Comparison

Learn ABC vs CaliKids

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

Head to head
About

Learn ABC

Practice handwriting and calligraphy while learning alphabet letters through engaging games and coloring activities. This app uses a Montessori-inspired method to help users of all ages master letter formation and expand vocabulary.

Highlights
  • Handwriting and calligraphy practice
  • Alphabet letter learning
  • Connect the dots exercises
  • Vocabulary building through coloring
  • Montessori learning method
  • Capital and lowercase letter practice
Features
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With this alphabet coloring book game, learn ABC letters, practice handwriting worksheets, color drawings of animals, objects, numbers etc. and improve your vocabulary. Learn ABC – Calligraphy is a wonderful game to practice handwriting, calligraphy and to learn alphabet letters with worksheets. If you are not fully familiar with alphabet letters, you can play alphabet game to learn letters correctly. Trace the lines or connect the dots. This is a great alphabet game for users who need still to learn ABC letters and need to practice in handwriting. Color each worksheet page with drawings of animals, objects, fruit etc. and learn new vocabulary. A quick and easy way to learn handwriting; • Choose a letter to practice • Practice writing capital letters and small letters (uppercase and lowercase letters) • Connect the dots and improve your eye-hand coordination • Learn vocabulary and color the drawings ABC learning games are also perfect for brain training with its educational background. Besides contributing to the development of vocabulary and memory, it also helps to improve motor and coordination skills. Based on the world famous Montessori learning method, our application allows you to learn how to write capital letters and small letters while learning new vocabulary and enjoying our coloring book activity. Learning letters has never been fun before! With these alphabet games, you will enjoy every moment! If you like our app, please rate and comment to help us improve! https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

CaliKids

This app offers a comprehensive learning path for reading, writing, and math, covering preschool through 6th grade. It features interactive games, personalized levels for each child, and progress tracking for parents. New content is added monthly to keep learning engaging.

Highlights
  • Personalized learning paths by grade level
  • Interactive reading, writing, and math exercises
  • Progress tracking for parents
  • Hundreds of engaging games
  • New content added monthly
  • Handwriting practice with stroke order animation
  • Multilingual support
Features
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CaliKids is one app for learning to read, write and count, from age 1 to 6th grade. When you start, you choose Preschool or Elementary school and the level, and each child sees only their own level: a path of exercises in order, each one getting ready for the next, with hundreds of different games and new content every month. 11 LEVELS • Preschool: Age 1 (to play together, from 18 months), Age 2, Preschool (age 3), Pre-K (age 4) and Kindergarten. • Elementary school: 1st to 6th grade, each grade with its own exercises. PRESCHOOL · READING, WRITING AND NUMBERS For the youngest: looking, tapping, matching, colors and shapes. Then vowels and letters with their sounds, rhymes, syllables and first words; first strokes and mazes to loosen up the hand, every letter with its stroke order animated; and counting, comparing, writing numbers and first additions and subtractions with pictures. ELEMENTARY · ENGLISH, WRITING AND MATHS • English: reading comprehension with texts for each grade (in the upper grades, at several difficulty levels), vocabulary and grammar. • Writing: copying, filling in, and word and sentence dictation, by hand, plus handwriting practice (capitals, joins and neat sentences); the app reads what your child has written. • Maths: in arithmetic, answers are typed on the app's own keypad instead of picked from a list. Column arithmetic with a scratch sheet alongside, times tables, word problems with guided help in 4 steps (what we know, what we're asked, which operation, work it out), fractions, decimals, percentages and geometry. • The World Around Us: grades 1 to 6. Animals and plants, the body, materials, energy, water, weather, maps, history, Europe and the universe, with short texts to think about. • French: at every level, with audio. MADE FOR KIDS • A voice reads the instructions aloud, with a button to hear them again. • Each exercise says in one line what it's for. • Hints and an eraser that removes just one part: mistakes are no big deal. • Every exercise picks up where it was left, even after closing the app. • Stickers to collect. • Print or cursive school handwriting, and 11 notebook rulings. • Works with Apple Pencil. • Works with VoiceOver and the system text size. FOR THE FAMILY • Admin mode for parents, protected by your account (Apple, Google or email) and a PIN. • Several children on the same device, each with their own profile, level and progress. • Stats for each child: what they do well, what they find hard and their history. • You decide what each child sees, their level path and how many times they can use the help in word problems. • "Your feedback": send suggestions or propose new exercises, and read the reply in the app. • No ads. Your children's data stays on the device and, if you sign in with Google or Apple, in your own Google Drive or iCloud so you can restore it on another device; never on our servers. You can delete it from either place or both. • In 6 languages: English, Spanish, Italian, French, German and Portuguese. It opens in the device's language. WHAT'S FREE AND WHAT'S PAID Every exercise of every level — from age 1 to year 6 of primary school — can be tried for free: 8 games of each exercise on each device. To keep going, CaliKids Premium offers packs of 1, 2 or 3 levels, which you choose, and the Full pack with every level and every word topic; the more levels, the less each one costs. They are monthly or yearly subscriptions that renew automatically unless you cancel them, and you manage them from your account settings. Each subscription can be used on two devices at the same time. Word topics can also be bought on their own from their game. Every purchase goes behind a parental gate first, and anyone who already had the app keeps what they had. Terms of use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy policy: https://calikids.olmotame.com/privacidad

Screenshots

Learn ABC4 screens
CaliKids4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: CaliKids at 5.0 against Learn ABC's 4.0. CaliKids also leads on ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (fortnightly vs every 13 months). Learn ABC's advantage is iOS requirement (14.0 vs 18.0). On price, ratings volume, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Learn ABC sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per 7 days and CaliKids sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

CaliKids holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 1 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Learn ABC ships an update every 13 months, CaliKids fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 13, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Learn ABC versus CaliKids: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLearn ABCCaliKids
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.0 (2 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews33.3% of reviews—
Number of ratings2 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 13 monthsFortnightly — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS14.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size69 MB40 MB
Age rating9+4+
DeveloperAlejandro Melero ZaballosOliver Tacoronte Mendoza

Customer experience

Learn ABC

All ratings1 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral100.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive33.3%
Neutral33.3%
Negative33.3%

CaliKids

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Learn ABC

Subscriptions1
  • Weekly plan$2.997 Days
One-time2
  • REMOVE ADS$5.99
  • Forever plan$14.99
10 purchases

CaliKids

Subscriptions1
  • CaliKids Premium weekly$3.997 Days
One-time9
  • Jobs$2.99
  • Feelings$2.99
  • The city$2.99
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  • The sea$2.99
  • The farm$2.99
  • The jungle$2.99
  • Fairy tales$2.99
  • Insects$2.99
  • Shapes$2.99

Questions

Is Learn ABC free?
Learn ABC is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is CaliKids free?
CaliKids is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Learn ABC or CaliKids?
CaliKids is rated higher. Learn ABC averages 4.0 out of 5 from 2 ratings, while CaliKids averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Learn ABC or CaliKids have ads?
Learn ABC shows ads; CaliKids does not.
Which is updated more often, Learn ABC or CaliKids?
Learn ABC ships an update every 13 months, and CaliKids fortnightly. Most recently, Learn ABC was updated on November 2, 2026 and CaliKids on November 13, 2026.

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