Puppet Pals vs Metaverse
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Puppet Pals
Bring your stories to life by creating animated shows in real time. Choose actors and backdrops, then record your movements and voice to produce unique performances. Unleash your creativity with endless storytelling possibilities.
- Real-time animation recording
- Create actors from photos
- Use photos as backdrops
- Zoom and rotate characters
- Downloadable creative characters
- Director's Pass for all content
Read full descriptionHide full description
Create your own animated shows in real time! Pick your actors and backdrops, drag them onto the stage, and tap record. Your movements and voice are captured live, ready to play back, save, and watch again. Act out a pirate adventure on the high seas, a spooky monster showdown, or a Wild West escape — and mix any characters and scenes however you like. Your shows are only limited by your imagination. FREE FEATURES - A stage full of characters and backdrops to perform with - Turn a photo into a character or a backdrop - Record shows with live animation and audio - Zoom, rotate, and flip characters as you perform - Save shows and watch them anytime CREATIVE CLUB (optional subscription) Join the Creative Club to unlock the full show: - Imagine any character or backdrop, describe it, and watch AI bring it to life - Every character and scene pack included - Record shows up to 10 minutes long - Draw your own characters and backdrops - Export your shows as videos - Widescreen stage and full control over the end-of-show outro Choose your plan, monthly or annual: - Essentials — includes 40 AI creations per month - Unlimited — includes up to 1,000 AI creations per month SUBSCRIPTION DETAILS Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase. Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. You can manage or cancel your subscription anytime in your App Store account settings. Any unused portion of a free trial is forfeited when you purchase a subscription. Privacy Policy: https://www.polishedplay.com/puppetpals1/privacy Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Puppet Pals is fully usable without a subscription — the Creative Club just adds more magic.
Metaverse
Easily create interactive content like games, scavenger hunts, memes, and educational experiences. Use the Metaverse Studio to build your creations and then explore them within the app browser.
- Interactive content creation
- Metaverse Studio
- App browser
- Game creation
- Scavenger hunt creation
- Meme creation
- Educational experience creation
Read full descriptionHide full description
Metaverse is the easiest way to create interactive content. Create experiences using the Metaverse Studio, and watch them come to life in the Metaverse app browser. Create all kinds of interactive experiences, including games, scavenger hunts, memes, and educational experiences.
Screenshots
Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Puppet Pals at 3.8 against Metaverse's 3.3. Puppet Pals also leads on review sentiment (71% vs 54%). Metaverse's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 10) and update cadence (every 5 days vs every 6 months). On price, ratings volume, ads and device support 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. Puppet Pals sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. Metaverse asks for nothing beyond the download.
Puppet Pals holds the better App Store score, 3.8 against 3.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 52 and 111 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 71% of Puppet Pals's written reviews are positive against 54% of Metaverse's.
Puppet Pals ships an update every 6 months, Metaverse every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 26, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Puppet Pals | Metaverse |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.8 (52 ratings) — better | 3.3 (111 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 71.0% of reviews — better | 54.1% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 52 | 111 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 6 months | Every 5 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 9.3 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 77 MB | 75 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Polished Play, LLC | GoMeta, Inc. |
Customer experience
Puppet Pals
Metaverse
User reviews
Puppet Pals
From 52 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- ⭐ Great app for classrooms and education
- 🤩 Lots of fun and creativity
- 👍 Easy to use
- 💯 Awesome for making videos and animations
- 🎨 Ability to use own photos and characters
Room to improve
- 💰 Many features require paid upgrade
- 🤬 Frustrating that you can't use own characters without paying
