Comparison

MIXIMAL vs Creature Garden by Tinybop

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

Creature Garden by Tinybop

Design and build unique creatures using a vast collection of parts. Test their abilities, create a habitat for them, and even crossbreed them to discover new species. This app encourages creativity, problem-solving, and storytelling.

Highlights
  • Build thousands of creatures from 100+ parts
  • Test creature abilities (walk, swim, fly)
  • Create and customize a garden habitat
  • Crossbreed creatures for new breeds
  • Save and organize creatures in a cabinet
  • Creatures eat, sleep, and poop
  • Race creatures with obstacles
Features
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Create wonderful, incredible, and fantastical creatures. Give them hooves and horns, wings and beaks, or paws and claws. Fun for creative, curious, and kind kids! Play with your creatures in a wild garden of your own creation. Cross two creatures to see what new breeds you can make. Schools around the world use Creature Garden as a writing prompt to spark young imaginations! The Creature Garden is No. 6 in Tinybop's Digital Toys series which let kids create their own worlds. Each Digital Toys app is an open-ended construction kit for kids to build, test, and play. Kids develop creative-thinking, problem-solving, and storytelling skills. FEATURES + Build thousands of different creatures from 100+ parts. + Test your creatures to see if they will (or won’t!) walk, swim, and fly. + Save and organize all your creatures in a curiosity cabinet. + Create a garden for your creatures to live in. + Play with, feed, and groom your creatures. + Creatures eat, sleep, and poop! + Cross your creatures to create new breeds. + Race your creatures. See which is the fastest. + Make races harder with obstacles. + Keep track of your creatures’ best statistics. + Easy-to-use, safe, and kid-friendly design. + Multi-user system: each child can create and save their own robots. + Entertaining for kids and adults alike. + No in-app purchases or 3rd party advertising. Play in peace! + Original artwork by Natasha Durley. + Original sound design. Privacy Policy We take your and your child’s privacy seriously. We do not collect or share personal information about your child. We do not allow any third-party advertising. If the camera, microphone, and other services are used in an app, your information is not collected or distributed outside of the app. Read our complete privacy policy at tinybop.com. About Tinybop is a Brooklyn-based studio of designers, engineers, and artists. We make toys for tomorrow. We’re all over the internet. Visit us: www.tinybop.com Follow us: twitter.com/tinybop Like us: facebook.com/tinybop See us: instagram.com/tinybop We love hearing your stories! Reach out: hi@tinybop.com. Psst! It's not Tiny Bop, or Tiny Bob, or Tiny Pop. It's Tinybop.

Screenshots

MIXIMAL4 screens
Creature Garden by Tinybop4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: MIXIMAL at 4.5 against Creature Garden by Tinybop's 4.2. MIXIMAL also leads on review sentiment (87% vs 66%). Creature Garden by Tinybop's advantage is price ($3.99 vs $4.99) and iOS requirement (9.0 vs 14.0). On ratings volume, 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

MIXIMAL costs $4.99 and Creature Garden by Tinybop $3.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

MIXIMAL holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 4.2. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 366 and 126 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 87% of MIXIMAL's written reviews are positive against 66% of Creature Garden by Tinybop's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

MIXIMAL ships an update every 5 months, Creature Garden by Tinybop every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on September 19, 2026 and September 22, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
MIXIMAL versus Creature Garden by Tinybop: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMIXIMALCreature Garden by Tinybop
Price$4.99$3.99 — better
Rating4.5 (366 ratings) — better4.2 (126 ratings)
Positive reviews87.0% of reviews — better66.0% of reviews
Number of ratings366 — better126
Update frequencyEvery 5 monthsEvery 3 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS14.09.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size122 MB143 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperYATATOYTinybop Inc.

