Comparison

A Day with Caillou vs Design Squad Maker

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

Head to head
About

A Day with Caillou

Embark on a fun-filled adventure with a beloved animated character, engaging in over 30 educational games and activities. Help with daily routines, explore school subjects, play in the park, and create art. Earn puzzle rewards for completing tasks.

Highlights
  • Daily routine simulation
  • Educational games (math, spelling, music)
  • Park activities and sports
  • Creative drawing and puzzles
  • Snakes and Ladders board game
  • Reward system with puzzles
Features
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Spend a full day with Caillou and learn through more than 30 fun educational games! Would you like to join Caillou in his daily routine? Wake up, get ready, go to school, play in the park, and end the day at home in this delightful interactive adventure designed especially for young children. From morning to bedtime, kids will help Caillou complete everyday activities while developing essential skills through play. Learning has never been so fun! SUNRISE Start the day by learning the time, getting Caillou dressed, preparing breakfast, brushing teeth, and walking safely to school. MORNING At school, children will practice math, spelling, music, languages, memory, perception, and more through 11 engaging games. AFTERNOON Time for outdoor fun! Play sports, recycle, go shopping, and enjoy activities in the park with Caillou and friends. EVENING Help Caillou bathe, tidy his room, make pizza, feed the pet, and get ready for bed. BONUS ACTIVITIES - Snakes and Ladders board game with minigames - Over 30 collectible puzzles - Drawing, coloring, and sticker activities FEATURES - Educational game for ages 3–6 - Step-by-step instructions with visual aids - Reward system that motivates learning - Encourages independent play - Parental controls - Endorsed by early childhood education specialists - Available in 8 languages In Tap Tap Tales we care about your opinion. For this reason, we encourage you to rate this app and if you have any comments please send them to our e-mail address: hello@taptaptales.com. Web: http://www.taptaptales.com Our Mision Bringing joy to children and contributing to their development through the creation and publication of amazing interactive adventures full of fun educational activities. Motivating and helping the kids to accomplish the tasks of the educational game. Learning and growing with our users, adapting to their needs and sharing happy moments with them. Helping parents and teachers in their educational and caring endeavors with young children, offering them top-quality, state-of-the-art learning applications. Our Privacy Policy http://www.taptaptales.com/en_US/privacy-policy/

About

Design Squad Maker

This app guides children through the engineering design process with interactive activities and explanations. It encourages problem-solving, critical thinking, and creativity through hands-on projects and family collaboration. Aligned with STEM curriculum, it offers a safe and engaging learning experience.

Highlights
  • Unlimited design projects
  • Add sketches, photos, and notes
  • Editable portfolio
  • Animated engineering videos
  • Step-by-step guidance
  • STEM curriculum alignment
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DESIGN SQUAD MAKER APP FEATURES - Create unlimited design projects - Add sketches, photos, and notes - Save progress in an editable portfolio - Watch animated videos explaining the engineering design process - Walk through each step of the design process with a friendly host - Use tips and reflection questions throughout to support children's learning - Check out example project ideas - Find ideas for families to work together - Try quick activities to supplement design projects at home - Use at home and as part of Design Squad Maker workshops around the country - Aligned with STEM curriculum concepts - Co-developed with researchers and families - No in-app purchases - No advertising The Design Squad Maker app was rigorously researched and developed for use at home and in maker space settings. Its open-ended, hands-on approach gives kids control over their own learning, encouraging them to identify problems that matter to them and develop solutions. In addition, when kids solve problems, they learn STEM concepts, practice thinking critically and creatively, gain experience using tools and materials, and learn perseverance when things don’t go as planned. ABOUT DESIGN SQUAD MAKER This app was created as part of Design Squad Maker, a program that engages children and their caregivers in the engineering design process in museums, community maker spaces, and at home. Together, kids ages 8–11 and their caregivers come up with problems that they want to solve, brainstorm solutions, build prototypes, and test them to see how they work. They experience the same steps that engineers use to solve real-world problems. PRIVACY GBH Kids and Design Squad Maker are committed to creating a safe and secure environment for children and families and to being transparent about what information is collected from users. The Design Squad Maker app collects anonymous, aggregated analytics data for the purpose of improving the app experience—for example, determining which features are more popular in general. No personally identifiable data is collected. Photos taken during the use of this app are stored locally on your device as part of the explicit functionality of the app. The app does not send or share these photos anywhere. GBH KIDS does not see any photos taken by this app. To learn more about Design Squad Maker's privacy policy, visit https://pbskids.org/designsquad/blog/design-squad-maker/ FUNDERS AND CREDITS © 2022 WGBH Educational Foundation. Design Squad Maker is produced by GBH Boston and the New York Hall of Science. Design Squad Maker and its logo are copyrights of WGBH Educational Foundation. All rights reserved. All rights reserved. This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant No. 1811457. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.

Screenshots

A Day with Caillou4 screens
Design Squad Maker4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Design Squad Maker at 100% against A Day with Caillou's 24%. Design Squad Maker also leads on rating (5.0 vs 3.6) and in-app purchases (none vs 2). A Day with Caillou's advantage is ratings volume (80 vs 2). On price, device support and iOS requirement 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. A Day with Caillou sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Design Squad Maker asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Design Squad Maker holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: A Day with Caillou has 80 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 24% of A Day with Caillou's written reviews are positive against 100% of Design Squad Maker's.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
A Day with Caillou versus Design Squad Maker: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterA Day with CaillouDesign Squad Maker
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.6 (80 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews23.5% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings80 — better2
Update frequencyEvery 7 months—
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS11.011.0
Further details — not scored
Size122 MB25 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTap Tap Tales, SLWGBH

Customer experience

A Day with Caillou

All ratings78 ratings
Positive62.8%
Neutral7.7%
Negative29.5%
Written reviews34 reviews
Positive23.5%
Neutral14.7%
Negative61.8%

Design Squad Maker

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

2 purchases

A Day with Caillou

One-time2
  • Remove Ads$0.99
  • Unlock all Games$3.99
None

Design Squad Maker

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is A Day with Caillou free?
A Day with Caillou is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Design Squad Maker free?
Design Squad Maker is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, A Day with Caillou or Design Squad Maker?
Design Squad Maker is rated higher. A Day with Caillou averages 3.6 out of 5 from 80 ratings, while Design Squad Maker averages 5.0 from 2 ratings.
Do A Day with Caillou or Design Squad Maker have ads?
A Day with Caillou shows ads; Design Squad Maker does not.

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