Boukili vs HITSTER
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Boukili
This app offers an interactive and educational reading experience for children aged 4 and up, supporting both native French speakers and learners. It features a vast collection of illustrated books, multiple reading modes, and tools for teachers and parents to track progress and assign readings.
- Hundreds of illustrated books
- Multiple reading modes
- Teacher and parent dashboard
- Student progress tracking
- Customizable avatar
- Interactive quizzes
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Boukili, presented by Groupe média TFO, provides an immersive, interactive and educational reading experience for children ages 4 and up, whether they are native to the language or still learning French. Boukili encourages children to read and supports them by offering a collection of hundreds of illustrated books grouped by reading level, theme and skill. Boukili offers different reading modes to young readers according to their needs: narration mode (listening to the book), solo mode (independent reading) or voice recording mode. Boukili is a customizable tool for teachers, parents and children. Teachers have access to a dashboard allowing them to: create a profile for each student (unlimited number of students!) assign readings to students according to their level and interests listen to student recordings view the progress of each student send messages of encouragement A version adapted for parents also gives them access to a dashboard where they can track and guide their child’s progress. Boukili makes learning to read fun by offering quizzes and a cute avatar to customize. The theme of travel is ever-present, with the possibility of unlocking countries to discover. Children gain confidence while discovering the wonderful world of reading! Have a nice trip!
HITSTER
This app enhances a physical card game by playing music associated with scanned cards. Players arrange songs chronologically to build a music timeline and compete to collect hits. It's designed for easy setup and can be played competitively or cooperatively.
- Scan song cards to play music
- Build a chronological music timeline
- Compete to collect 10 hits
- Easy rules for instant parties
- Play solo or as a team
- Pro and Expert rule variations
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YOU NEED THE HITSTER CARD GAME TO USE THIS APP. Create an instant party with HITSTER, the music card game of the century! Listen to over 100 years of amazing hits, take turns arranging them in chronological order on your music timeline and create your trip down memory lane. The first player to collect 10 hits is the winner. With more than 300 of the greatest hits from the last 100 years, HITSTER is the perfect game for an evening with lots of laughing, singing, dancing and sharing memories. Simply open the box, scan a song card with this HITSTER app and let the music do the rest to create an instant party. So what are you waiting for? Invite your friends to have fun together and see who is crowned the HITSTER. Game characteristics: - Everybody is invited for the HITSTER party! Super easy rules and no game set-up gets the party started in no-time. Simply scan a card with the free Hitster app and the music starts playing automatically in Spotify, isn't that cool? - HITSTER is the music game in which you don’t have to be a music expert. Simply guess if a song was released before or after other songs in your music timeline. The futher you are in building your timeline the more challenging it becomes. Your chances of winning increases if you can also name the artists and song titles. - Are you craving to show of your music knowledge? Play HITSTER with the Pro rules or even Expert rules in which you have to know the exact year, artist and song title. - Fancy a less competitive trip down memory lane? Then HITSTER can also be played as one team or by yourself. GET THE PARTY STARTED! HITSTER requires a mobile phone with an internet connection. For the best experience, use the free HITSTER app and Spotify. Visit www.hitstergame.com for device compatibility. For the latest Hitster news, updates, and competitions, follow us on Instagram, TikTok, and Facebook @hitsterparty.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: HITSTER at 4.9 against Boukili's 4.3. HITSTER also leads on ratings volume (3.7K vs 7) and update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 2 months). Boukili's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 17.0). On price, review sentiment, 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
HITSTER holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: HITSTER has 3.7K ratings behind it against 7, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 28% of Boukili's written reviews are positive against 35% of HITSTER's.
Boukili ships an update every 2 months, HITSTER every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 16, 2026 and October 18, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Boukili | HITSTER |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (7 ratings) | 4.9 (3.7K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 27.9% of reviews | 34.5% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 7 | 3.7K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Best chart rank | — | #6 — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 28 MB | 46 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | L'OFFICE DES TELECOMMUNICATIONS EDUCATIVES DE LANGUE FRANCAISE DE L'ONTARIO | Koninklijke Jumbo B.V |
Customer experience
Boukili
HITSTER
User reviews
Boukili
From 7 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Great for learning French
- 👍 Motivating and interactive
- 👍 Fun costumes and games
- 👍 Large collection of books
- 👍 No ads
Room to improve
- 🐛 Screen is cropped in games
- 🐛 Long loading times
- 🐛 App crashes often
- 🐛 Freezes frequently
- 🐛 Login issues
HITSTER
From 3.7K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Great family game
- 👍 Fun for all ages
- 👍 Brings people together
- 👍 Awesome concept
- 👍 Works well with Spotify Premium
Room to improve
- 🐛 Constant disconnection from Spotify
- 🐛 Requires reconnecting Spotify after every song
- 🐛 Incorrect songs played
- 🐛 Visible song titles when scanning
- 🐛 Buggy app experience
Bugs and requests
Boukili
Reported bugs
39 issues- Screen is cropped in 'trouvez les objets suivants' game
- Contact support link goes to 404
- Long loading times for the app and images
- Null is not an object error when logging in
- TypeError: null is not an object (evaluating 'I.providerData')
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- App freezes at the last step of account creation
- Sound stops working or takes a long time to speak
- Progress not displayed after reading a book
- No questions accessible at the end of reading
- Airplane doesn't always advance after reading a book
- Error in question 2 of 'le coffre d’outils marin'
- App freezes and jumps from question 1 to 3
- App blocks after each reading, requiring logout/login
- Images do not appear in books, only cover page image
- Cannot answer question two of 'les brocolis' story
- Cannot go back to read another book
- Question number 2 is inaccessible when answering questions
- App freezes constantly
- App crashes constantly
- Unusable on iOS 14.2
- Login requires re-typing email and password every time
- No option to log in with Google, Apple, etc.
- App freezes every 3-5 minutes
- App freezes a lot
- App freezes on questions every time
- Cannot save username and password for quick login
- App is slow, freezes often, no longer useful
- Cannot pass to question two at the end of the story
- Cannot go back to read another book
- App freezes at any moment, requires closing and reopening
- Cannot create a parent account, stays on login page
- App is in old version after re-downloading
- Cannot create an account, just spins
- App doesn't work, keeps downloading after info is put in
- Doesn't work at account creation stage
- Takes long to download in China
- Unable to login using class code
- Error code when trying to login with class code
- Issue to log in
Requested features
5 requests- Syllable-colorization option for books
- Re-categorize app under 'Education'
- Add more books
- Pause narration and change speed for books
- Different books for different places
HITSTER
Reported bugs
4 issues- App crashes and freezes
- Inability to connect to Spotify
- Wrong songs played
- Constant need to re-authorize Spotify
Requested features
4 requests- Support for Apple Music
- Ability to advance/rewind songs
- More song options and newer music
- Explicit song indicators
In-app purchases
Boukili
No in-app purchases
HITSTER
No in-app purchases









