tonies vs TinySteps Activities
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
tonies
Manage your Toniebox and create custom audio stories. Save recordings even if your phone's memory is full. The app simplifies setup, corrects access rights, and allows manual WLAN entry.
- Create custom audio stories
- Save recordings to phone memory
- Simplified Toniebox setup
- Manual WLAN name entry
- Customer service access
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We are pleased that you are using our tonies app. Our App-Tonies are always hard at work for you. In this update, they have once again worked on improvements. If your mobile phone memory is full during a recording, you can now save your recording until then. We have also optimised some steps in the setup process of the Toniebox: The request for access rights has been corrected. WLAN names (SSIDs) can now also be entered manually. Occasionally, it can happen that the set up process was successful despite the code word "hedgehog". This is now displayed. Do you have questions or feedback? The Tonie customer service is there for you in your profile. Note The use of the Content for text and data mining of (generative) AI systems is expressly reserved in the context specified in clause 13.4 of the Terms of Use and is therefore prohibited.
TinySteps Activities
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TinySteps helps you find fun activities to perform with your baby and/or toddler. You get new activities every day and can persist activities that you've enjoyed. Let the powerful AI engine that backs this app help you and inspire you to make every day special for you and your children.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: tonies at Free against TinySteps Activities's $0.99. tonies also leads on chart position (#144 vs unranked). On update cadence, ads, in-app purchases 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
tonies is free to download; TinySteps Activities costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
tonies ships an update every 5 days, TinySteps Activities every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 2, 2026 and September 21, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | tonies | TinySteps Activities |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $0.99 |
| Rating | 4.6 (8K ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 55.4% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 8K — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 5 days | Every 2 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Best chart rank | #144 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 16.4 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 87 MB | 1 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | tonies GmbH | donnywals.com BV |
Bugs and requests
tonies
Reported bugs
4 issues- App crashes and freezes
- Difficulty connecting to WiFi
- Creative Tonie recording issues
- Inconsistent device performance
Requested features
4 requests- Add remote control and playback options in the app
- Implement a wishlist feature in the app
- Allow streaming of purchased content from the app
- Improve content filtering and curation
TinySteps Activities
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
tonies
No in-app purchases
TinySteps Activities
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is tonies free?
Is TinySteps Activities free?
Do tonies or TinySteps Activities have ads?
Which is updated more often, tonies or TinySteps Activities?
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