Comparison

Pyonkee vs Arty Mouse Shapes

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

Head to head
About

Pyonkee

This app offers a real programming environment for creating games, animations, and stories using visual blocks. It's inspired by Scratch and optimized for touch devices, allowing users to learn logic, creativity, and collaboration through coding.

Highlights
  • Visual block-based programming
  • Create games, animations, and stories
  • Optimized for touch devices
  • Import sounds and pictures
  • Share projects easily
  • Connect with micro:bit
  • Utilize iPad sensors
Features
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Tired of consuming? Let's enjoy creating! Based on Scratch, Pyonkee provides a real, programming environment, anytime, anywhere! Pyonkee is a new dynamic media for developing various ideas. By combining visual blocks, kids/adults are able to create original games, animations, and stories on their own. Through the programming process, we will learn about logics, productivity, creativity, and collaborations. Pyonkee has been developed from the open-source code of "Scratch 1.4" from MIT Media Lab. Since Pyonkee is fully compatible with Scratch 1.4, millions of existing Scratch projects can be used for reference. Pyonkee's user interface is optimized for touch devices. We do not need cumbersome typing, even a mouse. Just write programs wherever you like. Pyonkee nicely supports pinch-in/out, and font scaling for small devices. Moreover, sound recorder and camera are provided for importing your sounds and pictures into the projects. We can mix various media on Pyonkee and program them. Moreover, you can share your projects via AirDrop, e-mail, iCloud, and other cloud storage services. From the version 2.1, you are able to create programs using various iPad sensors and Mesh network protocol. From the version 2.3, more than 100 instruments are available in sound block. You can even play other synth app's sounds by enabling Virtual MIDI. From the version 2.20, Pyonkee is able to connect to micro:bit. You can get values from various sensors and send analog/digital signals to the pins. By combining the micro:bit with Pyonkee, you can enjoy an even wider world of programming. Dive into the fun of visual programming!

About

Arty Mouse Shapes

This animated app helps children aged 3-6 develop early learning skills in shape identification and creative picture-making. It features 12 interactive activities and mini-games designed to build confidence and motor skills for writing.

Highlights
  • Interactive shape activities
  • Picture-making skills development
  • Motor skill enhancement
  • Animation and sound effects
  • Multiple languages
  • Mini play-again games
Features
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Arty Mouse loves to get stuck into fun creative activities, which is why he is always smiling! He is the perfect enthusiastic mentor for young children just getting to grips with early learning concepts. In Arty Mouse Shapes, Arty Mouse and his colourful friends engage, enthuse and empower little learners, helping to fast-track them in key early learning shape identification and picture-making skills. This fun animated app for boys and girls aged 3 to 6 has 12 exciting interactive shape activities to choose from, with mini play-again games to discover within each one. Covering a selection of shape-related skills including identifying, drawing, completing and manipulating to create pictures, this app also helps to develop important motor skills for learning to write. Part of the award-winning Arty Mouse Early Learning Through Art product family. Get going with Arty Mouse and create with shapes! Over 1 million Arty Mouse books sold worldwide. KEY FEATURES • Animation • Available in 7 languages: English, Spanish, French, Italian, German and Russian. • Sound effects • Featuring Arty Mouse and his colourful friends • 12 fun themed activities to choose from • Numerous mini games to play again and again to develop confidence with shapes • Proven educational content • Encourages creative play on and off screen • Ideal for children aged 3 to 6 • Free app download including open content and in-app purchases. For more detailed information about Arty Mouse Shapes App, please visit: http://www.taptaptales.com Tap Tap Tales also has other applications such as Hello Kitty, Maya The Bee, Smurfs, Vic The viking, Shaun the Sheep, Tree Fu Tom, Heidi, Caillou and Care Bears. In Tap Tap Tales we care about your opinion. For this reason, we encourage you to rate this app and if you have any comments please send them to our e-mail address: hello@taptaptales.com. Web: http://www.taptaptales.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/taptaptales Twitter: @taptaptales Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/taptaptales Our Mision Bringing joy to children and contributing to their development through the creation and publication of amazing interactive adventures full of fun educational activities. Motivating and helping the kids to accomplish the tasks of the educational game. Learning and growing with our users, adapting to their needs and sharing happy moments with them. Helping parents and teachers in their educational and caring endeavors with young children, offering them top-quality, state-of-the-art learning applications. Our Privacy Policy http://www.taptaptales.com/en_US/privacy-policy/

