Comparison

Letter Recognition vs Asilo

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

Head to head
About

Letter Recognition

This educational app helps children recognize letters by matching pairs of letter pebbles. It teaches letter names, sounds, and shapes through a memory game, with customizable settings for different learning levels. Designed to enhance early literacy skills, it offers a focused and engaging learning experience.

Highlights
  • Match uppercase and lowercase letters
  • Learn letter names and sounds
  • Customizable game difficulty
  • Focuses on visual and auditory learning
  • Supports early writing development
  • No ads or in-app purchases
Features
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Recognising and remembering the different forms that a letter can take increases children’s awareness as they see them in other contexts and begin to use them in their early writing. The simple game play of this visually-engaging app follows the rules of pelmanism. Select a pair of letter pebbles, hear their name and sound and watch to see if they match. If a pair is found, they remain face up. If not, they turn over. Try to remember what you saw though as you might need some of those pebbles later! When a game is over, a new set of pebbles appears with letters selected randomly. Teacher options allow you to choose what matching takes place: lowercase to lowercase, uppercase to uppercase or uppercase to lowercase. FEATURES - Learn the name and sound of each letter and its lowercase/uppercase shape - Turn a pair of pebbles to find matching letters - Use settings to choose matching options: UC-UC, lc-lc or lc-UC - Use settings to reduce/increase the number of pebbles used in a game - A Read Me file with guidance on other ways to support letter recognition in children - No third-party advertising - No in-app purchases. WHO IS YELLOW DOOR? We are a publisher offering a range of inspiring and innovative literacy and maths resources. From multisensory games to interactive software, we combine hands-on learning with open-ended technology to promote communication and language, collaborative play and creativity across the curriculum. Our aim is to produce resources that are appealing to small hands and curious minds, and that will help build an engaging, playful learning environment for all young children. OTHER APPS FROM YELLOW DOOR Pre-Writing App Letter Formation App Come Alive Traditional Tales (6 individual apps) Come Alive Nursery Rhymes Come Alive Sound and Letters Come Alive Listening. REVIEW THE APP We would love to know what you think of our new app, so please leave a review!

About

Asilo

This app offers a digital solution for childcare providers, featuring Reggio-inspired activities, curriculum, and tools for documentation and family communication. It simplifies lesson planning, tracks developmental standards, and facilitates sharing of daily reports and classroom learning.

Highlights
  • Reggio-inspired curriculum and activities
  • Digital lesson plan builder
  • Developmental standards tracking
  • Private parent newsfeed for documentation
  • Digital daily reports
  • Attendance tracking
Features
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Asilo is the developmentally appropriate childcare app you've been looking for. Features include Reggio inspired hands-on activities & curriculum, a private newsfeed for documentation and sharing, integrated daily reports, and more. Download now to check it out! Go digital with the first fully integrated digital library of Reggio-inspired curriculum, documentation and family engagement tool in one app. Access full school year curriculum and a library of 100’s of additional activities for in school and at home use, build and manage your lesson plans digitally with our lesson plan builder, easily track aligned developmental standards and observations with custom reports and easy-to-read charts, document and share classroom learning with photos and videos on a private parent newsfeed, share digital daily reports, take attendance, and more! Ditch the paper and and embrace going green. Lesson Planning - made easy. • Use our lesson plan tool to build comprehensive age appropriate lesson plans • Select from 100’s of lessons, activities, SEL prompts, classroom games and more • Schedule activities and lessons daily or months in advance • Easily share lesson plans and calendars amongst teachers and classrooms making collaboration seamless Map Early Learning Standards and Developmental Benchmarks. • Enjoy a fully aligned Reggio-inspired school year curriculum along with 100’s of custom inquiry based lessons and activities • Track children’s development across developmental domains, skills and indicators with custom reporting easily shared with families Sharing is caring. • Use our Reggio-inspired documentation tool and private community newsfeed to share daily learning moments and videos directly with families • A school newsfeed that is totally private, always secure • Tag images you share with corresponding lessons and activities to automatically include developmental standards to highlight the learning and intentionality with families Virtual Daily Reports - at your fingertips. • Send digital notifications for meals, sleep checks, toileting, activities, and mood for individual children or classrooms • Check-in children with a few taps, and digitally record drop-off and pick-up times Have more questions? We would be happy to answer them or set up a demo! Contact us at support@helloasilo.com

Screenshots

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Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Asilo at Free against Letter Recognition's $19.99. Asilo also leads on review sentiment (38% vs 0%) and update cadence (every 8 days vs every 39 months). Letter Recognition's advantage is iOS requirement (11.0 vs 15.6). On ads and in-app purchases 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

Asilo is free to download; Letter Recognition costs $19.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Letter Recognition ships an update every 39 months, Asilo every 8 days. The most recent releases landed on June 7, 2026 and September 14, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Letter Recognition versus Asilo: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLetter RecognitionAsilo
Price$19.99Free — better
Rating—4.2 (29 ratings) — better
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews37.5% of reviews — better
Number of ratings—29 — better
Update frequencyEvery 39 monthsEvery 8 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidFreemium — better
DevicesiPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS11.0 — better15.6
Further details — not scored
Size15 MB270 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperYellow Door LtdGarda Labs LLC

Customer experience

Letter Recognition

Written reviews3 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

Asilo

All ratings29 ratings
Positive79.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative20.7%
Written reviews24 reviews
Positive37.5%
Neutral4.2%
Negative58.3%

In-app purchases

None

Letter Recognition

No in-app purchases

None

Asilo

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Letter Recognition free?
Letter Recognition costs $19.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Asilo free?
Asilo is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Letter Recognition or Asilo have ads?
Neither Letter Recognition nor Asilo shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Letter Recognition or Asilo?
Letter Recognition ships an update every 39 months, and Asilo every 8 days. Most recently, Letter Recognition was updated on June 7, 2026 and Asilo on September 14, 2026.

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