Puppet Pals 2 vs Bookopolis
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Puppet Pals 2
Unleash creativity by making animated cartoons with interactive puppets. Children and teachers can easily create high-quality animated stories, presentations, and educational content. Share finished projects via email, social media, or direct file transfer.
- Create animated cartoons
- Interactive puppet show
- Star in shows with built-in characters
- Share finished projects easily
- Engage students in learning
- Create instructional videos
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• “Puppet Pals is an amazing app that lets you create animated cartoons.” -David Pogue (NewYork Times) Children unlock creativity with this easy to use (but hard to put down) interactive puppet show! Even young children can create high quality cartoons from their imaginations. Kids can even star in the show along side the built-in characters! Teachers: Engage students by allowing them to act out historical events, practice language skills, or deliver a killer book report. The cartoons that kids are making have delighted thousands of teachers and parents around the world - let yours be next to experience this award-winning digital addition to your classroom. The finished projects are easily shared to be watched by others (share via email, Facebook, or simply copy the video file to your computer and distribute how you see fit - Hint: students love to see their work displayed on a classroom blog). • Create short instructional videos (in any learning area) • Storytelling, Reports, Historic Retells • Help reluctant public speakers present to the class • Help foreign language or ESL students practice their fluency & language skills • Brainstorming or storyboarding ideas and presentations Characters chosen from standard curriculum allow kids to fully engage with content - not even realizing they are actually learning valuable lessons that will stay with them for years to come!
Bookopolis
This app helps children under 13 discover books they'll love. Users can build virtual bookshelves, share reviews, find new titles, log reading, and earn rewards for their literary achievements.
- Virtual bookshelves
- Book reviews and recommendations
- Book discovery tool
- Digital reading log
- Reading achievement points and badges
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Bookopolis is the go-to-place for kids under 13 to find books they're excited to read. Kids can create virtual bookshelves of books they’ve read or want to read, share book reviews and recommendations with friends, find new books with our BookQuest discovery tool, use our digital reading log, and earn points and badges for their reading achievements. Some features can only be accessed if you are signed in as a Bookopolis user. To create a free account, visit www.bookopolis.com.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Puppet Pals 2 at 4.1 against Bookopolis's 2.5. Puppet Pals 2 also leads on review sentiment (63% vs 33%) and update cadence (every 2 months vs every 7 months). Bookopolis's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 10) and iOS requirement (7.0 vs 12.0). On price, 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
Both are free to download. Puppet Pals 2 sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. Bookopolis asks for nothing beyond the download.
Puppet Pals 2 holds the better App Store score, 4.1 against 2.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Puppet Pals 2 has 123 ratings behind it against 12, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 63% of Puppet Pals 2's written reviews are positive against 33% of Bookopolis's.
Puppet Pals 2 ships an update every 2 months, Bookopolis every 7 months. The most recent releases landed on October 6, 2026 and September 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Puppet Pals 2 | Bookopolis |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.1 (123 ratings) — better | 2.5 (12 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 63.4% of reviews — better | 33.3% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 123 — better | 12 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 7 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 | 7.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 359 MB | 102 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Polished Play, LLC | Bookopolis Inc |
Customer experience
Puppet Pals 2
Bookopolis
Bugs and requests
Puppet Pals 2
Reported bugs
4 issues- Saving issues causing loss of progress
- Freezing and crashing when trying to access certain features
- Audio and visual glitches during playback
- Compatibility problems on newer devices
Requested features
5 requests- Add more free characters and backgrounds
- Implement better saving and autosave functionality
- Allow for custom character creation and customization
- Add more diverse themes and settings
- Improve overall stability and reduce crashes
Bookopolis
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Puppet Pals 2
- North Pole Pack$0.99
- Royal Hall Pack$0.99
- Time & Tech Pack$0.99
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- Saddle Up Pack$0.99
- Vroom Vroom Pack$0.99
- Civil Rights$0.99
- Ptolemaic$0.99
- Under The Sea$0.99
- Custom Heads$1.99
- All Access Pass$5.99
Bookopolis
No in-app purchases
Questions
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