Comparison

Talking Ginger for iPad vs Teksta Scooby App

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

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About

Talking Ginger for iPad

Interact with a virtual kitten, play games, and complete puzzles. Care for your digital pet by brushing its teeth and showering it. Unlock new content by fulfilling its needs and collecting dream puzzles.

Highlights
  • Interact with a virtual kitten
  • Play mini-games
  • Complete jigsaw puzzles
  • Care for pet's needs
  • Pet, tickle, and talk to the cat
  • Cat repeats what you say
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Say hello to a world of fun with Talking Ginger, the perfect playtime friend! Ginger loves to play fun games with friends! Brush your friend’s teeth, play with the bubbles and have fun popping them to unlock jigsaw pieces. Your friend needs you to help complete all of his funny jigsaw puzzles. Interact with Ginger! You can pet, tickle and talk to your funny friend. Turn on your microphone and say hello to Ginger. This cat loves to chat, he’ll repeat anything you say back to you in his own voice for fun! Take care of your friend before bed and look after his needs to unlock new puzzles! Make fun memories and enjoy classic tamagotchi features: - Play with your tamagotchi friend to hear his cute laugh - Say hello and the cat will talk back to you! - Shower him, brush his teeth and take care of his fur - Pop toothpaste bubbles, roll down the toilet paper and play the jigsaw puzzle game - Collect jigsaw puzzles from your friend’s funny dreams Players who love tamagotchi games, pet games and dress up games will love Talking Ginger, too! This app is PRIVO certified. The PRIVO safe harbor seal indicates Outfit7 has established COPPA compliant privacy practices to protect your child’s personal information. Our apps do not allow younger children to share their information. This app contains: - Promotion of Outfit7's products and contextual advertising - Links that direct customers to our websites and other Outfit7 apps - Personalization of content to entice users to play the app again - Watching videos of Outfit7's animated characters via YouTube integration - The option to make in-app purchases Terms of use: https://talkingtomandfriends.com/eula/en/ Privacy policy for games: https://talkingtomandfriends.com/privacy-policy-games/en Customer support: support@outfit7.com

About

Teksta Scooby App

Control a robotic dog companion with a variety of interactive features. Teach it tricks, make it sing and dance, or even set it as an alarm. It responds to voice, actions, and even hand gestures, mimicking a real puppy with Scooby Doo's humor.

Highlights
  • Sing and dance commands
  • Customizable barking and walking
  • Teach tricks and animations
  • Virtual feeding and piano composition
  • Alarm clock functionality
  • Hand gesture control
Features
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Get TEKSTA Scooby and you will find he is an amazingly smart and funny Robotic Dog with all the humour and fun of our favorite Great Dane, Scooby Doo! With this app, he can do even more!! App Features Sing & Dance – Start Scooby to sing and dance! Bark Control – Choose how often Scooby will bark. Motion Control – Choose how often Scooby will walk. Tricks – Choose from the list and teach Scooby some tricks. Feeding – Choose a foods for your Scooby to eat! Robotic Friends - Call to a puppy friend for your Scooby. Animation - Choose custom actions for Scooby. Piano - Compose a melody for your Scooby to sing. Set Alarm - Set a alarm and Scooby will wake you up. Works with iPad®. (Note: Not all functions of the app work with older devices.) For best performance, make sure: • your tablet’s speaker is facing TEKSTA Scooby • your tablet’s volume is not mute and turned all the way up • your tablet’s other apps are turned off • the environment is not too noisy More about the TEKSTA Scooby product TEKSTA is a real robot who responds to your voice, actions, motions, lights, sounds and even this app. Thanks to his artificial intelligence program, Scooby will bark, cry, whine and change his eye patterns in ways to show how he's feeling. He also has state-of-the-art sensors to know if he's being pet, fed, talked to, and played with. He will fall asleep when the sun goes down and will wake up happy to see you. In short, he acts just like a real puppy with the fun a humour of our much loved Great Dane, Scooby Doo. Scooby features hand gesturing control. With simple movements of your hand, you can command him to stop, sit, and do a back flip jump.

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Teksta Scooby App at 5.0 against Talking Ginger for iPad's 4.3. Teksta Scooby App also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 5) and ads (none vs shown). Talking Ginger for iPad's advantage is ratings volume (38K vs 1) and update cadence (every 2 months vs every 7 months). On price 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Talking Ginger for iPad sells 5 one-off in-app purchases. Teksta Scooby App asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Teksta Scooby App holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Talking Ginger for iPad has 38K ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Talking Ginger for iPad ships an update every 2 months, Teksta Scooby App every 7 months. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Talking Ginger for iPad versus Teksta Scooby App: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTalking Ginger for iPadTeksta Scooby App
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.3 (38K ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews41.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings38K — better1
Update frequencyEvery 2 months — betterEvery 7 months
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPadiPad
Requires iOS13.05.1.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size279 MB211 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperOutfit7 LimitedInnomind Solution Company Limited

Customer experience

Talking Ginger for iPad

All ratings37,628 ratings
Positive80.5%
Neutral7.9%
Negative11.6%
Written reviews578 reviews
Positive41.0%
Neutral7.6%
Negative51.4%

Teksta Scooby App

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Talking Ginger for iPad

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Crashing and freezing
  • Notifications and messages from Ginger
  • Suspicious activity in Ginger's eyes

Requested features

3 requests
  • More mini-games and activities
  • Ability to customize Ginger's appearance
  • Parental controls and child-safe settings

Teksta Scooby App

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

5 purchases

Talking Ginger for iPad

One-time5
  • Small Pack of Toothpastes$0.99
  • Medium Pack of Toothpastes$1.99
  • Big Pack of Toothpastes$8.99
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  • Unlock All Jigsaw Puzzles$9.99
  • Infinite Supply of Toothpastes$14.99
None

Teksta Scooby App

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Talking Ginger for iPad free?
Talking Ginger for iPad is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Teksta Scooby App free?
Teksta Scooby App is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Talking Ginger for iPad or Teksta Scooby App?
Teksta Scooby App is rated higher. Talking Ginger for iPad averages 4.3 out of 5 from 38K ratings, while Teksta Scooby App averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Talking Ginger for iPad or Teksta Scooby App have ads?
Talking Ginger for iPad shows ads; Teksta Scooby App does not.
Which is updated more often, Talking Ginger for iPad or Teksta Scooby App?
Talking Ginger for iPad ships an update every 2 months, and Teksta Scooby App every 7 months. Most recently, Talking Ginger for iPad was updated on November 3, 2026 and Teksta Scooby App on October 14, 2026.

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