MIXIMAL vs Coral Reef by Tinybop
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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
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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
Coral Reef by Tinybop
Explore a vibrant underwater world and learn about marine life. Discover how sharks, octopuses, and other creatures interact within their ecosystem. This app encourages curiosity and open-ended play for families.
- Learn about sharks, octopuses, sea turtles, jellyfish, and more
- Discover marine ecosystems and creature interactions
- Interactive play with feeding frenzies and hide-and-seek
- Explore food chains and plant-animal relationships
- Interactive text labels in 20+ languages
- FREE handbook for parents and teachers
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Play and learn about sharks, octopuses, sea turtles, jellyfish, and more. Discover how sea creatures live together in an ecosystem. Coral Reef is No. 10 in Tinybop’s award-winning Explorer’s Library, a series of apps designed to introduce kids to big ideas. Other Explorer’s Library apps include The Human Body, Plants, Simple Machines, The Earth, Weather, Homes, Skyscrapers, Space, and Mammals. Each Explorer’s Library app teaches kids foundational science. Kids learn by playing, observing, asking questions, making guesses, and finding answers. We hope each app inspires conversations between you and your kids and sparks more learning in the world around us. Features: ○ Play with and learn about sea life, including: black tip reef sharks, green sea turtles, big blue octopuses, box jellyfish, clownfish, magnificent sea anemones, blue sea stars, peacock mantis shrimp, parrotfishes, yellow tangs, cleaner fishes, staghorn corals, crabs, sea grasses, and zooplankton. ○ Start a shark feeding frenzy! Find out how other fish survive. ○ Play hide and seek with octopuses. ○ Help sea turtles get clean. ○ Try to save crabs from a punching shrimp! ○ Watch food travel through a jellyfish. ○ Find out how sea stars clean up detritus. ○ See how parrotfish help keep coral reefs healthy. ○ Discover how the sun helps algae and sea plants grow into food for sea creatures. ○ Find out what kinds of sea creatures are carnivores, omnivores, herbivores, and detritivores. ○ Interactive text labels in 20+ languages teach vocabulary. ○ FREE Coral Reef Handbook has technology tips and basic info for teachers and parents. ○ Aligns with school curriculums. ○ Fun for the whole family — play and learn together. ○ No third-party advertising. ○ Open-ended activities with no rules. Curiosity and creativity are rewarded. ○ Original artwork by Wenjia Tang. ○ Original sound design. FREE handbook Our expert-reviewed handbook is full of facts, interaction hints, and discussion questions to support learning in this app, in the classroom or at home. Download in your app or at: http://tinybop.com/handbooks. Privacy policy We take your and your child’s privacy very seriously. We do not collect or share personal information about your child, nor do we allow any third-party advertising. When the camera, microphone, and other services are used within an app, your information is neither collected nor distributed outside of the app. Read our complete privacy policy at tinybop.com. Tinybop, Inc. 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 Peek behind the scenes: 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. :)
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Verdict
MIXIMAL and Coral Reef by Tinybop both sit at 4.5 stars, but that hides the real split: 87% of MIXIMAL's written reviews are positive against 49% of Coral Reef by Tinybop's. MIXIMAL also leads on ratings volume (367 vs 47). Coral Reef by Tinybop's advantage is chart position (#195 vs unranked) and price ($3.99 vs $4.99). On rating, 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
MIXIMAL costs $4.99 and Coral Reef by Tinybop $3.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.5 for MIXIMAL against 4.4 for Coral Reef by Tinybop. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: MIXIMAL has 367 ratings behind it against 47, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 87% of MIXIMAL's written reviews are positive against 49% of Coral Reef by Tinybop's.
MIXIMAL ships an update every 5 months, Coral Reef by Tinybop every 9 months. Both last shipped on November 6, 2026.
| Parameter | MIXIMAL | Coral Reef by Tinybop |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $4.99 | $3.99 — better |
| Rating | 4.5 (367 ratings) — better | 4.4 (47 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 86.5% of reviews — better | 48.9% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 367 — better | 47 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months — better | Every 9 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Best chart rank | — | #195 — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 122 MB | 116 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | YATATOY | Tinybop Inc. |
Customer experience
MIXIMAL
Coral Reef by Tinybop
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
Coral Reef by Tinybop
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
MIXIMAL
No in-app purchases
Coral Reef by Tinybop
No in-app purchases
Questions
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