Comparison

ChatterPix Kids vs Glider Guide

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

Glider Guide

Explore five real-world terrains in the US and learn about various land and water features. Test your knowledge with in-game assessments after each flight. Offers both first-person and top-down perspectives for immersive learning.

Highlights
  • Explore real-world US terrains
  • Learn about 11 land/water features
  • First-person and top-down views
  • In-game knowledge assessments
  • Educational simulation
Features
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Soar above five real world terrains in the United States while learning about different types of land and water features. Observe eleven different land and water features including: mountains, plains, lakes, oceans, and mesas. View terrain maps from first-person and top-down view. Test your knowledge of land and water features after every flight with an in-game assessment.

Screenshots

ChatterPix Kids4 screens
Glider Guide3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Glider Guide at 5.0 against ChatterPix Kids's 4.3. Glider Guide also leads on update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 2 months) and iOS requirement (7.0 vs 9.0). ChatterPix Kids's advantage is ratings volume (664 vs 3). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Glider Guide holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: ChatterPix Kids has 664 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

ChatterPix Kids ships an update every 2 months, Glider Guide every 2 weeks. Both last shipped on October 29, 2026.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
ChatterPix Kids versus Glider Guide: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterChatterPix KidsGlider Guide
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.3 (664 ratings)5.0 (3 ratings) — better
Positive reviews72.1% of reviews—
Number of ratings664 — better3
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS9.07.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size75 MB534 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDuck Duck Moose LLCSmithsonian Institution

Customer experience

ChatterPix Kids

All ratings662 ratings
Positive80.1%
Neutral5.6%
Negative14.4%
Written reviews208 reviews
Positive72.1%
Neutral8.7%
Negative19.2%

Glider Guide

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

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

Glider Guide

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

ChatterPix Kids

No in-app purchases

None

Glider Guide

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is ChatterPix Kids free?
ChatterPix Kids is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Glider Guide free?
Glider Guide is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, ChatterPix Kids or Glider Guide?
Glider Guide is rated higher. ChatterPix Kids averages 4.3 out of 5 from 664 ratings, while Glider Guide averages 5.0 from 3 ratings.
Do ChatterPix Kids or Glider Guide have ads?
Neither ChatterPix Kids nor Glider Guide shows ads.
Which is updated more often, ChatterPix Kids or Glider Guide?
ChatterPix Kids ships an update every 2 months, and Glider Guide every 2 weeks. Most recently, ChatterPix Kids was updated on October 29, 2026 and Glider Guide on October 29, 2026.

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