AppFramesComparisons → HeroQuest - Companion App vs Puppet Pals 2

HeroQuest - Companion App vs Puppet Pals 2

An honest comparison based on real user reviews. Both are popular Puppetry Companion apps — but which one do users complain about less?

HeroQuest - Companion App

Main Weakness

Critical save/load bugs causing lost progress and missing game elements; iPad incompatibility with crashes on specific models; no landscape mode

"This works well for solo play, but there is an annoying bug where if you Save and Exit, when the game reloads the monsters and furniture are missing and you get hard stuck"
"I updated to the latest version and still doesn't work on IPad Air, developer sent me a note saying it was tested on all IPads , obviously not, it crashes at the loading screen"

Puppet Pals 2

Main Weakness

App crashes when saving work, causing complete loss of student projects; removal of previously free features (characters, custom photos) locked behind paywall

"when we try to save our 'show', the app closes and doesn't save our work. We've tried it on multiple iPads and have the same results on all of them"
"you can't actually do anything without paying. You only get a few characters and can't even use your own pictures anymore without paying"

See the Full Puppetry Companion Landscape

Complete analysis of all Puppetry Companion apps, including missing features, pricing insights, and what to build instead.

View Puppetry Companion Report — $9.99

© 2026 AppFrames · Reports · Insights · Blog