Comparison

TeachMe vs Puppet Pals

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

Head to head
About

TeachMe

This educational app offers interactive learning for third graders in subjects like math, reading, and spelling. It features a unique writing recognition engine and a rewarding game system to keep children engaged while reinforcing academic skills.

Highlights
  • TeachTech writing recognition
  • Interactive reward system
  • Virtual rewards and customization
  • Progress tracking for parents
  • Personalized learning for multiple students
  • Multiple learning subjects
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TeachMe: 3rd Grade is the fifth installment in the popular TeachMe series of educational apps for the iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad. TeachMe: 3rd Grade teaches six age-appropriate subjects to third grade children: spelling, sight words, multiplication, division, fast multiplication, and fast division. TeachMe: 3rd Grade's unique TeachTech character recognition engine interprets a child's written answers, helping to reinforce writing skills while teaching math and spelling. TeachMe: 3rd Grade keeps children engaged with a unique reward system where children earn coins by playing learning games at the school. They can move around the rest of TeachTown to spend their coins on fun rewards. Children can build their dream home in the TeachTown Neighborhood, make fun photos at the Photobooth, collect stretchable shapes at the Shape Store, visit their virtual aquarium at the Fish Store, and decorate different scenes at the Art Store. The simple and intuitive user interface is designed to be child friendly, allowing children to play without help from an adult. Mimi Mouse, the animated teacher, gives verbal instructions and feedback to encourage the child to learn and succeed! In addition, the learning screens are colorful, fun and rotate between six different subjects so children don't get bored. TeachMe: 3rd Grade is the only educational app which reads your child's writing using TeachTech, 24x7digital's writing recognition engine. Children write their answers for math and spelling questions and TeachMe: 3rd Grade reads them using TeachTech. If your child needs help, TeachMe: 3rd grade will show them how to write the correct answer including the proper stroke order. Each child has an achievements screen which motivates and encourages learning by showing progress and levels for each topic. Parents can use this screen to quickly see progress of their child. Parents can select which subjects they want, set different difficulty levels, and even choose specific questions. Parents can also review performance history for each subject to check how their child is doing. FEATURES: • TeachTech writing recognition • Achievement screen shows progress and levels for each topic • Explore TeachTown to spend coins on fun rewards • Design a dream house with the House Builder reward • Turn ordinary pictures into fun photos at the Photobooth • Collect stretchable shape rewards at the Shape Store • Tend to a Virtual Aquarium with 10 types of fish and 45+ items • 8 different sticker reward scenes: sky, space, playground, beach, underwater reef, pirate cove, city, farm • Over 175+ different stickers for adding to scenes • Classroom friendly personalized learning for 40 students • Select which subjects are displayed for each child • Enable or disable specific questions within a subject • Change the number of correct questions to earn a reward • Change the number of questions in a row to mark a question learned • Tracks performance for each subject (last five questions) • Export Sticker Scenes, Photobooth images, and Aquarium snapshots to Photos app, for emailing or using as wallpaper LEARNING SUBJECTS: • Sight Words: Dolch Third Grade • Spelling: 350+ 3rd grade level words • Multiplication: learn single digit multiplication facts up to 12x12 • Division: learn division facts for products up to 12x12 • Fast Multiplication: timed drills to master multiplication • Fast Division: timed drills to master division Please email us at support@24x7digital for help & suggestions. Try the other apps in the TeachMe series: TeachMe: 2nd Grade, TeachMe: 1st Grade, TeachMe: Kindergarten, TeachMe: Toddler and TeachMe: Math Facts.

About

Puppet Pals

This app provides a complete toolkit for students to create animated stories, ideal for educational projects like book reports and historical reenactments. It allows for custom character and backdrop creation using drawing or photos, and includes over 100 pre-loaded characters. The app is safe for schools with no online sharing or ads.

Highlights
  • Create animated stories
  • Draw custom characters and backdrops
  • Use photos as characters/backgrounds
  • Over 100 pre-loaded characters
  • Printable lesson plans and resources
  • Offline functionality
Features
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The complete classroom storytelling toolkit Puppet Pals helps students bring learning to life through animated storytelling. Create book reports, historical reenactments, science explanations, and more — all with the magic of puppet theater. Everything included. No subscriptions. No in-app purchases. Unlimited characters! DRAW: Students can draw unlimited custom characters and backdrops, bringing any story to life. PHOTO: Students can turn any photo into a character or background. INCLUDED: Over 100 pre-loaded characters NEW: Printable Lesson Plans & Resources Ready-to-use activities aligned to curriculum standards: English Language Arts — Story structure, character development, dialogue History — "Interview a Historical Figure" projects, timeline presentations Science — Explain-a-concept projects, hypothesis presentations Social-Emotional Learning — Conflict resolution, feelings identification World Languages — Vocabulary skits, conversation practice Assessment rubrics included to evaluate student storytelling projects. Safe for schools: No online sharing or social features No accounts required No advertisements Works completely offline Perfect for elementary and middle school classrooms, homeschool families, speech therapy, and special education settings.

Screenshots

TeachMe4 screens
Puppet Pals4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Puppet Pals at 4.1 against TeachMe's 3.7. Puppet Pals also leads on update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 2 months). TeachMe's advantage is price ($2.99 vs $6.99) and review sentiment (78% vs 70%). On ads, in-app purchases 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

TeachMe costs $2.99 and Puppet Pals $6.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Puppet Pals holds the better App Store score, 4.1 against 3.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 56 and 13 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 78% of TeachMe's written reviews are positive against 70% of Puppet Pals's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

TeachMe ships an update every 2 months, Puppet Pals every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
TeachMe versus Puppet Pals: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTeachMePuppet Pals
Price$2.99 — better$6.99
Rating3.7 (56 ratings)4.1 (13 ratings) — better
Positive reviews77.9% of reviews — better69.7% of reviews
Number of ratings56 — better13
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.6 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size163 MB75 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer24x7digital LLCPolished Play, LLC

Customer experience

TeachMe

All ratings55 ratings
Positive69.1%
Neutral5.5%
Negative25.5%
Written reviews68 reviews
Positive77.9%
Neutral1.5%
Negative20.6%

Puppet Pals

All ratings13 ratings
Positive69.2%
Neutral7.7%
Negative23.1%
Written reviews33 reviews
Positive69.7%
Neutral6.1%
Negative24.2%

Bugs and requests

TeachMe

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Handwriting recognition issues (letters not recognized)
  • App may slow down devices
  • Accesses photos without permission

Requested features

10 requests
  • Add more grade levels (4th-12th)
  • Option to disable lengthy explanations
  • Option to turn off the timer
  • Improve handwriting recognition accuracy
  • Allow users to name fish and expand tanks
Show 5 more
  • More realistic teacher voice
  • Add cursive handwriting option
  • D'nealian handwriting option
  • Ability to customize award difficulty
  • Option to 'Tap to Silence the Instructor'

Puppet Pals

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

TeachMe

No in-app purchases

None

Puppet Pals

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is TeachMe free?
TeachMe costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Puppet Pals free?
Puppet Pals costs $6.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, TeachMe or Puppet Pals?
Puppet Pals is rated higher. TeachMe averages 3.7 out of 5 from 56 ratings, while Puppet Pals averages 4.1 from 13 ratings.
Do TeachMe or Puppet Pals have ads?
Neither TeachMe nor Puppet Pals shows ads.
Which is updated more often, TeachMe or Puppet Pals?
TeachMe ships an update every 2 months, and Puppet Pals every 3 weeks. Most recently, TeachMe was updated on October 23, 2026 and Puppet Pals on October 24, 2026.

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