Comparison

MIXIMAL vs MARRS

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

MARRS

This application simulates microphone arrays for sound localization prediction. It offers an object-based workflow to configure microphone setups and predict perceived sound source positions based on psychoacoustic models. The tool also automatically configures arrays for desired spatial scenes, considering microphone height and vertical orientation.

Highlights
  • Interactive object-based workflow
  • Graphical user interface
  • Localization prediction
  • Microphone array configuration
  • Psychoacoustic modeling
  • Automatic array setup
  • Considers microphone height and orientation
Features
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MARRS (Microphone Array Recording and Reproduction Simulator) provides an interactive, object-based workflow and graphical user interface for localisation prediction and microphone array configuration. It allows the user to predict the perceived positions of multiple sound sources for a given microphone configuration based on psychoacoustic time-level trade-off functions. The tool can also automatically configure suitable microphone arrays for the user’s desired spatial scene in reproduction. Furthermore, MARRS overcomes some of the limitations of existing microphone array simulation tools by considering a microphone height and vertical orientation.

Screenshots

MIXIMAL4 screens
MARRS4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: MIXIMAL at 87% against MARRS's 0%. MIXIMAL also leads on update cadence (every 5 months vs every 14 months). MARRS's advantage is price (Free vs $4.99) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 14.0). On ads, in-app purchases, monetization model 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

MARRS is free to download; MIXIMAL costs $4.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

MIXIMAL ships an update every 5 months, MARRS every 14 months. The most recent releases landed on October 2, 2026 and September 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
MIXIMAL versus MARRS: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMIXIMALMARRS
Price$4.99Free — better
Rating4.5 (366 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews86.5% of reviews — better0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings366 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 5 months — betterEvery 14 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS14.012.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size122 MB43 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperYATATOYTHE UNIVERSITY OF HUDDERSFIELD ENTERPRISES LIMITED

Customer experience

MIXIMAL

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

MARRS

Written reviews2 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

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

MARRS

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

MIXIMAL

No in-app purchases

None

MARRS

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is MIXIMAL free?
MIXIMAL costs $4.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is MARRS free?
MARRS is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do MIXIMAL or MARRS have ads?
Neither MIXIMAL nor MARRS shows ads.
Which is updated more often, MIXIMAL or MARRS?
MIXIMAL ships an update every 5 months, and MARRS every 14 months. Most recently, MIXIMAL was updated on October 2, 2026 and MARRS on September 25, 2026.

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