Comparison

Tickly Prickly Sampler vs Yertle the Turtle

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

Head to head
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.

About

Yertle the Turtle

Experience a classic Dr. Seuss story with interactive elements, animations, and engaging activities. Tap and drag for surprises, find hidden stars for mini-games, and enjoy narrated or self-read options. Learn new vocabulary and track reading progress.

Highlights
  • Interactive story elements
  • Delightful animations
  • Hidden stars for activities
  • Highlighting narration
  • Vocabulary exploration
  • Parental tracking
  • Seven mini-games
Features
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The best-selling Dr. Seuss classic “Yertle the Turtle” comes to life with Playful Interactivity, Delightful Animations and Fun Activities! FEATURES - Tap and drag to find playful surprises throughout the book - Find hidden stars on every page to reveal fun Activities - Read along with highlighting narration, or read it yourself - Explore new vocabulary by tapping words and pictures - Track minutes spent reading, pages read, and more in the Parents section ACTIVITIES - Play seven different mini-games like Memory Match, Jigsaw Puzzle, Word Search, Sequence, and more! - Find all 16 unique games hidden throughout the book - Enjoy activities again and again, directly from the main menu - Try to beat your high score and best time -------------------- Download today! -------------------- Official Dr. Seuss licensed App. Dr. Seuss Properties ™ & © 2018 Dr. Seuss Enterprises, L.P. All rights reserved. Join Yertle the Turtle, king of the pond, in this interactive app as he commands the other turtles to stack themselves beneath him so that he can see further and expand his kingdom. Explore pictures, learn new vocabulary, and personalize the story with your own narration. Find out what happens when Mack, the turtle at the bottom of the pile, decides that he has had enough!

Screenshots

Tickly Prickly Sampler4 screens
Yertle the Turtle3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Yertle the Turtle at 4.5 against Tickly Prickly Sampler's 3.0. Yertle the Turtle also leads on ratings volume (1.2K vs 2) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.0). Tickly Prickly Sampler's advantage is monetization model (free vs paid) and update cadence (every 9 months vs every 28 months). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Yertle the Turtle holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Yertle the Turtle has 1.2K ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Tickly Prickly Sampler ships an update every 9 months, Yertle the Turtle every 28 months. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Tickly Prickly Sampler versus Yertle the Turtle: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTickly Prickly SamplerYertle the Turtle
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.0 (2 ratings)4.5 (1.2K ratings) — better
Positive reviews—87.0% of reviews
Number of ratings21.2K — better
Update frequencyEvery 9 months — betterEvery 28 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — betteriPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.012.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size14 MB42 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developerfishdog.netOceanhouse Media

Customer experience

Tickly Prickly Sampler

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

Yertle the Turtle

All ratings1,216 ratings
Positive88.9%
Neutral4.7%
Negative6.4%
Written reviews23 reviews
Positive87.0%
Neutral8.7%
Negative4.3%

Bugs and requests

Tickly Prickly Sampler

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Yertle the Turtle

Reported bugs

1 issue
  • None reported

Requested features

2 requests
  • Make all Dr. Seuss books free
  • Improve pricing consistency across books

In-app purchases

None

Tickly Prickly Sampler

No in-app purchases

None

Yertle the Turtle

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Tickly Prickly Sampler free?
Tickly Prickly Sampler is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Yertle the Turtle free?
Yertle the Turtle is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Tickly Prickly Sampler or Yertle the Turtle?
Yertle the Turtle is rated higher. Tickly Prickly Sampler averages 3.0 out of 5 from 2 ratings, while Yertle the Turtle averages 4.5 from 1.2K ratings.
Do Tickly Prickly Sampler or Yertle the Turtle have ads?
Neither Tickly Prickly Sampler nor Yertle the Turtle shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Tickly Prickly Sampler or Yertle the Turtle?
Tickly Prickly Sampler ships an update every 9 months, and Yertle the Turtle every 28 months. Most recently, Tickly Prickly Sampler was updated on November 6, 2026 and Yertle the Turtle on November 10, 2026.

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