Puppet Pals vs Hello Crayons
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
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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.
Hello Crayons
This app offers a fun and easy drawing experience for children, featuring realistic crayon and marker pen simulations. It includes cool drawing sounds and an intuitive interface, with free coloring sketches available.
- Realistic crayon and marker pen simulation
- Cool drawing sound effects
- Intuitive user interface
- Free coloring sketches
- Part of a drawing series
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Hello crayon is an easy & fun drawing APP for children. It provides realistic crayons and marker pens. Features - Realistic look & feel of crayons and marker pens - Cool drawing sound - Intuitive user interface - Free 8 coloring sketches for coloring Check out our hello drawing series. - Hello Crayons - Hello Color pencils - Hello Chalk Facebook http://www.facebook.com/pages/Hello-Crayon/128107603937551
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Hello Crayons at every 6 weeks against Puppet Pals's every 6 months. Hello Crayons also leads on review sentiment (82% vs 71%) and iOS requirement (9.3 vs 17.0). On price, rating, ratings volume and ads 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 and Hello Crayons sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Hello Crayons holds the better App Store score, 4.0 against 3.8. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 52 and 68 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 71% of Puppet Pals's written reviews are positive against 82% of Hello Crayons's.
Puppet Pals ships an update every 6 months, Hello Crayons every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 10, 2026 and November 1, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Puppet Pals | Hello Crayons |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.8 (52 ratings) | 4.0 (68 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 70.9% of reviews | 81.6% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 52 | 68 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 6 months | Every 6 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 9.3 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 77 MB | 84 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Polished Play, LLC | Raysoft.co |
Customer experience
Puppet Pals
Hello Crayons
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
Hello Crayons
From 68 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👨👩👧👦 Great for kids and toddlers
- 🎨 Realistic crayon texture and appearance
- 😌 Relaxing and stress-relieving activity
- 👍 Easy and intuitive to use
- 🎯 Good for creative expression and drawing
Room to improve
- 🐛 Frequent crashes and freezing issues
- ⏸️ App doesn't open or loads to blank screen
- 💾 Pictures not saving to camera roll
- 🔄 Lost purchases after updates
- ⏳ No updates for years
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
Hello Crayons
Reported bugs
10 issues- App crashes on startup or during use
- Blank white screen after loading
- Pictures not saving to camera roll despite showing saved
- Coloring books disappear after app update
- Purchased extras lost after updates
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- App freezes when accessing store or in-app purchases
- Facebook sharing integration causes crashes
- Email function occasionally crashes app
- Crashes when opening coloring book section
- Incompatibility with iPad 2 after updates
Requested features
10 requests- Zoom in and out capability
- Multiple crayon/marker tip sizes
- More colors and drawing tools
- Import and trace pictures feature
- More coloring book pages
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- Music playback while using app
- Highlighters and pencils options
- Paint and watercolor tools
- Ability to color inside the lines education mode
- Wider color palette
In-app purchases
Puppet Pals
- Wild West$0.99
- Political Par-tay$0.99
- Monsters$0.99
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- 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
Hello Crayons
- 32 color crayons$0.99
- 32 color marker pens$0.99
- Coloring book #1$0.99
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- Coloring Book #2$0.99
- Coloring Book #3$0.99
- Coloring Book #4$0.99
- Flood Fills & Brush Pens$0.99
- crayon_cbook5$0.99
- crayon_cbook6$0.99
- crayon_cbook7$0.99
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