Comparison

DRAWNIMAL vs Everything Machine by Tinybop

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • Draw and animate animals
  • Learn the alphabet creatively
  • Interactive drawing experience
  • Supports 35 animals
  • Available in 5 languages
  • No internet or ads
Features
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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

About

Everything Machine by Tinybop

Invent and build anything imaginable using a visual drag-and-drop coding language. Connect your device's camera, sensors, and more to create unique machines, from stop-motion cameras to voice disguisers. Learn coding basics and circuitry in a fun, open-ended environment.

Highlights
  • Invent and build any machine
  • Drag-and-drop visual coding
  • Utilize device camera and sensors
  • Create with logic gates and routers
  • Connect with friends and share inventions
  • Save and reuse created machines
Features
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Invent and build anything you can imagine! A simple drag-and-drop visual coding language lets you connect and control your device’s camera, sensors, lights, sound, and more. Make a light, a stop-motion camera, a kaleidoscope, a voice disguiser, or anything else you can think of! *** App Store Editors’ Choice *** *** Children’s Technology Review Editor’s Choice *** Download the free Everything Machine Manual for instructions to start building quickly with a picture-swirler or cookie-thief catcher. The manual also explains inputs, outputs, logic gates, routers, and more. Learn the basics of coding and circuitry. Create on your own or play with a friend and share your inventions. If you make something really great, tap the share button and email it to us at hi@tinybop.com. We love seeing what you make! The Everything Machine is No. 2 of Tinybop’s Digital Toys. Digital Toys are open-ended construction kits that let kids build, test, and play with anything they can imagine. Kids develop creative-thinking, problem-solving, and storytelling skills. No. 1 is The Robot Factory, the iPad App of the Year and a Parents’ Choice Gold Award winner. Features: + Make any machine you can imagine! + Create with your device’s built-in tools and sensors: the camera, microphone, speaker, screen, gyroscope, light, and more. + Drag and drop dozens of parts together easily. + Use logic gates and routers for more complex machines. + Kids can play together (or with grownups!): use transmitters and receivers to connect to other iPads, iPhones, iPod touches, or Apple Watches. + Example machines help you get started quickly. + Download the free Everything Machine Manual for more details on parts and their functions, in the app or at tinybop.com. + Save every machine you create. Use it every day! + Parts have labels in 40+ languages. + Original artwork and sound design. + Intuitive, safe, and kid-friendly design. + Multi-user system: each child can create and save their own machines. + Entertaining for the whole family — play and learn together! Privacy Policy We take your and your child’s privacy seriously. We do not collect or share personal information about your child. We do not allow any third-party advertising. If the camera, microphone, and other services are used in an app, your information is not collected or distributed outside of the app. Read our complete privacy policy on our website. Tinybop is a Brooklyn-based studio of designers, engineers, and artists. We make toys for tomorrow. We’re all over the internet. Visit us: www.tinybop.com Follow us: twitter.com/tinybop Like us: facebook.com/tinybop See us: instagram.com/tinybop Psst! It's not Tiny Bop, or Tiny Bob, or Tiny Pop. It's Tinybop! :)

Screenshots

DRAWNIMAL4 screens
Everything Machine by Tinybop4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: DRAWNIMAL at Free against Everything Machine by Tinybop's $3.99. Everything Machine by Tinybop's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 4) and rating (4.4 vs 4.2). On ratings volume, update cadence 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

DRAWNIMAL is free to download; Everything Machine by Tinybop costs $3.99 up front. DRAWNIMAL sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. Everything Machine by Tinybop asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Everything Machine by Tinybop holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 4.2. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 135 and 107 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 64% of DRAWNIMAL's written reviews are positive against 74% of Everything Machine by Tinybop's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

DRAWNIMAL ships an update every 3 months, Everything Machine by Tinybop every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on September 21, 2026 and September 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
DRAWNIMAL versus Everything Machine by Tinybop: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDRAWNIMALEverything Machine by Tinybop
PriceFree — better$3.99
Rating4.2 (135 ratings)4.4 (107 ratings) — better
Positive reviews63.9% of reviews73.8% of reviews — better
Number of ratings135 — better107
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 2 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationPaidFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS16.011.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size69 MB259 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperYATATOYTinybop Inc.

