Comparison

Bamba Toys (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 Toys (Lite)

Kids can design and build their own action figures, customize them with various parts and accessories, and even record voice messages. The app encourages creativity through toy design, packaging decoration, and interactive play with sound effects and animations.

Highlights
  • Design custom action figures
  • Customize with parts and accessories
  • Record voice messages for toys
  • Decorate toy packaging
  • Interactive play with animations
  • Kid-focused interface
Features
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•••Join 3+ million Bamba customers - kids learn through play with Bamba! ••• Kids love toys! Let them design their own – from customizing the parts to designing the packaging. Let their creative juices run wild! Choose from dozens of parts and accessories – from wacky Pirates to glamorous Pop Stars. Kids build the toy from a blueprint, picking parts and accessories before assembling the toy. They can then make a studio recording in the toy’s heart voicebox. Packaging comes next with lots of box designs and stickers. Finally, kids get to unbox the toy and play with it! Accessories come with great sounds and animations – and when play time is over, the toy is placed back on the shelf and they can make a new one! Watch the video at www.facebook.com/bambakids Features: - Dozens of toy parts, toy accessories, packaging and stickers to choose from – Astronauts to Rockstars! - Make a recording in the voicebox, play it back when playing with the toy - Decorate the packaging, spell out the name of the toy - Assemble the toy with a mini-game - Free updates for new parts and accessories - Awesome play animations and sound effects - Fantastic, beautiful artwork - Kid-focused interface - Great for kids 2+ Bamba Toys is an interactive toy designed for kids. There are no scores, complicated interfaces or stressful time limits. This game is great to play alone, with friends 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 BBQ: Set the pit up, fire the briquettes and choose your food! Bamba BBQ gets kids role-playing a BBQ pitmaster! Lots of fun characters, ingredients and reactions! - 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 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**

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Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Bamba Toys (Lite) at none against Splingo's shown. Bamba Toys (Lite) also leads on monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases) and ratings volume (21 vs 7). Splingo's advantage is update cadence (every 2 months vs every 41 months) and review sentiment (35% vs 10%). On price, rating 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. Bamba Toys (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

Splingo holds the better App Store score, 3.3 against 3.1. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 21 and 7 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 10% of Bamba Toys (Lite)'s written reviews are positive against 35% of Splingo's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Bamba Toys (Lite) ships an update every 41 months, Splingo every 2 months. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Bamba Toys (Lite) versus Splingo: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBamba Toys (Lite)Splingo
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.1 (21 ratings)3.3 (7 ratings) — better
Positive reviews10.0% of reviews34.8% of reviews — better
Number of ratings21 — better7
Update frequencyEvery 41 monthsEvery 2 months — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS9.0 — better12.0
Further details — not scored
Size165 MB791 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMezmedia Pte. Ltd.Splingo Ltd

Customer experience

Bamba Toys (Lite)

All ratings21 ratings
Positive42.9%
Neutral14.3%
Negative42.9%
Written reviews10 reviews
Positive10.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative90.0%

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 Toys (Lite)

One-time1
  • Ad Remover$0.99
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 Toys (Lite) free?
Bamba Toys (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 Toys (Lite) or Splingo?
Splingo is rated higher. Bamba Toys (Lite) averages 3.1 out of 5 from 21 ratings, while Splingo averages 3.3 from 7 ratings.
Do Bamba Toys (Lite) or Splingo have ads?
Splingo shows ads; Bamba Toys (Lite) does not.
Which is updated more often, Bamba Toys (Lite) or Splingo?
Bamba Toys (Lite) ships an update every 41 months, and Splingo every 2 months. Most recently, Bamba Toys (Lite) was updated on October 24, 2026 and Splingo on October 24, 2026.

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