Comparison

Read and Count vs Readaboo

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

This app helps preschool children learn essential early education concepts. It covers the alphabet, numbers, shapes, colors, and more through interactive activities. Designed to make learning fun and engaging for young minds.

Highlights
  • Alphabet learning (A-Z)
  • Number recognition and counting (0-100)
  • Geometric shapes and colors
  • Opposite words and animal sounds
  • Musical instruments and means of 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

Readaboo

This app helps young children learn to read through interactive word and letter practice. It features colorful graphics, pleasant audio, and mini-games to make learning engaging for kids aged three and up. The difficulty can be adjusted, and multiple languages are supported.

Highlights
  • Interactive word and letter practice
  • Reinforces learning with letter-by-letter audio
  • Colorful graphics and pleasant audio effects
  • Mini-games for fun learning
  • Adjustable difficulty levels
  • Supports multiple languages
  • Offline play
Features
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Learn to read with Readaboo! READABOO is made for kids to practice words and letters. Readaboo reads the words out letter by letter to reinforce learning in a fun and interactive way. It’s best suited for kids three years and older. Readaboo is fun to play, with colourful graphics and pleasant audio effects. BACKSTORY Readaboo started as a birthday gift for little two-year-old Kiira. She was super interested in colourful magnetic letters and enjoyed playing with them. We want to spread this same enthusiasm for learning and hope that you and your kids enjoy the lifelong journey together with Readaboo. PLAY & LEARN Readaboo has many words and categories to explore. Additional mini-games make the learning fun. The difficulty level can be increased from the settings to hide word hints or add extra letters. Readaboo supports multiple languages too. Please note that Readaboo offers a free 30 minute try out to test all of the features. The full content is available as an in-app purchase. PRIVACY We do not collect data on Readaboo’s use. There are no advertisements and Readaboo can be played offline. SHARE If you find Readaboo fun and educative please share the word. As a small team, we appreciate the effort and it helps a lot! FEEDBACK If you are experiencing any issues, have feedback or want to contact us please email us readaboo@uova.fi Let’s learn together! #readabooapp

Screenshots

Read and Count4 screens
Readaboo4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Readaboo at 5.0 against Read and Count's 4.0. Readaboo also leads on ads (none vs shown) and ratings volume (6 vs 2). Read and Count's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1). On price, update cadence, monetization model 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. Readaboo sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Read and Count asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Readaboo holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 6 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Read and Count ships an update every 4 months, Readaboo every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on September 6, 2026 and September 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Read and Count versus Readaboo: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRead and CountReadaboo
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.0 (2 ratings)5.0 (6 ratings) — better
Positive reviews37.0% of reviews
Number of ratings26 — better
Update frequencyEvery 4 months — betterEvery 5 months
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.013.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size330 MB98 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperApps Bergman LtdaUova Oy

Customer experience

Read and Count

All ratings2 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral50.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews27 reviews
Positive37.0%
Neutral11.1%
Negative51.9%

Readaboo

All ratings6 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Read and Count

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Readaboo

One-time1
  • Readaboo$12.99

Questions

Is Read and Count free?
Read and Count is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Readaboo free?
Readaboo is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Read and Count or Readaboo?
Readaboo is rated higher. Read and Count averages 4.0 out of 5 from 2 ratings, while Readaboo averages 5.0 from 6 ratings.
Do Read and Count or Readaboo have ads?
Read and Count shows ads; Readaboo does not.
Which is updated more often, Read and Count or Readaboo?
Read and Count ships an update every 4 months, and Readaboo every 5 months. Most recently, Read and Count was updated on September 6, 2026 and Readaboo on September 24, 2026.

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