BrainPOP vs Magic Sketch by Boogie Board
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
BrainPOP
This app offers award-winning animated educational videos, interactive activities, and quizzes designed by educators. It aims to transform passive screen time into active, enriched learning experiences for children in grades 3-8 across all subjects.
- Animated educational movies
- Interactive activities
- Quizzes
- Content for grades 3-8
- All subjects covered
- Research-backed learning platform
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Access BrainPOP’s award-winning animated movies, activities and quizzes made by educators and replace your kids’ passive screen time with active, enriched learning. Start your free trial today to access content for grades 3-8 across all subjects. BrainPOP is a research-backed learning platform created by educators that know how kids learn best, and perfect for age-appropriate, independent learning. Start watching, learning, playing and growing with us! Terms of Use: https://www.brainpop.com/about/terms_of_use/ Privacy Policy: https://www.brainpop.com/about/privacy_policy/ User Agreement: https://www.brainpop.com/about/user_agreement/
Magic Sketch by Boogie Board
This app digitizes drawings made on a physical electronic writing tablet, allowing users to save, edit, and enhance their creations with drawing tools. It captures artwork using a mobile device's camera and offers a fun way to interact with physical drawings.
- Scan physical drawings
- Edit and draw on creations
- Save digital artwork
- Vivid rainbow color integration
- Requires physical Magic Sketch tablet
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Magic Sketch™ by Boogie Board® is a fun electronic writing tablet that lets kids doodle, trace, and play in vivid rainbow colors! The free Magic Sketch app makes it easy to save and edit your Magic Sketch creations! CAPTURE YOUR CREATIVITY The Magic Sketch app uses your mobile device camera to scan your Magic Sketch writing surface. EDIT YOUR CREATION The Magic Sketch app includes tools to draw and edit your creation! FEEDBACK OR HELP? E-mail us anytime at customerservice@buffalogames.com Requires use of a Magic Sketch writing tablet, sold separately in stores.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: BrainPOP at 93% against Magic Sketch by Boogie Board's 12%. BrainPOP also leads on rating (4.7 vs 2.6) and ratings volume (34K vs 18). Magic Sketch by Boogie Board's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 5). On price, ads, 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
Both are free to download. BrainPOP sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Magic Sketch by Boogie Board asks for nothing beyond the download.
BrainPOP holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 2.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: BrainPOP has 34K ratings behind it against 18, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 93% of BrainPOP's written reviews are positive against 12% of Magic Sketch by Boogie Board's.
BrainPOP ships an update every 2 months, Magic Sketch by Boogie Board every 10 months. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 2, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | BrainPOP | Magic Sketch by Boogie Board |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (34K ratings) — better | 2.6 (18 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 92.5% of reviews — better | 11.8% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 34K — better | 18 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 10 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 25 MB | 21 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | BrainPOP® | Buffalo Games, LLC |
Customer experience
BrainPOP
Magic Sketch by Boogie Board
Bugs and requests
BrainPOP
Reported bugs
3 issues- Login issues
- Playback problems
- Syncing issues across devices
Requested features
5 requests- More topics and content
- Lower subscription cost
- Better organization of content
- More character diversity
- Support for older devices
Magic Sketch by Boogie Board
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
BrainPOP
- BrainPOP Explorer Subscription$3.991 Month
- BrainPOP Full Access14 Days trial$15.991 Month
- BrainPOP Combo Monthly14 Days trial$19.991 Month
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- BrainPOP Full Access Yearly14 Days trial$129.991 Year
- BrainPOP Combo Yearly14 Days trial$159.991 Year
Magic Sketch by Boogie Board
No in-app purchases
Questions
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