Puppet Pals 2 vs Voki for Education
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!
Voki for Education
Create and share customizable speaking avatars to enhance classroom instruction and student engagement. This tool offers a fun way to introduce technology, encourage imagination, and improve lesson comprehension. It's ideal for language classes and helps even shy students express themselves.
- Hundreds of customizable avatars
- Voice recording or text-to-speech
- Customizable clothing and accessories
- Background selection or upload
- Sharing via email and social networks
- Supports over 30 languages
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Join millions of teachers and students all over the world who have discovered the magic of Voki. Voki, an edtech tool, is a collection of customizable speaking avatars for teachers and students that enhances classroom instruction, class engagement , and lesson comprehension. There are hundreds of avatars to choose from and clothing, accessories, facial features are just some of the ways your avatar can be customized. Simply, choose your head, clothes, and accessories, give your Voki a voice, and then add a background. The fun continues with our many in app sharing options. Creating and sharing a Voki with friends, teachers and parents has never been more fun and easy! Features: Hundreds of avatars to choose from Customize clothing, accessories, facial features, hair Record your own voice or type a message Choose background or upload your own Share via email and across social networks Benefits: Fun way to introduce technology in the class Encourages students to use their imagination Helps motivate, improves lesson comprehension and student participation Great tool in language classes for lessons and pronunciation – over 30 languages to choose from Even the shyest child in class will be able to make their voice heard with Voki Voki for Education app is a companion tool to the Voki online platform. The app was created to mirror the online experience and provide students a convenient & fun tool to work on their assignments and projects. Want even more from Voki? Check out our complete suite of edtech products at www.voki.com Classroom management tool giving teachers access to organize student assignments and more Presentation tool that uses Voki characters as a teaching assistant Growing library of ready to teach content
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Puppet Pals 2 at 4.1 against Voki for Education's 3.3. Puppet Pals 2 also leads on review sentiment (63% vs 28%). Voki for Education's advantage is iOS requirement (10.0 vs 12.0). On price, ratings volume, 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
Both are free to download. Puppet Pals 2 sells 10 one-off in-app purchases and Voki for Education sells 28 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Puppet Pals 2 holds the better App Store score, 4.1 against 3.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 123 and 73 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 63% of Puppet Pals 2's written reviews are positive against 28% of Voki for Education's.
Puppet Pals 2 ships an update every 2 months, Voki for Education every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on August 23, 2026 and September 19, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Puppet Pals 2 | Voki for Education |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.1 (123 ratings) — better | 3.3 (73 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 63.4% of reviews — better | 28.3% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 123 — better | 73 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 6 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 | 10.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 359 MB | 286 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Polished Play, LLC | Oddcast Inc. |
Customer experience
Puppet Pals 2
Voki for Education
User reviews
Puppet Pals 2
From 123 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Fun and creative
- 🤩 Nostalgic and brings back childhood memories
- 🎨 Allows for customization and personalization
- 🏫 Great for use in schools and classrooms
Room to improve
- 💰 Many features locked behind paywalls
- 🐛 Frequent crashes and glitches
- 🔍 Limited selection of characters and backgrounds
- 🤔 Confusing or unintuitive UI
Voki for Education
From 73 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Engaging for students
- 👍 Useful for education
- 👍 Handy for assignments
- 👍 Motivates students
- 👍 Fun to share creations
Room to improve
- 👎 Slow and confusing
- 👎 Free for students but restricted
- 👎 App is garbage
- 👎 Focus on avatars over functions
- 👎 Can give viruses
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
Voki for Education
Reported bugs
19 issues- App crashes when pressing play button
- App crashes when trying to play recorded voice
- App crashes after attempting recording playback
- App crashes every time user presses play
- App crashes when trying to download video/audio
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- App crashes when trying to save to camera roll
- App crashes instantly with minimal text
- App crashes when trying to get past avatar choice
- App crashes when making avatar
- App crashes every 16 seconds
- App does not stay open on iPad
- App freezes on login screen
- App incompatible with older devices
- App glitches phone and computer
- App quality loss on sharing
- App hazy and lags on sharing
- App does not sustain professional look on sharing
- App not accessible with screen reader
- App navigation overwhelming
Requested features
11 requests- More characters available for free
- Fairytale characters in app
- Career characters in app
- Ability to move avatar position
- More production features (lighting)
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- More freedom to animate avatars
- Ability to create sequences with avatars
- Avatars having dialogue with each other
- More options to save or share
- Kid-friendly ways to save or share
- Save Vokis to photo library
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
Voki for Education
- Dai$0.99
- Hiro_214$0.99
- Kentaro$0.99
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- Abigail$0.99
- Ashley$0.99
- Beth$0.99
- Chloe$0.99
- Gena_2300$0.99
- Mina_616$0.99
- Yuni_629$0.99
- Kamemon$0.99
- Pete_59$0.99
- DonaldTrump$0.99
- VladimirPutin$0.99
- CockerSpaniel$0.99
- Moses$0.99
- Einstein$0.99
- Jane_1321$0.99
- AlaskanMalamute$0.99
- Meagan_3372$0.99
- Stephie_656$0.99
- Squeaks$0.99
- Grandma_420$0.99
- QuestionmarkSymbol_37209$0.99
- GeorgeWashington$0.99
- Fairy$0.99
- Dana$0.99
- ALL Products$9.99
Questions
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