ALA vs Despachamoco
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side β with what reviewers say about each.
ALA
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Technology-based approach for writing instruction *Note: This free version only includes the We Beat the Street story, the rest are available as an in-app purchase. This technology-aided instruction for writing complements Teaching to Standards: English Language Arts and is companion product for reading (Access Language Arts). Students write grade-aligned opinion paragraphs about eight adapted pieces of literature, including fiction and nonfiction. Students are supported step by step in constructing personalized paragraphs. Includes activities to improve reading comprehension and vocabulary development. Researched and proven effective in secondary classrooms. Integrate during instruction using Teaching to Standards: ELA, or use this app alone to achieve standards-aligned skills in both reading and writing. Stories include: Holes, The Outsiders, Number the Stars, Dragonwings, We Beat the Street, Neighbors, The Diary of Anne Frank, and Sadako.
Despachamoco
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Dont judge them by their appearance, the snotshakes are so great that clients are lining up. The clients will give you their order and you must serve the fractions of the flavors they request. You must be swift as you have a time limit to serve them or the clients will leave. Despachamoco: + Is a video game that requires mathematical thinking. + Is a game of numerical relations and computations: addition and subtraction of fractions. + Is directed to children of lower and middle primary grades (6 to 8 years). + Is available to be played in Spanish, English and Ukrainian. Educational content: + This educational video game will invite the player to exercise, in a visual manner, the use of a fraction as part of a unit or a whole liquid, volume. + Concepts: numerical relations of addition and subtraction of fractions with equal or different denominators. Measure: volume, liter. + If you would like to know more of the educational content of this videogame see LabTak (www.labta.mx) *** Inoma is a non-profit organization that supports education through the development and deployment of educational videogames (TAK-TAK-TAK), free of charge. These video games are developed in alignment with the official curriculum of the Ministry of Education of Mexico (SEP). They are available for use on our www.taktaktak.com platform upon registry and creation of a username and password. Despachamoco r was financed with prize money from the WeWork Creators Award Mexico City and was developed by BΓ‘sica Asesores Educativos and Inoma.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Despachamoco at none against ALA's 1. Despachamoco also leads on device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (9.0 vs 13.0). On price, update cadence and ads there is nothing between them.
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Both are free to download. ALA sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Despachamoco asks for nothing beyond the download.
ALA ships an update every 3 months, Despachamoco every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on September 17, 2026 and May 17, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | ALA | Despachamoco |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months β better | Every 5 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No β better |
| Devices | iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod β better |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 | 9.0 β better |
| Further details β not scored | ||
| Size | 352 MB | 82 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Attainment Company | Innova y Moderniza tu Aprendizaje AC |
In-app purchases
ALA
- Full Version$39.99
Despachamoco
No in-app purchases
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