Peppy Pals vs The Lighthouse
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Peppy Pals
This app helps children aged 2-8 develop crucial emotional intelligence and social-emotional learning skills. Through interactive games, stories, and activities, kids learn to manage emotions, build resilience, and foster healthy relationships in a safe and playful environment.
- Develops self-esteem and emotional management
- Builds resilience and problem-solving skills
- Fosters empathy and healthy relationships
- Language-free games for global accessibility
- Interactive stories and discussion prompts
- Coloring, puzzles, and emotion-matching games
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WHY PLAY PEPPY PALS? Peppy Pals is developed together with children, researchers and psychologist, and uses the research-based standard for EQ/SEL developed by CASEL. Parents and teachers worldwide use Peppy Pals to help children develop: · self esteem · managing emotions · managing stress · resilience and grit · empathy · problem solving · impulse control · creating healthy relationships ------------ TESTIMONIALS: “Inspires discussions about feelings and empathy” - PappasAppar, Europe's #1 children's app reviewer. “The scenarios the animals encounter are relatable to kids, so how they handle them will transfer well to real life” - Common Sense Media “My daughter is 5 and the youngest of 3. She often gets frustrated that she can’t get a word in with her older siblings and sometimes loses her temper. We are trying techniques to help her take a step back before she does and she finds that using Peppy Pals is a great way for her to remove herself from the situation and think and stay in control! Brett Wigordtz, Parent ------------ THE APP INCLUDES: · Peppy Pals Farm (language-free game) · Peppy Pals Beach (language-free game) · Peppy Pals School (language-free game) · 16 books in English and Swedish · +160 questions to discuss after reading the books · Colorings, puzzles and emotion-matching games · Content developed together with children · Designed together with psychologist · No score-stress or levelling · No third party advertising · Parental guidance on how to talk about EQ/SEL with your child MORE ABOUT PEPPY PALS Peppy Pals is a colorful and safe app filled with joy and playful learning for kids ages 2-6. The farm animals socialize, take care of each other and solve problems in a tranquil and calm setting. Play frisbee, have a picnic on the farm or visit a magical school through scenarios that your child can relate back to real life. There’s hours of play, quizzes, colorings, reading, puzzles and a whole lot of humor that keep the learning fun and interactive. Kids can easily relate to the scenarios thanks to the different personalities that the animal friends exemplify. In Peppy Pals, it’s “different is cool” and all emotions are allowed. The 16 relatable stories are accompanied with questions to discuss and quizzes that spark meaningful conversations between kids and adults. Go beyond ABC and 123 - enrich your child’s mind and heart for a lifetime! Peppy Pals is supported by LEGO Ventures, Yale Center of Emotional Intelligence and the global EQ-network Six Seconds. Ideal for kids ages 2-8. INCLUSIVE FOR ALL CHILDREN Peppy Pals can be played by children all over the world as there is no text or language used in the games. We use a range of different senses (hearing, sight and touch) to stimulate deeper learning, and offer a calm and relaxed way to explore EQ/SEL. This means that the app also works great for children with special needs such as Autism, ADHD, and Asperger’s (ASD) as well as refugee children. ------------ WHICH CHARACTER ARE YOU? Gabby the Rabbit: Kind, shy and sometimes sensitive. Gabby’s motto is: “Get out of your head and get into your heart. Think less, feel more”. Izzy the Owl: Wise, thoughtful and lacks a sense of humor. Izzy’s motto is: “I try not to laugh at my own jokes but we all know I'm hilarious”. Kelly the Cat: Mindful, quiet and vain. Kelly’s motto is: “Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery, but today is a gift. That's why it's called the present”. Reggy the Dog: Loyal, curious and adventurous. Reggy’s motto is: “At the end of the day, your feet should be dirty, your hair messy and your eyes sparkling”. Sammy the Horse: Easygoing, a good listener and a bit absent-minded. Sammy’s motto is: “When life gives you lemons, make lemonade” STAY IN TOUCH: Instagram: @peppypals YouTube: @peppypals Facebook: Peppy Pals Twitter: @peppypals User Terms & Privacy Policy: https://zcooly.com/user-terms-and-privacy-policy/ #peppystories #empathyisthenewblack
The Lighthouse
This app helps children understand and manage their emotions through simple explanations, mini-games, and mindfulness exercises. It encourages self-awareness and emotional intelligence with creative activities like avatar creation and storytelling.
