Comparison

PuppetMaster vs Sight Words II with Word Bingo

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

Head to head
About

PuppetMaster

Create animated videos by acting out scenes or touching the screen. Record your voice to bring characters to life in real-time. Features motion capture, multi-touch control, and the ability to use custom puppets and backgrounds.

Highlights
  • Real-time animation
  • Motion capture
  • Multi-touch animation
  • Create custom puppets
  • Create custom backgrounds
  • Export and share videos
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PuppetMaster: Animate. Literally. Anything. This animation app lets you instantly bring to life anything you want, just by acting things out in front of the camera or touching the screen. Your voice is recorded as well. The result is your own animated video you can save and share! The app even has fun guided activities that kids can follow along and do, making arts and crafts and then animating them. Features include: * Real-time animation - you animate in the moment, while you talk, and your puppet comes to life in front of your eyes. * Motion capture - intuitively animate characters just by moving your body in front of the device camera. Use front or back camera. (Best results are usually with back camera of newer devices.) * Multi-touch - animate by touching and dragging the puppet and its body parts on the screen, even using both hands or working together with a friend. * Animate one or two puppets - you can have one puppet on its own, or two puppets where both can move and you can control which one is talking at any time. * Create your own puppets - bring to life your physical artwork, your favorite toys, a person or animal, random stuff like your snacks arranged as a character, really anything you like! * Create your own backgrounds - use a painting you made, a diorama, some interesting place, or anything else you want as your background. * Choose from our designs - the app comes with a bunch of cool puppets and backgrounds already in it, in a cute hand drawn style that you can mix and match with your own creations. * Export and share videos with audio - save a video of your puppet show, complete with the audio of your performance, locally and also to social media, cloud storage, or any other typical sharing method. * In-app streaming tutorials and activities - guiding kids through using the app for visual storytelling, and teaching them how to create various physical art pieces and animate them. On our website and social media you'll find more project ideas, educational support, and lesson plans for teachers and homeschooling parents. PuppetMaster was named one of the Best Apps for Teaching and Learning by the American Association of School Librarians. It's a great open ended creative activity for children, supports ISTE standards, and is a great way to integrate the arts into any academic subject for a more engaging class. (Teachers say they prefer it to stop motion animation because it's so much easier and faster.) See our privacy and terms here: https://www.shmonster.com/privacyterms/

About

Sight Words II with Word Bingo

This educational app offers a fun and engaging way for young learners to master sight words. It features multiple games, including Word Bingo and a memory game, with professional voiceovers and adjustable difficulty levels. Designed for preschoolers through second graders, it enhances vocabulary and memory through playful repetition.

Highlights
  • Word Bingo game
  • Memory building game
  • Professional voiceovers
  • Multiple built-in games
  • Adjustable difficulty levels
  • 1st and 2nd grade levels
Features
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Now Ranked in TOP 50 FREE Educational iPad Apps Introducing Sight Words 2 with Word Bingo! All new words in this comprehensive Sight Words app with multiple games, including Word Bingo! This app is designed to educate and entertain 1st and 2nd graders, Pre-Schoolers, Kindergarteners! FEATURES INCLUDE: * 1st and 2nd grade levels * Professional voiceovers for excellent auditory learning * 5 built-in games for playful learning * Hard and easy levels of difficulty for games * All new Word Bingo! * Superb memory building with memory game! * Upgrade to all words with ad-free version using easy in-app purchase! Learning Sight Words has never been so much fun! Using all touch features which kids love with playful sounds and professionally recorded voiceovers, this is a complete learning experience for any child who is beginning to learn Sight Words or looking to enhance vocabulary and memory. 5 built-in games make is seem like a play act the whole time while the child is learning each word with repetition.

Screenshots

PuppetMaster4 screens
Sight Words II with Word Bingo4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: PuppetMaster at 4.0 against Sight Words II with Word Bingo's 3.5. PuppetMaster also leads on update cadence (monthly vs every 4 months) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.1). On price, review sentiment, ratings volume and ads 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

Both are free to download. PuppetMaster sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month and Sight Words II with Word Bingo sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

PuppetMaster holds the better App Store score, 4.0 against 3.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 56 and 21 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 33% of PuppetMaster's written reviews are positive against 38% of Sight Words II with Word Bingo's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

PuppetMaster ships an update monthly, Sight Words II with Word Bingo every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 1, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
PuppetMaster versus Sight Words II with Word Bingo: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPuppetMasterSight Words II with Word Bingo
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.0 (56 ratings) — better3.5 (21 ratings)
Positive reviews33.3% of reviews37.7% of reviews — better
Number of ratings56 — better21
Update frequencyMonthly — betterEvery 4 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.0 — better15.1
Further details — not scored
Size415 MB56 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperShmonster LLCeFlashApps, LLC

Customer experience

PuppetMaster

All ratings50 ratings
Positive70.0%
Neutral8.0%
Negative22.0%
Written reviews45 reviews
Positive33.3%
Neutral11.1%
Negative55.6%

Sight Words II with Word Bingo

All ratings21 ratings
Positive52.4%
Neutral14.3%
Negative33.3%
Written reviews53 reviews
Positive37.7%
Neutral18.9%
Negative43.4%

Bugs and requests

PuppetMaster

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Sight Words II with Word Bingo

Reported bugs

10 issues
  • App freezes on startup with ads and bouncing ball
  • App won't load and cannot be deleted
  • Sound stops working during games
  • Letters missing from longer words on screen
  • App loses sound after a few days of use
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  • App crashes after about 5 minutes of use
  • Upgrade doesn't unlock full version or all words
  • Sound doesn't work after upgrade
  • App won't say words during bingo
  • Target word shown during shooting activity, no guessing required

Requested features

8 requests
  • Allow custom words
  • More words and levels
  • More accents available
  • Display stickers after level completion
  • Higher level reading apps
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  • Sentence context for word review
  • More challenging word games (e.g., same starting letters)
  • Option to remove hints

In-app purchases

6 purchases

PuppetMaster

Subscriptions4
  • Creative Kids' Activities7 Days trial$2.991 Month
  • Animation7 Days trial$2.991 Month
  • Creative Kids' Activities7 Days trial$24.991 Year
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  • Animation7 Days trial$24.991 Year
One-time2
  • Animation$2.99
  • Animation$24.99
1 purchases

Sight Words II with Word Bingo

One-time1
  • Upgrade to full version of Sight Words 2!$4.99

Questions

Is PuppetMaster free?
PuppetMaster is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Sight Words II with Word Bingo free?
Sight Words II with Word Bingo is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, PuppetMaster or Sight Words II with Word Bingo?
PuppetMaster is rated higher. PuppetMaster averages 4.0 out of 5 from 56 ratings, while Sight Words II with Word Bingo averages 3.5 from 21 ratings.
Do PuppetMaster or Sight Words II with Word Bingo have ads?
Neither PuppetMaster nor Sight Words II with Word Bingo shows ads.
Which is updated more often, PuppetMaster or Sight Words II with Word Bingo?
PuppetMaster ships an update monthly, and Sight Words II with Word Bingo every 4 months. Most recently, PuppetMaster was updated on November 6, 2026 and Sight Words II with Word Bingo on November 1, 2026.

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