Customer experience

MIXIMAL

All ratings366 ratings
Positive86.3%
Neutral6.6%
Negative7.1%
Written reviews46 reviews
Positive87.0%
Neutral8.7%
Negative4.3%

Creature Garden by Tinybop

All ratings126 ratings
Positive79.4%
Neutral7.1%
Negative13.5%
Written reviews144 reviews
Positive66.0%
Neutral11.1%
Negative22.9%

User reviews

MIXIMAL

From 366 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🎨 Stylish and simple design
  • 😂 Funny and entertaining animations
  • 🧸 Great for toddlers and young children
  • 💡 Clever and educational concept
  • 🎶 Engaging sounds and music

Room to improve

  • ⚠️ Limited number of animals
  • 🔇 Sound issues reported
  • 📉 App stopped working after updates
  • 🧩 Animals not always easily identifiable

Creature Garden by Tinybop

From 126 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🎨 Creative creature building and customization
  • 👍 Free-to-play with no ads or in-app purchases
  • 🎮 Fun and engaging gameplay for children
  • 🧬 Breeding and hybrid creature creation
  • 🏃 Multiple activity modes (racing, swimming, flying)

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Frequent creature deletion and disappearance glitches
  • 🐛 Head/body part positioning bugs and glitches
  • ⚠️ Limited content after initial gameplay
  • ⚠️ Misleading marketing showing unavailable parts
  • ⚠️ Insufficient variety of animal parts

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

Creature Garden by Tinybop

Reported bugs

23 issues
  • Creatures disappear from world, water, and sky
  • Delete creature button doesn't work properly
  • App crashes on startup or when selecting player
  • White screen freeze after setup
  • Head moves into body after naming creature
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  • Creature names get switched after deletion
  • Armadillo body missing walking animation frames
  • Creatures get stuck when dragging into environment
  • Creatures fly off screen and disappear
  • Screen drifts in specific direction uncontrollably
  • Flying creatures cause screen to scroll up
  • Body parts fall off creatures (especially tails)
  • Creatures fail to load in creature list
  • Only one creature visible in creature list at a time
  • Game crashes when placing many decorative items
  • Poop generation excessive
  • Progress deletion after extended play
  • App won't download or fails to load
  • Incompatibility with newer iPad versions
  • Creatures with removed parts leave body behind
  • Offspring body parts flip around arbitrarily
  • Creatures can't be selected for certain races
  • Eyes and mouth pop out of head underwater

Requested features

23 requests
  • More animal body parts (dinosaurs, birds, reptiles, insects, aquatic creatures)
  • Canine and lupine parts (wolves, foxes)
  • Avian parts (talons, bird feet, peacock tail, owl face)
  • Aquatic parts (octopus tentacles, eel heads, shark parts)
  • Insect parts (bug antennae, spider legs, dragonfly wings)
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  • Mythical creature parts (dragon wings, unicorn horns)
  • Color customization and paint mode for creatures
  • More environment options (caves, jungles, mountains, waterfalls, dens)
  • More decorative items (trees, plants, food, flowers)
  • Habitat/zoo customization system
  • Baby creatures following parents
  • Predator/prey mechanics and food chain system
  • Additional test types (defense, courage, breath-holding)
  • Part variant tabs (different wing types, tail variations)
  • Ability to see which animal parts are being used
  • Improved size slider range for parts
  • Multiple connection points on heads for more combinations
  • Scroll through creatures on world and race screens
  • Era/time period maker feature
  • Content for older audiences (lichens, soil microbes, college-level education)
  • Technical manual or tutorial system
  • Better world dragging mechanics
  • Improved animation for certain parts (armadillo body, inchworm)

In-app purchases

None

MIXIMAL

No in-app purchases

None

Creature Garden by Tinybop

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is MIXIMAL free?
MIXIMAL costs $4.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Creature Garden by Tinybop free?
Creature Garden by Tinybop costs $3.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, MIXIMAL or Creature Garden by Tinybop?
MIXIMAL is rated higher. MIXIMAL averages 4.5 out of 5 from 366 ratings, while Creature Garden by Tinybop averages 4.2 from 126 ratings.
Do MIXIMAL or Creature Garden by Tinybop have ads?
Neither MIXIMAL nor Creature Garden by Tinybop shows ads.
Which is updated more often, MIXIMAL or Creature Garden by Tinybop?
MIXIMAL ships an update every 5 months, and Creature Garden by Tinybop every 3 months. Most recently, MIXIMAL was updated on September 19, 2026 and Creature Garden by Tinybop on September 22, 2026.

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