Comparison

TinkerTots vs BubbleAnimals

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

Head to head
About

TinkerTots

Transform screen time into engaging educational quests designed to foster critical thinking and curiosity. Track progress with rewarding achievements and explore an intuitive, colorful world. This app makes learning an exciting adventure for young minds.

Highlights
  • Interactive learning challenges
  • Critical thinking promotion
  • Progress tracking
  • Achievement badges
  • Colorful visuals
  • Intuitive design
Features
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Little moments. Big discoveries. TinkerTots brings playful learning and creative adventures together on iPhone and iPad. Children can color a picture, solve a puzzle or build new skills through friendly activities designed for their age. MAKE SOMETHING WONDERFUL Explore Coloring Corner's picture collections and turn each page into a little masterpiece. Experiment with markers, crayons, watercolor, sparkle, fills and gradients. Choose palettes and shades, adjust your tools, undo a stroke and save your creations. PIECE TOGETHER A LITTLE WORLD Discover 120 distinct puzzles featuring pets, dinosaurs, vehicles, space, ocean life and more. Start with 4 pieces, then try 6 or 9. Drag or tap to place pieces, move them around and learn by experimenting. Artwork downloads automatically when you open a puzzle, and downloaded puzzles stay available for offline play. PLAY AND LEARN, AGES 3–5 Tinker Time makes letters, numbers, counting, shapes, words and life skills part of playful adventures. Follow friendly tracing guides and explore treehouse activities across a home, garden and playground. Audio instructions help little learners get started. BIG IDEAS WELCOME, AGES 6–8 Creative Studio offers detailed scenes to color and fresh challenges in Puzzle Lab. Choose 12, 24 or 48 pieces, try jigsaw shapes and optional rotating pieces, and use a picture preview or edge-piece filter when you need a little help. KEEP DISCOVERING Explore knowledge quizzes covering animals, dinosaurs, science, geography, history, space and more. Earn tots through supported activities and use them for games and avatars. Child profiles help families keep each learner's adventure personal. Some features and content require TinkerTots Pro. Terms of Use: https://tinkertots.app/tos.html Privacy Policy: https://tinkertots.app/privacy.html

About

BubbleAnimals

Discover animals from around the world with engaging facts, real photos, and detailed information on their habitat, diet, and unique traits. Create custom quizzes compatible with Blooket to test your knowledge and save your favorite creatures for easy access.

Highlights
  • Animal exploration by category
  • Detailed animal profiles
  • Five surprising fun facts per animal
  • Real animal photos and galleries
  • Blooket-compatible quiz creation
  • Save favorite animals
Features
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Bubble Animals makes learning about animals fun and easy for everybody! Explore more than 100 animals from around the world, including mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, sea creatures, insects, and even dinosaurs like T-Rex and Triceratops. Every animal page is packed with family-friendly content written just for young learners: EXPLORE AND DISCOVER Search for any animal by name or category. Each animal has a colorful page with an emoji icon, fun summary, and easy-to-read sections. FUN FACTS Every animal comes with surprising and entertaining fun facts. Did you know a shrimp's heart is in its head? Or that a group of flamingos is called a flamboyance? Everybody will love sharing these with friends and family. LEARN THE DETAILS Each animal page covers: Habitat: Where does it live? Diet: What does it eat? Appearance: What does it look like? Size: How big is it, compared to everyday things? Life Cycle: How does it grow up? Unique Traits: What makes it special? REAL PHOTOS See real photos of each animal. Tap any photo to view it full screen and swipe through the gallery. QUIZ ME! Every animal has its own quiz: multiple choice, true or false, and a photo round. Earn stars and try for a perfect score! SECRET ANIMALS Perfect quizzes unlock secret animals one by one, plus two very special surprises. My Stats shows your perfect quizzes, best scores and which secret animal is next. BUBBLE ANIMALS PRO An optional one-time purchase unlocks every secret animal right away, animal jigsaw puzzles and animal stickers for Messages. Or earn Pro for free by getting 100 perfect quizzes! SAVE YOUR FAVORITES Tap the heart on any animal to save it to your Favorites tab for quick access later. BUILT FOR FAMILIES Bubble Animals was designed with families in mind. All content is pre-written and curated to be accurate and engaging. No ads, no accounts, no tracking. Purchases are behind a grown-up check.

Screenshots

TinkerTots4 screens
BubbleAnimals3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: TinkerTots at fortnightly against BubbleAnimals's every 3 months. TinkerTots also leads on ratings volume (12 vs 3) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 26.0). BubbleAnimals's advantage is monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. TinkerTots sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month and BubbleAnimals sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for TinkerTots against 5.0 for BubbleAnimals. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 12 and 3 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

TinkerTots ships an update fortnightly, BubbleAnimals every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
TinkerTots versus BubbleAnimals: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTinkerTotsBubbleAnimals
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.9 (12 ratings)5.0 (3 ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings12 — better3
Update frequencyFortnightly — betterEvery 3 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size73 MB14 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperGoogly, LLCStuart Koch

Customer experience

TinkerTots

All ratings12 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

BubbleAnimals

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

2 purchases

TinkerTots

Subscriptions2
  • Pro Monthly$2.991 Month
  • Pro Yearly$29.991 Year
1 purchases

BubbleAnimals

One-time1
  • Bubble Animals Pro$0.99

Questions

Is TinkerTots free?
TinkerTots is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is BubbleAnimals free?
BubbleAnimals is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, TinkerTots or BubbleAnimals?
BubbleAnimals is rated higher. TinkerTots averages 4.9 out of 5 from 12 ratings, while BubbleAnimals averages 5.0 from 3 ratings.
Do TinkerTots or BubbleAnimals have ads?
Neither TinkerTots nor BubbleAnimals shows ads.
Which is updated more often, TinkerTots or BubbleAnimals?
TinkerTots ships an update fortnightly, and BubbleAnimals every 3 months. Most recently, TinkerTots was updated on October 24, 2026 and BubbleAnimals on October 31, 2026.

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