Screenshots

Arty Mouse Shapes4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Arty Mouse Shapes at 5.0 against Pyonkee's 3.7. Arty Mouse Shapes also leads on device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 13). Pyonkee's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and ads (none vs shown). On price 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. Arty Mouse Shapes sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Pyonkee asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Arty Mouse Shapes holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Pyonkee has 53 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 62% of Pyonkee's written reviews are positive against 33% of Arty Mouse Shapes's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Pyonkee ships an update every 4 months, Arty Mouse Shapes every 44 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard9 real differences · 1 level
Pyonkee versus Arty Mouse Shapes: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPyonkeeArty Mouse Shapes
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.7 (53 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews61.5% of reviews — better33.3% of reviews
Number of ratings53 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 4 months — betterEvery 44 months
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS1311.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size137 MB57 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSoftUmeYa, LLC.Tap Tap Tales, SL

Customer experience

Pyonkee

All ratings43 ratings
Positive60.5%
Neutral9.3%
Negative30.2%
Written reviews117 reviews
Positive61.5%
Neutral10.3%
Negative28.2%

Arty Mouse Shapes

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive33.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative66.7%

Bugs and requests

Pyonkee

Reported bugs

16 issues
  • App crashes when importing photos
  • App kicks user out
  • Blocks not working
  • Stamp and select features not working
  • Forever if block issue
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  • Storage usage too high (5GB)
  • App crashes when making games (e.g., Five Nights at Freddy's)
  • Loading screen stuck
  • Blocks/sprites disappear briefly when moved
  • Memory cleaning issues causing reloads
  • Pixels shift when drawing sprites
  • Image import forces rectangular crop
  • App crashes on launch (iOS 8, iPad Mini)
  • Slow performance/lagging
  • Editor runs slowly
  • Freezes when making multiple costumes

Requested features

24 requests
  • Update to Scratch 2.0/3.0
  • Support for .sb3 and .sjr files
  • Add clone blocks
  • Add original Scratch Cat sprite
  • Implement auto-save function
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  • Improve drawing/sprite editing tools
  • Add sharing rules and report buttons
  • Add social media sharing
  • Add new blocks (e.g., when screen swiped)
  • Support for importing images from camera roll
  • Support for importing audio from iTunes
  • Add more background images
  • Add more scripts and features
  • Improve performance and speed
  • Add scroll bar for UI elements
  • Make it lighter/less resource-intensive
  • Add a home screen
  • Allow uploading projects to Dropbox
  • Add online play and sharing
  • Add iMessage sharing and email file opening
  • Add mature sprites
  • Add programming explanations
  • Support for Kanji input
  • Make it more compatible with newer iOS versions

Arty Mouse Shapes

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Pyonkee

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Arty Mouse Shapes

One-time1
  • Arty Mouse Buy All$0.99

Questions

Is Pyonkee free?
Pyonkee is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Arty Mouse Shapes free?
Arty Mouse Shapes is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Pyonkee or Arty Mouse Shapes?
Arty Mouse Shapes is rated higher. Pyonkee averages 3.7 out of 5 from 53 ratings, while Arty Mouse Shapes averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Pyonkee or Arty Mouse Shapes have ads?
Arty Mouse Shapes shows ads; Pyonkee does not.
Which is updated more often, Pyonkee or Arty Mouse Shapes?
Pyonkee ships an update every 4 months, and Arty Mouse Shapes every 44 months. Most recently, Pyonkee was updated on November 1, 2026 and Arty Mouse Shapes on November 3, 2026.

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