Comparison

Daniel Tiger for Parents 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

Daniel Tiger for Parents

This app provides parents with songs, videos, and practical tips from Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood to help children develop social-emotional skills. It offers resources for common childhood challenges like sharing, managing emotions, and trying new things.

Highlights
  • Over two dozen popular songs
  • Over 60 video clips
  • 90+ conversation starters and tips
  • Custom picture frame for photos
  • Available in English and Spanish
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Help your toddler learn life's little lessons with their friend & neighbor, Daniel Tiger. Instill valuable lessons and strengthen your familial bond with parenting tips. The Daniel Tiger for Parents app empowers parents and caregivers with songs and videos from the hit PBS KIDS series Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood. Is your child learning about sharing? Struggling with trying a new food? Working on what to do with mad feelings? Daniel Tiger for Parents has a song for these important social-emotional skills and many more of life's little lessons! Designed with busy parents in mind, the app is simple, educational and entertaining for caregivers and children. It features over four dozen Daniel Tiger songs, supporting videos from Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood, and helpful hints for parents about the important skills children need to be ready for school and life. Features: Over four dozen of the most popular songs from Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood, covering important topics like feelings, self-control, and responsibility, all available in English and Spanish. Over 160 episode clips to watch and share with your child, modeling how Daniel Tiger and his family use these songs, available in English, Spanish, English Descriptive Audio, and Spanish Descriptive Audio. Over 220 conversation starters and tips in English and Spanish with practical ways to use Daniel Tiger songs in everyday life. The free Daniel Tiger for Parents app is based on Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood, a Fred Rogers Productions series. For decades, Fred Rogers and Mister Rogers' Neighborhood helped generations of parents and children navigate the ups and downs of everyday life. Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood and this app extend that philosophy to empower parents and caregivers with confidence in their ability to help their children learn important social and emotional skills. For more family fun with Daniel Tiger, visit pbskids.org/daniel ABOUT PBS KIDS Daniel Tiger for Parents is part of PBS KIDS' ongoing commitment to helping kids build the skills they need to succeed in school and in life. PBS KIDS, the number-one educational media brand for kids, offers all children the opportunity to explore new ideas and new worlds through television and digital media, as well as community-based programs. Privacy Across all media platforms, PBS KIDS is committed to creating a safe and secure environment for children and families and being transparent about what information is collected from users. To learn more about PBS KIDS' privacy policy, visit pbskids.org/privacy

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

Daniel Tiger for Parents4 screens
Design Squad Maker4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Design Squad Maker at 5.0 against Daniel Tiger for Parents's 3.8. Design Squad Maker also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 74%) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 17.6). Daniel Tiger for Parents's advantage is ratings volume (483 vs 2). On price, ads, 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Design Squad Maker holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Daniel Tiger for Parents has 483 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 74% of Daniel Tiger for Parents's written reviews are positive against 100% of Design Squad Maker's.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Daniel Tiger for Parents versus Design Squad Maker: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDaniel Tiger for ParentsDesign Squad Maker
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.8 (483 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews73.8% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings483 — better2
Update frequencyEvery 3 months—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS17.611.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size66 MB25 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPBS KIDSWGBH

Customer experience

Daniel Tiger for Parents

All ratings446 ratings
Positive67.5%
Neutral8.1%
Negative24.4%
Written reviews65 reviews
Positive73.8%
Neutral10.8%
Negative15.4%

Design Squad Maker

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

Bugs and requests

Daniel Tiger for Parents

Reported bugs

6 issues
  • Videos crash on iOS 12 and later versions
  • App crashes during initial load screen
  • Sound doesn't work on some devices
  • Videos don't play on iPad despite working on other devices
  • App crashes when attempting to play videos
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  • Glitchy video playback and app instability

Requested features

6 requests
  • Add more songs from the show
  • Include season and episode information for each song
  • Landscape mode support for iPad use
  • Add specific songs like 'Countdown to Calm Down' and 'Stop Stop Stop'
  • Add songs about being quiet and alone time
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  • Regular app updates with new content

Design Squad Maker

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Daniel Tiger for Parents

No in-app purchases

None

Design Squad Maker

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Daniel Tiger for Parents free?
Daniel Tiger for Parents is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Design Squad Maker free?
Design Squad Maker is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Daniel Tiger for Parents or Design Squad Maker?
Design Squad Maker is rated higher. Daniel Tiger for Parents averages 3.8 out of 5 from 483 ratings, while Design Squad Maker averages 5.0 from 2 ratings.
Do Daniel Tiger for Parents or Design Squad Maker have ads?
Neither Daniel Tiger for Parents nor Design Squad Maker shows ads.

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