Comparison

MIXIMAL vs Pango Build & Explore City

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

Head to head
About

MIXIMAL

Create unique, silly animals by mixing parts or syllables. This app offers a tactile and creative experience with handcrafted animations and analog sounds, inspired by classic flipbooks. It's designed for open-ended exploration with no pressure or goals.

Highlights
  • Mix between 11 animals
  • Create new animals using syllables
  • Combine full animals for surprise animations
  • Switch between 8 languages
  • Lively animations and impressive audio
  • No failing, no goals
Features
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Mix animals! Mix syllables! Filled with handcrafted animations and sound. MIXIMAL is an entertaining game based on traditional flipbooks we all know from our childhood. Kids create new silly animals and discover their names. We took this classic concept and constructed wonderful handcrafted animations and sounds to complement it. Each animation is created frame-by-frame to provide a warm and organic aesthetic. The sounds originate from analog sources. Our aim with the app is to offer a highly tactile experience, as we think our kids should play with quality toys. Features: + Mix between 11 animals + Make up new animals using syllables + Combine a full animal for a surprise animation + Switch between 8 languages + Lively animations and impressive audio + No failing, no goal, no wrong or right + Supports all iPads and iPhones with iOS 14 or later + No internet access needed! + No advertisements! Available in 8 languages with full voice acting: English, Spanish, German, French, Italian, Dutch, Portuguese and Brazilian Portuguese! Learn more about YATATOY: yatatoy.com Contact us for assistance or to give feedback: https://yatatoy.com/info/ MADE BY YATATOY

About

Pango Build & Explore City

Design and construct your own city by drawing roads, placing buildings, and populating it with characters. This open-ended game encourages creativity, organization, and exploration for young children.

Highlights
  • Draw roads and rails
  • Place buildings and monuments
  • Populate city with characters
  • Open-ended construction
  • Develops creativity and organization
  • Child-safe environment
Features
Currently charting
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IMAGINE YOUR CITY… AND BRING IT TO LIFE! Draw your roads, lay your rails, place your buildings and create a city just the way you like it: small houses, tall buildings, parks, shops, monuments… Here, everything begins with a simple swipe of a finger. Place Pango and friends in their roles: firefighter, mail carrier, doctor, shopkeeper… They drive, work, visit, wander around, go home to sleep at night… and bring life to everything you create. Every street becomes a story, every district an adventure. Pango Build City is an open-ended construction game that develops creativity, organisation, exploration and fine motor skills. An intuitive, open experience perfectly suited for children aged 3 and up. A PANGO CREATION With over 15 years of experience and more than 15 million children worldwide, Pango is a trusted name for parents looking for calm, intelligent and gentle games. Pango Build City continues this philosophy: a lively building game designed to spark creativity, logic and the pride of creating. WHY PARENTS LOVE PANGO BUILD CITY - Boosts imagination and sense of organisation - Builds logic and understanding of how a city works - Strengthens fine motor skills through road and rail placement - 100% open construction: children create, modify and expand their city freely - A gentle, lively world with no stress or competition - Simple, smooth and perfectly adapted to small hands - 3 pre-built cities to support younger children A 100% CHILD-SAFE GAME • No in-app purchases • No advertising • No external links • Built-in parental controls • Complies with children’s data protection standards THE PANGO VALUES: CREATIVITY, AUTONOMY, KINDNESS At Pango, we design experiences from a child’s perspective: simple, open and enriching. Our games nurture curiosity, encourage independence and let every child imagine their own world. Need help? A question? pango@studio-pango.com More information: www.studio-pango.com DOWNLOAD PANGO BUILD CITY and let your child imagine, build and bring their own city to life: A WORLD TO CREATE, ADVENTURES ON EVERY CORNER!

Screenshots

MIXIMAL4 screens
Pango Build & Explore City4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: MIXIMAL at every 5 months against Pango Build & Explore City's every 117 months. MIXIMAL also leads on review sentiment (87% vs 72%) and price ($4.99 vs $6.99). Pango Build & Explore City's advantage is chart position (#196 vs unranked). On rating, 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

MIXIMAL costs $4.99 and Pango Build & Explore City $6.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.5 for MIXIMAL against 4.5 for Pango Build & Explore City. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 367 and 89 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 87% of MIXIMAL's written reviews are positive against 72% of Pango Build & Explore City's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

MIXIMAL ships an update every 5 months, Pango Build & Explore City every 117 months. Both last shipped on November 6, 2026.

Scorecard6 real differences · 5 level
MIXIMAL versus Pango Build & Explore City: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMIXIMALPango Build & Explore City
Price$4.99 — better$6.99
Rating4.5 (367 ratings)4.5 (89 ratings) — better
Positive reviews86.5% of reviews — better72.2% of reviews
Number of ratings367 — better89
Update frequencyEvery 5 months — betterEvery 117 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree — betterPaid
Best chart rank—#196 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS14.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size122 MB194 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperYATATOYStudio Pango

Customer experience

MIXIMAL

All ratings366 ratings
Positive86.3%
Neutral6.6%
Negative7.1%
Written reviews52 reviews
Positive86.5%
Neutral7.7%
Negative5.8%

Pango Build & Explore City

All ratings89 ratings
Positive86.5%
Neutral3.4%
Negative10.1%
Written reviews36 reviews
Positive72.2%
Neutral2.8%
Negative25.0%

Bugs and requests

MIXIMAL

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • App won't load after iOS upgrade
  • Sound does not work
  • Crashing in iOS 13
  • App keeps cutting out

Requested features

4 requests
  • Add more animals and sounds
  • Implement a selector for animals
  • Allow screenshots without UI elements
  • More animal combinations

Pango Build & Explore City

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

MIXIMAL

No in-app purchases

None

Pango Build & Explore City

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is MIXIMAL free?
MIXIMAL costs $4.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Pango Build & Explore City free?
Pango Build & Explore City costs $6.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, MIXIMAL or Pango Build & Explore City?
Pango Build & Explore City is rated higher. MIXIMAL averages 4.5 out of 5 from 367 ratings, while Pango Build & Explore City averages 4.5 from 89 ratings.
Do MIXIMAL or Pango Build & Explore City have ads?
Neither MIXIMAL nor Pango Build & Explore City shows ads.
Which is updated more often, MIXIMAL or Pango Build & Explore City?
MIXIMAL ships an update every 5 months, and Pango Build & Explore City every 117 months. Most recently, MIXIMAL was updated on November 6, 2026 and Pango Build & Explore City on November 6, 2026.

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