Puppet Pals 2 vs Hooda Math Mobile
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!
Hooda Math Mobile
Engage with a collection of 20 fun math games designed to enhance your mathematical skills. These games are directly ported from the popular HoodaMath.com website and are playable on your mobile devices.
- 20 math games
- Playable on iPad and iPhone
- Updates with more games
- Internet connection required
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Play 21 fun math and logic games anywhere — no internet required! Every game runs offline, perfect for the classroom, car rides, or anywhere without WiFi. Games included: Combination Lock, Oblong, Stick Ninja, Hooda Stacker, Hooda Stacker 2, Donut Stand, Hooda Dissection, Falling Cubes, Lemonade Stand, Color Fill, Pet Stand, Chess, Hooda Remover, Phantomb, Carrot Crave, Omit Orange 2, Feed The Figures, Hide Caesar, Omit Orange, Feed The Figures 2, and Hex Wars. Features: 21 games that work completely offline No accounts or sign-ups required Kid-friendly and classroom safe Works on iPhone and iPad From the makers of hoodamath.com — trusted by millions of students and teachers.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Hooda Math Mobile at none against Puppet Pals 2's 10. Puppet Pals 2's advantage is iOS requirement (12.0 vs 16.0). On price, rating, review sentiment and ratings volume 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. Hooda Math Mobile asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.1 for Puppet Pals 2 against 4.0 for Hooda Math Mobile. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 122 and 317 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 63% of Puppet Pals 2's written reviews are positive against 58% of Hooda Math Mobile's.
Puppet Pals 2 ships an update every 2 months, Hooda Math Mobile monthly. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Puppet Pals 2 | Hooda Math Mobile |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.1 (122 ratings) — better | 4.0 (317 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 63.4% of reviews — better | 58.2% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 122 | 317 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Monthly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 359 MB | 64 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Polished Play, LLC | Hooda Math |
Customer experience
Puppet Pals 2
Hooda Math Mobile
User reviews
Puppet Pals 2
From 122 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
Hooda Math Mobile
From 317 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Great for school
- 👍 Inspires education
- 👍 Fun math games
- 👍 Works offline
- 👍 No ads (sometimes)
Room to improve
- 👎 Not the same games as website
- 👎 Boring
- 👎 Missing escape games
- 👎 Slow and lags
- 👎 Games don't work
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
Hooda Math Mobile
Reported bugs
14 issues- Cannot access website
- Stick Ninja won't stop
- Pet shop error
- Games not working
- App is slow and lags
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- Cannot find games
- Game is loading but won't delete
- Didn't let me play games
- Bugs
- Goat crossing game errors
- Escape games don't work
- Some games don't work correctly
- Inconsistent performance
- Goat crossing game makes no sense
Requested features
8 requests- Add more games
- Add escape games
- Add Open Restaurant game
- Add Theme Hotel game
- Add Hooda What game
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- Add walk-throughs
- Add all games to app
- Make games like computer version
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
Hooda Math Mobile
No in-app purchases
Questions
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