Little Zebra Shopper vs Osmo Newton
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Little Zebra Shopper
Transform your iPad into a realistic cash register for children's imaginative play. This app allows kids to scan physical products, calculate totals and change, and engage in social play, enhancing arithmetic skills through interactive fun.
- Scans barcodes
- Real announcement button
- Calculates totals and change
- Cash register sound effects
- Integrates with physical play
- Downloadable toy products
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Little Zebra Shopper turns your iPad into a real cash register for children. Little Zebra Shopper lets your child scan physical products as part of the real life social play of your child and his or her friends. WHAT OUR USERS ARE SAYING ‘This is a great app! Easy to use, hours of fun, my children love it!’ ‘A really good app that improves the traditional childrens shop keeping games. A great way of improving your child’s arithmetic skills!’ FEATURES - scans barcodes - real announcement button with a range of sounds (attention shoppers!) - calculates totals, and change due - makes cash register noises, just like the real thing - comes with foldable toy products (downloadable from our website!) - integrates in physical, social play Little Zebra Shopper has many foldable toy products available for download from our website. The app has significant educational value to children, with each product varying value in value to allow children to test and improve their basic mathematics. * HOW DOES IT WORK? * 1) Download a free PDF with your favourite products from www.littlezebrashopper.com 2) Print them on thick paper or card 3) Use the products in your own little play shop * ATTENTION PARENTS * Some products on www.littlezebrashopper.com need to be activated by an in app purchase though iTunes. Just scan one item and follow the instructions on your ipad. After the in app purchase, your kid can play with all the products in the pdf. * TRY BEFORE YOU BUY * Go to www.littlezebrashopper.com/free to download a free sample pdf with some products that are free to use. If your kid likes the Little Zebra Shopper, you can download and print more products to add to his or her little shop.
Osmo Newton
Engage with creative physics puzzles by drawing or placing physical objects. Guide falling balls into target zones using everyday items. Experience a blend of physical and digital play.
- Draw lines to solve puzzles
- Place physical objects to interact
- Guide falling balls into targets
- Works with everyday items
- Hands-on learning experience
- Promotes creativity and problem-solving
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Solve creative physics puzzles by drawing lines or placing items in front of the screen. Play your favourite Osmo Newton on both iPhone and iPad! Use your iPhone with the "Osmo Base for iPad" which can be found at playosmo.com. * Please see our device compatibility list here: https://support.playosmo.com/hc/articles/115010156067 "..games that interact with just about any physical object—pen, paper, blocks, even toys your kids already own. - The Wall Street Journal "This interplay between the physical and digital realms looks and feels like magic." - Forbes "Osmo has been a revolution in our family." - Wired Awarded: **Best Design** - Good Design, 2016 **Best Product Designs** - Fast Company Finalist, 2016 **Innovative Toy of the Year** - TOTY Finalist, 2015 **Best Inventions** - TIME, 2014 Works with any object or drawing – Mom’s keys, hand-drawn basket, even toys you already own. Simply place the object/drawing in front of the screen and manipulate it to guide the falling balls into the target zones. About Osmo Osmo is using the screen to create a new healthy, hands-on learning experience that promotes creativity, problem-solving and social interaction. We do this with our reflective artificial intelligent technology.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Osmo Newton at none against Little Zebra Shopper's 7. Osmo Newton also leads on rating (4.1 vs 3.7) and ratings volume (384 vs 18). Little Zebra Shopper's advantage is review sentiment (76% vs 65%) and iOS requirement (9.0 vs 15.0). On price, update cadence, ads and monetization model 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. Little Zebra Shopper sells 7 one-off in-app purchases. Osmo Newton asks for nothing beyond the download.
Osmo Newton holds the better App Store score, 4.1 against 3.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Osmo Newton has 384 ratings behind it against 18, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 76% of Little Zebra Shopper's written reviews are positive against 65% of Osmo Newton's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Little Zebra Shopper ships an update every 3 months, Osmo Newton every 2 months. Both last shipped on November 6, 2026.
| Parameter | Little Zebra Shopper | Osmo Newton |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.7 (18 ratings) | 4.1 (384 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 76.3% of reviews — better | 65.4% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 18 | 384 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 8 MB | 451 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Hans-Peter | Tangible Play |
Customer experience
Little Zebra Shopper
Osmo Newton
Bugs and requests
Little Zebra Shopper
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Osmo Newton
Reported bugs
10 issues- App crashes on launch or during gameplay
- Unresponsive app after recent updates
- Lorem Ipsum placeholder text stuck on screen
- Achievement page frozen preventing gameplay
- App incompatible with iPad Air 2 and 11-inch iPad
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- Camera permission prompt issues on newer iOS
- Line detection fails to recognize drawings
- Game slows down significantly with multiple balls
- App fails to load or gets stuck on loading screen
- Whiteboard compatibility issues
Requested features
8 requests- Back/front camera option for better positioning
- Pause menu functionality
- More levels beyond the current 61
- Grid screen option for better line detection
- Adjustable camera sensitivity settings
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- Better instructions and tutorial for beginners
- Start button before gameplay begins
- Support for older iPad models
In-app purchases
Little Zebra Shopper
- Breakfast$0.99
- Dinner$0.99
- Nicky's$0.99
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- Credit Card$0.99
- Pet store$0.99
- Pharmacy$0.99
- Stickers$0.99
Osmo Newton
No in-app purchases
Questions
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