Comparison

DRAWNIMAL vs Coral Reef 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

Coral Reef by Tinybop

Explore a vibrant underwater world and learn about marine life. Discover how sharks, octopuses, and other creatures interact within their ecosystem. This app encourages curiosity and open-ended play for families.

Highlights
  • Learn about sharks, octopuses, sea turtles, jellyfish, and more
  • Discover marine ecosystems and creature interactions
  • Interactive play with feeding frenzies and hide-and-seek
  • Explore food chains and plant-animal relationships
  • Interactive text labels in 20+ languages
  • FREE handbook for parents and teachers
Features
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Play and learn about sharks, octopuses, sea turtles, jellyfish, and more. Discover how sea creatures live together in an ecosystem. Coral Reef is No. 10 in Tinybop’s award-winning Explorer’s Library, a series of apps designed to introduce kids to big ideas. Other Explorer’s Library apps include The Human Body, Plants, Simple Machines, The Earth, Weather, Homes, Skyscrapers, Space, and Mammals. Each Explorer’s Library app teaches kids foundational science. Kids learn by playing, observing, asking questions, making guesses, and finding answers. We hope each app inspires conversations between you and your kids and sparks more learning in the world around us. Features: ○ Play with and learn about sea life, including: black tip reef sharks, green sea turtles, big blue octopuses, box jellyfish, clownfish, magnificent sea anemones, blue sea stars, peacock mantis shrimp, parrotfishes, yellow tangs, cleaner fishes, staghorn corals, crabs, sea grasses, and zooplankton. ○ Start a shark feeding frenzy! Find out how other fish survive. ○ Play hide and seek with octopuses. ○ Help sea turtles get clean. ○ Try to save crabs from a punching shrimp! ○ Watch food travel through a jellyfish. ○ Find out how sea stars clean up detritus. ○ See how parrotfish help keep coral reefs healthy. ○ Discover how the sun helps algae and sea plants grow into food for sea creatures. ○ Find out what kinds of sea creatures are carnivores, omnivores, herbivores, and detritivores. ○ Interactive text labels in 20+ languages teach vocabulary. ○ FREE Coral Reef Handbook has technology tips and basic info for teachers and parents. ○ Aligns with school curriculums. ○ Fun for the whole family — play and learn together. ○ No third-party advertising. ○ Open-ended activities with no rules. Curiosity and creativity are rewarded. ○ Original artwork by Wenjia Tang. ○ Original sound design. FREE handbook Our expert-reviewed handbook is full of facts, interaction hints, and discussion questions to support learning in this app, in the classroom or at home. Download in your app or at: http://tinybop.com/handbooks. Privacy policy We take your and your child’s privacy very seriously. We do not collect or share personal information about your child, nor do we allow any third-party advertising. When the camera, microphone, and other services are used within an app, your information is neither collected nor distributed outside of the app. Read our complete privacy policy at tinybop.com. Tinybop, Inc. 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 Peek behind the scenes: 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
Coral Reef by Tinybop4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: DRAWNIMAL at Free against Coral Reef by Tinybop's $3.99. DRAWNIMAL also leads on update cadence (every 3 months vs every 9 months) and review sentiment (64% vs 49%). Coral Reef by Tinybop's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 4) and rating (4.4 vs 4.2). On ratings volume, 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

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

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Coral Reef by Tinybop holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 4.2. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 139 and 47 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 64% of DRAWNIMAL's written reviews are positive against 49% of Coral Reef by Tinybop's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

DRAWNIMAL ships an update every 3 months, Coral Reef by Tinybop every 9 months. Both last shipped on October 26, 2026.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
DRAWNIMAL versus Coral Reef by Tinybop: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDRAWNIMALCoral Reef by Tinybop
PriceFree — better$3.99
Rating4.2 (139 ratings)4.4 (47 ratings) — better
Positive reviews63.9% of reviews — better48.9% of reviews
Number of ratings139 — better47
Update frequencyEvery 3 months — betterEvery 9 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationPaidFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS16.012.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size69 MB116 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%

Coral Reef by Tinybop

All ratings47 ratings
Positive83.0%
Neutral4.3%
Negative12.8%
Written reviews45 reviews
Positive48.9%
Neutral11.1%
Negative40.0%

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

Coral Reef by Tinybop

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

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

Coral Reef by Tinybop

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is DRAWNIMAL free?
DRAWNIMAL is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Coral Reef by Tinybop free?
Coral Reef by Tinybop costs $3.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, DRAWNIMAL or Coral Reef by Tinybop?
Coral Reef by Tinybop is rated higher. DRAWNIMAL averages 4.2 out of 5 from 139 ratings, while Coral Reef by Tinybop averages 4.4 from 47 ratings.
Do DRAWNIMAL or Coral Reef by Tinybop have ads?
Neither DRAWNIMAL nor Coral Reef by Tinybop shows ads.
Which is updated more often, DRAWNIMAL or Coral Reef by Tinybop?
DRAWNIMAL ships an update every 3 months, and Coral Reef by Tinybop every 9 months. Most recently, DRAWNIMAL was updated on October 26, 2026 and Coral Reef by Tinybop on October 26, 2026.

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