Jack vs Pumpkin 3D
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Jack
This app lets you digitally carve and display a realistic 3D pumpkin with a flickering candle. Choose from dozens of designs and enjoy spooky ambient sound effects to create a festive Halloween atmosphere on your device.
- Realistic 3D Jack-O-Lantern
- 40 carving designs
- Ambient sound effects
- Lightning strike effect
- Interactive controls (rotate, shake)
- Supports landscape and portrait
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Jack-O-Lantern is an app that displays a carved 3D pumpkin. The pumpkin is recreated in loving detail right down to the flickering candle inside. Dozens of carving designs are included, so no getting your hands dirty carving the real thing. Set your iPhone in a dock to give your desk that appropriate Halloween atmosphere, or bring your iPad with you to spookify any outing. Artificial pumpkin smell not included. Features: - Highly realistic 3D Jack-O-Lantern. - 40 different carvings to suit your every need. - Scary ambient sound effects for that extra atmospheric touch. - Double-tap the screen for a lightning strike. - Drag your finger to rotate the view. - Shake to change carvings. - Supports both landscape and portrait rotations. - Options are included in the Settings application. Also check out the Jack-O-Lantern Screen Saver for MacOS, available at http://www.killerrobots.com/
Pumpkin 3D
Create and decorate virtual pumpkins with a variety of spooky or fun accessories. Design a Halloween scene, take snapshots of your creations, and share them with friends and family.
- Carve virtual pumpkins
- Decorate with eyes, mouths, noses
- Add hats and glasses
- Place Halloween-themed objects
- Adjust scene lighting
- Take and share snapshots
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Pumpkin 3D is a pleasing holiday diversion, which allows you to carve a pumpkin and decorate a scene with fun items. When you’re finished with your spooky creation, take a snapshot and share with your friends and family. There are a variety of eyes, mouths, noses, and lids to choose from. Feel free to mix and match each feature making your pumpkin as goofy or scary as you like. When you’re done carving, top off your pumpkin with props like hats or glasses. Lastly, make the scene picture perfect by adding various Halloween themed objects around the scene. Use swipes to navigate through pages of decorations, and taps to place them on and off. Dimmer can be used to turn down the lighting in the scene. Enjoy the holiday themed music and spooky sound effects that frighten you with every tap. When you are satisfied with your creation, use pinch and swipe to position the camera, take a snapshot of your work, save it in your photo album, and send it to your friends and family! And don’t forget to check out our other holiday decorating apps, Halloween 3D, Christmas Tree 3D and Snowman 3D. Happy Holidays! Art by Terry. Programming by George. Music by Carey.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Jack at 5.0 against Pumpkin 3D's 4.4. Jack also leads on update cadence (every 30 months vs every 87 months) and chart position (#197 vs unranked). Pumpkin 3D's advantage is review sentiment (100% vs 86%) and ratings volume (24 vs 3). 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
Jack costs $0.99 and Pumpkin 3D $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Jack holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Pumpkin 3D has 24 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 86% of Jack's written reviews are positive against 100% of Pumpkin 3D's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Jack ships an update every 30 months, Pumpkin 3D every 87 months. The most recent releases landed on September 5, 2026 and September 19, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Jack | Pumpkin 3D |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.99 | $0.99 |
| Rating | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better | 4.4 (24 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 85.7% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 3 | 24 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 30 months — better | Every 87 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Paid |
| Best chart rank | #197 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple TV — better | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 42 MB | 10 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Killer Robots | Graphics Software Labs |
Customer experience
Jack
Pumpkin 3D
In-app purchases
Jack
No in-app purchases
Pumpkin 3D
No in-app purchases









