ShapeBuilder Preschool Puzzles vs Monkey Preschool Animals
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
ShapeBuilder Preschool Puzzles
This app helps young children develop cognitive thinking and fine motor skills through interactive puzzles. It features easy-to-move shapes that snap into place, revealing images and professional voice recordings of words spoken by a speech therapist. The app offers a wide variety of puzzles, including animals, letters, numbers, and musical instruments, in a fun and engaging format.
- Interactive shape puzzles
- Speech therapist voiceovers
- Develops cognitive thinking
- Enhances fine motor skills
- Educational content (animals, letters, numbers)
- Sound effects
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From the creators of the hit, award winning, iPad app Drawing Pad! ShapeBuilder educates & entertains your little one with easy to move shapes that snap into place on top of silhouette puzzles. Each puzzle has 5 to 10 pieces & after positioning all of the pieces, the real image is revealed along with a professional voice recording of the word spoken by a licensed speech therapist that specializes in early child development. ShapeBuilder encourages cognitive thinking & fine motor skills plus exposes young minds to new music instruments, animals, produce, objects & the alphabet in a fun & engaging format with LOTS of sound effects! Designed for kids! No menu buttons on the puzzles to get in the way of game play! Highlights: Total of 173 puzzles! 30 Music instruments with sound effects 21 Fruits & Vegetables 45 Animals - awesome sound effects! 26 Letters - speech therapist sounds out each letter in a fun way 20 Numbers - one through twenty! 31 other fun items like Firetruck, Police Officer, Garbage Truck, and Volcano Random play resets after all puzzles are completed. Kids have so much fun trying to guess what the puzzle will be! By Darren Murtha & Chris Lott for kids and toddlers in preschool, kindergarden & firstgrade! App for kids 3 to 6 years old - MANY 2 year olds play this too but you may have to play together at first. (Perfect for toddlers / preschool / kindergarten / first grade / and babysitters) In 2009-2010 previously featured as an Apple Staff Favorite! (July) and iTunes App Store Essential for Toddlers (October) FEATURED IN: MACWORLD "App of the Day" tinyurl.com/app-of-day THE WASHINGTON TIMES tinyurl.com/sb-washingtontimes USATODAY.COM tinyurl.com/sb-usatoday SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE tinyurl.com/sb-sanfran O'REILLY's Book "Best iPhone Apps" http://tinyurl.com/sb-best-iphone-apps BEAT "Wheels on the Bus" on O'Reilly's APP SMACKDOWN tinyurl.com/app-smackdown "ShapeBuilder earns an edu.Mac.nation daddy score of "A" - Immediately my son was able to locate & move the pieces into position. The audio quality is fantastic, the application is stable, & the variety of puzzle types kept my son engaged & entertained. Together we worked on completing the puzzles & saying out loud what the images were." Michael (an elementary school teacher) from www.edumacnation.com "If you’ve got a preschooler then ShapeBuilder is a great app for your iPhone...This app is great on many levels & a terrific combination of learning & fun." The iPhone Mom (www.theiphonemom.com) "A great little jigsaw app for children aged 3 to 5 years." Daniel Donahoo, Geekdad at wired.com
Monkey Preschool Animals
Embark on a global adventure to discover over 100 animals in diverse environments. This interactive educational game features fun facts, challenging questions, and amusing animations to engage early learners.
- Over 100 animals to discover
- 7 diverse environments
- Hundreds of animal questions
- Hundreds of animations
- Captivating soundscape
- Badge rewards system
- Kid-friendly design
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Up, Up and Away! Join Milo in his hot air balloon as he travels around the globe discovering the wonderful world of animals. Brave the icy tundra of the Arctic and feed an Orca, or soar across the outback and discover the adorable kookaburra and the not so adorable tasmanian devil. Designed for early learners, Monkey Preschool Animals is an imaginative and delightfully interactive educational game filled with fun facts, challenging questions and amusing silly animations-not to mention hungry lions and roaring polar bears! FEATURES -Over 100 animals to discover -7 diverse and beautifully detailed environments to explore -Hundreds of questions about animals: Can you find a reptile? What animal made that sound? -Hundreds of fun and adorable animations -Captivating naturalistic animal sounds and an immersive soundscape -Rewards! Fill up your badge book with beautiful unique badges -Intuitive kid friendly design -COPPA compliant
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Monkey Preschool Animals at 4.5 against ShapeBuilder Preschool Puzzles's 4.1. Monkey Preschool Animals also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 83%) and chart position (#116 vs unranked). ShapeBuilder Preschool Puzzles's advantage is update cadence (every 8 months vs every 25 months) and ratings volume (86 vs 27). 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
ShapeBuilder Preschool Puzzles costs $2.99 and Monkey Preschool Animals $2.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Monkey Preschool Animals holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 4.1. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 86 and 27 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 83% of ShapeBuilder Preschool Puzzles's written reviews are positive against 100% of Monkey Preschool Animals's.
ShapeBuilder Preschool Puzzles ships an update every 8 months, Monkey Preschool Animals every 25 months. The most recent releases landed on October 20, 2026 and October 16, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | ShapeBuilder Preschool Puzzles | Monkey Preschool Animals |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $2.99 | $2.99 |
| Rating | 4.1 (86 ratings) | 4.5 (27 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 83.2% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 86 — better | 27 |
| Update frequency | Every 8 months — better | Every 25 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Paid |
| Best chart rank | — | #116 — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 98 MB | 124 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Murtha Design LLC | THUP Games |
Customer experience
ShapeBuilder Preschool Puzzles
Monkey Preschool Animals
Bugs and requests
ShapeBuilder Preschool Puzzles
Reported bugs
3 issues- App crashes on launch
- No sound or audio issues
- Puzzles not displaying correctly
Requested features
4 requests- More variety and new puzzles
- Ability to pause, replay, or navigate puzzles
- Customization options (e.g. difficulty, categories)
- Support for multiple languages
Monkey Preschool Animals
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
ShapeBuilder Preschool Puzzles
No in-app purchases
Monkey Preschool Animals
No in-app purchases
Questions
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