Comparison

ABC Fireworks vs Timer99

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

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About

ABC Fireworks

This app helps toddlers learn the alphabet through interactive fireworks. Touching the screen triggers a colorful display with sounds for each letter, making early education engaging and fun.

Highlights
  • Learn upper case letters
  • Sound for each letter
  • Interactive firework displays
  • Touch-to-play functionality
Features
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Light up your child's imagination with ABC Fireworks, created by PayneBrain. ABC Fireworks transforms early preschool learning into a calming, multi-sensory firework show. Tap the dark night sky, watch a colorful voxel rocket climb, and listen to the gentle boom as it bursts into letters, numbers, colors, shapes, sight words, and animals. Designed specifically for toddlers and preschoolers ages 1 to 5, ABC Fireworks pairs clean 3D voxel visuals with warm spoken narration and gentle haptic feedback. It provides a peaceful, screen-positive learning environment that never overwhelms. SIX LEARNING CATEGORIES ABCs: Tap through the entire alphabet from A to Z with uppercase and lowercase letters and clear phonetic word associations. Included free. Numbers and Counting: Watch numerals 1 through 10 burst with synchronized counting audio and pops underneath. Included free. Shapes: Discover 12 geometric shapes including circle, square, triangle, rectangle, oval, star, heart, diamond, pentagon, hexagon, octagon, and crescent. Colors: Learn primary and secondary colors including red, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple, pink, white, and a grand rainbow burst. Sight Words: Practice 40 Dolch pre-primer sight words to give early readers confidence and vocabulary recognition. Animals: Meet 11 recognizable animal silhouettes including dog, cat, fish, bird, butterfly, turtle, elephant, bunny, duck, giraffe, and snail, accompanied by friendly animal sounds. DESIGNED FOR LITTLE HANDS Multi-Touch Friendly: Young children love tapping with multiple fingers or whole hands. Rockets launch smoothly wherever they touch. No Pressure and No Timers: Children explore at their own pace in a calm, open playground with no fail states or wrong buttons. Smart Clearing Sky: Firework shapes hold long enough to be recognized and spoken, then fade softly into embers as new rockets launch so the screen never feels crowded. Celebration Finales: Finishing any category rewards your learner with an exciting celebratory fireworks display. CALM SENSORY EXPERIENCE Gentle Lullaby Music: Soothing background music makes ABC Fireworks ideal for quiet time, car rides, and bedtime wind-down routines. Tactile Haptics: Feel a gentle rumble on rocket launch and a soft crackle on the burst on supported devices. Spoken Encouragement: Friendly voice narration speaks every word clearly and offers positive encouragement. SAFE AND PARENT APPROVED PayneBrain builds screen experiences that parents can trust: Zero third-party advertisements. Zero data collection, user profiling, or tracking. Fully COPPA compliant. Secure parental gate: Settings and the store are protected behind a grown-up math verification. Offline play: No internet connection required after download. One-time family unlock: No subscriptions. A single in-app purchase unlocks all premium categories permanently. Bring wonder to your child's screen time with ABC Fireworks from PayneBrain.

About

Timer99

Features
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Timer app that can measure 1 to 999 minutes easily and quickly with only 3 taps. This timer does not have a start button. Just tap the number you want to measure and the timer countdown will start. For example ... -To measure 120 minutes, just press 1,2,0. -To measure 45 minutes, just press 4,5. -Just press 8 to measure 8 minutes.

Screenshots

ABC Fireworks4 screens
Timer993 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Timer99 at none against ABC Fireworks's 1. Timer99 also leads on update cadence (every 2 days vs every 136 months) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). On price, ads and device support 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. ABC Fireworks sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Timer99 asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

ABC Fireworks ships an update every 136 months, Timer99 every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and October 27, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 6 level
ABC Fireworks versus Timer99: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterABC FireworksTimer99
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 136 monthsEvery 2 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.013.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size114 MB8 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperCarlton Payne IIITakahashi Naoto

In-app purchases

1 purchases

ABC Fireworks

One-time1
  • Unlock All$2.99
None

Timer99

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is ABC Fireworks free?
ABC Fireworks is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Timer99 free?
Timer99 is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do ABC Fireworks or Timer99 have ads?
Neither ABC Fireworks nor Timer99 shows ads.
Which is updated more often, ABC Fireworks or Timer99?
ABC Fireworks ships an update every 136 months, and Timer99 every 2 days. Most recently, ABC Fireworks was updated on November 2, 2026 and Timer99 on October 27, 2026.

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