Comparison

ChatterPix Kids vs Shape Patterns

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

Head to head
About

ChatterPix Kids

Transform photos into animated talking characters for fun messages, greetings, and creative projects. This app is designed for children aged 5-12 to express themselves through interactive visuals.

Highlights
  • Animate photos to talk
  • Create silly greetings
  • Make playful messages
  • Design creative cards
  • Add stickers, frames, and filters
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Create ChatterPix with friends and family as silly greetings, playful messages, creative cards, or even fancy book reports. And best of all, it’s FREE! AGES: 5-12. NOTE: For adults, check out our “ChatterPix” app for more fun and sharing via email and social media. CATEGORY: Creative Expression TOOLS: 22 stickers, 10 frames and 11 photo filters ABOUT DUCK DUCK MOOSE (A subsidiary of Khan Academy) Duck Duck Moose, an award-winning creator of educational mobile apps for families, is a passionate team of engineers, artists, designers, and educators. Founded in 2008, the company has created 21 top-selling titles and has received 21 Parents’ Choice Awards, 18 Children’s Technology Review Awards, 12 Tech with Kids’ Best Pick App Awards, and a KAPi award for “Best Children’s App” at the International Consumer Electronics Show. Khan Academy is a nonprofit with a mission to provide a free, world-class education for anyone, anywhere. Duck Duck Moose is now part of the Khan Academy family. Like all Khan Academy offerings, all Duck Duck Moose apps are now 100% free, without ads or subscriptions. For kids ages 2-6, don't miss Khan Academy Kids, our new early learning app to help young children with reading, writing, math and social-emotional development! We’d love to hear from you! Visit us at www.duckduckmoose.com or drop us a line at support@duckduckmoose.com.

About

Shape Patterns

Features
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On the split screen you can see at the same time what the program code looks like when you create the patterns with shapes or what the pattern with shapes looks like when you create a program code. The app deals intensively with the topic of "loops" because they have a special meaning when programming and creating patterns. The app works best on the iPad because you can see two views at once and see how changes affect the different layers (pattern/programming). On iPhone, you only see one view at a time, but you can switch between views. On PIKAS digi (https://pikas-digi.dzlm.de) you will soon receive assignments, digital blackboards and ideas for use in class.

Screenshots

ChatterPix Kids4 screens
Shape Patterns4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: ChatterPix Kids at 9.0 against Shape Patterns's 13.0. On price, update cadence, 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on September 27, 2026 and September 14, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
ChatterPix Kids versus Shape Patterns: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterChatterPix KidsShape Patterns
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.3 (662 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews72.1% of reviews—
Number of ratings662 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS9.0 — better13.0
Further details — not scored
Size75 MB1 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDuck Duck Moose LLCIPN - Leibniz Institute for Science and Mathematics Education

Bugs and requests

ChatterPix Kids

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Camera not working for some users
  • Repeated crashes or freezes
  • Syncing issues between photos and audio

Requested features

4 requests
  • Ability to adjust mouth movement and animation
  • More customization options
  • Longer recording time
  • Integration with more photo/video platforms

Shape Patterns

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

ChatterPix Kids

No in-app purchases

None

Shape Patterns

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is ChatterPix Kids free?
ChatterPix Kids is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Shape Patterns free?
Shape Patterns is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do ChatterPix Kids or Shape Patterns have ads?
Neither ChatterPix Kids nor Shape Patterns shows ads.
Which is updated more often, ChatterPix Kids or Shape Patterns?
ChatterPix Kids ships an update every 2 months, and Shape Patterns every 2 months. Most recently, ChatterPix Kids was updated on September 27, 2026 and Shape Patterns on September 14, 2026.

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