Comparison

Read and Count PRO vs Happies

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

Head to head
About

Read and Count PRO

This educational app helps preschoolers learn essential early childhood concepts. It covers the alphabet, numbers, basic math, shapes, colors, and a wide range of vocabulary through interactive activities.

Highlights
  • Alphabet learning (A-Z)
  • Number recognition and counting (0-100)
  • Basic addition and subtraction
  • Geometric shapes identification
  • Color recognition and mixing
  • Vocabulary building (animals, fruits, instruments, transport)
  • Sign language alphabet
Features
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If your child is starting preschool learning, this app can help. In our application your child learns the alphabet, vowels and consonants, syllables, numbers, sign language, addition and subtraction, geometric shapes, colors, opposites, animals, fruits, musical instruments, means of transport, more than 1000 words and much more! ALPHABET Complete and illustrated alphabet from A-Z, children can learn to speak and write each letter. Activities to recognize the letters of the alphabet, learn some words that start with each letter, practice writing letters, organize letters, learn lowercase and uppercase letters, organize letters in alphabetical order and much more. VOWELS AND CONSONANTS Introduces the group of vowels and the group of consonants to children. Activities to learn how to separate groups of vowels and consonants and where to use each letter. NUMBERS Children can also learn to speak and write the numbers from 0-100 and even count on fingers from 0-10. Various activities to practice writing numbers, counting on fingers, organizing numbers, counting objects and much more. SIGN LANGUAGE Contains the entire alphabet in pounds. Learn to recognize the signs and identify each letter of the alphabet. ADD AND SUBTRACT Addition and subtraction in a simple and easy way to learn. Count on your fingers to learn to add, they are additions and subtractions in various ways. GEOMETRIC SHAPES Teaches how to speak and draw the main geometric shapes giving examples of objects that have these shapes. Here you learn to identify which geometric shape some objects have, to draw shapes, and to use and assemble geometric shapes. COLORS There are 12 colors, the most popular, with several variations of the same color and 2 examples of each, and now you also learn the mixtures of the main colors. Learn what colors are and their mixtures and identify the colors of objects. OPPOSITE WORDS Learn the antonym of words, there are 36 examples of words and their opposites. Activities to connect the opposite images, identify which is the opposite of each word and form pairs of opposites. ANIMALS Children can learn the animals' names and the sounds they make. There are 60 animals with illustration and 4 photos of each one. In the activities you learn to identify the animal by the sound it makes and by the name. You can also link the many different photos of each animal. FRUITS Meet 30 different fruits with illustration and several photos of each one. Exercise to link the drawing of the fruit with the real photo of it, color it, click on the correct fruit and assemble the fruit. MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS There are 30 musical instruments. We teach the name of each instrument, with a real image and the sound each one makes (2 sound examples for each instrument). Learn to recognize the instrument by its name and the sound it makes and other activities. MEANS OF TRANSPORT Get to know the main means of transport, there are 30 examples of vehicles with illustrations and 4 photos of each one. Activity to color each vehicle, identify each vehicle by name and link the illustration with the vehicle photo. WORDS A menu with over 200 words to try to read and write. Activity to read and write the word correctly. We also added a small word quiz for the child to try to read and identify the word. RANDOM ACTIVITIES In all categories, you will find the option to play activities randomly, improving your child's learning in a more didactic and complete way. Liked? And that's all in a single application totally free! Available in Portuguese, Spanish and English. I'm sure your son will love it!

About

Happies

Features
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Deste modo, o Programa inclui 3 níveis, respetivamente, consciência silábica, intrassilábica e segmental, organizado em 11 atividades. Cada atividade pode ser realizada individualmente com uma criança ou com grupos de crianças (no máximo 10 crianças). A seleção das palavras de cada atividade teve em consideração os seguintes critérios linguísticos: extensão e acento de palavra, estrutura silábica e propriedades segmentais. A interação entre estes vários critérios resultou na criação de diferentes níveis, em cada atividade, com um grau de complexidade crescente, que podem ser usados consoante a idade e/ou nível de consciência fonológica de cada criança (Afonso, 2015; Alves, 2013; Rios, 2009; Veloso, 2003; Castelo, 2012; Freitas, 1997). O programa integra as seguintes atividades: segmentação silábica; identificação de palavra com igual sílaba inicial; omissão da sílaba inicial, síntese intrassilábica, segmentação intrassilábica, síntese segmental, identificação do segmento inicial, omissão de segmento inicial, adição do segmento final, substituição do segmento inicial e segmentação segmental. Em cada atividade são descritos o objetivo, os materiais, os procedimentos, as instruções, o feedback para a criança e a recompensa. Todas as ilustrações foram especificamente desenvolvidas para este programa, por dois designers.

Screenshots

Read and Count PRO4 screens
Happies4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Read and Count PRO at $9.99 against Happies's $34.99. Read and Count PRO also leads on update cadence (every 5 months vs every 41 months). Happies's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). On ads, 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

Read and Count PRO costs $9.99 and Happies $34.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Read and Count PRO ships an update every 5 months, Happies every 41 months. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 5 level
Read and Count PRO versus Happies: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRead and Count PROHappies
Price$9.99 — better$34.99
Positive reviews33.3% of reviews—
Update frequencyEvery 5 months — betterEvery 41 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaid—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.013.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size322 MB573 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperApps Bergman LtdaAndre Azevedo

In-app purchases

None

Read and Count PRO

No in-app purchases

None

Happies

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Read and Count PRO free?
Read and Count PRO costs $9.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Happies free?
Happies costs $34.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do Read and Count PRO or Happies have ads?
Neither Read and Count PRO nor Happies shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Read and Count PRO or Happies?
Read and Count PRO ships an update every 5 months, and Happies every 41 months. Most recently, Read and Count PRO was updated on November 6, 2026 and Happies on November 7, 2026.

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