BIGBOX vs Longman English Plus
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
BIGBOX
This app offers a comprehensive English learning experience for children through engaging videos, interactive flashcards, and AI-powered speaking practice. It provides personalized recommendations and progress reports to foster self-motivated learning and boost confidence.
- Extensive video library (10,000+)
- Multimedia flashcards for vocabulary
- AI speaking practice with Monty
- Personalized video recommendations
- Game-like learning system
- Progress reports
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Boost up your kids’ confident in English! BIGBOX is all you need! BIGBOX is a customized educational service that allows users to learn English through watching videos and various mission-based learning. [Features of BIGBOX App] ■ More than 10,000 videos - Engaging videos from popular content providers - 1,300 videos (badanamu, pororo, Tobot, spookiz, and more.) - 1,700 videos of Mcgraw-Hill and Readers series of Joy Cowley - 7.400 YouTube videos selected for students (Sesame Street, Caillou, Super Simple Song, and more) (*Some videos are restricted in some countries.) ■ 3,000 Multimedia flash cards - Learn 90% of the words used in daily conversation - Collecting Word Cards after watching videos - Speaking the words you’ve collected and competing in mini games ■ 1,200 English expressions to boost your fluency - Making sentences based on Word Cards you’ve collected after watching videos and playing mini games - Practice speaking with A.I. friend Monty: Listen & Repeat, Free Talking ■ Why you should use BIGBOX - One-on-one custom video recommendations: Recommendations through the analysis of user’s age, gender, tendency, and study pattern - Self-motivated learning support: Game-like learning system such as a daily mission, word challenge, and more - Personalized progress reports [Awards] - 2019 Bett Awards Finalist, Educational Apps - 2018 Korea Internet Award - a Ministry of Science and ICT Award - 2018 App Awards Korea Education App EduTech – Grand Prize - 2017 e-learning Korea Educational Game - Excellence Award - 2017 Acquired patent for ‘English learning contents recommendation algorithm’ [Subscription Details] - $12.99 payment through for a 1-month subscription. - Paid subscriptions cannot be canceled or refunded according to the App Store policy. [App Access Permissions Notice] * Required Access Permissions BIGBOX provides access only to the essentials of the service, and the items and reasons for the service are listed below. -Save Image Authority: Temporary storage of fairy tale/nursery rhyme thumbnail images -Device ID: Save learning log data (not identifying individuals) -Device/App history: Service optimization and error confirmation ▶Official Site ∙Website : http://www.playbigbox.com ▶ Terms of Service: http://global.playbigbox.com/terms ▶ Privacy Policy: http://global.playbigbox.com/privacy [Contact us] Email: bigbox@wjcompass.com English Education Company, Compass Publishing
Longman English Plus
This educational app helps children aged 3-12 learn English through personalized learning paths and quality resources from Pearson Longman. It offers bite-sized modules for flexible learning and tracks progress in listening, speaking, reading, and writing.
- Personalized learning paths
- Placement test for recommended level
- Real-time progress reports
- Pearson Longman quality resources
- Mapped to Global Scale of English (GSE)
- Bite-size learning modules
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Longman English Plus by Pearson is an educational app designed to help young learners aged 3 to 12 learn English at home. Key features Personalised learning path: Learners can take the placement test to receive a recommended learning level, along with other personalised recommendations of learning resources. Learners can also check the real-time progress report anytime to keep track of their own learning progress. Quality learning resources from Pearson Longman: All resources are mapped to Global Scale of English (GSE), helping young learners to strengthen their ability in listening, speaking, reading and writing. Flexible and effective learning: Bite-size learning resources are carefully arranged in different modules and learning levels to provide users with easy learning anytime, anywhere. VIP会员自动续费商品声明: -订阅周期:一个月 -订阅价格:首月优惠价9.9元,次月开始每月27元 -付款:用户确认购买并付款后记入iTunes账户; -续订:苹果iTunes账户会在到期前24小时内扣款,扣款成功后订阅周期顺延一个月; -取消续订:若需取消自动续费,请在到期前至少24小时手动在iTunes/AppleID设置管理中关闭自动续订,关闭后不再扣费; -会员服务协议:https://api.fingerabc.cn/FingerABC/memberPoster/Membership_agreement2.html -订购须知: https://api.fingerabc.cn/FingerABC/memberPoster/Ordering_Information.html
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Longman English Plus at 4.7 against BIGBOX's 4.0. Longman English Plus also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 10). BIGBOX's advantage is review sentiment (82% vs 57%) and update cadence (every 2 weeks vs monthly). On price, ratings volume, ads 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
Both are free to download. BIGBOX sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. Longman English Plus asks for nothing beyond the download.
Longman English Plus holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 21 and 12 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 82% of BIGBOX's written reviews are positive against 57% of Longman English Plus's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
BIGBOX ships an update every 2 weeks, Longman English Plus monthly. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | BIGBOX | Longman English Plus |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (21 ratings) | 4.7 (12 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 82.1% of reviews — better | 56.8% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 21 — better | 12 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks — better | Monthly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 2.0 GB | 541 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Woongjin Compass, Co., Ltd. | Shanghai Royal Networking Sci & Tech Co.,Ltd. |
Customer experience
BIGBOX
Longman English Plus
In-app purchases
BIGBOX
- bigboxTV_90days$13.49
- bigboxTV_180days$26.00
- wordkingdom_90days$27.49
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- wordkingdom_360days$93.00
- readingocean_360days$125.99
Longman English Plus
No in-app purchases
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