Banner Extreme vs Talking Alan Alien
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Banner Extreme
Create custom LED-style messages and display them on your device. Show text, symbols, time, date, music info, and even social media feeds. Customize appearance with various settings for speed, size, shape, and color.
- Customizable LED-style messages
- Display time and date
- Show music information
- Integrate social media feeds
- Adjustable scroll and blink speeds
- Customizable element size and shape
- Color customization with randomization
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Banner is an LED-matrix-like display with which you can show custom messages. The following items can be shown: - 5 user-defined messages - 35 types of symbol characters - Date (3 formats) - Time (3 formats) - Bluesky (3 defined feeds based on user's timeline or keyword search) - Music (Artist, Song, Album) The application has the following settings: - Scroll speed - Blink speed - Landscape-only mode - Upside-down display - Mirror display - Double-tap editing - Sleep disable - Character size (3 sizes) - Element (LED) size (3 sizes) - Element (LED) shape (6 shapes) - Element (LED) color (Hue, Saturation) - Element (LED) color randomization Note - Bluesky posts will be updated every minutes or every posts displayed. - "Banner Basic" is a free version with ads; "Banner" and "Banner Extreme" are paid versions with no ad. - "Banner Extreme" has a little bit different from the others on the style and the speed.
Talking Alan Alien
Interact with a friendly alien who repeats what you say in a funny voice and reacts to your touch. This app offers engaging games and special effects for hours of entertainment.
- Talking alien interaction
- Voice recognition and funny voice response
- Reacts to touch
- High quality 3D graphics
- Special effects and animations
- Includes exciting games
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Talk to Alan the talking alien. He answers with his funny voice and reacts to what you say or your touch. Now with a lot of exciting games It is not a dream, neither an Aliens invasion; it is just a friendly neighbor that came from another galaxy to make your acquaintance. If you like talking animal games, alien games or talking apps in general you will love Talking Alan Alien! Enjoy hours of fun and laughter with this talking and funny virtual alien app! Features: - Talking Alien - Talking Game - High quality 3D graphics - Voice interaction/animations - Special effects: falling down, somersault, hit face, flying saucer/ufo, etc. - Exciting games - Fun for all Can you play all the levels of all the games?
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Talking Alan Alien at Free against Banner Extreme's $0.99. Talking Alan Alien also leads on rating (3.6 vs 3.0) and ratings volume (10 vs 2). Banner Extreme's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and ads (none vs shown). On update cadence, device support and iOS requirement 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
Talking Alan Alien is free to download; Banner Extreme costs $0.99 up front. Talking Alan Alien sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Banner Extreme asks for nothing beyond the download.
Talking Alan Alien holds the better App Store score, 3.6 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Talking Alan Alien has 10 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 70% of Banner Extreme's written reviews are positive against 55% of Talking Alan Alien's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 10, 2026 and November 4, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Banner Extreme | Talking Alan Alien |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 3.0 (2 ratings) | 3.6 (10 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 69.6% of reviews — better | 54.5% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 10 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Paid | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 1 MB | 213 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Masayuki Akamatsu | Kaufcom GmbH |
Customer experience
Banner Extreme
Talking Alan Alien
In-app purchases
Banner Extreme
No in-app purchases
Talking Alan Alien
- ad free version$0.99
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