Comparison

Baba Scribbles vs Dinner Pals

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

Head to head
About

Baba Scribbles

A relaxing coloring app for children featuring stencils of animals and objects. It helps kids learn to spell words by reading them aloud and offers a stress-free coloring experience with colors that stay within the lines. The app operates offline and provides a soothing audio environment.

Highlights
  • Stencil coloring of animals and objects
  • Word spelling with child-friendly voice
  • Colors stay within the lines
  • Offline operation
  • Soothing sound effects
  • Over 20 stencils
Features
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Welcome to Baba Scribbles! It's a simple, fun, stress-free coloring pad for little scribblers. Color a variety of different stencils of animals and objects to reveal a rewarding painted picture. Tap on the name of the object and the app spells the word out for you in a kid-friendly voice. Choose from seven beautifully complimentary colors to give your child virtually limitless color combinations to explore. The stencils are very forgiving as they keep all the color within the lines even if your little scribbler isn't quite there yet with a real marker. Features • Simple finger painting motions for drawing, making it easy, tactile, and relaxing • Over 20 different stencils of a wide variety of common animals and objects. More stencils will be added in future updates never with any additional cost! • Choose from 7 different complimentary colors that are staples of the Baba's Playground universe • Soothing sounds of marker scribbles, gentle pops, and piano chimes give the app a heightened sense of wonder as your little one scribbles • Each word can be read aloud by a friendly child's voice when the stencil is complete, helping your little one to learn to spell • The app operates completely offline, keeping the app safe, simple, and free of distractions We hope you enjoy Baba Scribbles, the latest addition to the Baba's Playground universe!

About

Dinner Pals

Features
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Dinner Pals is a visual timer for kids and toddlers that turns dinner, brushing teeth, bath time, tidy up, homework and even road trips into something they'll actually watch. A friendly pal slowly fills with colour as time runs down — so little kids can SEE time passing instead of being nagged. Young children can't read clocks, and "ten more minutes" means nothing. A visual countdown timer makes time concrete — which is why visual timers are used in classrooms and by occupational therapists, and why parents of kids with ADHD or autism often find them life-changing for transitions. ONE TIMER FOR EVERY ROUTINE • Dinner time — a meal timer that ends the "one more bite" battle • Sparkle time — a 2-minute toothbrush timer that makes brushing teeth fun • Bath & shower time — a gentle bath timer for the whole routine • Tidy up time — a clean-up and chore timer that beats the packing-up meltdown • Homework time — a calm study timer that helps them focus • Road trip — a little car drives the route, so "are we there yet?" answers itself • CUSTOM TIMERS — build your own! Name it, pick exactly which pals appear, and set any time. Reading time, piano practice, screen-time turns — yours. HOW IT WORKS 1. Pick what you're doing and wind up the dial — or tap to type an exact time 2. Your child picks their pal 3. The pal fills with colour as the minutes pass — half the time gone, half full 4. Full pal = all done. Sparkles, confetti and a happy cheer! WHY PARENTS LOVE IT • A visual timer for kids they watch instead of ignore • 11 friendly colour-in pals — let them pick their buddy • Make-your-own custom timers with a hand-picked cast • Grown-ups-only lock so a tap can't stop the timer • No ads. Kid-safe. No nagging, no battles — just colour. GREAT FOR • Toddlers, preschoolers and big kids • Morning routines, bedtime routines and screen-time turns • Fussy eaters, slow brushers and tidy-up avoiders • ADHD, autism and neurodivergent kids who think in pictures, not minutes — a gentle transition timer and visual schedule helper Try it free — everyone gets a couple of free timers, and every pal is free for everyone. A one-time unlock (no subscription) then opens unlimited timers and the colouring book, yours forever. No ads. No accounts. Nothing for little ones to break. Just calmer routines. The full unlock is a one-time purchase — no subscription, no auto-renewal, no recurring charges. Pay once and it's yours forever. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://gist.github.com/benbeg-design/21faf708f4d9788c548bf9ffe7454b10

Screenshots

Baba Scribbles4 screens
Dinner Pals4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Dinner Pals at Free against Baba Scribbles's $2.99. Dinner Pals also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 2 weeks) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 16.0). Baba Scribbles's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2). On 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

Dinner Pals is free to download; Baba Scribbles costs $2.99 up front. Dinner Pals sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Baba Scribbles asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Baba Scribbles ships an update every 2 weeks, Dinner Pals weekly. The most recent releases landed on June 1, 2026 and September 13, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 5 level
Baba Scribbles versus Dinner Pals: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBaba ScribblesDinner Pals
Price$2.99Free — better
Rating5.0 (3 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings3 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaid—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS16.013.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size35 MB48 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBaby Dino Enterprises LLCLRBD pty ltd

In-app purchases

None

Baba Scribbles

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Dinner Pals

Subscriptions2
  • Dinner Pals — Monthly7 Days trial$3.991 Month
  • Dinner Pals — Yearly7 Days trial$29.991 Year

Questions

Is Baba Scribbles free?
Baba Scribbles costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Dinner Pals free?
Dinner Pals is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Baba Scribbles or Dinner Pals have ads?
Neither Baba Scribbles nor Dinner Pals shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Baba Scribbles or Dinner Pals?
Baba Scribbles ships an update every 2 weeks, and Dinner Pals weekly. Most recently, Baba Scribbles was updated on June 1, 2026 and Dinner Pals on September 13, 2026.

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