Comparison

Creative Whack Pack vs Streaming AMP

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

Head to head
About

Creative Whack Pack

This app offers 100 interactive creativity strategies to stimulate innovative thinking. It's designed to help users break free from habitual thought patterns and explore new perspectives through illustrated cards, stories, examples, and questions.

Highlights
  • 100 interactive creativity strategies
  • Illustrated cards with stories and examples
  • Explorer, Artist, Judge, and Warrior strategies
  • Creative Workshops for focused sessions
  • Stimulates innovative thinking
  • Suitable for individual or group use
Features
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The Creative Whack Pack's 100 interactive creativity strategies stimulate you to think creatively. It PROVOKES your creativity. • "The most impressive brainstorming tool in the App Store, hands down." —Innovation Tools • The iPhone/iPad Universal App has 36 NEW CARDS (up from the original 64)! • "An App Store #1 Best-Seller" (Business Category) • “The Creative Whack Pack displays business brilliance." — USA Today The Creative Whack Pack is the App Store's "premier creative thinking/innovation tool." The Creative Whack Pack is a “creative workshop in an App.” It consists of 100 illustrated creativity strategies. Each of these is packed with stories, examples, and questions. These 100 creativity strategies will “whack” you out of your habitual thought patterns and allow you to look at what you're doing in a fresh way. Use the workshops to stimulate your thinking. •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• For: Creatives, business people, educators, students, coaches, designers, and anyone else who'd like to boost their creativity. •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• Based on the million-selling Creative Whack Pack card deck, this App can serve you as a: Creativity tool, mind jogger, Oracle, workshop, and coach. “A cross between a tarot card and a best friend, the Creative Whack Pack forces your psyche to look in the mirror and challenge what it sees.” — Elle Magazine •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• The Creative Whack Pack is a “creative workshop in an App.” It consists of 100 illustrated creativity strategies. Each of these packed with stories, examples, and questions. — 25 Explorer strategies highlight places to find new information. — 25 Artist strategies provide techniques to generate new ideas. — 25 Judge strategies lend decision-making advice. — 25 Warrior strategies give you the “kick” you need to get your ideas into action. Work with these interactive creative strategies in the Creative Workshops. You can use the Creative Whack Pack by yourself, or with colleagues and friends. The ideas you generate will delight you! Your involvement in each session can be as brief a 30-second “quick hit of stimulation,” or as long as ten-minute “creative workshop.” Roger von Oech created this product. His seminars and products have enhanced the creative thinking skills of millions worldwide. He is the author of the creativity classic A "Whack on the Side of the Head," "A Kick in the Seat of the Pants," "Expect the Unexpected," and "The Creative Contrarian." He also created the popular Ball of Whacks (set of magnetic design pieces), the X-Ball, and the Star-Ball. He earned his Ph.D. from Stanford University in the “History of Ideas.” “Roger von Oech has won a loyal following around the country.” — BusinessWeek Magazine “Business Brilliance!” —USA Today “What a technique!” —ABC’s 20/20

About

Streaming AMP

Features
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AMP is the first mobile platform to deliver enablement content directly to the worldwide AWS field. AMP allows you to stream AWS audio and video podcasts, download, save and organize them for anytime, anywhere playback and sharing just as you would on any popular streaming service. It's ideal for on-the-go learning and continuous knowledge-sharing. Mastering AWS products and services has never been easier.

Screenshots

Creative Whack Pack4 screens
Streaming AMP4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Streaming AMP at none against Creative Whack Pack's 1. Streaming AMP also leads on update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 3 months). On price, ads, device support 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Creative Whack Pack sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Streaming AMP asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Creative Whack Pack ships an update every 3 months, Streaming AMP every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 18, 2026 and September 17, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Creative Whack Pack versus Streaming AMP: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCreative Whack PackStreaming AMP
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.9 (226 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews96.8% of reviews—
Number of ratings226 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS16.615.6 — better
Further details — not scored
Size35 MB26 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperCreative ThinkAMP Studios, LLC

Bugs and requests

Creative Whack Pack

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Login Screen Freezing
  • Incompatibility with Older iOS Versions

Requested features

4 requests
  • Save Progress in Workshops
  • More Frequent Content Updates
  • Improved Social Sharing Options
  • Graphical/UI Enhancements for Newer Devices

Streaming AMP

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Creative Whack Pack

One-time1
  • Full Version$1.99
None

Streaming AMP

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Creative Whack Pack free?
Creative Whack Pack is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Streaming AMP free?
Streaming AMP is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Creative Whack Pack or Streaming AMP have ads?
Neither Creative Whack Pack nor Streaming AMP shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Creative Whack Pack or Streaming AMP?
Creative Whack Pack ships an update every 3 months, and Streaming AMP every 3 weeks. Most recently, Creative Whack Pack was updated on September 18, 2026 and Streaming AMP on September 17, 2026.

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