Comparison

Superhero Comic Book Maker HD vs Osmo Coding Jam

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

Head to head
About

Superhero Comic Book Maker HD

Ignite imagination by creating personalized animated comic books with superheroes and monsters. Build comic strips, narrate stories with voice recording, and animate characters. Includes scenes, stickers, and coloring pages for endless creative play.

Highlights
  • Create animated comic books
  • 27 background scenes
  • 170+ animated stickers with sound
  • Voice narration recording
  • Drag and drop scene building
  • 28 coloring pages
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An award-winning creative app to ignite the imagination. Create personalized animated comic books with monsters and superheroes. Build comic strips and narrate the story. Includes 55 scenes and coloring pages and stickers. AGE: 3-9. CATEGORY: Creative Expression ACTIVITIES MAKE A COMIC BOOK: - 27 background scenes: skyscrapers, space ship, the moon, wild west and more - 170+ animated stickers with sound effects - 29 crayons and 29 colored pencils - Drag and drop multiple scenes to create a comic strip - Narrate the comic book story using the self-record feature - Tap the stickers to make their mouths move - Move the stickers to create your own movie COLOR: - 28 coloring pages - featuring alien monsters, cute, fuzzy monsters, Super Dog, Big Foot, Captain Banana Man, dinosaurs and ninjas SHARE: - Save your comic books to your Photos to share with family and friends! AWARDS - Parents’ Choice Silver Award - Parents’ Choice Foundation - Children’s Technology Review Editor’s Choice Award ABOUT DUCK DUCK MOOSE (A subsidiary of Khan Academy) Duck Duck Moose, an award-winning creator of educational mobile apps for families, is a passionate team of engineers, artists, designers, and educators. Founded in 2008, the company has created 21 top-selling titles and has received 21 Parents’ Choice Awards, 18 Children’s Technology Review Awards, 12 Tech with Kids’ Best Pick App Awards, and a KAPi award for “Best Children’s App” at the International Consumer Electronics Show. Khan Academy is a nonprofit with a mission to provide a free, world-class education for anyone, anywhere. Duck Duck Moose is now part of the Khan Academy family. Like all Khan Academy offerings, all Duck Duck Moose apps are now 100% free, without ads or subscriptions. For kids ages 2-6, don't miss Khan Academy Kids, our new early learning app to help young children with reading, writing, math and social-emotional development! We’d love to hear from you! Visit us at www.duckduckmoose.com or drop us a line at support@duckduckmoose.com.

About

Osmo Coding Jam

This app allows children to create original music by arranging physical coding blocks into patterns and sequences. It offers over 300 musical sounds and enables kids to record and share their compositions with others. It's a STEAM-based experience that teaches coding fundamentals through music.

Highlights
  • Create music with physical coding blocks
  • Compose original tunes
  • Over 300 musical sounds
  • Record and share music
  • Learn coding fundamentals
  • Develop rhythm and melody skills
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Explore the creative side of coding with hands-on music-making! In Osmo’s Coding Jam, kids arrange physical coding blocks into patterns and sequences to compose original tunes. The game comes with over 300 musical sounds to produce the perfect song. Kids can safely record and share their music with friends, family and the Jam community. “a STEAM-based experience that promotes creative problem-solving.” - VentureBeat “Osmo Coding Jam teaches children coding with music” - Forbes About Osmo Coding Jam: 1. CREATE: Kids 5-12 use coding blocks to create explosive beats. 2. LEARN: Kids get to know coding’s creative side while developing an ear for rhythm, melody, and harmony. 3. SHARE: Once they’ve composed a jam, kids can safely share it with friends, family and the jam community. Learn with our hands-on coding language: Research shows that tangible blocks are a game changer when it comes to helping kids learn. Each of our blocks is a programming command kids can use to create unique jams. As they explore playing with coding blocks, the volume of fun — and learning — gets turned up! * Requires the Osmo Base and Coding Blocks. Each sold separately or as part of Osmo Coding Starter Kit or Osmo Coding Family Bundle. * Compatible with most iPads. Please see our device compatibility list here: https://support.playosmo.com/hc/articles/115010156067 About Osmo Osmo is using the screen to create a new healthy, hands-on learning experience that promotes creativity, problem-solving and social interaction. We do this with our reflective artificial intelligent technology.

Screenshots

Osmo Coding Jam4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is monetization model: Superhero Comic Book Maker HD at free against Osmo Coding Jam's free with in-app purchases. Superhero Comic Book Maker HD also leads on iOS requirement (9.0 vs 15.0). Osmo Coding Jam's advantage is update cadence (every 2 months vs every 5 months) and ratings volume (272 vs 35). On price, rating, review sentiment 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.2 for Superhero Comic Book Maker HD against 4.2 for Osmo Coding Jam. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Osmo Coding Jam has 272 ratings behind it against 35, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 71% of Superhero Comic Book Maker HD's written reviews are positive against 68% of Osmo Coding Jam's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Superhero Comic Book Maker HD ships an update every 5 months, Osmo Coding Jam every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and November 4, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Superhero Comic Book Maker HD versus Osmo Coding Jam: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSuperhero Comic Book Maker HDOsmo Coding Jam
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.2 (35 ratings) — better4.2 (272 ratings)
Positive reviews70.6% of reviews — better68.3% of reviews
Number of ratings35272 — better
Update frequencyEvery 5 monthsEvery 2 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS9.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size94 MB395 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDuck Duck Moose LLCTangible Play

Customer experience

Superhero Comic Book Maker HD

All ratings34 ratings
Positive76.5%
Neutral11.8%
Negative11.8%
Written reviews17 reviews
Positive70.6%
Neutral0.0%
Negative29.4%

Osmo Coding Jam

All ratings272 ratings
Positive75.7%
Neutral9.2%
Negative15.1%
Written reviews60 reviews
Positive68.3%
Neutral10.0%
Negative21.7%

Bugs and requests

Superhero Comic Book Maker HD

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Osmo Coding Jam

Reported bugs

16 issues
  • Not compatible with current generation of iPads
  • App does not work after returning from a trip
  • App crashes on opening
  • Cannot play on iPad 10
  • Glitches when coding a song
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  • App no longer opens after last update
  • App keeps crashing
  • Pieces don't work and cameras glitchy
  • Camera sensors different combos
  • Loading stops halfway
  • Does not recognize tiles
  • Sound doesn't work on 2018 iPad
  • Horrible detection of grey piece
  • 4th level practice keeps crashing
  • Blue coding blocks not recognized
  • Songs not appearing in categories

Requested features

5 requests
  • Add more characters
  • Add a trade character feature
  • Add more updates
  • Add a feature to create own musical characters
  • Add engineer feature

In-app purchases

None

Superhero Comic Book Maker HD

No in-app purchases

None

Osmo Coding Jam

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Superhero Comic Book Maker HD free?
Superhero Comic Book Maker HD is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Osmo Coding Jam free?
Osmo Coding Jam is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Superhero Comic Book Maker HD or Osmo Coding Jam?
Superhero Comic Book Maker HD is rated higher. Superhero Comic Book Maker HD averages 4.2 out of 5 from 35 ratings, while Osmo Coding Jam averages 4.2 from 272 ratings.
Do Superhero Comic Book Maker HD or Osmo Coding Jam have ads?
Neither Superhero Comic Book Maker HD nor Osmo Coding Jam shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Superhero Comic Book Maker HD or Osmo Coding Jam?
Superhero Comic Book Maker HD ships an update every 5 months, and Osmo Coding Jam every 2 months. Most recently, Superhero Comic Book Maker HD was updated on November 5, 2026 and Osmo Coding Jam on November 4, 2026.

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