BabyWordTracker vs First Words Learning
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
BabyWordTracker
This app helps parents monitor their child's language acquisition by recording when they understand and say specific words. It then provides visual statistics and graphs to illustrate their progress. The data collected contributes to a research study.
- Track word understanding
- Record spoken words
- View language development statistics
- Generate progress graphs
- Contribute to research study
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The BabyWordTracker app allows you to track your child's language development. The app is part of an Oxford Brookes University research study and the data entered will be used in this study. The app allows you to enter when your child displays understanding and says specified words. It then allows you to view statistics and graphs of their language development.
First Words Learning
This app helps babies and toddlers learn their first words through interactive flashcards and games. It features colorful illustrations, animations, and sounds covering animals, vehicles, food, and everyday objects, designed for early learners aged 1-3.
- Interactive flashcards
- Touch-based learning games
- Animal sounds and object noises
- Hand-drawn graphics and animations
- Offline access
- Available in 25 languages
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Spark your child's curiosity and boost their vocabulary with First Words for Baby & Toddler! Explore animals, vehicles, food and everyday objects, brought to life with hand-drawn graphics, interactive animations and adorable sounds. Our unique mix of flashcards and touch-based games makes language learning a fun and educational experience for 1, 2, and 3-year-olds. Touch, tap, and discover a world of words! 'First Words for Baby & Toddler' makes learning fun from the very beginning: - Designed for Early Learners: Whether you have a newborn baby or a one year old, our app is tailored to suit your infant's unique developmental stage. - Interactive and Playful: Our colorful high contrast babies games / flashcards with my first 100 words & animal sounds are thoughtfully designed to captivate your child's attention, encouraging them to tap, touch, swipe and explore their way through the content of first words. Very much like a digital baby rattle. - First words for babies & toddlers: Explore a carefully curated selection of baby and toddler flashcards, introducing vehicles, farm animals for toddlers, fruits and food, forest, music, jungle creatures, pets, clothes, sea life, and everyday objects. We continuously expand our word collection and baby touch games for 1yr 2yr 3yr old. - Colorful hand-drawn high contrast graphics and animations: We know that children love bright colors and cute animals, so we've designed our montessori preschool app with this in mind. More than 100 illustrations were hand-drawn especially for our baby sensory games for preschoolers. - Bonding Time with Mommy and Daddy: First Words for Baby & Toddler offers quality family time. Share moments of discovery and joy as you and your child explore the animal sounds for babies, flash cards and baby touch games together. - Interactive and Fun: Learning is all about fun! This playfully sensory baby toddler learning games app includes interactive mini baby sensory high contrast games for babies from one year old that keep your kid entertained while they absorb new words effortlessly. - Voiceovers and sound effects: The app features voiceovers and sounds that help to bring the content to life. Toddlers will love learning their first words with audio, hearing animal sounds for babies and the noises of a car engine revving up. - All first words for baby & toddler flashcards are available in 25 languages (including English, Spanish, German, Portugese, Japanese and Chinese). This way, your baby can develop in their native language through engaging baby sensory games. - Offline Access: All content is available offline, ensuring uninterrupted baby sensory: high contrast adventures. - Ad-free: No ads interrupt the magic within the app. First Words for Baby & Toddler is the gateway to fun learning games for preschool & kindergarten, offering a variety of animal sounds for babies and flash cards for 1yr 2yr 3yr olds. Dive into our colorful high contrast flash cards and interactive toddler games for 1+ year olds where little ones can tap, touch, swipe, and explore their way through the world of first words. Explore animals for toddlers, vehicles, farm animals, fruits, and food, all within a playful, sensory baby toddler learning environment. Enjoy interactive baby sensory games for infants, and witness your baby's vocabulary grow. For questions and feedback please contact support [@] wienelware.nl
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: First Words Learning at 4.1 against BabyWordTracker's 2.3. First Words Learning also leads on update cadence (monthly vs every 5 months) and review sentiment (43% vs 25%). BabyWordTracker's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 3) and iOS requirement (7.0 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
Both are free to download. First Words Learning sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per month. BabyWordTracker asks for nothing beyond the download.
First Words Learning holds the better App Store score, 4.1 against 2.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: First Words Learning has 283 ratings behind it against 12, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 25% of BabyWordTracker's written reviews are positive against 43% of First Words Learning's.
BabyWordTracker ships an update every 5 months, First Words Learning monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 2, 2026 and October 20, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | BabyWordTracker | First Words Learning |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.3 (12 ratings) | 4.1 (283 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 25.0% of reviews | 42.9% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 12 | 283 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months | Monthly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 7.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 12 MB | 110 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Oxford Brookes University | Lidwien Veugen |
Customer experience
BabyWordTracker
First Words Learning
In-app purchases
BabyWordTracker
No in-app purchases
First Words Learning
- First Words for Baby & Toddler$5.991 Month
- First Words for Baby & Toddler$19.991 Year
- First Words for Baby & Toddler$34.99
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