- 🐛 Bugs with exporting and saving videos
- 🙄 Limited free content
Metaverse
From 111 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 💡 Innovative and interactive learning
- 👍 Easy to use for teachers
- 🌟 High student engagement
- 📚 Great for educational purposes
- 🚀 Creates engaging experiences
Room to improve
- 🐛 Too many bugs
- ⚠️ Difficult to navigate
- 🗑️ Inconsistent and unreliable
- ❌ Impossible to use
- 🚫 No instructions provided
Bugs and requests
Puppet Pals
Reported bugs
3 issues- Crashes when trying to export videos
- Saved videos not playing back properly
- Issues with using own photos and characters
Requested features
4 requests- Add more characters, backgrounds, and themes
- Allow exporting and sharing of videos
- Improve video editing and recording features
- Add sound effects and background music options
Metaverse
Reported bugs
83 issues- App crashes when opening YouTube videos
- Assignment glitches and floats away
- App crashes frequently
- App gets stuck on loading screen
- AR is dreadful and doesn't work properly
Show 78 moreShow fewer
- Locked phone with location request
- Map zooms when it should move
- Map zooms erratically
- App not loading
- Constant crashing/not working
- Map zooms when it should move
- When you want to zoom it goes crazy
- Right now it's not showing anything at all
- Installs without any problems but can't create an account
- Latest update still doesn't allow you to sign up
- The map zooms when it should move
- When you want to zoom it goes crazy
- Right now it's not showing anything at all
- App seems to be a great idea but constant crashes
- The map zooms when it should move
- When you want to zoom it goes crazy
- Right now it's not showing anything at all
- Constant crashing/not working
- App gets stuck on sign up screen
- App gets stuck trying to make account
- Username problems
- Can't log in, only shows 'error'
- App not loading
- App crashes when trying to take you to a YouTube video
- Assignment glitches and floats away
- App crashes frequently
- App gets stuck on loading screen
- AR is dreadful and doesn't work properly
- Locked phone with location request
- Map zooms when it should move
- Map zooms erratically
- App not loading
- Constant crashing/not working
- Map zooms when it should move
- When you want to zoom it goes crazy
- Right now it's not showing anything at all
- Installs without any problems but can't create an account
- Latest update still doesn't allow you to sign up
- The map zooms when it should move
- When you want to zoom it goes crazy
- Right now it's not showing anything at all
- Constant crashing/not working
- App seems to be a great idea but constant crashes
- The map zooms when it should move
- When you want to zoom it goes crazy
- Right now it's not showing anything at all
- App gets stuck on sign up screen
- App gets stuck trying to make account
- Username problems
- Can't log in, only shows 'error'
- App not loading
- App crashes when trying to take you to a YouTube video
- Assignment glitches and floats away
- App crashes frequently
- App gets stuck on loading screen
- AR is dreadful and doesn't work properly
- Locked phone with location request
- Map zooms when it should move
- Map zooms erratically
- App not loading
- Constant crashing/not working
- Map zooms when it should move
- When you want to zoom it goes crazy
- Right now it's not showing anything at all
- Installs without any problems but can't create an account
- Latest update still doesn't allow you to sign up
- The map zooms when it should move
- When you want to zoom it goes crazy
- Right now it's not showing anything at all
- Constant crashing/not working
- App seems to be a great idea but constant crashes
- The map zooms when it should move
- When you want to zoom it goes crazy
- Right now it's not showing anything at all
- App gets stuck on sign up screen
- App gets stuck trying to make account
- Username problems
- Can't log in, only shows 'error'
Requested features
10 requests- Improve interface
- Add dark mode
- More detailed map
- Allow playing experiences more than once
- Character actions beyond talking
Show 5 moreShow fewer
- Make Metacoins useful (shop)
- Add social media login options
- More clear instructions
- Option to remove secrets/confessions
- Track submission counts and results
In-app purchases
Puppet Pals
- Wild West$0.99
- Political Par-tay$0.99
- Monsters$0.99
Show 7 moreShow fewer
- Talk Shows$0.99
- Pirates$0.99
- Fairytale$0.99
- Zombie Attack$0.99
- On the Farm$0.99
- Christmas$0.99
- Director's Pass$3.99
Metaverse
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Puppet Pals free?
Is Metaverse free?
Which has better reviews, Puppet Pals or Metaverse?
Do Puppet Pals or Metaverse have ads?
Which is updated more often, Puppet Pals or Metaverse?
Other comparisons
