Comparison

Puppet Time vs Stickman

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

Head to head
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!

About

Stickman

Create your own cartoons by drawing frame by frame. This app offers an easy-to-use interface, drawing lessons, and the ability to color your creations and add stickers. Save your animations as GIFs to share with friends.

Highlights
  • Frame-by-frame drawing
  • Coloring and stickers
  • Save as GIF
  • Share animations
  • Drawing lessons
Features
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Become a real animator with our application: draw frame by frame and turn your drawings into a cartoon. Application features: - Easy to use interface: anyone can create cartoons - Color your drawing and add colorful stickers - Save the result as GIF and share with your friends - Drawing lessons for beginners

Screenshots

Puppet Time4 screens
Stickman4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Puppet Time at 86% against Stickman's 40%. Puppet Time also leads on rating (4.4 vs 3.9). Stickman's advantage is ads (none vs shown). On price, ratings volume, update cadence 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Puppet Time sells 15 one-off in-app purchases and Stickman sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Puppet Time holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 3.9. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 115 and 253 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 86% of Puppet Time's written reviews are positive against 40% of Stickman's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Puppet Time ships an update every 3 months, Stickman every 2 months. Both last shipped on October 19, 2026.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Puppet Time versus Stickman: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPuppet TimeStickman
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.4 (115 ratings) — better3.9 (253 ratings)
Positive reviews85.7% of reviews — better40.0% of reviews
Number of ratings115253 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 2 months — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size273 MB372 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJimmy NguyenAppache apps and games ltd

Customer experience

Puppet Time

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

Stickman

All ratings253 ratings
Positive70.0%
Neutral4.7%
Negative25.3%
Written reviews165 reviews
Positive40.0%
Neutral11.5%
Negative48.5%

User reviews

Puppet Time

From 115 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Fun and enjoyable app
  • 💡 Creative tool for videos
  • 👍 Easy to use
  • 👍 Good customization options
  • 👍 Can create own puppets

Room to improve

  • 💰 Paying for puppets/maps
  • ⏳ Limited recording time
  • 😠 Ads for time
  • 🎤 Microphone issues
  • 🎨 Drawing precision issues

Stickman

From 253 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Easy controls
  • 👍 Smooth performance
  • 👍 Customizable FPS
  • 👍 Fun to use
  • 👍 Great for beginners

Room to improve

  • 💸 Excessive ads
  • 🐛 Glitches and crashes
  • 🔍 Limited drawing tools
  • 🔍 Restrictive free version
  • 🔍 Laggy on some devices

Bugs and 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

Stickman

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Frames disappearing during animation
  • Inability to access saved projects
  • Loading issues and white screens
  • Unexpected app crashes

Requested features

5 requests
  • Add sound and audio support
  • Improve export quality
  • Implement more advanced animation tools
  • Increase frame limit for free version
  • Add ability to move and edit objects

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
1 purchases

Stickman

One-time1
  • Premium version$10.99

Questions

Is Puppet Time free?
Puppet Time is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Stickman free?
Stickman is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Puppet Time or Stickman?
Puppet Time is rated higher. Puppet Time averages 4.4 out of 5 from 115 ratings, while Stickman averages 3.9 from 253 ratings.
Do Puppet Time or Stickman have ads?
Puppet Time shows ads; Stickman does not.
Which is updated more often, Puppet Time or Stickman?
Puppet Time ships an update every 3 months, and Stickman every 2 months. Most recently, Puppet Time was updated on October 19, 2026 and Stickman on October 19, 2026.

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