Comparison

Puppet Pals 2 vs ElevateScience 6

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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!

About

ElevateScience 6

This educational app helps middle school students master key science vocabulary from a specific program. It offers interactive flashcards and a voice recording feature for pronunciation practice, allowing students to learn at their own pace with text and audio support.

Highlights
  • Key term flashcards
  • Voice recording for pronunciation practice
  • Text and audio support
  • Self-paced learning
  • Study science vocabulary
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This powerful app from Savvas enables students to quickly learn the key terms and definitions of the ElevateScience 6-8 program. Students can study ready-made flashcards with key terms and definitions. The text and audio support empowers students to learn their way and at their own pace. And, the voice recording feature allows students to practice, record, and playback their pronunciation of the key Science terms and definitions. FEATURES • Flashcards that challenge students to master key Science terms and definitions. • Built in Voice Recorder that lets students record their pronunciation, and then play back for review.

Screenshots

Puppet Pals 24 screens
ElevateScience 64 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Puppet Pals 2 at 4.1 against ElevateScience 6's 2.4. Puppet Pals 2 also leads on review sentiment (63% vs 25%) and update cadence (every 2 months vs every 37 months). ElevateScience 6's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 10) and iOS requirement (10.0 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Puppet Pals 2 sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. ElevateScience 6 asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Puppet Pals 2 holds the better App Store score, 4.1 against 2.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Puppet Pals 2 has 122 ratings behind it against 9, 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 25% of ElevateScience 6's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Puppet Pals 2 ships an update every 2 months, ElevateScience 6 every 37 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 2, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Puppet Pals 2 versus ElevateScience 6: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPuppet Pals 2ElevateScience 6
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.1 (122 ratings) — better2.4 (9 ratings)
Positive reviews63.4% of reviews — better25.0% of reviews
Number of ratings122 — better9
Update frequencyEvery 2 months — betterEvery 37 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS12.010.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size359 MB45 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPolished Play, LLCSavvas Learning Company LLC

Customer experience

Puppet Pals 2

All ratings122 ratings
Positive76.2%
Neutral7.4%
Negative16.4%
Written reviews216 reviews
Positive63.4%
Neutral10.2%
Negative26.4%

ElevateScience 6

All ratings8 ratings
Positive37.5%
Neutral0.0%
Negative62.5%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive25.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative75.0%

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

ElevateScience 6

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

10 purchases

Puppet Pals 2

One-time10
  • North Pole Pack$0.99
  • Royal Hall Pack$0.99
  • Time & Tech Pack$0.99
Show 7 more
  • 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
None

ElevateScience 6

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Puppet Pals 2 free?
Puppet Pals 2 is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is ElevateScience 6 free?
ElevateScience 6 is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Puppet Pals 2 or ElevateScience 6?
Puppet Pals 2 is rated higher. Puppet Pals 2 averages 4.1 out of 5 from 122 ratings, while ElevateScience 6 averages 2.4 from 9 ratings.
Do Puppet Pals 2 or ElevateScience 6 have ads?
Neither Puppet Pals 2 nor ElevateScience 6 shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Puppet Pals 2 or ElevateScience 6?
Puppet Pals 2 ships an update every 2 months, and ElevateScience 6 every 37 months. Most recently, Puppet Pals 2 was updated on November 1, 2026 and ElevateScience 6 on November 2, 2026.

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