Comparison

Inventioneers Full Version vs Weather by Tinybop

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

Head to head
About

Inventioneers Full Version

Unleash your creativity by building unique inventions with the help of tiny characters. Explore real-time physics concepts like air, fire, and magnetism. Share your creations with friends and even classmates.

Highlights
  • Create your own inventions
  • Learn real-time physics
  • Share inventions with friends
  • 120 inventions across 8 chapters
  • Over 100 objects to use
  • 18 characters to help
Features
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* FROM THE CREATORS OF PETTSON'S INVENTIONS DELUXE * *** Winner of Parents' Choice Gold Award *** BE CREATIVE! In this game you can create your own crazy, fun inventions! With the help of the Inventioneers, our tiny helpers with unique characteristics, you can invent fun, creative and often quite weird inventions. A lot of inventions are included in the game, the more you solve the more parts you receive for your own inventions! LEARN ABOUT PHYSICS! Inventioneers is an outstanding tool for learning about realtime physics and the science behind different features like air, fire, magnetism and jumping bunnies. What you can do with the tool is virtually endless. SHARE WITH FRIENDS! Invite friends to share their crazy inventions and you can share yours too! If you are a teacher you can set up the whole classroom as a user and share with other classes! The full version: • 8 chapters with a total of 120 inventions! • Create! - A fully working tool to create your own inventions • Share up to 16 inventions with your friends! • 100+ objects • 18 characters that you can help • 8 Inventioneers with unique features - "Windy", "Blaze", "Sporty", "Zappy", "Bunny", "Magneta", "Freezy" and "Maggie"

About

Weather by Tinybop

Explore the science of weather through interactive models. Kids can experiment with rain, snow, thunderstorms, and extreme weather phenomena. Learn about atmospheric forces, molecules, and weather patterns in a fun, engaging way.

Highlights
  • Interactive weather scenes
  • Explore heat, water, and air elements
  • Study molecules and particles
  • Experiment with extreme weather
  • Create hurricanes and tornados
  • Jump inside a cloud
  • Learn vocabulary in 40+ languages
Features
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Explore the science of the skies! "This app is truly delightful, unraveling the science behind rain and shine with gorgeous and responsive models." — Geeks with Junior "Definitely worth a download." — Cult of Mac Dive into a cloud and see what it’s made of. Make it rain, make it snow, or make a thunderstorm. Whirl a tornado or a hurricane. Play with sun, air, water, temperature, wind, and precipitation. Discover the signs that tell you what it’s going to be like outside today. Weather is an interactive model. Kids play and learn about the atmospheric forces that make the weather and affect us everyday. Weather is No. 6 in Tinybop’s Explorer’s Library series, designed for curious kids ages 4+ to dive deep into big ideas. The apps in this series have won Best of the App Store, App Store Editors’ Choice, Parents’ Choice, and Children's Technology Review Editor’s Choice awards. Features: + Explore the elements of weather heat, water, and air in interactive scenes. + Each scene includes detailed close-ups and infographics. + See the invisible at work: study water and ice molecules and hot and cold air particles. + Experiment with extreme weather! + See how extreme weather effects the environment. + Create hurricanes and tornados. + Jump inside a cloud! Combine droplets or ice crystals to create rain and snow. + Draw clouds and see how they change at different altitudes. + Change the temperature. See how hot and cold affect precipitation, plants, and pets. + Learn new vocabulary in 40+ languages with interactive labels. + Sophisticated sound design rewards experimentation. + Original artwork by Jasu Hu. + Intuitive, safe, and kid-friendly design. + Entertaining for kids and adults alike. 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! If you have ideas, or something isn’t working as you expect it to, please contact us: hi@tinybop.com. Psst! It's not Tiny Bop, or Tiny Bob, or Tiny Pop. It's Tinybop.

Screenshots

Inventioneers Full Version4 screens
Weather by Tinybop4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Inventioneers Full Version at 79% against Weather by Tinybop's 45%. Inventioneers Full Version also leads on rating (4.5 vs 4.2). Weather by Tinybop's advantage is price ($2.99 vs $5.99) and iOS requirement (9.0 vs 12.0). 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

Inventioneers Full Version costs $5.99 and Weather by Tinybop $2.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Inventioneers Full Version holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 4.2. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 117 and 50 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 79% of Inventioneers Full Version's written reviews are positive against 45% of Weather by Tinybop's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Inventioneers Full Version ships an update every 5 months, Weather by Tinybop every 8 months. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 20, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Inventioneers Full Version versus Weather by Tinybop: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterInventioneers Full VersionWeather by Tinybop
Price$5.99$2.99 — better
Rating4.5 (117 ratings) — better4.2 (50 ratings)
Positive reviews78.8% of reviews — better44.8% of reviews
Number of ratings117 — better50
Update frequencyEvery 5 months — betterEvery 8 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS12.09.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size189 MB222 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperFilimundus ABTinybop Inc.

