Comparison

Puppet Pals vs Inspiration Maps™

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
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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.

About

Inspiration Maps™

Create visual learning tools like diagrams, graphic organizers, and outlines with ease. Brainstorm ideas, organize concepts, and strengthen understanding through visual thinking techniques. Personalize your creations with images, colors, and more.

Highlights
  • Build diagrams and graphic organizers
  • Brainstorm ideas with RapidFire
  • Organize concepts with drag and drop
  • Strengthen understanding with visual thinking
  • Write notes and plan visually
  • Personalize with images and colors
  • Transform diagrams to outlines
Features
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Welcome to Inspiration Maps™, the most intuitive and powerful visual learning app on the iPad. Build beautiful diagrams, graphic organizers and outlines with ease! Getting organized has never been this simple. ________ What’s the difference between ‘INSPIRATION MAPS’ and ‘INSPIRATION MAPS VPP’? ‘Inspiration Maps’ allows you to create up to five documents to test the functionality of the app for free before using in-app purchase to upgrade to full, unlimited function. ‘Inspiration Maps VPP’ gives you all the features available in the Inspiration Maps upgrade without having to use in-app purchase to access them. ‘Inspiration Maps VPP’ exists to simplify the process for educators purchasing through Apple’s Volume Purchase Program (VPP) for Education. ________ With Inspiration Maps, you can... BUILD DIAGRAMS & OTHER GRAPHIC ORGANIZERS WITH EASE Create concept maps, cause and effect diagrams, process flows, family trees and more! Getting started couldn’t be easier: Simply double tap a blank space on your canvas to create a new idea symbol. Start from scratch or from one of the many built-in templates in language arts, history, science or thinking & planning! BRAINSTORM IDEAS Harness your own creativity - there’s nothing like using Inspiration Maps’ quick-brainstorming tool RapidFire(R) to capture your ideas as fast as they come to you. Never lose track of a great idea again! GET ORGANIZED Simply drag and drop to organize and categorize concepts and ideas. Establish connections with links and connecting phrases. Structure is automatically generated for you when you use Arrange or when you view your diagram as an outline. STRENGTHEN UNDERSTANDING & BUILD RETENTION Use proven visual thinking and learning techniques to brainstorm ideas, explore and explain relationships, and integrate new knowledge with what you already know. Inspiration Maps encourages deeper, more critical thinking and that improves creativity, comprehension and retention. WRITE, TAKE NOTES & PLAN Use visual diagrams or written outlines to take notes and add details. Inspiration Maps turns static outlines into dynamic, rich writing structures. Expand on your work in Diagram View or Outline View, then export to a writing app to complete your projects. PERSONALIZE & BEAUTIFY Your diagrams and outlines are entirely customizable - change background colors, line colors, link styles, fonts, add more! Add graphics from the built-in symbol library, the internet, or your own camera roll. Features: - 1500+ searchable graphic library - Create unlimited diagrams & outlines* - Record & attach audio - Diagrams transform to outlines and back again - Personalize with images, colors, shapes, arrow styles, and backgrounds - Refine layout with align, nudge, spacing controls or auto-arrange - Use images from the web or the iPad camera - Attach notes to any item - Add hyperlinks - Diagrams save instantly - Built-in templates support subjects across the curriculum - Create your own templates* - Add written or audio instructions to any document - Import & export documents between Inspiration Maps & Inspiration 9.2 for PC/Mac* - Share files with other apps on your iPad* - Share files with other iPads via Dropbox, AirDrop, iCloud or iTunes* - Additional templates available in French, Spanish & UK English - Localized in French, Spanish & UK English *Feature available upon purchase of Inspiration Maps VPP. In Inspiration Maps, features is available after using in-app purchase to upgrade to full function. ________________ VOLUME PURCHASE PROGRAM (VPP) FOR EDUCATION To receive the discount available to buyers purchasing 20 apps or more through Apple’s Volume Purchase Program for Education, purchase ‘Inspiration Maps VPP’ (NOT ‘Inspiration Maps’). ________________ OTHERS ARE SAYING “Easy and fun to use. Highly recommended for students and teachers.” - Toni Krasnic, edShelf ** 2013 CODiE Finalist ** **2012 Tech&Learning Award of Excellence Winner**

Screenshots

Puppet Pals4 screens
Inspiration Maps™4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Puppet Pals at 3.8 against Inspiration Maps™'s 3.0. Puppet Pals also leads on review sentiment (71% vs 56%). Inspiration Maps™'s advantage is iOS requirement (9.0 vs 17.0). On price, ratings volume, ads and in-app purchases 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. Puppet Pals sells 10 one-off in-app purchases and Inspiration Maps™ sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Puppet Pals holds the better App Store score, 3.8 against 3.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 52 and 49 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 71% of Puppet Pals's written reviews are positive against 56% of Inspiration Maps™'s.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Puppet Pals versus Inspiration Maps™: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPuppet PalsInspiration Maps™
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.8 (52 ratings) — better3.0 (49 ratings)
Positive reviews70.9% of reviews — better55.6% of reviews
Number of ratings52 — better49
Update frequencyEvery 6 months—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.09.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size77 MB272 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPolished Play, LLCDiagramming Apps, LLC

Customer experience

Puppet Pals

All ratings53 ratings
Positive69.8%
Neutral7.5%
Negative22.6%
Written reviews213 reviews
Positive70.9%
Neutral7.5%
Negative21.6%

Inspiration Maps™

All ratings49 ratings
Positive46.9%
Neutral6.1%
Negative46.9%
Written reviews36 reviews
Positive55.6%
Neutral8.3%
Negative36.1%

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

Inspiration Maps™

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

10 purchases

Puppet Pals

One-time10
  • Wild West$0.99
  • Political Par-tay$0.99
  • Monsters$0.99
Show 7 more
  • 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
1 purchases

Inspiration Maps™

One-time1
  • Upgrade to Full Function$9.99

Questions

Is Puppet Pals free?
Puppet Pals is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Inspiration Maps™ free?
Inspiration Maps™ is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Puppet Pals or Inspiration Maps™?
Puppet Pals is rated higher. Puppet Pals averages 3.8 out of 5 from 52 ratings, while Inspiration Maps™ averages 3.0 from 49 ratings.
Do Puppet Pals or Inspiration Maps™ have ads?
Neither Puppet Pals nor Inspiration Maps™ shows ads.

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