Comparison

Inventioneers Full Version vs Coral Reef 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

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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. :)

Screenshots

Inventioneers Full Version4 screens
Coral Reef by Tinybop4 screens

Verdict

The call

Inventioneers Full Version and Coral Reef by Tinybop both sit at 4.5 stars, but that hides the real split: 79% of Inventioneers Full Version's written reviews are positive against 49% of Coral Reef by Tinybop's. Coral Reef by Tinybop's advantage is price ($3.99 vs $5.99). On rating, ratings volume, 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

Inventioneers Full Version costs $5.99 and Coral Reef by Tinybop $3.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.5 for Inventioneers Full Version against 4.4 for Coral Reef by Tinybop. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 117 and 47 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 79% of Inventioneers Full Version's written reviews are positive against 49% of Coral Reef by Tinybop's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Inventioneers Full Version ships an update every 5 months, Coral Reef by Tinybop every 9 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 2, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Inventioneers Full Version versus Coral Reef by Tinybop: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterInventioneers Full VersionCoral Reef by Tinybop
Price$5.99$3.99 — better
Rating4.5 (117 ratings) — better4.4 (47 ratings)
Positive reviews78.8% of reviews — better48.9% of reviews
Number of ratings117 — better47
Update frequencyEvery 5 months — betterEvery 9 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS12.012.0
Further details — not scored
Size189 MB116 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%

Coral Reef by Tinybop

All ratings47 ratings
Positive83.0%
Neutral4.3%
Negative12.8%
Written reviews45 reviews
Positive48.9%
Neutral11.1%
Negative40.0%

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
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  • 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
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  • 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

Coral Reef by Tinybop

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Inventioneers Full Version

No in-app purchases

None

Coral Reef by Tinybop

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Inventioneers Full Version free?
Inventioneers Full Version costs $5.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Coral Reef by Tinybop free?
Coral Reef by Tinybop costs $3.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Inventioneers Full Version or Coral Reef by Tinybop?
Inventioneers Full Version is rated higher. Inventioneers Full Version averages 4.5 out of 5 from 117 ratings, while Coral Reef by Tinybop averages 4.4 from 47 ratings.
Do Inventioneers Full Version or Coral Reef by Tinybop have ads?
Neither Inventioneers Full Version nor Coral Reef by Tinybop shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Inventioneers Full Version or Coral Reef by Tinybop?
Inventioneers Full Version ships an update every 5 months, and Coral Reef by Tinybop every 9 months. Most recently, Inventioneers Full Version was updated on November 1, 2026 and Coral Reef by Tinybop on November 2, 2026.

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