Comparison

BodyWays vs Socky

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

Head to head
About

BodyWays

Features
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Have you ever tried talking with body movements? Instead of using words, use your body movements to ask questions, give your opinion, and wait for the other person to respond. Try to understand what the other is saying with her/his body, without using words. Explore this new universe and discover your body. Discover your expression. Discover how you can say amazing things using your body in a new way like you've never done before. Something totally new for you to try: BodyWay Nota-Anna, an App of motion capture with visualization and sound options for social networks. How it was born? A dancer, Analivia Cordeiro, dreamed that one day everyone would communicate and talk through movements, when technology instruments were still rudimentary, in 1983. Time passed, a lot of research was done by her and Nilton Lobo, responsible for the tech solutions. Together, they created Nota-Anna, trying to turn this dream into reality. Finally, 39 years later, their dream comes true: BodyWay Nota-Anna, a way for people to talk to each other using the movements of their bodies, without words. BodyWay Nota-Anna creates a graphic visualization of your body movement video. You can choose an image background, add a soundtrack. If you want, put a comment and send it to a friend, a relative, a partner, to anyone who you want. And wait for this person to answer. Thus, in a back-and-forth, you create a movement dialogue. BodyWay Nota-Anna is easy to use, fun, applicable to anyone anywhere in the world. A new way to communicate, create and have fun.

About

Socky

Transform any image or video into a puppet and bring it to life with your own voice and face. Create unique characters using AI tools or a library of pre-made puppets, then perform and share your shows.

Highlights
  • Turn any image into a puppet
  • AI puppet creation from text prompts
  • Face-tracking for voice performance
  • Library of ready-made puppets
  • Perform and share video shows
  • Create endless content with AI puppets
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PUPPET EVERYTHING, AND YOU'RE THE PUPPETEER! Turn anything into a puppet: your dog, your cat, a painting, a child's doodle, a hot dog... you name it! If you can capture a short video of your puppet opening and closing its mouth, it can be a puppet. Or choose from a growing library of ready-made puppets, cast your show, perform, and share! Socky includes a full set of AI puppet creation tools too. Upload any still image, or generate one from a text prompt, and turn it into a puppet you can perform with. Every AI puppet is generate-once: create it a single time, then use it to make endless content without using AI again. These tools are helpful, but they are never required to create, perform, or share. YOU ARE THE PUPPETEER Voice your puppet's performance with your own face, using Socky's unique face-tracking approach to video puppeting. Hit record and share! Free to download, with a free starter Socky pack to get you going. Let's see what YOU make!

Screenshots

BodyWays4 screens
Socky4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: BodyWays at none against Socky's 10. BodyWays also leads on ads (none vs shown). Socky's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs every 3 months). On price, device support and iOS requirement 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. Socky sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. BodyWays asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

BodyWays ships an update every 3 months, Socky weekly. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 6 level
BodyWays versus Socky: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBodyWaysSocky
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Number of ratings—1 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsWeekly — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
Monetization—Free with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.515.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size123 MB249 MB
Age rating4+9+
DeveloperBody WayCurious Labs

In-app purchases

None

BodyWays

No in-app purchases

10 purchases

Socky

Subscriptions8
  • Puppet$4.991 Month
  • Sock Puppet3 Days trial$4.991 Month
  • Puppeteer$7.991 Month
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  • AI Puppet$7.991 Month
  • AI Sock Puppet3 Days trial$7.991 Month
  • Puppet Master$9.991 Month
  • AI Puppeteer$17.991 Month
  • AI Puppet Master$34.991 Month
One-time2
  • Puppet Pack - Drawings With Doofus$2.99
  • Puppet Pack - Wonderland Collection$2.99

Questions

Is BodyWays free?
BodyWays is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Socky free?
Socky is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do BodyWays or Socky have ads?
Socky shows ads; BodyWays does not.
Which is updated more often, BodyWays or Socky?
BodyWays ships an update every 3 months, and Socky weekly. Most recently, BodyWays was updated on November 3, 2026 and Socky on November 5, 2026.

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