- Discover main emotions
- Create custom avatar
- Practice mindfulness
- Tell your own story
- Express through art and voice
- Paint relaxing mandalas
- Free play mode
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Sometimes it is hard to know what you are feeling and what is happening to you. Emotions overwhelm you and you don't know how to name what is happening to you. Don't worry. We'll help you understand what is happening to you, to learn about your emotions and to get to know yourself. It is very important to exercise emotional intelligence from a very early age, to acquire the skills that help us to know ourselves and to manage emotions and complicated situations. That is why we've created this app. A self-knowledge app; but, above all, an app to become aware of emotions and learn to identify and manage them. With simple explanations, mini-games and activities. An app that helps children manage and express their emotions, and that provides tools and activities to help us relax when certain emotions take over. All of this thanks to mindfulness: exercises and techniques to relax and calm down, to be well with oneself and prevent certain situations from overtaking us. An app that allows you to create your own avatar, become the protagonist and explain your own story. FEATURES: • Discover the main emotions. • Create your avatar. • Practice mindfulness and feel calm. • Tell your own story. • Express yourself through drawings, photos, voice... • Paint mandalas while you relax. • Free play, with no rules or stress. • No ads. ABOUT LEARNY LAND At Learny Land, we love to play, and we believe that games must form part of the educational and growth stage of all children; because to play is to discover, explore, learn and have fun. Our educational games help children learn about the world around them and are designed with love. They are easy to use, beautiful and safe. Because boys and girls have always played to have fun and learn, the games we make - like the toys that last a lifetime - can be seen, played and heard. At Learny Land we take advantage of the most innovative technologies and the most modern devices to take the experience of learning and playing a step further. We create toys that could not have existed when we were young. Read more about us at www.learnyland.com. Privacy Policy We take Privacy very seriously. We do not collect or share personal information about your children or allow any type of third party ads. To learn more, please read our privacy policy at www.learnyland.com. Contact us We'd love to know your opinion and your suggestions. Please, write to support@learnyland.com. Terms of Use: http://learnyland.com/terms-of-service/
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Verdict
Peppy Pals and The Lighthouse both sit at 4.4 stars, but that hides the real split: 100% of The Lighthouse's written reviews are positive against 67% of Peppy Pals's. Peppy Pals's advantage is update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 5 months) and ratings volume (460 vs 27). On price, rating, ads and 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
Both are free to download. Peppy Pals sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $2.99 per month and The Lighthouse sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $7.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.4 for Peppy Pals against 4.4 for The Lighthouse. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Peppy Pals has 460 ratings behind it against 27, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 67% of Peppy Pals's written reviews are positive against 100% of The Lighthouse's.
Peppy Pals ships an update every 3 weeks, The Lighthouse every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 11, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Peppy Pals | The Lighthouse |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (460 ratings) | 4.4 (27 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 66.7% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 460 — better | 27 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Every 5 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 504 MB | 371 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Zcooly AB | Learny Land |
Customer experience
Peppy Pals
The Lighthouse
In-app purchases
Peppy Pals
- Allt innehåll upplåst14 Days trial$2.991 Month
The Lighthouse
- Learny Land Pass - Monthly7 Days trial$7.991 Month
- Learny Land Pass - Monthly7 Days trial$8.991 Month
- Learny Land Pass - Annual7 Days trial$39.991 Year
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- Learny Land Pass - Annual7 Days trial$49.991 Year








