Unlimited everything
All characters, all recording time, and all features. Nothing is locked or held back.
School Edition / For classrooms
A complete puppet theater for every student.
Fully unlocked storytelling software with no in-app purchases and more than 40 downloadable lesson plans. Made for classroom projects, managed devices, and repeat use — on iPad, Android tablets, and Chromebooks.
Classroom license
Everything unlocked. No upsells.
- Purchase
- iOS: one-time per seat · Android/Chromebook: annual site license
- Deployment
- Apple School Manager · managed Google Play
- Devices
- iPad & iPhone · Android tablets & Chromebooks
What’s included
Ready for the lesson, not the upsell.
School Edition is the full Puppet Pals experience plus resources designed for teaching. Students can start creating without an account, a membership prompt, or locked content.
Printable lesson plans
More than 40 standards-friendly PDFs with objectives, teacher steps, examples, and rubrics—ready to print or project in 12 languages.
See the lesson plans ↓Themed character packs
Ancient Egypt, Ancient Rome, an interviewing set, and more—ready for classroom projects.
Instant automatic cutout
Students can turn a photo into a stage-ready actor in seconds without tracing around it by hand.
Draw and import characters
Students can draw their own characters or import their own images to put on stage.
Accessibility built in
WCAG 2.1 AA support on iOS includes VoiceOver, Dynamic Type, and Reduce Motion so more students can participate. The Android and Chromebook accessibility statement is being finalized.
Built for school workflows
Creativity stays on the device.
School Edition keeps the experience simple for students and easier to review for teachers, IT teams, and families.
- Accounts
- Not required
- Advertising
- None
- Polished Play-hosted links
- Not included
- Offline use
- Supported
Included lesson plans
Print it. Teach it. Make the show.
45 ready-to-use PDFs connect animated storytelling to curriculum goals across nine subjects — clear objectives, teacher steps, student examples, and grading rubrics. Every one of them is free to download.
Conflict Resolution Theater
Social-emotional learning
Students script and perform scenes that model peaceful problem-solving, then use the included rubric for assessment.
- — Overview and step-by-step teacher guidance
- — Example dialogue students can adapt
- — Two-page grading rubric
Free for any teacher — no purchase, no sign-up. Shown here: Conflict Resolution Theater.
Sample pages
Two platforms, two paths
How your school gets it.
The app is the same fully unlocked School Edition on every platform. The licensing works differently on iPad than on Android tablets and Chromebooks.
iPad & iPhone / Apple School Manager
One-time purchase per seat.
An IT team purchases licenses through Apple School Manager (or the App Store for a single device) and deploys the app to managed iPads with the district’s MDM. Buy once per seat — no recurring fees.
Read the iPad deployment guideAndroid tablets & Chromebooks / Managed Google Play
Annual site license per building.
$150.00 per school building per school year, unlimited devices. Order online, and we add your school’s Google organization ID in Google Play within 1 business day and email you confirmation. The app then appears in your managed Google Play, ready to assign to devices from the Google Admin console or your device-management tool.
Order a site licenseBefore you purchase
Classroom questions.
Is School Edition a subscription?
On iPad and iPhone, no — it is a one-time purchase per seat with no recurring fees or in-app purchases. On Android tablets and Chromebooks, School Edition is licensed as an annual site license per school building with unlimited devices. See Android & Chromebook licensing.
What’s included in the lesson plans?
The printable PDFs include learning objectives, teacher-facing steps, student examples, and rubrics where appropriate. Use a complete activity as written or adapt it to your scope and sequence. Browse and download them all — free.
How does my school get the app?
On iPad and iPhone, an IT team purchases licenses through Apple School Manager or the App Store and deploys the app to managed devices. On Android tablets and Chromebooks, your school orders an annual site license, we add your Google organization ID in Google Play within 1 business day, and the app appears in your managed Google Play for assignment to devices. Open the setup guide.
What if my school can’t purchase right away?
Start the conversation with IT or administration now. On iPad, the free version continues to work as before until August 1, 2026, and our setup guide includes language you can forward to your team. Open the setup guide.