Comparison

DRAWNIMAL vs The Infinite Arcade 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

The Infinite Arcade by Tinybop

Design and build your own video games from scratch. Create unique characters, levels, and stories with a variety of tools and assets. Then, play your creations and share them with friends.

Highlights
  • Create custom video games
  • Design unique characters
  • Build game levels with obstacles and hazards
  • Add stories and sound effects
  • Play and test your own games
  • Share games with friends
Features
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Make & play your own games! Share them with friends! Make adventure games, platformers, lander games, pinball games, ball and paddle games, text puzzlers, and mazes. Create your own characters! Make games with zombie mobs, hot lava, disco bricks, crystal geysers, trampoline tiles, oil slicks, wandering stars, and more. "Infinite Arcade makes it dead simple to make your own video games." — WIRED *** Children's Technology Review Editor's Choice *** Infinite Arcade is a game construction kit. It’s the fourth app in Tinybop’s Digital Toys series which includes the iPad App of the Year, The Robot Factory. Digital Toys apps are designed to let kids create anything they can imagine. MAKE YOUR OWN GAMES Start quickly with a classic game to build on. Or invent your own! Create levels with terrain blocks, obstacles, hazards, enemies, and more. Make your game small or massive with lethal boundaries or magic passageways. Control gravity to make characters walk or float. You decide how many lives they get. CREATE OR CHOOSE YOUR CHARACTER Create your own ninja or ball. Pick character colors or add a photo and special effects. Or choose one of six unique characters or balls: Chompers, Jellyclops, Inky Brains, and more! Each has their own skills, strengths, and weaknesses. Be wise with your choices. TELL STORIES Add words and thought bubbles to tell a story. Post signs, clues, and secret messages to help your character out. Add all kinds of sound effects: laughs, boos, cheers, and farts! Write your own messages for the end of the game: Super bummer if you lose. You are the champion if you win! PLAY YOUR OWN GAMES Let the gaming begin! Can you play as well as you make? Now’s the time to see. Run on a travelator, jump over hot lava, swim through water, and find the victory portal. Attack zombies, evil snails, and electromagnetic cats. Collect all the gold coins and glittery skulls. Is your game too easy? Go back and make it harder. Set the high score record! SHARE & SAVE ALL YOUR GAMES You have your own video game showroom. Stockpile all your games, give them names, pass them over to a friend to play. FEATURES: + FREE gamer guide with tips and hints. Download The Infinite Arcade Technical Manual in your app or at tinybop.com. + Original artwork by Roza Gazarian, Holly Graham, and Jeanelle Petrillo. + Original sound design. + Open-ended construction kit with no rules. Curiosity is rewarded. + Multi-user system: each child gets their own avatar and showroom to save their own creations. + Fun for all ages. 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. About 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 We love hearing your stories! Reach out: hi@tinybop.com. Psst! It's not Tiny Bop, or Tiny Bob, or Tiny Pop. It's Tinybop!

Screenshots

DRAWNIMAL4 screens
The Infinite Arcade by Tinybop4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: DRAWNIMAL at Free against The Infinite Arcade by Tinybop's $3.99. The Infinite Arcade by Tinybop's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 4) and iOS requirement (9.0 vs 16.0). On rating, review sentiment, ratings volume and update cadence 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; The Infinite Arcade by Tinybop costs $3.99 up front. DRAWNIMAL sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. The Infinite Arcade by Tinybop asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.2 for DRAWNIMAL against 4.1 for The Infinite Arcade by Tinybop. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 135 and 96 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 64% of DRAWNIMAL's written reviews are positive against 59% of The Infinite Arcade by Tinybop's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

DRAWNIMAL ships an update every 3 months, The Infinite Arcade by Tinybop every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 8, 2026 and October 18, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
DRAWNIMAL versus The Infinite Arcade by Tinybop: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDRAWNIMALThe Infinite Arcade by Tinybop
PriceFree — better$3.99
Rating4.2 (135 ratings) — better4.1 (96 ratings)
Positive reviews63.9% of reviews — better59.3% of reviews
Number of ratings135 — better96
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 2 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationPaidFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS16.09.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size69 MB117 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%

The Infinite Arcade by Tinybop

All ratings96 ratings
Positive79.2%
Neutral5.2%
Negative15.6%
Written reviews135 reviews
Positive59.3%
Neutral8.9%
Negative31.9%

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

The Infinite Arcade by Tinybop

From 96 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🎮 Creative game-making capability for kids
  • 🎨 Customizable characters and themes
  • 👍 User-friendly interface for beginners
  • 🧠 Educational and fun learning experience
  • 🎯 Multiple game types (platformer, pinball, breakout)

Room to improve

  • 💰 High price point ($3.99-$5.00)
  • 🐛 Frequent crashes and freezing
  • 😤 Unintuitive controls and interface
  • 🎯 Block placement inaccuracy
  • 📱 Poor performance on iPhone X

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

The Infinite Arcade by Tinybop

Reported bugs

15 issues
  • App crashes when opening or playing levels
  • Black screen on startup
  • Text bubbles don't work properly with character limits
  • Blocks don't place where intended
  • Character shrinking to invisible size
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  • Physics and collision detection issues
  • Water launching characters into air
  • Enemies not facing correct direction after saving
  • Travelator settings resetting to default
  • Hall of Games connection errors
  • Progress not saving during level creation
  • Game automatically goes to top of selection menu
  • Borderline adjustment issues
  • Character gliding instead of walking
  • Photo character feature causing confusion

Requested features

16 requests
  • Ability to play other users' levels online
  • More character options and customization
  • Pixel art character creator
  • Additional themes (forest, grassland, ocean)
  • Checkpoints in levels
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  • Boss fight modes
  • Level linking and story elements
  • More themed enemies for each environment
  • Search feature for finding games
  • Ability to upload and share levels to cloud
  • More game templates and level types
  • Invisible blocks and trap doors
  • 3D remake version
  • Multiplayer functionality
  • Better documentation and tutorials
  • Save button and auto-save improvements

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

The Infinite Arcade by Tinybop

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is DRAWNIMAL free?
DRAWNIMAL is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is The Infinite Arcade by Tinybop free?
The Infinite Arcade by Tinybop costs $3.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, DRAWNIMAL or The Infinite Arcade by Tinybop?
DRAWNIMAL is rated higher. DRAWNIMAL averages 4.2 out of 5 from 135 ratings, while The Infinite Arcade by Tinybop averages 4.1 from 96 ratings.
Do DRAWNIMAL or The Infinite Arcade by Tinybop have ads?
Neither DRAWNIMAL nor The Infinite Arcade by Tinybop shows ads.
Which is updated more often, DRAWNIMAL or The Infinite Arcade by Tinybop?
DRAWNIMAL ships an update every 3 months, and The Infinite Arcade by Tinybop every 2 months. Most recently, DRAWNIMAL was updated on October 8, 2026 and The Infinite Arcade by Tinybop on October 18, 2026.

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