Comparison

Pango Sheep vs Alphablocks

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

Head to head
About

Pango Sheep

Guide Pango as a shepherd to round up scattered sheep, avoiding a wolf. Engage in fun activities like dressing, coloring, and bathing the sheep. Explore five distinct worlds with interactive elements and challenges.

Highlights
  • Shepherding gameplay
  • 5 landscapes to explore
  • 50 sheep to find
  • Counting up to 10
  • Progressive difficulty
  • No stress or timer
  • Interactive game elements
Features
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OBSERVE AND COUNT FROM AGE 3 The sheep have escaped! It’s your turn: with Pango, find them, catch them, gather your flock and bring them back to the pen. In every area, your challenge is simple: find exactly 10 sheep! Your child counts, recounts, and discovers the meaning of numbers through play. The experience is calm, intuitive, and without any timer: your child observes, tries, explores freely, and gradually builds logical thinking. THE PANGO STANDARD For more than 15 years, Pango has offered smart, colorful, and caring games to over 15 million children around the world. Pango Sheep continues this tradition: a simple and warm educational game designed for children aged 3 to 6. WHY DO PARENTS LOVE PANGO SHEEP? Because it combines the very best: - a calm universe that helps focus attention - simple mechanics that teach counting - free exploration that encourages autonomy and confidence - a tender, positive game adapted to small hands - a healthy alternative to fast and noisy games Pango Sheep supports preschool children in their early learning. Interactions are fun and varied: a bath in the river, a roll in the mud, a silly shearing session, a mischievous wolf, a tiny train… and sheep you can dress up and color however you like! Just enough to spark curiosity. A 100% SAFE ENVIRONMENT The app is fully designed for calm and independent use: no ads, no external links, no hidden purchases. Integrated parental controls protect the settings. Everything complies with COPPA/GDPR standards for a smooth, safe, and controlled experience. OUR COMMITMENT At Pango, we create games for children with heart and common sense. Our mission is simple: give children a quiet space to learn, understand, and have fun — without stress or competition. Need help? We’re always here: pango@studio-pango.com More information about our creations: www.studio-pango.com DOWNLOAD PANGO SHEEP… and enjoy the adventure of the cutest shepherd ever! Find them, count them… and off they go, back to the pen!

About

Alphablocks

This app uses interactive games and songs to teach preschoolers letter sounds and names through phonics. Children can engage with characters from a popular TV show to develop early reading skills in a fun, multisensory way.

Highlights
  • Phonics mini-games
  • Singalong letter song
  • Letter sound and name learning
  • Progress tracking with stars
  • Interactive character learning
Features
Currently charting
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From the BAFTA nominated pre-school learning TV shows Alphablocks and Numberblocks, we bring you Alphablocks Letter Fun! Your little ones are going to LOVE interacting with the Alphablocks in this amazing App. It’s hugely entertaining to play and makes a real difference to their reading through fun, multisensory learning. Alphablocks has been on TV for nearly a decade, helping millions of children learn to read the fun way. Now your little ones can meet all the Alphablocks from A to Z, learning letters and sounds with four great phonics mini-games and a fantastic singalong song. "Alphablock A says a! when an apple lands on her head! " Every Alphablock is designed to make their letter and sound easy to learn, encouraging kids to interact with the characters and really get to know the alphabet. They’ll have great fun getting hands-on with letters and sounds. * No in-app purchases * ▸ MINIGAMES There are four minigames per Alphablock — that’s over 100 great activities for kids to enjoy! ◆ Bubble pop! — match letters to sounds by popping the bubbles that match the sounds you hear. ◆ Paint me — listen to letter sounds as you paint each Alphablock with your finger. ◆ Favourite things — listen out for words that begin with each letter sound and add them to the Alphablock’s collection of favourite things. ◆ Hide and seek — listen carefully to tell letter sounds apart, and see if you can spot where the Alphablock is hiding. ▸ ALPHABLOCKS LETTER SONG Sing along with the Alphablocks as they all get together to sing their letter sounds in a mnemonic song that kids will love and remember! ▸ LETTER SOUNDS AND NAMES When your child has mastered their letters and sounds, change to Letter Name mode and have fun learning all the letter names too. ▸ EARN STARS Every minigame earns a star. Collect all four stars to watch the Alphablock sing their line from the Alphablocks letter song. Can you light up all the stars for all your Alphablocks? (The app keeps your progress between visits. You can reset it if you want to start again or to let a friend or sibling play.) ▸ FULL OF FABULOUS PHONICS Alphablocks is made by teachers and reading experts. It’s built around systematic synthetic phonics, as taught in UK schools. Alphablocks is a step-by-step reading system with episodes, books and more that has helped over a million children learn to read the fun way. Alphablocks Letter Fun was created by Blue Zoo Animation, the multi-award winning studio who are passionate about creating fantastic content for kids tv and games. Blue Zoo has produced many hit pre-school shows including Go Jetters, Digby Dragon, Miffy, Tree Fu Tom, Mac & Izzy, and more. www.blue-zoo.co.uk

