Big Button Box Animals vs PlayButton
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Big Button Box Animals
Explore a collection of animal sound buttons with interactive features. Customize button display, pitch, and order for engaging sound play. Record and share your animal sound creations.
- Animal sound buttons
- Show/hide animal names
- Pitch shifting
- Multiple button modes
- Customizable button order
- Record and share sounds
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Big Button Box™ Animals give you an amazing collection of animal sound buttons to play with! Big Button Box:Animals uses the same proven interface as the other Big Button Box apps. Features: - Show or hide the names of the animals - Pitch Shift - shift the pitch of the animals! - Three buttons modes: Play the sound from full screen big buttons or choose to play them from the menu in two different ways - Change the order of the buttons - Randomize the order of the buttons - Record and share your performances
PlayButton
This app offers a straightforward way to record and play back single sounds. It's designed for simplicity, with just one record and one play button. An optional lock feature prevents accidental changes, making it useful for users with physical challenges.
- One-touch recording
- Single sound playback
- Minimalist interface
- Optional lock functionality
- Therapy tool for special needs
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PlayButton is a simple app that provides the most minimal record and playback experience possible. One record button, one play button, and one sound at a time. If you need a quick way to record a sound and play it back, it doesn't get simpler than this. Used in therapy for special needs students who have physical problems with pressing small buttons, this app allows the user to participate with their sound. For additional control over the interface a "lock" functionality is available from the device's Settings that allows a recorded sound to be locked, removing the record buttons until the app is unlocked. If you choose to support PlayButton through a small in-app annual subscription, the Terms of Service are governed by Apple's standard terms, as specified here: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: PlayButton at Free against Big Button Box Animals's $0.99. PlayButton also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.5) and review sentiment (100% vs 68%). Big Button Box Animals's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and ratings volume (33 vs 2). On 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
PlayButton is free to download; Big Button Box Animals costs $0.99 up front. PlayButton sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $4.99 per year. Big Button Box Animals asks for nothing beyond the download.
PlayButton holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Big Button Box Animals has 33 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 68% of Big Button Box Animals's written reviews are positive against 100% of PlayButton's.
Big Button Box Animals ships an update every 78 months, PlayButton fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on September 18, 2026 and June 10, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Big Button Box Animals | PlayButton |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.5 (33 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 68.4% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 33 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 78 months | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Paid | Free with in-app purchases — better |
| Best chart rank | #178 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 — better | 16.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 27 MB | 13 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Shaved Labs Ltd | Aardustry GmbH |
Customer experience
Big Button Box Animals
PlayButton
In-app purchases
Big Button Box Animals
No in-app purchases
PlayButton
- Yearly Supporter$4.991 Year
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