Is it dark outside? vs Puppet Time
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Is it dark outside?
This app tells you if it's dark outside based on your location and time zone. It also displays current position, date, time, and sunrise/sunset times. Designed for iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad, it offers VoiceOver support for blind users.
- Checks if it's dark outside
- Displays current location
- Shows date and time
- Provides sunrise and sunset times
- VoiceOver support for accessibility
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Based on your current location and time zone, this App determines, if it is dark outside or not. Additional, the current position, date, time and times of todays sunrise and sunset are shown. Works with iPhone, iPod touch and iPad. Information for blind users: If you have VoiceOver enabled, you just have to tap the middle of the screen after launching the app, to hear "YES" or "NO"
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.
- 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
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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!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Is it dark outside? at none against Puppet Time's shown. Is it dark outside? also leads on ratings volume (415 vs 115) and iOS requirement (8.0 vs 15.0). On price, rating, review sentiment and update cadence 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
Both are free to download. Is it dark outside? sells 3 one-off in-app purchases and Puppet Time sells 15 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.4 for Is it dark outside? against 4.4 for Puppet Time. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 415 and 115 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 83% of Is it dark outside?'s written reviews are positive against 86% of Puppet Time's.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on August 29, 2026 and September 14, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Is it dark outside? | Puppet Time |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (415 ratings) | 4.4 (115 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 83.0% of reviews | 85.7% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 415 — better | 115 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 2 MB | 273 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Dirk Malorny | Jimmy Nguyen |
Customer experience
Is it dark outside?
Puppet Time
User reviews
Is it dark outside?
From 415 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Efficient and accurate
- 👍 Useful for specific situations
- 😊 Amusing and entertaining
- 🤖 Helpful for those with limited mobility or vision
Room to improve
- 🤷♂️ Redundant for most users
- 🤔 Questionable usefulness
- 🙄 Overly simplistic
Puppet Time
From 115 App Store ratingsWhat 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
Bugs and requests
Is it dark outside?
Reported bugs
2 issues- Inconsistent results when manually changing time
- Location-based detection issues
Requested features
3 requests- Notification when it gets dark
- Integration with virtual assistant
- Expanded functionality (e.g. sunrise/sunset times)
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
In-app purchases
Is it dark outside?
- Remove ads$0.99
- Small Tip - Cookie$0.99
- Big Tip - Beer$2.99
Puppet Time
- 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








