Starfall Gingerbread vs Peekaboo Presents
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Starfall Gingerbread
Children learn 2D and 3D shapes by creating and decorating virtual gingerbread cookies. They can then navigate a maze, following specific shapes or patterns, with a new maze generated each time they play.
- Create and decorate virtual gingerbread cookies
- Learn 2D and 3D shapes
- Engage in shape-following mazes
- Randomly generated maze challenges
- Color recognition activities
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The Starfall Gingerbread app is a delicious way to learn 2D and 3D shapes. Children create their own cookies, decorating them as they learn more shapes and colors. In this app edition, create a tray of gingerbread cookies, and choose a favorite cookie to run through a maze following shapes or shape patterns. Run the maze again and again, it’s different every time!
Peekaboo Presents
This interactive app lets children discover hidden surprises inside festive gifts. They can tap to unwrap various items, each with unique sounds and animations, while learning new vocabulary. It offers different play modes and narrator options for an engaging early learning experience.
- Unwrap over a dozen unique gifts
- Learn vocabulary with sounds and actions
- Choose narrator voice
- Looped and Regular Play Modes
- Offline play
- No ads or in-app purchases
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Discover what’s inside the gift bouncing under the tree, with the cheeriest Peekaboo app yet! Tap each gift to unwrap a chugging choo-choo train, a friendly dinosaur, dancing pajamas and more! Learn vocabulary as you explore all the joyful gifts waiting to be opened. • Unwrap over a dozen different gifts, each with unique sounds and actions • Choose a sweet 4-year-old narrator, or an adult voice for correct pronunciation • Hear and see the word for each present, helping children with verbal skills and early literacy • Select Looped Mode for endless play, or Regular Mode for a glimpse of Santa and all the presents sleeping (perfect for bedtime!) • Ideal for the youngest app users • Artwork and sound design by artists at Big Happy Holding Company • Play anywhere: no wifi or internet necessary • Totally safe: no third-party advertising or in-app purchases. No pop-ups interrupting play. WHO MADE THIS? Peekaboo Presents was handmade with love by humans at Big Happy Holding Company (formerly Night & Day Studios), specially crafted by expert app designers for early childhood learners and children of all ages with special needs. Check out https://www.bighappyholding.com/ to see other great products for kids, including apps, and physical games. ABOUT BIG HAPPY HOLDING COMPANY Big Happy Holding Company, creators of Peekaboo Barn, is an independent, award-winning company that loves bringing adorable characters to life. We launched our first app in 2008 and continue pouring love into apps like Peekaboo Barn Farm Day, Peekaboo Fridge and Peekaboo Wild. PRIVACY POLICY Big Happy Holding Company cares about your privacy and the privacy of your children. We comply with COPPA, the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act, to protect the information of your children (and ours!) online. For our full privacy policy, see https://www.bighappyholding.com/privacy-policy QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS? Please drop us a support ticket at support@bighappyholding.com before posting a review. We appreciate the opportunity to troubleshoot for you! THANKS TO OUR FANS! If your child loves Peekaboo Presents, please do us the honor of rating and reviewing the app on the App Store. Each review is meaningful to our small team.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Peekaboo Presents at 3.8 against Starfall Gingerbread's 2.4. Peekaboo Presents also leads on update cadence (every 4 months vs every 12 months). Starfall Gingerbread's advantage is price ($0.99 vs $1.99) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 16.0). On review sentiment, ratings volume, ads and in-app purchases 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
Starfall Gingerbread costs $0.99 and Peekaboo Presents $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Peekaboo Presents holds the better App Store score, 3.8 against 2.4. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 12 and 19 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 44% of Starfall Gingerbread's written reviews are positive against 50% of Peekaboo Presents's.
Starfall Gingerbread ships an update every 12 months, Peekaboo Presents every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and November 1, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Starfall Gingerbread | Peekaboo Presents |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.99 — better | $1.99 |
| Rating | 2.4 (12 ratings) | 3.8 (19 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 43.8% of reviews | 50.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 12 | 19 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 12 months | Every 4 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 26 MB | 112 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Starfall Education Foundation | BHHC LLC |
Customer experience
Starfall Gingerbread
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In-app purchases
Starfall Gingerbread
No in-app purchases
Peekaboo Presents
No in-app purchases
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