Comparison

Pepi Tree vs Gocco Doodle

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

Gocco Doodle

Create animated drawings with magical brushes and fun themes. Share your creations with a global community and turn your doodles into movies. This app encourages creativity and imaginative play for young artists.

Highlights
  • Animated doodles
  • Magical brushes with sound effects
  • Variety of drawing themes
  • Global sharing of creations
  • Doodles turn into movies
  • Save and share masterpieces
  • Painter outfit photo feature
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“There is plenty of fun to be found in the download of Gocco Doodle and children will quickly see the magic when their first doodle comes to life!” THE IPHONE MOM Welcome to Gocco Doodle! This app enables you to show off your wonderful doodles all around the world. You can choose from varieties of cool themes to draw on and use magical brushes with sound and special effects. The lines you’ve drawn will start moving and your doodles will turn into a fun movie! We want kids from all over the world to have fun together by sharing their doodles. This is what we are passionate about. We hope you and your child will jointly enjoy drawing and have massive fun on this world stage. ■ Kid’s favorite doodle themes There are many themes that stimulate kid’s creativity. Theme examples: lion with no mane, car with no wheels, colorful town, free white space etc… ■ Doodle brush with color, sound and movement! Magical brushes with sound and special effects are perfect tools to indulge kid’s creativity. Examples of brushes: rainbow, car, train tracks, rain, flowers, notes, fireworks, flame, polka dots, etc… ■ Take a photo in our painter outfit After you finish your doodle, pick your national flag and take your picture! We will transform you with a funny painter outfit instantly!! ■ Show it off around the world! Post your doodles!! Your posted doodles will be shown in a list with all the other doodles from kids around the world. Put a heart mark on the ones you like and show them your love! ■ Turn the doodles into movies! 1.The doodles will show off the path they’ve taken while drawing in a movie. You will know how your friends worked on their doodles. 2. The lines in the doodles will move at once. Wisely use the moving and not moving brush and create your original movie! ■ Save and share your masterpiece! You can save your doodle on your device and share them via Facebook and email. Show them to your mom and dad at work and even to grandma and grandpa living far away. ■ No in-app purchases ■ No third-party advertising ■ Ideal for Ages 3 to 12 Try it now and enjoy seeing your kid turning into an aspiring artist as soon as today! About GOCCO "Gocco" means role-play in Japanese and in Gocco apps, kids enjoy role-playing which enhances a child’s ability to learn and think for themselves. Our goal is to help kids discover what they are most interested in and stimulate their creativity. The aim is that kids will develop and maximize their creative potential. For more apps from Gocco, visit http://goccoplay.com Privacy At Smart Education, Ltd., we make sure to provide the safest environment for your children, and guarantee perfect transparency regarding your collected personal information. Our privacy practices have been certified by Moms With Apps as family-friendly. Learn more here: https://momswithapps.com/smart-education/gocco-doodle-pro To learn more about Smart Education, Ltd.’s privacy policy, visit http://doodle.goccoplay.com/privacy

Screenshots

Pepi Tree4 screens
Gocco Doodle1 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Pepi Tree at 86% against Gocco Doodle's 31%. Pepi Tree also leads on rating (4.4 vs 4.0) and ratings volume (101 vs 4). Gocco Doodle's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 7) and update cadence (every 2 months vs every 5 months). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. Gocco Doodle asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Pepi Tree holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Pepi Tree has 101 ratings behind it against 4, 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 31% of Gocco Doodle's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Pepi Tree ships an update every 5 months, Gocco Doodle every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and October 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Pepi Tree versus Gocco Doodle: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPepi TreeGocco Doodle
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.4 (101 ratings) — better4.0 (4 ratings)
Positive reviews86.0% of reviews — better31.3% of reviews
Number of ratings101 — better4
Update frequencyEvery 5 monthsEvery 2 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS11.011.0
Further details — not scored
Size97 MB42 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPepi PlaySMARTEDUCATION, Ltd.

Customer experience

Pepi Tree

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

Gocco Doodle

All ratings4 ratings
Positive75.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative25.0%
Written reviews16 reviews
Positive31.3%
Neutral12.5%
Negative56.3%

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
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  • Unlock All$2.99
  • Unlock All$3.99
None

Gocco Doodle

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Pepi Tree free?
Pepi Tree is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Gocco Doodle free?
Gocco Doodle is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Pepi Tree or Gocco Doodle?
Pepi Tree is rated higher. Pepi Tree averages 4.4 out of 5 from 101 ratings, while Gocco Doodle averages 4.0 from 4 ratings.
Do Pepi Tree or Gocco Doodle have ads?
Neither Pepi Tree nor Gocco Doodle shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Pepi Tree or Gocco Doodle?
Pepi Tree ships an update every 5 months, and Gocco Doodle every 2 months. Most recently, Pepi Tree was updated on October 14, 2026 and Gocco Doodle on October 10, 2026.

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