Customer experience

Inventioneers Full Version

All ratings115 ratings
Positive87.0%
Neutral3.5%
Negative9.6%
Written reviews66 reviews
Positive78.8%
Neutral6.1%
Negative15.2%

Weather by Tinybop

All ratings50 ratings
Positive80.0%
Neutral4.0%
Negative16.0%
Written reviews58 reviews
Positive44.8%
Neutral6.9%
Negative48.3%

User reviews

Inventioneers Full Version

From 117 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🧠 Teaches problem solving
  • 💡 Encourages spatial reasoning
  • 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Fun for all ages
  • ✨ Nostalgic and engaging
  • 💯 High-quality and educational

Room to improve

  • 💰 Perceived as a rip-off
  • 🐌 Slow puzzle creation
  • 📈 Some levels too hard
  • ⚠️ Update ruined experience
  • ❌ Can't restore progress

Weather by Tinybop

From 50 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Beautiful art and design
  • 💡 Interactive and educational
  • 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Kids love it
  • 🎨 Creative cloud drawing feature
  • 🌪️ Fun tornado simulation

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Crashes frequently
  • ❌ App does not open
  • 🔇 No sound issues
  • 📉 Low educational value for some
  • 🤔 Confusing UI

Bugs and requests

Inventioneers Full Version

Reported bugs

9 issues
  • App crashes frequently
  • App crashes when not on WiFi
  • App crashes on launch (black screen)
  • Worlds/places won't click
  • Spinny thingy turns on its side
Show 4 more
  • Incompatible with older OS versions
  • Cannot sign in to old account
  • Japanese language not displayed
  • Full version won't open

Requested features

13 requests
  • Add more levels
  • Add more animals
  • Add cockroaches and socks
  • Add a cat named Carlile
  • Add a second game
Show 8 more
  • Add more places
  • Add disco ball item
  • Add new character: force man
  • Add sky and ground levels
  • Bring back present collection
  • Allow level skipping
  • Add rock and cheese slide to level
  • Restore progress/account feature

Weather by Tinybop

Reported bugs

20 issues
  • App crashes on startup
  • App does not open
  • App crashes when creating new scenes
  • No sound
  • App crashes when trying to access account
Show 15 more
  • App closes when creating a profile
  • App crashes
  • App won't open on older devices (iPad 3)
  • App is stuck on waiting and cannot be deleted
  • App hangs on splash screen or crashes after starting
  • App won't get past the opening screen on older devices
  • App takes a long time to load on older devices
  • App will not start
  • Game does not function
  • App won't start, stays on the beginning screen
  • Hangs on splash screen or starts and crashes
  • App won't get past the opening screen
  • App takes a very long time loading
  • App does not open
  • App won't start

Requested features

10 requests
  • More locations on the map
  • More types of weather
  • Different weather in different locations (beach, mountains)
  • Save recent game option
  • More detailed explanations of weather phenomena
Show 5 more
  • Video explanations of weather events
  • Support for older iOS versions (iOS 12)
  • Refund if app doesn't work
  • Fix crashing when creating new scenes
  • Add fog, snow, etc.

In-app purchases

None

Inventioneers Full Version

No in-app purchases

None

Weather by Tinybop

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Inventioneers Full Version free?
Inventioneers Full Version costs $5.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Weather by Tinybop free?
Weather by Tinybop costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Inventioneers Full Version or Weather by Tinybop?
Inventioneers Full Version is rated higher. Inventioneers Full Version averages 4.5 out of 5 from 117 ratings, while Weather by Tinybop averages 4.2 from 50 ratings.
Do Inventioneers Full Version or Weather by Tinybop have ads?
Neither Inventioneers Full Version nor Weather by Tinybop shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Inventioneers Full Version or Weather by Tinybop?
Inventioneers Full Version ships an update every 5 months, and Weather by Tinybop every 8 months. Most recently, Inventioneers Full Version was updated on October 21, 2026 and Weather by Tinybop on October 20, 2026.

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