Screenshots

Pango Sheep4 screens
Alphablocks4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Alphablocks at 4.4 against Pango Sheep's 4.0. Alphablocks also leads on price ($2.99 vs $6.99) and chart position (#87 vs unranked). On review sentiment, 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

Pango Sheep costs $6.99 and Alphablocks $2.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Alphablocks holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 4.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 25 and 91 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 56% of Pango Sheep's written reviews are positive against 60% of Alphablocks's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 8, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 5 level
Pango Sheep versus Alphablocks: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPango SheepAlphablocks
Price$6.99$2.99 — better
Rating4.0 (25 ratings)4.4 (91 ratings) — better
Positive reviews55.6% of reviews59.7% of reviews — better
Number of ratings2591 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidFree — better
Best chart rank—#87 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.013.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size182 MB208 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperStudio PangoBlue-Zoo

Customer experience

Pango Sheep

All ratings24 ratings
Positive70.8%
Neutral16.7%
Negative12.5%
Written reviews18 reviews
Positive55.6%
Neutral5.6%
Negative38.9%

Alphablocks

All ratings90 ratings
Positive82.2%
Neutral6.7%
Negative11.1%
Written reviews72 reviews
Positive59.7%
Neutral9.7%
Negative30.6%

Bugs and requests

Pango Sheep

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Alphablocks

Reported bugs

11 issues
  • Games not appearing for several letters
  • App crashes on launch
  • App gets stuck on loading screen
  • Letters after 'M' or 'L' do not work
  • App won't load, shuts down
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  • Ad pop-up from invisible button
  • Blank pop-up to download another game
  • T always has one eyebrow
  • U has eyelashes
  • Repetitive letter sound in coloring
  • Invisible button triggers ad/download pop-up

Requested features

12 requests
  • Fix graphical glitches (eyelashes on 'U', eyebrows on 'T')
  • Unlock all letters/games
  • Add uppercase letters
  • Include word blending/reading
  • Add more content/games
Show 7 more
  • Make parent security questions harder
  • Add phonics for Phase 2 and 3 sounds
  • Incorporate both letter sounds and names
  • Improve navigation
  • Add word building games
  • Make coloring game a letter writing exercise
  • Add a password for parent section

In-app purchases

None

Pango Sheep

No in-app purchases

None

Alphablocks

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Pango Sheep free?
Pango Sheep costs $6.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Alphablocks free?
Alphablocks costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Pango Sheep or Alphablocks?
Alphablocks is rated higher. Pango Sheep averages 4.0 out of 5 from 25 ratings, while Alphablocks averages 4.4 from 91 ratings.
Do Pango Sheep or Alphablocks have ads?
Neither Pango Sheep nor Alphablocks shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Pango Sheep or Alphablocks?
Pango Sheep ships an update every 2 months, and Alphablocks every 2 months. Most recently, Pango Sheep was updated on November 6, 2026 and Alphablocks on November 8, 2026.

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