Comparison

Anomaly vs Tickly Prickly Sampler

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

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About

Anomaly

Experience a groundbreaking graphic novel with interactive parallax animation and professional voice acting. Choose your path through a 320-page sci-fi/fantasy epic, enhanced with over 175 informational touchpoints and 3.5 hours of audio.

Highlights
  • Interactive graphic novel
  • Parallax animation
  • Professional voice acting
  • 320-page sci-fi/fantasy story
  • 175+ informational touchpoints
  • 3 reading modes
Features
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ANOMALY the Interactive Graphic Novel. Combines parallax animation and interactivity to create a multimedia experience of unparalleled proportions. Far beyond any book or eBook, the ANOMALY APP lets YOU choose how YOU want to enjoy this groundbreaking work that’s setting the publishing world on fire! At the heart of this adventure is a cast of 15 actors, drawn from FILM, TELEVISION and VIDEO GAMES, lending their amazing voice talents to bring over 90 speaking roles to life! Enjoy the first chapter for free and then unlock the rest of the content to experience: -300 Page Epic Sci-fi/Fantasy Story -Over 1500 Panels of Art with Incredible Parallax Animation -3 and a Half Hours of Professionally VoiceActed Audio -Over 175 Informational Touch Points to learn the story behind the story -3 Different reading modes Discover more at Facebook.com/ExperienceAnomaly *** FEATURING ACTORS YOU KNOW AND LOVE!!! *** Vincent Corazza, Olivia D’Abo, Dave Fennoy, Ryan Cooper, Nana Visitor, John Bentley, Hudson Leick, Richard Doyle, Lauren Storm, Joseph Culp, Anthony Cistaro, David Lodge, Molly Hagan, Keith Szarabajka & Vic Polizos. Don’t just take our word for it. IMDB them! *** MORE BACKSTORY CONTENT THAN MOST BOOKS HAVE AS THEIR MAIN COURSE!!! *** Over 175 TOUCHPOINTS bring an ADDITIONAL 100 PAGES of back story to life with DOZENS of ORIGINAL PAINTED IMAGES, SKETCHES and INTERACTIVE 3D MODELS! *** HAVE THE BOOK “ACTED OUT” TO YOU…WITH FULL VOICEOVERS!!! *** A Graphic novel is nice. A Graphic novel that reads to you with movie-level voice acting is what previous generations could only dream of in their wildest fantasy! That dream is now REALITY! This is much more than “book-on-CD” type narration. This is “digital books” done in a way you’ve NEVER experienced before! Explore each gorgeous panel at your leisure. Go ahead. We can wait… Extensive PARALLAX lends motion in ways no static page ever could. Simply tap when you’re ready to move on. *** LET THE BOOK PLAY LIKE A MOVIE!!! *** Sit back and relax… Auto-play will “act out ANOMALY for you” without any additional input. Don’t want the letters in the way? Turn them off! This is as close as any graphic novel gets to a theater experience without being fully animated!

About

Tickly Prickly Sampler

An interactive picture book for young children featuring wiggly animals and bugs. Children can touch animals to see them move, solve jigsaw puzzles, and enjoy narrated stories with word highlighting.

Highlights
  • Animated animals and bugs
  • Interactive touch-based animations
  • 4-piece jigsaw puzzles
  • Author-read narration with word highlighting
  • Page-turning by swipe or tap
  • Gentle, rhythmic text
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This is a free preview edition of award-winning author Bonny Becker and artist Shari Halpern's interactive picture book Tickly Prickly for children ages 1 to 4. Bonny and Shari have created a book of wiggly animals and bugs to tickle your child. The gentle, rhythmic text, read by the author, appeals to a toddler's ear. The brightly-colored artwork, created with paper, cloth and paint, encourages children to touch. "Did you ever have a bunny nibble from your palm? How did it feel? Whiskery, shivery. Nose a-quivery." Every story page has animals in motion. Touching the animal restarts the motion. Tapping the puzzle piece, children can solve 4-piece jigsaw puzzles based on the current page. Pages can be read by the author with word highlighting, or an adult or older child can read the text to the child. Pages are turned by swiping across the page or by tapping orange arrows. Bonny Becker is author of the best-selling “A Visitor for Bear,” winner of the E.B. White Read Aloud Award and a selection for Oprah Winfrey’s Children’s Book List. “The Quiet Way Home” was selected for the educational program, Before Five in A Row, based on outstanding children’s books for ages 2-4. In all, Bonny has published 12 books for children. Shari Halpern studied illustration at the Rhode Island School of Design and is the illustrator of many books for young readers, including "Hush, Little Baby" and the "I Love" series written by Philemon Sturges. Shari lives in New Jersey with her husband, a puppet maker, and three children.

Screenshots

Anomaly4 screens
Tickly Prickly Sampler4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Anomaly at 4.7 against Tickly Prickly Sampler's 3.0. Anomaly also leads on ratings volume (54 vs 2) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 15.0). Tickly Prickly Sampler's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and update cadence (every 9 months vs every 35 months). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Anomaly sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Tickly Prickly Sampler asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Anomaly holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Anomaly has 54 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Anomaly ships an update every 35 months, Tickly Prickly Sampler every 9 months. The most recent releases landed on October 8, 2026 and September 27, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Anomaly versus Tickly Prickly Sampler: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAnomalyTickly Prickly Sampler
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (54 ratings) — better3.0 (2 ratings)
Positive reviews84.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings54 — better2
Update frequencyEvery 35 monthsEvery 9 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better
Requires iOS11.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size204 MB14 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperAnomaly Productions, Inc.fishdog.net

Customer experience

Anomaly

All ratings54 ratings
Positive90.7%
Neutral3.7%
Negative5.6%
Written reviews50 reviews
Positive84.0%
Neutral4.0%
Negative12.0%

Tickly Prickly Sampler

All ratings2 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Anomaly

One-time1
  • Full Unlock$0.99
None

Tickly Prickly Sampler

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Anomaly free?
Anomaly is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Tickly Prickly Sampler free?
Tickly Prickly Sampler is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Anomaly or Tickly Prickly Sampler?
Anomaly is rated higher. Anomaly averages 4.7 out of 5 from 54 ratings, while Tickly Prickly Sampler averages 3.0 from 2 ratings.
Do Anomaly or Tickly Prickly Sampler have ads?
Neither Anomaly nor Tickly Prickly Sampler shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Anomaly or Tickly Prickly Sampler?
Anomaly ships an update every 35 months, and Tickly Prickly Sampler every 9 months. Most recently, Anomaly was updated on October 8, 2026 and Tickly Prickly Sampler on September 27, 2026.

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