Animal Muddle vs DRAWNIMAL
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Animal Muddle
This app allows very young children to create unique or recognizable animals by tapping on body parts. They can also trigger random animal creations and sounds with a single touch, promoting discussion about animal names and noises.
- Create custom animals
- Generate random animals
- Hear animal noises
- Watch animal movements
- Promote animal discussion
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Very young children will love this app. Tap through the body parts to make your muddled-up animal, or make a recognisable animal if you prefer! Tap your animal all over to hear the different noises it makes and watch it move. Tap the 'muddle' button to generate random animals and animal sounds with a single touch. Great to promote discussion about animal names and the noises animals make.
DRAWNIMAL
This app combines drawing and learning the alphabet by having children draw animals around a device. It encourages creative thinking and offers a fun, interactive way to practice letters with animations and audio.
- Draw and animate animals
- Learn the alphabet creatively
- Interactive drawing experience
- Supports 35 animals
- Available in 5 languages
- No internet or ads
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Draw funny animals! Learn the alphabet! Expand your device with pen and paper! DRAWNIMAL is a unique app where kids draw adorable animals while learning the alphabet. With your phone or tablet placed on paper, kids select an animal face from the alphabet menu and draw around the device. The app then instructs how to draw the rest of the animal body. The digital screen is inventively extended with a simple physical interaction, which encourages kids to think outside the box. Hilarious and delightful animations motivate to keep learning. Our primary goal with the app was to expand your device by using simple tangible tools like pen and paper. Features: + Play with up to 35 animals + Get the first 5 animals (A-E) for free + Draw animals and see them come alive with animation + Practice the alphabet in a creative and interactive way + Switch between 5 languages + Lively animations and impressive audio + No failing, no goal, no wrong or right + Supports all iPads and iPhones with iOS 16 or later + No internet access needed! + No advertisements! Available in 5 languages with full voice acting: English, Spanish, German, French and Italian! Learn more about YATATOY: yatatoy.com Contact us for assistance or to give feedback: https://yatatoy.com/info/ MADE BY YATATOY
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: DRAWNIMAL at 4.2 against Animal Muddle's 3.2. DRAWNIMAL also leads on update cadence (every 3 months vs every 33 months) and ratings volume (135 vs 9). Animal Muddle's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 4) and review sentiment (85% vs 64%). On price, 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
Both are free to download. DRAWNIMAL sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. Animal Muddle asks for nothing beyond the download.
DRAWNIMAL holds the better App Store score, 4.2 against 3.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: DRAWNIMAL has 135 ratings behind it against 9, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 85% of Animal Muddle's written reviews are positive against 64% of DRAWNIMAL's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Animal Muddle ships an update every 33 months, DRAWNIMAL every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on September 17, 2026 and September 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Animal Muddle | DRAWNIMAL |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.2 (9 ratings) | 4.2 (135 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 84.6% of reviews — better | 63.9% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 9 | 135 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 33 months | Every 3 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 6.0 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 30 MB | 69 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Busy Things Limited | YATATOY |
Customer experience
Animal Muddle
DRAWNIMAL
Bugs and requests
Animal Muddle
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
DRAWNIMAL
Reported bugs
4 issues- Crashes on launch
- Unable to progress past letter C
- Swipe gesture not working as expected
- Compatibility issues with newer iOS versions
Requested features
5 requests- Expand content to full alphabet
- Allow in-app drawing without physical paper
- Add more animal options
- Improve audio consistency across languages
- Introduce a 'sounds' mode to focus on letter sounds
In-app purchases
Animal Muddle
No in-app purchases
DRAWNIMAL
- Letter Pack 1$2.49
- Letter Pack 2$2.49
- Letter Pack 3$2.49
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- All letter packs$4.99
