Puppet Pals vs Dot
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.
Dot
This interactive game helps children learn numbers and letters through engaging dot-to-dot puzzles. It offers customizable learning paths for various ages and includes fun rewards like collectible pin badges.
- 35 dot-to-dot puzzles
- Learn numbers and skip counting
- Practice uppercase and lowercase letters
- Customizable learning levels
- Collectible pin badges
- Multi-player profiles
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This fun lesson on letters and numbers can be enjoyed by the whole family, with fully customizable options making it suitable for toddlers and older kids alike. Go from one dot to the next in the correct sequence in order to reveal the mystery object. Terrific job! You have earned a cool pin badge - now have a race with siblings and friends to see who will be the first to collect them all! Inside Dot-to-dot Adventure: - 35 dot-to-dot puzzles - Cute illustrations of fun characters and objects - watch them come alive as you complete each puzzle! - Learn about numbers - progress from traditional counting to skip counting in multiples of 2 to 12 - All about letters - know the alphabet inside and out by practising with uppercase and lowercase letters - Heaps of help options, including: dot hint, simple puzzles with less number of dots, and more - Create up to 4 player profiles - A badge board with collectable pin badges in every puzzle - Pleasant voice narration of letters and numbers, which can be switched on or off LEVELS TO SUIT EVERY CHILD Every child learns at a different pace and this app allows him or her to do just that. You decide what they should learn - is the alphabet too easy for your toddler? Has your preschooler mastered counting and is ready for something a little more challenging, like the multiplications table? Flexibility is key, but we’ve also kept things quick and easy - default settings have been built in so that you can simply enter your child’s age and they can start playing straight away. You can always go back and change the settings to specifically tailor to your child’s needs. WHOLE FAMILY FUN This app saves up to four players. That means everyone can have a go without anyone’s badges getting deleted (and we all know how important that is!). It also means you save a few dollars with something the whole bunch can enjoy. Download Dot-to-dot Adventure once and play it on the iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad. Available in multiple languages, including: English, French, German, Italian, Spanish, Japanese, Chinese, Korean, Swedish, Russian and Danish. -------------- Connect with us! Visit us: http://www.GiggleUp.com Like us: facebook.com/GiggleUpApps Follow us: twitter.com/GiggleUpApps Email us: Support@GiggleUp.com Brought to you by GiggleUp, creators of the award-winning Interactive Telling Time and other educational apps for kids. Our goal is to promote learning through play with the purpose of helping children develop useful learning skills. Our apps have been enjoyed by children and used in classrooms all around the world!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Dot at none against Puppet Pals's 10. Dot also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 71%) and iOS requirement (8.0 vs 17.0). Puppet Pals's advantage is update cadence (every 6 months vs every 42 months). On price, 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. Dot asks for nothing beyond the download.
Puppet Pals ships an update every 6 months, Dot every 42 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Puppet Pals | Dot |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.8 (53 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 70.9% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 53 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 6 months — better | Every 42 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPad |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 8.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 77 MB | 152 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Polished Play, LLC | GiggleUp Kids Apps And Educational Games Pty Ltd |
Customer experience
Puppet Pals
Dot
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
Dot
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
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
Dot
No in-app purchases
Questions
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