Customer experience

DRAWNIMAL

All ratings135 ratings
Positive77.8%
Neutral8.1%
Negative14.1%
Written reviews449 reviews
Positive63.9%
Neutral6.9%
Negative29.2%

Everything Machine by Tinybop

All ratings107 ratings
Positive82.2%
Neutral8.4%
Negative9.3%
Written reviews210 reviews
Positive73.8%
Neutral7.6%
Negative18.6%

User reviews

DRAWNIMAL

From 135 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Engaging and creative app
  • 🎨 Fun drawing experience
  • 🌍 Available in multiple languages
  • 🤗 Great for kids and adults
  • 💡 Encourages creativity and imagination

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Crashes and compatibility issues
  • 📄 Requires physical paper and pen
  • 🔍 Limited content (only up to letter C)
  • 🔊 Inconsistent audio (e.g. 'zed' instead of 'zee')
  • 🎨 Some animal illustrations not very recognizable

Everything Machine by Tinybop

From 107 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 💡 Innovative visual programming concept
  • 👍 Intuitive and easy-to-use interface
  • 🎨 Creative freedom for building machines
  • 📚 Educational tool for learning logic and programming
  • 🔗 Cross-device connectivity via Bluetooth

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Frequent crashes and stability issues
  • 🐛 Sound functionality unreliable
  • 🐛 Color detector malfunctions
  • 🐛 Transmitter/receiver connectivity inconsistent
  • ⚠️ Confusing onboarding and tutorials

Bugs and 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

Everything Machine by Tinybop

Reported bugs

18 issues
  • Timer display not showing time selection interface
  • Timer automatically setting to 23 hours
  • Sound function fails in custom-built machines
  • App crashes on startup or during interaction
  • Color detector only detects red, cannot select other colors
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  • Transmitter/receiver blocks fail to signal reliably
  • Text-to-speech stops working unexpectedly
  • Sound plays unexpectedly in project selection screen
  • Vibration function not working
  • Saving files gets stuck on name/color selection screen
  • Saved files cannot be reopened for editing
  • App crashes without saving progress
  • Zooming functionality buggy
  • Incompatibility with older devices (iPhone 4, older iPads)
  • Bundle installation compatibility errors
  • Camera produces underexposed photos
  • Sound mixing through OR gates plays only one sound
  • Orientation lock forcing vertical mode

Requested features

21 requests
  • Undo button for accidental changes
  • Delete/remove button for projects and components
  • Additional electronic components (resistors, transistors, diodes, LEDs)
  • Loop functionality (do-while, if-else loops)
  • Expandable logic gates with multiple inputs
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  • Resettable timers and counters
  • Copy and paste feature for components
  • Larger build area with better zoom controls
  • Floating editable notes
  • Resizable touch sensors and color lights
  • Analog values from battery and timer
  • Community sharing and voting system
  • More detailed manual and tutorials
  • Sensitivity sliders for detectors
  • Loop switch for sound components
  • Selector component for conditional routing
  • Sphero SDK integration
  • Mac compatibility
  • More color options and background music
  • Echo component
  • Better icon design (less creepy robot eye)

In-app purchases

4 purchases

DRAWNIMAL

One-time4
  • Letter Pack 1$2.49
  • Letter Pack 2$2.49
  • Letter Pack 3$2.49
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  • All letter packs$4.99
None

Everything Machine by Tinybop

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is DRAWNIMAL free?
DRAWNIMAL is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Everything Machine by Tinybop free?
Everything Machine by Tinybop costs $3.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, DRAWNIMAL or Everything Machine by Tinybop?
Everything Machine by Tinybop is rated higher. DRAWNIMAL averages 4.2 out of 5 from 135 ratings, while Everything Machine by Tinybop averages 4.4 from 107 ratings.
Do DRAWNIMAL or Everything Machine by Tinybop have ads?
Neither DRAWNIMAL nor Everything Machine by Tinybop shows ads.
Which is updated more often, DRAWNIMAL or Everything Machine by Tinybop?
DRAWNIMAL ships an update every 3 months, and Everything Machine by Tinybop every 2 months. Most recently, DRAWNIMAL was updated on September 21, 2026 and Everything Machine by Tinybop on September 24, 2026.

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