Comparison

String Figures vs Baby Color Mix

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

Head to head
About

String Figures

Learn and create string figures hands-free with voice commands. This app offers visual, language-free tutorials for over 100 figures from around the world, making it accessible to all ages and languages.

Highlights
  • Hands-free voice control
  • Language-free visual tutorials
  • Over 100 international string figures
  • Step-by-step guidance
  • Accessible for all ages and languages
Features
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String figures, made easier. Made more fun. This app is a hands-free String Figure (Cat's cradle) guide you can control entirely with your voice. When making string figures, both hands are tied up with the string, making it frustrating to turn pages in a book or pause a video. This app solves that problem with voice control. ■ Hands-free voice control Use simple voice commands like “next,” “previous,” or “replay.” There’s no need to let go of the string while you play. No more desperately turning pages with your toes or tapping the YouTube pause button with your little finger. ■ A New, Language-Free Way to Learn Text-based instructions have been removed from the tutorial videos and replaced with visual guidance using lines, arrows, and hand movements. By removing reliance on language, this approach makes it possible for children who cannot read complex characters, as well as people of all ages and languages around the world, to enjoy string figures intuitively. ■ Over 100 string figures from around the world Not only the string figures traditionally passed down in your own country, but more than 100 string figures from Oceania, the Americas, Africa, Alaska, Japan, and many other regions around the world are included. String figures are not a game belonging to just one country. They are a shared human tradition, passed down across cultures with different names and motifs. ■ One string, anytime, anywhere All you need is a single string to play—no special place or time required. The process of creating shapes step by step also has the satisfying, puzzle-like appeal of a thoughtful and intellectual game. For children and adults alike, whether playing alone or together with others, we invite you to explore the deep and fascinating world of string figures.

About

Baby Color Mix

Features
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Baby Color Mix is a calm color lab for ages 3 to 5. No ads, no tracking, no accounts. Kids tap two colors and discover a new one with big buttons, confetti, and gentle sounds that respect iOS Silent Mode. What kids can do • Mix 10 familiar colors into 45 combinations • See every discovery in a simple album • Try 16 free color missions • Play on iPhone or iPad with large touch targets For parents Parent Zone is behind a long press. Purchase and restore are shown only after a parent verification challenge. The kids screen never shows prices, buy buttons, lock cards, ads, or external links. Optional Palette Expansion Parents can add 10 more colors — gray, apricot, gold, silver, lavender, lime, dark green, dark red, mint, and dark violet — for 190 total combinations. One-time purchase. The core 10-color play and all 16 missions remain free. All discovery history stays on this device.

Screenshots

String Figures4 screens
Baby Color Mix4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: String Figures at 15.1 against Baby Color Mix's 18.0. On price, ads, in-app purchases 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

Both are free to download. String Figures sells 3 one-off in-app purchases and Baby Color Mix sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
String Figures versus Baby Color Mix: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterString FiguresBaby Color Mix
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 10 days—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.1 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size329 MB9 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperYoshitaka HamataniTemperstone

In-app purchases

3 purchases

String Figures

One-time3
  • Additional Collection 1$1.99
  • Additional Collection 2$1.99
  • Additional Collection 3$1.99
1 purchases

Baby Color Mix

One-time1
  • Palette Expansion$3.99

Questions

Is String Figures free?
String Figures is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Baby Color Mix free?
Baby Color Mix is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do String Figures or Baby Color Mix have ads?
Neither String Figures nor Baby Color Mix shows ads.

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