Comparison

Puppet Pals vs AudioWorks

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

AudioWorks

Explore sound and music with interactive visualizations and synthesis tools. Analyze waveforms, create sounds with additive synthesis, and experiment with audio effects. Ideal for learning about acoustics and audio manipulation.

Highlights
  • Interactive sound visualizations
  • Waveform and spectral analysis
  • Additive synthesis mode
  • Audio effects manipulation
  • MIDI keyboard support
  • Contextual help menu
Features
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AudioWorks is an interactive, educational tool for sound analysis and intuitive visual manipulation of sound effects. Developed for Drexel University's Summer Music Technology (SMT) program, AudioWorks gives users visual representations of sounds picked up by the iPad's internal microphone or line input. These visuals help users identify what makes different sounds and musical instruments unique in the shape of the waveform (time domain) and its spectral content (frequency domain). An additional synthesis mode allows users to approximate the frequency content and transient characteristics of real-world musical instruments by adjusting the amplitudes of individual sine waves (additive synthesis) plus noise, and by drawing amplitude envelopes directly on the plot. Users can also draw one period of an arbitrary waveform and examine its frequency content. The monophonic synthesizer is controllable using a frequency slider, on-screen keyboard, or external MIDI keyboard. Finally, an effects mode is used to illustrate how a few common sound effects (distortion, filtering, delay, and amplitude modulation) modify musical instrument signals, and what these changes look like in time and frequency. Each effect parameter is manipulated in an intuitive way that directly relates to how the effect works, and a contextual help menu guides the user in activating the effect and modifying its parameters. Effects can be applied to any signal coming in through the microphone or line input, or signals generated in synthesis mode. Using an external MIDI controller, effects parameters can be dynamically mapped to control changes and channel aftertouch messages.

Screenshots

Puppet Pals4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: AudioWorks at 4.7 against Puppet Pals's 3.8. AudioWorks also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 10) and review sentiment (80% vs 71%). Puppet Pals's advantage is ratings volume (52 vs 3). On price, update cadence, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Puppet Pals sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. AudioWorks asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

AudioWorks holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 3.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Puppet Pals has 52 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 71% of Puppet Pals's written reviews are positive against 80% of AudioWorks's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Puppet Pals ships an update every 6 months, AudioWorks every 11 months. Both last shipped on October 29, 2026.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Puppet Pals versus AudioWorks: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPuppet PalsAudioWorks
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.8 (52 ratings)4.7 (3 ratings) — better
Positive reviews71.0% of reviews80.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings52 — better3
Update frequencyEvery 6 months — betterEvery 11 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPad
Requires iOS17.011.4 — better
Further details — not scored
Size77 MB4 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPolished Play, LLCSoundSpin

Customer experience

Puppet Pals

All ratings50 ratings
Positive68.0%
Neutral8.0%
Negative24.0%
Written reviews210 reviews
Positive71.0%
Neutral7.6%
Negative21.4%

AudioWorks

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews5 reviews
Positive80.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative20.0%

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

AudioWorks

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
None

AudioWorks

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Puppet Pals free?
Puppet Pals is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is AudioWorks free?
AudioWorks is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Puppet Pals or AudioWorks?
AudioWorks is rated higher. Puppet Pals averages 3.8 out of 5 from 52 ratings, while AudioWorks averages 4.7 from 3 ratings.
Do Puppet Pals or AudioWorks have ads?
Neither Puppet Pals nor AudioWorks shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Puppet Pals or AudioWorks?
Puppet Pals ships an update every 6 months, and AudioWorks every 11 months. Most recently, Puppet Pals was updated on October 29, 2026 and AudioWorks on October 29, 2026.

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