Pocket Lantern vs Socky
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Pocket Lantern
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A minimal flashlight with text-to-Morse and strobe modes.
Socky
Transform any image or video into a puppet and bring it to life with your own voice and face. Create unique characters using AI tools or a library of pre-made puppets, then perform and share your shows.
- Turn any image into a puppet
- AI puppet creation from text prompts
- Face-tracking for voice performance
- Library of ready-made puppets
- Perform and share video shows
- Create endless content with AI puppets
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PUPPET EVERYTHING, AND YOU'RE THE PUPPETEER! Turn anything into a puppet: your dog, your cat, a painting, a child's doodle, a hot dog... you name it! If you can capture a short video of your puppet opening and closing its mouth, it can be a puppet. Or choose from a growing library of ready-made puppets, cast your show, perform, and share! Socky includes a full set of AI puppet creation tools too. Upload any still image, or generate one from a text prompt, and turn it into a puppet you can perform with. Every AI puppet is generate-once: create it a single time, then use it to make endless content without using AI again. These tools are helpful, but they are never required to create, perform, or share. YOU ARE THE PUPPETEER Voice your puppet's performance with your own face, using Socky's unique face-tracking approach to video puppeting. Hit record and share! Free to download, with a free starter Socky pack to get you going. Let's see what YOU make!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Pocket Lantern at none against Socky's 10. Pocket Lantern also leads on ads (none vs shown). Socky's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs every 77 months) and device support (3 vs 1). On price and iOS requirement 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. Socky sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Pocket Lantern asks for nothing beyond the download.
Pocket Lantern ships an update every 77 months, Socky weekly. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Pocket Lantern | Socky |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Number of ratings | — | 1 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 77 months | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | — | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.4 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 34 MB | 249 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Hrayr Movsisyan | Curious Labs |
In-app purchases
Pocket Lantern
No in-app purchases
Socky
- Puppet$4.991 Month
- Sock Puppet3 Days trial$4.991 Month
- Puppeteer$7.991 Month
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- AI Puppet$7.991 Month
- AI Sock Puppet3 Days trial$7.991 Month
- Puppet Master$9.991 Month
- AI Puppeteer$17.991 Month
- AI Puppet Master$34.991 Month
- Puppet Pack - Drawings With Doofus$2.99
- Puppet Pack - Wonderland Collection$2.99
