Bubbles vs tonies
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Bubbles
This app provides a playful and interactive experience for young children. It allows them to create and pop bubbles, draw letters, numbers, and shapes with a touch interface, offering a fun and engaging distraction.
- Create bubbles by dragging
- Pop bubbles by tapping
- See bubbles fly
- Experience gravity physics
- Draw bubble letters
- Draw bubble numbers
- Draw bubble shapes
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For toddlers and parents who need a fun distraction. • Hear bubbles popping. • See bubbles fly from your fingers. • Feel gravity pull your bubbles downward. • Draw bubble letters, numbers, and shapes. I created Bubbles to entertain my daughter for a 12 hour plane flight to Korea in 2008 (She's 16 now!). I hope it provides some entertainment for you and your kids too. My favorite is to play Bubbles with my kids before bed. We try to draw letters, numbers, or just fling them about. Tip: Flip your iPad or iPhone upside down to slow the bubbles down for easier drawing. Have fun!
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.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: tonies at Free against Bubbles's $0.99. tonies also leads on rating (4.6 vs 3.2) and update cadence (every 5 days vs every 3 months). Bubbles's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 16.4). On 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
tonies is free to download; Bubbles costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
tonies holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 3.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: tonies has 8K ratings behind it against 64, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 47% of Bubbles's written reviews are positive against 55% of tonies's.
Bubbles ships an update every 3 months, tonies every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on September 29, 2026 and September 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Bubbles | tonies |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 3.2 (64 ratings) | 4.6 (8K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 46.9% of reviews | 55.4% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 64 | 8K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 5 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Best chart rank | — | #167 — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 16.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 2 MB | 87 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Jesse Grosjean | tonies GmbH |
Customer experience
Bubbles
tonies
User reviews
Bubbles
From 64 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🎨 Visually appealing bubbles
- 🧒 Great for entertaining toddlers
- 🕰️ Relaxing and calming
- 🎉 Fun for all ages
Room to improve
- 🔍 Limited features and functionality
- 🔜 Bubbles disappear too quickly
- 💰 Paid in-app purchases removed
- 🤯 Creepy bubble faces
tonies
From 8K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Easy setup
- 👍 Great for reducing screen time
- 👍 Helpful for child development
- 👍 Customizable content
- 👍 Excellent customer service
Room to improve
- 🐛 Connectivity issues
- 🐛 Unreliable app performance
- 🔋 Battery life concerns
- 👎 Complicated setup process
- 👎 Expensive content
Bugs and requests
Bubbles
Reported bugs
3 issues- App crashes on certain devices
- Issues with recent updates
- Inability to access previous purchases
Requested features
4 requests- More bubble customization options
- Ability to keep bubbles on screen longer
- Restore previous in-app purchases
- Add different bubble types and styles
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
In-app purchases
Bubbles
No in-app purchases
tonies
No in-app purchases
