Comparison

Learning Shapes vs WWF Free Rivers

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

Head to head
About

Learning Shapes

Children can learn to identify and classify seven common shapes through interactive exercises and animated feedback. This educational app makes learning shapes enjoyable by incorporating sorting games with familiar items and toys.

Highlights
  • Identify common shapes
  • Sort resembling items and toys
  • Animated feedback and effects
  • Fun learning exercises
  • Progress tracking
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Start your children on a journey to learn seven common shapes: triangle, rectangle, crescent, circle, square, semicircle, and trapezoid. Let them understand and classify their toys by their shapes. It is more fun than you think! Fun features: - Identifying common shapes; - Sort resembling items and toys; - Animated feedback and effects! Make learning shapes simple for children with fun exercises. See the result with BabyBus!

About

WWF Free Rivers

Explore the vital role of rivers in ecosystems and human life through an interactive augmented reality experience. Manipulate river flows to understand the impact of dams and sustainable development, while collecting stories of the people and wildlife that depend on them.

Highlights
  • Interactive augmented reality river model
  • Simulate damming and sustainable development
  • Explore five distinct real-world habitats
  • Collect stories of people and wildlife
  • Learn about river threats and opportunities
Features
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WWF Free Rivers puts an entire landscape in your hands. Through this immersive, augmented reality experience, you’ll discover a river that flows through the lives of people and wildlife, and how their homes depend on those flows. Dam the river to see what happens, and then try different options for sustainable development that keeps the river healthy and flowing. Collect stories of people and animals along the way! Features • In-depth, educational storytelling experience for environmental science • Stunning, animated, augmented reality model users can interact with and learn from • Five distinct habitats based on real places: the Himalayan mountains, tropical jungles, African savannah, South American grasslands, and Southeast Asian deltas. • Opportunity to get involved and help protect rivers, and the people and wildlife that depend on them • An augmented reality map of the world’s rivers—and some of the biggest threats and opportunities they face.

Screenshots

Learning Shapes4 screens
WWF Free Rivers4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: WWF Free Rivers at none against Learning Shapes's 6. WWF Free Rivers also leads on ads (none vs shown) and ratings volume (151 vs 7). Learning Shapes's advantage is rating (4.0 vs 3.6). On price, update cadence 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. Learning Shapes sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $6.99 per month. WWF Free Rivers asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Learning Shapes holds the better App Store score, 4.0 against 3.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: WWF Free Rivers has 151 ratings behind it against 7, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Learning Shapes ships an update every 3 months, WWF Free Rivers every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 2, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Learning Shapes versus WWF Free Rivers: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLearning ShapesWWF Free Rivers
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.0 (7 ratings) — better3.6 (151 ratings)
Positive reviews—31.2% of reviews
Number of ratings7151 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 2 months — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.011.3 — better
Further details — not scored
Size213 MB430 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBABYBUS CO.,LTDWorld Wildlife Fund

Customer experience

Learning Shapes

All ratings7 ratings
Positive71.4%
Neutral0.0%
Negative28.6%

WWF Free Rivers

All ratings151 ratings
Positive58.9%
Neutral11.9%
Negative29.1%
Written reviews141 reviews
Positive31.2%
Neutral9.9%
Negative58.9%

Bugs and requests

Learning Shapes

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

WWF Free Rivers

Reported bugs

13 issues
  • App crashes immediately after launch or during intro
  • Black screen or freezing on opening screen
  • Camera fails to detect flat surfaces even in well-lit areas
  • AR map jumps and moves erratically during use
  • App becomes unresponsive after initial loading screen
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  • Sketchy cross appears on screen preventing progression
  • App closes after first narrative segment
  • Camera permission dialog not appearing properly
  • Loading screen hangs indefinitely
  • Incompatibility with iPad Air 2 and older iPad models
  • Device overheating causing performance issues
  • AR objects fail to render or appear as blue dots only
  • App locks up device requiring force restart

Requested features

12 requests
  • Non-AR version with traditional touch controls (pan, pinch, zoom)
  • Ability to build and destroy dams to see real-time effects
  • More interactive gameplay and user agency
  • Additional landscapes and environments to explore
  • Animated creatures with more natural behaviors
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  • Ability to reposition the AR table without restarting
  • Device rotation support during gameplay
  • Larger, more readable font sizes
  • Multiple language support
  • Underground/cave system exploration
  • More content and longer storytelling experience
  • Multiplayer or competitive elements

In-app purchases

6 purchases

Learning Shapes

Subscriptions3
  • 连续包月SVIP$6.991 Month
  • 连续包季SVIP$19.993 Months
  • 连续包年SVIP$41.991 Year
One-time3
  • 1个月SVIP$4.99
  • 3个月SVIP$9.99
  • 1年SVIP$29.99
None

WWF Free Rivers

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Learning Shapes free?
Learning Shapes is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is WWF Free Rivers free?
WWF Free Rivers is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Learning Shapes or WWF Free Rivers?
Learning Shapes is rated higher. Learning Shapes averages 4.0 out of 5 from 7 ratings, while WWF Free Rivers averages 3.6 from 151 ratings.
Do Learning Shapes or WWF Free Rivers have ads?
Learning Shapes shows ads; WWF Free Rivers does not.
Which is updated more often, Learning Shapes or WWF Free Rivers?
Learning Shapes ships an update every 3 months, and WWF Free Rivers every 2 months. Most recently, Learning Shapes was updated on November 1, 2026 and WWF Free Rivers on November 2, 2026.

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