Comparison

I'm Learning vs Tiny Words

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

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About

I'm Learning

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First words with real photos, real sounds and native speaker voices, in 8 languages. Seven games, now with Writing: trace letters, numbers and words on handwriting lines. No ads and no tracking. Works offline. The animals and letter and number tracing are free. Tap the dog and your child hears "dog", then a real bark. That is how a toddler or preschooler learns eighty first words: animals, vehicles, musical instruments, things around the house and nature. Every word has real photos and is spoken by a native speaker. SEVEN GAMES • Explore: tap a photo, hear the word and its sound. • Listening: what do you hear? Pick the right photo. • Reading: which word goes with the photo? • Spelling: build the word, or fill in the missing letter. • Memory: match pairs of photos, words or sounds. • Drawing: coloring pages, stickers, shape tracing and scratch cards. • Writing: new, see below. NEW: WRITING Your child traces capital and lowercase letters, then numbers, whole words and the missing letter, on real handwriting lines like at school. Numbered start points, arrows on the stroke and a moving dot show how each letter is formed. After tracing, the voice says the letter's name. GROW UP BILINGUAL The app's language and the language your child learns are set separately. Keep the menus in English and let your child learn Spanish, French or Dutch words. Or the other way round. Choose from English, Spanish, French, German, Dutch, Italian, Portuguese and Japanese. SOMETHING NEW EVERY SEASON A few weeks a year the app adds a category of 16 words with its own photos, voices, coloring pages and a Foxy in seasonal clothes: fall, Christmas, winter, Easter and summer. Right now it is fall: mushroom, hedgehog, acorn, pumpkin and more. FOR PARENTS • No ads, no tracking, no third party analytics. • Purchases and links out of the app sit behind a parental gate. • Screen time timer and a child lock. • Progress: see which words your child knows. • Works without internet. • Made for toddlers and preschoolers, about 2 to 6 years old. FREE AND FULL VERSION The animals, and letter and number tracing, are free, with every game. The other categories and the seasons are part of the full version, which you unlock in the app. You see the options and prices in the app, behind the parental gate. Questions or ideas? Email hello@imlearning.app.

About

Tiny Words

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Give the gift of words. Tiny Words is a dad-built app for parents teaching their child to read. Each day brings a new "wow word" with a beautiful illustration, voice pronunciation, and a small celebration you share together. What's inside - A curated vocabulary, from everyday to delightfully unusual - Colorful word cards with hand-picked illustrations - Voice pronunciation for every word - Record your own voice reading the word — a keepsake that stays - Daily streaks to build a reading habit together - Multiple profiles, one per child in the family Categories Animals, Dinosaurs, Nature, Space, and more. For families who sync Track progress across devices, revisit words you've learned, and celebrate milestones together. Start with 5 free words. Unlock the full library with Tiny Words Pro. Terms: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

I'm Learning4 screens
Tiny Words4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is device support: I'm Learning at 3 against Tiny Words's 1. I'm Learning also leads on iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). On price, 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

Both are free to download. I'm Learning sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Tiny Words sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

Scorecard2 real differences · 4 level
I'm Learning versus Tiny Words: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterI'm LearningTiny Words
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyMonthly—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size171 MB3 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperXeropex B.V.Chris Bongers

In-app purchases

1 purchases

I'm Learning

One-time1
  • I'm Learning Expansion$0.99
2 purchases

Tiny Words

Subscriptions2
  • Pro$1.991 Month
  • Pro$9.991 Year

Questions

Is I'm Learning free?
I'm Learning is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Tiny Words free?
Tiny Words is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do I'm Learning or Tiny Words have ads?
Neither I'm Learning nor Tiny Words shows ads.

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