Comparison

Bamba BBQ (Lite) vs Splingo

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

Head to head
About

Bamba BBQ (Lite)

Kids can become BBQ pitmasters, selecting ingredients to cook on a virtual grill and feeding their creations to animated characters. This interactive toy encourages imagination and creativity with a kid-friendly interface and no stressful time limits.

Highlights
  • Cook a variety of ingredients
  • Feed silly characters
  • Interactive BBQ actions
  • Beautiful artwork
  • Kid-focused interface
  • Suitable for ages 2+
Features
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•••Join 2+ million Bamba customers - kids learn through play with Bamba!••• Let your kids be the craziest BBQ Pitmaster ever! Select and cook up a huge list of food on the BBQ pit. Feed the food to our four silly friends and watch their reactions! "Everyone likes chicken… and lollipops." – Freddie, 4, budding BBQ Chef. Features: - Huge list of different ingredients - from Burger Patties to Batwings - Feed our silly friends – Unidonk (Half unicorn, half donkey), Seymour (A big mouthed plant), Poofy (Little witch-in-training) and a bunch of Piranhas. - Interactive BBQ fun –Chop wood, set fire to the pit, cook food! - Fantastic, beautiful artwork - Kid-focused interface - Great for kids 2+ Bamba BBQ is an interactive toy designed for kids. There are no scores, complicated interfaces or stressful time limits. This game is great to play alone or with an adult. *** OTHER GAMES BY BAMBA! *** - Bamba Space Station: Kids pretend they are on the Space Station travelling the galaxy. There's lots to do on board. Craft items, cook food, party in the pool and tons more! Hours of fun and exploring! - Bamba Surprise: Learn new words with a peekaboo game. Kids arrange the letters to form the word. There are over 200 objects to learn and collect. - Bamba Clock: Learn to tell the time with Captain Birdbeard as kids sail the high seas! - Bamba Books – Kids learn to read in a fun, interactive series of books. - Bamba Farm – Kids learn to count on a wacky crazy farm where they have to milk robot cows, bathe donkeys and collect dragon eggs amongst other things! - Bamba Airport: Kids pick the passengers and send them for a holiday! Kids roleplay air stewards, customs officers and more. Lots of hilarious fun! - Bamba Craft: Choose a project, create a masterpiece and display it in a gallery for other kids to see. Bamba Craft gets kids painting and assembling collages in creative and fun ways! Projects and galleries are updated constantly! - Bamba Toys: Kids build a toy from a blueprint, picking parts and accessories before assembling the toy and finally getting to play with it! - Bamba Burger: Kids flip the patty, create their custom-made burger, fill their soda cup, slice the potatoes and make French fries. What's more, they get a mystery present with their meal! - Bamba Post Office: Everyone loves presents! Choose, wrap and decorate presents for three funny characters. Deliver them to the jungle or to the moon! - Bamba Pizza: Run a Pizza restaurant and make delicious pizza. Great fun with 26 different ingredients and four kooky characters to play with! - Bamba Ice-Cream: Create and eat fantastic ice-cream concoctions. Can you guess what the mystery topping is this time? ABOUT BAMBA! Bamba is a kid game studio that makes interactive toys for kids. We believe that interactive toys offer a new and exciting way to educate your child. We design interactive toys that are designed to stimulate imagination and creativity.

About

Splingo

Engaging educational games designed by speech and language therapists to help children develop essential communication skills. Features interactive gameplay, bright visuals, and motivating reward systems. Targets various language areas from early words to complex directions.

Highlights
  • Therapist-designed games
  • Targets receptive language
  • Early words development
  • Following directions
  • Interactive gameplay
  • Reward games
  • Language assessment tool
Features
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Speech and Language apps for children Designed by Speech and Language Therapists/Pathologists, Splingo apps are fun and engaging educational games to help your child develop their speech and language skills. Specially designed by Speech and Language Therapists/Pathologists to target different areas of language development Fun and interactive gameplay with an emphasis on learning Bright, colorful images and animations In-built reward games to engage and motivate Recommended by Speech and Language Therapists/Pathologists Splingo games target all these areas of language development – Following Directions/Receptive Language Actions/verbs Pronouns Early Words development Past Tense Categories Adjectives / Describing Words Language Assessment Splingo also includes a professional’s Language Assessment tool designed to assess children’s receptive language skills. As Speech and Language Therapists / Pathologists with over 40 years experience between us we know what it takes to support children’s speech and language development! We’ve designed these Splingo games to be fun and educational by using bright, colorful images and animations. Splingo games can be customized to target specific language skill areas so you can be certain that your child is playing the right games at the right level. We’ve added high-quality, in-built reward games to motivate your child to keep on learning. The games also have an option to select between US voice and UK voice. Children love playing Splingo and parents and professionals tell us it’s an app that children ask for over and over again – they’re having fun whilst they’re learning! Used for over a decade by Speech and Language Therapists all over the world, Splingo is a go-to app for developing children’s language skills. **Frequently listed as a Top 10 Speech and Language App (Speech Sisters; District Speech; Therapy Tree; The Sped Guru; TechBooky**

Screenshots

Bamba BBQ (Lite)4 screens
Splingo3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Bamba BBQ (Lite) at none against Splingo's shown. Bamba BBQ (Lite) also leads on monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases) and rating (3.8 vs 3.5). Splingo's advantage is review sentiment (35% vs 0%) and update cadence (every 2 months vs every 7 months). On price, in-app purchases 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. Bamba BBQ (Lite) sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Splingo sells 8 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Bamba BBQ (Lite) holds the better App Store score, 3.8 against 3.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Bamba BBQ (Lite) has 32 ratings behind it against 6, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 0% of Bamba BBQ (Lite)'s written reviews are positive against 35% of Splingo's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Bamba BBQ (Lite) ships an update every 7 months, Splingo every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 13, 2026 and October 17, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Bamba BBQ (Lite) versus Splingo: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBamba BBQ (Lite)Splingo
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.8 (32 ratings) — better3.5 (6 ratings)
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews34.8% of reviews — better
Number of ratings32 — better6
Update frequencyEvery 7 monthsEvery 2 months — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS8.0 — better12.0
Further details — not scored
Size509 MB791 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMezmedia Pte. Ltd.Splingo Ltd

Customer experience

Bamba BBQ (Lite)

All ratings32 ratings
Positive75.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative25.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

Splingo

All ratings2 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%
Written reviews23 reviews
Positive34.8%
Neutral8.7%
Negative56.5%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Bamba BBQ (Lite)

One-time1
  • Ads Remover$1.99
8 purchases

Splingo

One-time8
  • Splingos Language UniverseFree
  • Actions With Splingo$0.99
  • Categories With Splingo$0.99
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  • Describing Words With Splingo$0.99
  • Pronouns With Splingo$0.99
  • Past Tense With Splingo$0.99
  • Early Words With Splingo$0.99
  • Language Assessment$9.99

Questions

Is Bamba BBQ (Lite) free?
Bamba BBQ (Lite) is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Splingo free?
Splingo is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Bamba BBQ (Lite) or Splingo?
Bamba BBQ (Lite) is rated higher. Bamba BBQ (Lite) averages 3.8 out of 5 from 32 ratings, while Splingo averages 3.5 from 6 ratings.
Do Bamba BBQ (Lite) or Splingo have ads?
Splingo shows ads; Bamba BBQ (Lite) does not.
Which is updated more often, Bamba BBQ (Lite) or Splingo?
Bamba BBQ (Lite) ships an update every 7 months, and Splingo every 2 months. Most recently, Bamba BBQ (Lite) was updated on October 13, 2026 and Splingo on October 17, 2026.

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