Five Little Monkeys vs Shape Coding Lite
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Five Little Monkeys
This educational app uses a popular counting song to teach early number skills. Children can count down from five and up to five with interactive activities, clear visuals, and simple language. It also features switch access for enhanced engagement.
- Interactive counting down song
- Counting up activity
- Number line counting activity
- Clear, uncluttered graphics
- Early language through song
- Switch access support
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Just touch the screen or press a switch to play each verse of this popular counting song which reinforces early number skills. Count down from five to one as the cheeky little monkeys jump up and down on the bed. There are also two counting activities to reinforce counting up from one to five. The uncluttered images are clear and bright with catchy tunes and simple language designed to engage young children and those with special needs. Key features • Simple, engaging counting down song – just touch the screen or press your switch to play the next verse. • Counting up activity – touch the screen or press a switch to count from one to five. • Count along a number line activity – errorless activity using touch or switch to count to five with clear visual and auditory feedback • Bold, clear graphics with no visual clutter. • Provides early language through song. • Switch access for one or two switches is included. Switches can be connected via a Bluetooth switch interface.
Shape Coding Lite
This app uses a visual coding system to help children and young people with language disorders improve sentence structure and grammar. It employs colors, arrows, lines, and shapes to represent word classes, tense, and sentence structure, aiding in understanding and producing English sentences.
- Visual coding system for grammar
- Color-coded word classes
- Arrow indicators for tense
- Line indicators for plurality
- Shape indicators for syntax
- Text-to-speech functionality
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SHAPE CODING® Lite is a free demonstration version of the full SHAPE CODING® app. This is designed for teachers and speech and language therapists / pathologists to use with children and young people who are having difficulties producing and understanding English sentence structure and grammar. As with the full SHAPE CODING® app, it uses the SHAPE CODING® system which has been shown in several research projects to help children and young people with language disorders increase the length and complexity of sentences they can understand and use and improve the accuracy of their sentence production. The SHAPE CODING® Lite app has less functionality and flexibility than the full SHAPE CODING® app but can be used to form simple sentences. The SHAPE CODING® system uses a visual coding system to show the rules for how words are put together in sentences, to develop the child’s understanding of spoken and written grammar and to develop their ability to use grammar successfully to express themselves. The system includes use of colours (word classes), arrows (tense and aspect) , lines (singular and plural) and shapes (syntactic structure). These are all included in the app (although not all are enabled in the Lite version), but the professional controlling the app can choose which features display for the student, so that it is personalised to their current levels and targets. Settings are preserved for the student between uses. The Lite app allows only a single teacher and student, but the full version can have multiple teachers and students. The SHAPE CODING® Lite app is equipped with a basic set of words which can be inserted into those shapes which are enabled to make simple sentences. A much wider range of shape options are enabled in the full version than the Lite version, so more grammatical rules can be taught and more complex sentences created. The app uses text-to-speech, so that students who struggle to read can also use the app. This app assumes a certain degree of familiarity with the SHAPE CODING system. For more information see www.shapecoding.com. Training on how to use the SHAPE CODING(R) system is available from https://training.moorhouseinstitute.co.uk/. For a demonstration of the features of the full version of the app (some of which are also enabled in the Lite version), see: https://shapecoding.com/demo-videos/, and for Frequently Asked Questions see: https://shapecoding.com/app-info/faqs/ Follow us on Twitter @ShapeCoding, Facebook @ShapeCoding and Instagram @shape_coding or if you have any problems or feedback, please contact us at training@moorhouseschool.co.uk Please review our privacy policy https://shapecoding.com/privacy-policy-apple/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Shape Coding Lite at Free against Five Little Monkeys's $3.99. Shape Coding Lite also leads on device support (3 vs 1). Five Little Monkeys's advantage is rating (3.7 vs 2.0) and ratings volume (3 vs 1). On 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
Shape Coding Lite is free to download; Five Little Monkeys costs $3.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Five Little Monkeys holds the better App Store score, 3.7 against 2.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 1 respectively.
| Parameter | Five Little Monkeys | Shape Coding Lite |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $3.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 3.7 (3 ratings) — better | 2.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 3 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | — | Every 7 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Free — better |
| Devices | iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 5.1.1 — better | 12.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 22 MB | 357 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Inclusive Technology Ltd | Moor House School & College |
Customer experience
Five Little Monkeys
Shape Coding Lite
In-app purchases
Five Little Monkeys
No in-app purchases
Shape Coding Lite
No in-app purchases
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