Comparison

ChatterPix Kids vs OctoStudio

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

OctoStudio

Create animations and games using coding blocks on your mobile device. Bring your own photos and sounds to life, and share your interactive projects with others. Developed by the creators of Scratch at MIT, it's a free and fun way to learn coding.

Highlights
  • Create animations and games
  • Use coding blocks
  • Incorporate photos and sounds
  • Interactive project features
  • Share projects as video or GIF
  • Offline project creation
  • Learn coding through play
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With OctoStudio, you can create animations and games on your mobile phone or tablet. Made by the creators of Scratch at MIT. Code an animated story or game using your own artwork, sounds, and ideas. OctoStudio is completely free of charge - with no ads, no in-app purchases, and no data collected. Create projects without needing an internet connection. Available in more than 30 languages. OctoStudio is developed by the Lifelong Kindergarten group, the MIT Media Lab team that invented Scratch, the world’s most popular coding language for kids. Create • Create animations, games, and anything else you can imagine • Combine emojis, photos, drawings, sounds, and movement • Make your projects come alive with coding blocks Interact • Make interactive games you can play by tilting your phone • Shake your phone or use a magnet to start your project • Make your projects speak aloud • Code your phone to buzz or turn on and off the flashlight • Collaborate across phones using the beam block Share • Record your project as a video or animated GIF • Export your project file for others to play • Send to family and friends Learn • Get started with intro videos and ideas • Explore and remix sample projects • Develop creative thinking and problem-solving skills • Learn to code in a playful and meaningful way OctoStudio has been designed in collaboration with educators in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, India, Korea, Mexico, South Africa, Thailand, Uganda, United States, and other countries around the world. To learn more about OctoStudio or share your feedback, please visit us at www.octostudio.org

Screenshots

ChatterPix Kids4 screens
OctoStudio4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: OctoStudio at 4.8 against ChatterPix Kids's 4.3. OctoStudio also leads on review sentiment (88% vs 72%) and update cadence (monthly vs every 2 months). ChatterPix Kids's advantage is ratings volume (664 vs 66) and iOS requirement (9.0 vs 15.0). 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

OctoStudio holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: ChatterPix Kids has 664 ratings behind it against 66, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 72% of ChatterPix Kids's written reviews are positive against 88% of OctoStudio's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

ChatterPix Kids ships an update every 2 months, OctoStudio monthly. The most recent releases landed on November 11, 2026 and November 12, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
ChatterPix Kids versus OctoStudio: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterChatterPix KidsOctoStudio
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.3 (664 ratings)4.8 (66 ratings) — better
Positive reviews72.1% of reviews87.5% of reviews — better
Number of ratings664 — better66
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsMonthly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS9.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size75 MB52 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDuck Duck Moose LLCMassachusetts Institute of Technology

Customer experience

ChatterPix Kids

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

OctoStudio

All ratings65 ratings
Positive95.4%
Neutral1.5%
Negative3.1%
Written reviews32 reviews
Positive87.5%
Neutral3.1%
Negative9.4%

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

OctoStudio

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

ChatterPix Kids

No in-app purchases

None

OctoStudio

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is ChatterPix Kids free?
ChatterPix Kids is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is OctoStudio free?
OctoStudio is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, ChatterPix Kids or OctoStudio?
OctoStudio is rated higher. ChatterPix Kids averages 4.3 out of 5 from 664 ratings, while OctoStudio averages 4.8 from 66 ratings.
Do ChatterPix Kids or OctoStudio have ads?
Neither ChatterPix Kids nor OctoStudio shows ads.
Which is updated more often, ChatterPix Kids or OctoStudio?
ChatterPix Kids ships an update every 2 months, and OctoStudio monthly. Most recently, ChatterPix Kids was updated on November 11, 2026 and OctoStudio on November 12, 2026.

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