Comparison

Pepi Tree vs Bamba Surprise

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

Head to head
About

Pepi Tree

Explore a forest tree's ecosystem and its inhabitants through interactive mini-games. This educational app introduces young children to various animals, their habitats, and fun facts about nature in a playful, no-pressure environment.

Highlights
  • Explore tree ecosystem
  • Learn about forest animals
  • Interactive mini-games
  • Cute hand-drawn characters
  • Nature illustrations and animations
  • No win/lose situations
Features
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Pepi Tree is an educational activity for the whole family, where children explore tree-dwelling animals and their habitat in a fun way. Sometimes you run out of time to explore nature in a forest or a park with your toddler? No worries, Pepi Tree will help to learn about the ecosystem of a forest tree! This educational activity is focused on a tree as an ecosystem or simply as a home for different animals. Play with the little ones and explore cute hand-drawn and animated characters: a little caterpillar, a spiny hedgehog, a long-legged spider, a friendly squirrel family, a cute owl and a lovely mole. All animals live on a separate floors of the forest tree and offers six different mini toddler games. While playing different levels, children will get to know many fun facts about nature, forest ecosystem and inhabitants, such as caterpillar, hedgehog, mole, owl, squirrel and others: what they look like, what they eat and how they get their food, when they sleep, where exactly they live - in the branches, on the leaves or under the ground, and much more. Key features: • More than 20 cute hand-drawn characters: caterpillar, hedgehog, mole, owl, squirrel family and others; • Educational activity for children and the whole family. • 6 different mini educational games with multiple levels for your toddler; • 6 original music tracks; • Beautiful nature illustrations and animations; • No rules, win or lose situations; • Recommended age for little players: from 2 to 6 years. Terms of use:https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Bamba Surprise

This interactive toy helps young children learn to spell common words through a fun peekaboo-style game. Kids discover new words by opening surprise eggs and then arrange the letters to spell them out.

Highlights
  • Learn to spell common words
  • Surprise egg discovery mechanic
  • Letter arrangement for spelling
  • Kid-focused interface
  • No stressful time limits
  • Playable alone or with adults
Features
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Kids learn how to spell words peekaboo-style. Drop a coin into the machine and get a special Egg! Open it to discover a new word! Arrange the letters that spell it out! Discover hundreds of items and learn how to spell at the same time! "Oooh! A Rainbow Cupcake! I've never seen one before!" – Jon, 3, Cupcake Connoisseur. Features: - Three cute Bamba Surprise machines to choose from - Learn how to spell common words! - Lots of different eggs and coins to use - Browse your collection, kids can replay surprises they like! - Catchy, awesome music! - Fantastic, beautiful artwork - Kid-focused interface - No in-app purchases - Great for kids 2+ Bamba Surprise is an interactive toy designed for kids. There are no scores, complicated interfaces or stressful time limits. This game is great to play alone or with an adult. *** OTHER GAMES BY BAMBA! ***  - Bamba Space Station: Kids pretend they are on the Space Station travelling the galaxy. There's lots to do on board. Craft items, cook food, party in the pool and tons more! Hours of fun and exploring! - Bamba Clock: Learn to tell the time with Captain Birdbeard as kids sail the high seas! - Bamba Books – Kids learn to read in a fun, interactive series of books. - Bamba Farm – Kids learn to count on a wacky crazy farm where they have to milk robot cows, bathe donkeys and collect dragon eggs amongst other things! - Bamba Airport: Kids pick the passengers and send them for a holiday! Kids roleplay air stewards, customs officers and more. Lots of hilarious fun! - Bamba BBQ: Set the pit up, fire the briquettes and choose your food! Bamba BBQ gets kids role-playing a BBQ pitmaster! Lots of fun characters, ingredients and reactions! - Bamba Craft: Choose a project, create a masterpiece and display it in a gallery for other kids to see. Bamba Craft gets kids painting and assembling collages in creative and fun ways! Projects and galleries are updated constantly! - Bamba Toys: Kids build a toy from a blueprint, picking parts and accessories before assembling the toy and finally getting to play with it! - Bamba Burger: Kids flip the patty, create their custom-made burger, fill their soda cup, slice the potatoes and make French fries. What's more, they get a mystery present with their meal! - Bamba Post Office: Everyone loves presents! Choose, wrap and decorate presents for three funny characters. Deliver them to the jungle or to the moon! - Bamba Pizza: Run a Pizza restaurant and make delicious pizza. Great fun with 26 different ingredients and four kooky characters to play with! - Bamba Ice-Cream: Create and eat fantastic ice-cream concoctions. Can you guess what the mystery topping is this time? ABOUT BAMBA! Bamba is a kid game studio that makes interactive toys for kids. We believe that interactive toys offer a new and exciting way to educate your child. We design interactive toys that are designed to stimulate imagination and creativity.

Screenshots

Pepi Tree4 screens
Bamba Surprise4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Pepi Tree at 4.4 against Bamba Surprise's 3.3. Pepi Tree also leads on ratings volume (101 vs 12). Bamba Surprise's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 7) and iOS requirement (8.0 vs 11.0). On price, review sentiment, 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

Both are free to download. Pepi Tree sells 7 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per month. Bamba Surprise asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Pepi Tree holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 3.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Pepi Tree has 101 ratings behind it against 12, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 86% of Pepi Tree's written reviews are positive against 82% of Bamba Surprise's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Pepi Tree ships an update every 5 months, Bamba Surprise every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Pepi Tree versus Bamba Surprise: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPepi TreeBamba Surprise
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.4 (101 ratings) — better3.3 (12 ratings)
Positive reviews86.0% of reviews — better81.8% of reviews
Number of ratings101 — better12
Update frequencyEvery 5 monthsEvery 3 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS11.08.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size97 MB292 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPepi PlayMezmedia

Customer experience

Pepi Tree

All ratings101 ratings
Positive83.2%
Neutral3.0%
Negative13.9%
Written reviews171 reviews
Positive86.0%
Neutral3.5%
Negative10.5%

Bamba Surprise

All ratings12 ratings
Positive58.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative41.7%
Written reviews22 reviews
Positive81.8%
Neutral0.0%
Negative18.2%

In-app purchases

7 purchases

Pepi Tree

Subscriptions2
  • Pepi Pass3 Days trial$5.991 Month
  • Pepi Pass3 Days trial$49.991 Year
One-time5
  • Unlock Mole$1.99
  • Unlock Squirrel$1.99
  • Unlock Hedgehog$1.99
Show 2 more
  • Unlock All$2.99
  • Unlock All$3.99
None

Bamba Surprise

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Pepi Tree free?
Pepi Tree is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Bamba Surprise free?
Bamba Surprise is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Pepi Tree or Bamba Surprise?
Pepi Tree is rated higher. Pepi Tree averages 4.4 out of 5 from 101 ratings, while Bamba Surprise averages 3.3 from 12 ratings.
Do Pepi Tree or Bamba Surprise have ads?
Neither Pepi Tree nor Bamba Surprise shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Pepi Tree or Bamba Surprise?
Pepi Tree ships an update every 5 months, and Bamba Surprise every 3 months. Most recently, Pepi Tree was updated on November 3, 2026 and Bamba Surprise on November 6, 2026.

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