Cincinnati Zoo vs BLOOP Cincinnati
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Cincinnati Zoo
Enhance your visit to the Cincinnati Zoo with a digital map, personalized day planning, and easy access to tickets and memberships. Discover detailed information about animals and plants to enrich your experience.
- GPS-enabled digital map
- Day planning tools
- Access tickets and memberships
- Animal and plant information
- Park navigation
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Make the most of your Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden visit with this app. Navigate the park with ease using our GPS-enabled digital map, plan your day, access your tickets and memberships, and learn more about our animals and plants!
BLOOP Cincinnati
Discover public art installations and attractions in Cincinnati. Navigate maps, track visited sites, and plan future explorations of murals and architecture.
- Public art discovery
- BLINK Cincinnati map
- Track visited art
- Plan future visits
- Discover murals and architecture
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BLOOP is your companion for discovering public art in Cincinnati, including BLINK Cincinnati. Navigate BLINK Cincinnati's attraction map, check off what you've seen, and what you want to see next. Plus, keep the app after the festival to discover permanent murals, local architecture, and more!
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Verdict
Cincinnati Zoo and BLOOP Cincinnati both sit at 4.9 stars, but that hides the real split: 100% of BLOOP Cincinnati's written reviews are positive against 67% of Cincinnati Zoo's. BLOOP Cincinnati also leads on update cadence (every 4 days vs monthly) and monetization model (free vs ad-supported). Cincinnati Zoo's advantage is ratings volume (1.9K vs 6). On price, rating, ads and in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for Cincinnati Zoo against 5.0 for BLOOP Cincinnati. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Cincinnati Zoo has 1.9K ratings behind it against 6, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 67% of Cincinnati Zoo's written reviews are positive against 100% of BLOOP Cincinnati's.
Cincinnati Zoo ships an update monthly, BLOOP Cincinnati every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and October 17, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Cincinnati Zoo | BLOOP Cincinnati |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (1.9K ratings) | 5.0 (6 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 66.7% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 1.9K — better | 6 |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Every 4 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 61 MB | 46 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Zoological Society of Cincinnati | Patchboard, LLC |
Customer experience
Cincinnati Zoo
BLOOP Cincinnati
In-app purchases
Cincinnati Zoo
No in-app purchases
BLOOP Cincinnati
No in-app purchases
Questions
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