Comparison

PeTalk vs Tekno/Teksta TRex

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

Head to head
About

PeTalk

This app displays your pet's thoughts in a speech bubble, facilitating inter-species communication. View your pet on screen with their thoughts via your device's camera and share these amusing insights with friends. Compatible with Apple Watch, Mac, and Alexa devices.

Highlights
  • Pet thought bubbles
  • Camera view with speech bubbles
  • Dog and Cat Modes
  • Share pet thoughts
  • Apple Watch app
  • Mac app
  • Alexa skill
Features
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Wondering what your pet is thinking? Try PeTalk! PeTalk reveals your pet's inner thoughts in a speech bubble, easing your inter-species communication. Your pet is even on the screen with their speech bubble using your camera! It's a real tail wagger for dog lovers, and purr-fect for cat lovers! Simply open the app, choose Dog mode or Cat mode, and put your pet perfectly in frame. Then select the paw print to learn what your pet is thinking-- it's that easy! You can even share your pet's hilarious thoughts with your friends: once you have your pet in the perfect pose with the perfect thought, select the camera button and share away! Plus, with our Apple Watch app, you can know your pet's thoughts while you're on the go, and our Mac app lets you use your computer to capture your pet's inner musings-- and you can enable the PeTalk skill for Alexa devices too! “Finally! A fun and easy way to unleash my inner Dr. Doolittle!” - Laura Amy Schlitz, two-time Newbery winning author. If you find a bug, want to see a feature in PeTalk, or just want to say hi, use the PeTalk Support form at bit.ly/PeTalkSupport.

About

Tekno/Teksta TRex

Control a smart and funny robotic T.Rex with this app. Make it sing, dance, bark, walk, and perform tricks. You can also feed it, compose music for it, and even use it as an alarm clock.

Highlights
  • Sing and dance control
  • Bark and motion control
  • Teach tricks
  • Feeding simulation
  • Compose melodies
  • Set alarm
Features
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Get TEKNO / TEKSTA T.Rex and you will find he is amazingly smart and funny! With this app, he can do even more!! App Features Sing & Dance – Start the T.Rex to sing and dance! Bark Control – Choose how often the T.Rex will roar. Motion Control – Choose how often the T.Rex will walk. Tricks – Choose from the list and teach the T.Rex some tricks. Feeding – Choose a foods for your T.Rex to eat! Robotic Friends - Call to a T.Rex friend for your T.Rex. Animation - Choose custom actions for T.Rex. Piano - Compose a melody for your T.Rex to sing. Set Alarm - Set a alarm and the T.Rex will wake you up. More features will be included in future updates. Works with iPad®. (Note: Not all functions of the app work with older devices.) For best performance, make sure: • your tablet’s speaker is facing TEKNO/TEKSTA • your tablet’s volume is not mute and turned all the way up • your tablet’s other apps are turned off • the environment is not too noisy More about the TEKNO/TEKSTA product TEKNO/TEKSTA is a real robot who responds to your voice, actions, motions, lights, sounds and even this app. Thanks to his artificial intelligence program, the T.Rex will bark, cry, whine and change his eye patterns in ways to show how he's feeling. He also has state-of-the-art sensors to know if he's being pet, fed, talked to, and played with. He will fall asleep when the sun goes down and will wake up happy to see you. In short, he acts just like a real T.Rex. The T.Rex features hand gesturing control. With simple movements of your hand, you can command him to stop, sit, and throw a bone. But, deep inside his programming, TEKNO/TEKSTA is still an 8 week old T.Rex.

Screenshots

PeTalk4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: PeTalk at 4.2 against Tekno/Teksta TRex's 1.0. PeTalk also leads on ratings volume (445 vs 1) and review sentiment (43% vs 20%). Tekno/Teksta TRex's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 3) and iOS requirement (6.0 vs 17.0). On price, update cadence and ads 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. PeTalk sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Tekno/Teksta TRex asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

PeTalk holds the better App Store score, 4.2 against 1.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: PeTalk has 445 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 43% of PeTalk's written reviews are positive against 20% of Tekno/Teksta TRex's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

PeTalk ships an update every 4 months, Tekno/Teksta TRex every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
PeTalk versus Tekno/Teksta TRex: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPeTalkTekno/Teksta TRex
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.2 (445 ratings) — better1.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews42.9% of reviews — better20.0% of reviews
Number of ratings445 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 4 monthsEvery 3 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch — betteriPad
Requires iOS17.06.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size9 MB198 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTech-A-PotamusInnomind Solution Company Limited

Customer experience

PeTalk

All ratings445 ratings
Positive79.3%
Neutral4.7%
Negative16.0%
Written reviews35 reviews
Positive42.9%
Neutral5.7%
Negative51.4%

Tekno/Teksta TRex

All ratings1 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%
Written reviews15 reviews
Positive20.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative80.0%

In-app purchases

3 purchases

PeTalk

One-time3
  • Kind Donation$0.99
  • Generous Donation$2.99
  • Magnificent Donation$4.99
None

Tekno/Teksta TRex

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is PeTalk free?
PeTalk is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Tekno/Teksta TRex free?
Tekno/Teksta TRex is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, PeTalk or Tekno/Teksta TRex?
PeTalk is rated higher. PeTalk averages 4.2 out of 5 from 445 ratings, while Tekno/Teksta TRex averages 1.0 from 1 ratings.
Do PeTalk or Tekno/Teksta TRex have ads?
Neither PeTalk nor Tekno/Teksta TRex shows ads.
Which is updated more often, PeTalk or Tekno/Teksta TRex?
PeTalk ships an update every 4 months, and Tekno/Teksta TRex every 3 months. Most recently, PeTalk was updated on November 1, 2026 and Tekno/Teksta TRex on October 24, 2026.

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