's the legs, arms, or even the gut and butt. Your puppet, your rules – let your imagination run wild! Paint Your Puppet and Use Your Photos as Stickers: Personalize your puppets with a splash of color! The app lets you paint your puppet to match your creative vision. Plus, you can use your photos as stickers, adding a touch of personal flair to your digital puppets. Customize Puppet Backgrounds: Set the stage for your puppet play by customizing backgrounds. Choose from a variety of scenes or upload your own backdrop to create a unique atmosphere for your puppet shows. Hit Record and Play with Your Puppet: It's showtime! Hit the record button and let the puppetry magic begin. Play, interact, and improvise with your puppets, capturing every delightful moment on video. Puppet Time makes recording and sharing your creations a breeze. Create cool and fun puppet animation videos easily Enable Microphone to Record Your Voice and Sounds: Add a human touch to your puppetry by enabling the microphone. Record your voice, add quirky sounds, or include background music to enhance the storytelling experience. Your puppets will come to life with voices and sounds that reflect your creativity. Create Your Own Digital Puppet Show: Become the puppet master of your own digital puppet show. Puppet Time provides a platform for you to unleash your storytelling prowess, creating entertaining and memorable shows that captivate audiences of all ages. In Puppet Time, the puppet boss is you, and every puppet battle is a whimsical journey into the realm of imagination. Experience the joy of building, playing, and sharing in the delightful sandbox of digital puppetry. Let Puppet Time be your go-to puppet app, where ragdoll playgrounds and 3D puppet models await your artistic touch!

Screenshots

Fish Tank AR4 screens
Puppet Time4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Fish Tank AR at none against Puppet Time's 15. Fish Tank AR also leads on ads (none vs shown) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.0). Puppet Time's advantage is rating (4.4 vs 4.2) and ratings volume (120 vs 26). On price, review sentiment 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

Both are free to download. Puppet Time sells 15 one-off in-app purchases. Fish Tank AR asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Puppet Time holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 4.2. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 26 and 120 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 88% of Fish Tank AR's written reviews are positive against 86% of Puppet Time's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Fish Tank AR versus Puppet Time: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFish Tank ARPuppet Time
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.2 (26 ratings)4.4 (120 ratings) — better
Positive reviews87.5% of reviews — better85.7% of reviews
Number of ratings26120 — better
Update frequency—Every 3 months
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS12.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size417 MB273 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperViewport Pty LtdJimmy Nguyen

Customer experience

Fish Tank AR

All ratings26 ratings
Positive76.9%
Neutral3.8%
Negative19.2%
Written reviews8 reviews
Positive87.5%
Neutral0.0%
Negative12.5%

Puppet Time

All ratings115 ratings
Positive85.2%
Neutral4.3%
Negative10.4%
Written reviews84 reviews
Positive85.7%
Neutral6.0%
Negative8.3%

Bugs and requests

Fish Tank AR

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Puppet Time

Reported bugs

9 issues
  • Cannot use microphone after uninstall/reinstall
  • Microphone option missing in settings
  • App crashes when buying from store
  • Store requires internet connection when already connected
  • App glitches and won't open (microphone permission issue)
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  • Accidentally drawing on puppet when changing proportions
  • Recording time limit requires watching ads
  • Puppet randomly collapses/dies
  • Counter for making more puppets not going down

Requested features

20 requests
  • Add more puppet slots (2, 6, 8, 10)
  • Multiplayer mode
  • Custom map editor with interactive things
  • Ability to draw/create own items
  • Add hair to puppets
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  • Add hats to puppets
  • Add more packs/backgrounds (ocean, virus, store, jail, school, bush map)
  • Make more items free (lounge kitchen background)
  • Add more time for creation
  • Add a walking button/feature
  • Add AR mode functionality explanation
  • Add hair attachment option (short, long, very long)
  • Add Gorilla Tag characters and maps
  • Add more rooms for puppet creation
  • Add a paint bucket tool
  • Add tools for straight lines or shapes
  • Add a ball-shaped nose that stretches and rotates
  • Add editable ears (removable)
  • Add an editable quadruped model for animals
  • One-time purchase for future upgrades

In-app purchases

None

Fish Tank AR

No in-app purchases

15 purchases

Puppet Time

One-time15
  • Remove watermark from video$0.99
  • Wacky Arm Man$0.99
  • Block Puppets$0.99
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  • Theater Stage$0.99
  • Bushes$0.99
  • Fruit Pack$0.99
  • Blobs Pack$0.99
  • Robot Pack$0.99
  • Pets Pack$0.99
  • Lounge Room and Kitchen$1.49
  • Silly Animals$1.49
  • Halloween Pack$1.49
  • Remove Ads and Record Limit$1.99
  • School Pack$1.99
  • Christmas Pack$1.99

Questions

Is Fish Tank AR free?
Fish Tank AR is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Puppet Time free?
Puppet Time is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Fish Tank AR or Puppet Time?
Puppet Time is rated higher. Fish Tank AR averages 4.2 out of 5 from 26 ratings, while Puppet Time averages 4.4 from 120 ratings.
Do Fish Tank AR or Puppet Time have ads?
Puppet Time shows ads; Fish Tank AR does not.

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