BookTraps vs OctoStudio
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
BookTraps
This app empowers children to become authors by creating their own illustrated books. Users can design characters, write stories, and share their creations digitally or as printable mini-books, fostering creativity and logical thinking.
- Create books with own stories
- Design characters based on appearance
- Share stories online and offline
- Printable mini-books
- Encourages creative thinking
- Develops logical thinking
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BookTraps – Children’s Book Creator - Booktraps enables children to create books with their own stories - Providing an online tool that encourages creative and innovative thinking. - Very easy tools that allow users to create their own stories without any extra help - Sharing your stories online and offline - Your own characters based on your appearance can make you are the main character in your book. Do you have young children? If you do, you must have noticed how much they love to write and draw pictures. It’s the way they express themselves. Booktraps is a program that helps children make their own books with their own stories. They are the authors. Also, they can make up their own characters based on themselves. Then they print the stories at home and create mini-books. They can even be shared as e-books. The sharing can lead to even more creativity. They develop their creativity and logical thinking. And they learn to collaborate with other kids by sharing and discussing their stories.
OctoStudio
Create animations and games using coding blocks on your mobile device. Bring your own photos and sounds to life, and share your interactive projects with others. Developed by the creators of Scratch at MIT, it's a free and fun way to learn coding.
- Create animations and games
- Use coding blocks
- Incorporate photos and sounds
- Interactive project features
- Share projects as video or GIF
- Offline project creation
- Learn coding through play
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With OctoStudio, you can create animations and games on your mobile phone or tablet. Made by the creators of Scratch at MIT. Code an animated story or game using your own artwork, sounds, and ideas. OctoStudio is completely free of charge - with no ads, no in-app purchases, and no data collected. Create projects without needing an internet connection. Available in more than 30 languages. OctoStudio is developed by the Lifelong Kindergarten group, the MIT Media Lab team that invented Scratch, the world’s most popular coding language for kids. Create • Create animations, games, and anything else you can imagine • Combine emojis, photos, drawings, sounds, and movement • Make your projects come alive with coding blocks Interact • Make interactive games you can play by tilting your phone • Shake your phone or use a magnet to start your project • Make your projects speak aloud • Code your phone to buzz or turn on and off the flashlight • Collaborate across phones using the beam block Share • Record your project as a video or animated GIF • Export your project file for others to play • Send to family and friends Learn • Get started with intro videos and ideas • Explore and remix sample projects • Develop creative thinking and problem-solving skills • Learn to code in a playful and meaningful way OctoStudio has been designed in collaboration with educators in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, India, Korea, Mexico, South Africa, Thailand, Uganda, United States, and other countries around the world. To learn more about OctoStudio or share your feedback, please visit us at www.octostudio.org
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: OctoStudio at 4.8 against BookTraps's 3.8. OctoStudio also leads on review sentiment (84% vs 64%) and ratings volume (64 vs 4). BookTraps's advantage is update cadence (every 10 days vs monthly) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
OctoStudio holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 3.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: OctoStudio has 64 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 64% of BookTraps's written reviews are positive against 84% of OctoStudio's.
BookTraps ships an update every 10 days, OctoStudio monthly. The most recent releases landed on September 22, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | BookTraps | OctoStudio |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.8 (4 ratings) | 4.8 (64 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 63.6% of reviews | 84.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 4 | 64 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 10 days — better | Monthly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 98 MB | 51 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | BookTraps INC | Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
Customer experience
BookTraps
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In-app purchases
BookTraps
No in-app purchases
OctoStudio
No in-app purchases
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