Comparison

123 Numbers vs Photo Play (for Families)

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

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About

123 Numbers

This app offers a fun and engaging way for toddlers and preschoolers to learn numbers, tracing, and counting. It features bright, colorful games with interactive elements and collectible stickers to motivate young learners. Parents can customize games to suit their child's needs in a safe, ad-free environment.

Highlights
  • Number tracing games
  • Counting exercises
  • Number matching activities
  • Fill in the blank number sequences
  • Collectible stickers
  • Customizable game options
Features
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Learning is fun again with 123 Numbers - Count & Tracing, the best numbers educational app for children! Help your toddler or preschool child learn the numbers, tracing, counting and more with this easy to use app designed for kids and parents to play together. 123 Numbers features bright, colorful games that teach while children play, making it easy to learn basic number and counting knowledge from a convenient all-in-one app. Each game in 123 Numbers features fun graphics and sounds as well as collectible stickers to encourage children to learn every single day. Parents can also customize each game to suit their child’s needs. But best of all, 123 Numbers is FREE to download and enjoy. There are no third party ads or in-app purchases, just a safe and fun environment for kids to learn in. 123 Numbers is packed with fun learning games for kids: Number Tracing – Learn the shapes of numbers with this colorful beginner’s mini-game. Kids follow the bright arrow guides to trace shapes on the screen. Easy! Learn to Count – Several types of objects will be displayed on the screen. Children count the objects and tap on each one to learn numbers individually. Number Matching – A number is displayed in a balloon at the top of the screen. Kids will recognize the number and drag the correct solution from the bottom of the screen. Fill in the Blank - An advanced game that shows numbers in a sequence with a blank spot at the end. Kids fill in the blank to complete the sequence. 123 Numbers is a fun-filled app that’s perfect for preschool, toddler and kindergarten kids. Parents will love the customizable game options and focus on learning, but children will be captivated by the bright graphics, fun sound effects, collectible stickers and entertaining games. Note to Parents: When working on 123 Numbers, we wanted to create the best and most entertaining educational experience possible. We’re parents ourselves and know how paywalls, third party advertisements, and in-app purchases can be frustrating obstacles to the learning process. To combat this, we included all the features of a paid app into a single preschool friendly package, making it easy for parents and kids to sit down and enjoy. It’s exactly the kind of educational app we wanted for our own children, and we think your family will like it, too! Thanks, and happy learning! - The parents at RV AppStudios

About

Photo Play (for Families)

This app helps families develop early literacy skills through interactive play and conversation using personal photos. It encourages dialogue and language development by engaging children with everyday objects and memories.

Highlights
  • Interactive photo-based conversations
  • Develops early literacy skills
  • Encourages dialogue and language development
  • Use personal family photographs
  • Decorate and play hide-and-seek with photos
  • Designed for caregiver-child interaction
Features
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Critical pre-literacy skills are developed long before elementary school — through play and interactive conversations with caregivers at home. Free early-literacy apps from the Harvard Graduate School of Education (HGSE) are made for parents and caregivers to use with their children to encourage fun and rewarding interactions and promote dialogue — giving children the foundations they need to read, learn, and thrive. Welcome to Photo Play — a fun and creative way to get families talking! Just by talking with your little one — and helping them talk with you — you can get them ready to read and ready to learn about the world. This app is specially designed for you and your child to use together, talking and laughing about everyday objects and interactions as you play. In Photo Play, you'll use your own family photographs and memories to develop conversations and early literacy skills with your children. Choose a photo and have fun drawing on it, decorating it with stickers, playing hide and seek with it, and talking about people and events you see in the image. Photo Play can help you build your child's language skills even when you've put the app down, during everyday activities like going shopping, running errands, or walking to the playground. Photo Play will give you plenty to talk about all day! Photo Play is a product of the Reach Every Reader initiative at the Harvard Graduate School of Education, in collaboration with FableVision Studios. Check out HGSE’s related apps, Small Wonders and Animal Antics — equally fun, and equally ready to spark conversation and lay the foundations for reading! To learn more, and for information about privacy and updates, visit http://hgse.me/apps.

Screenshots

123 Numbers4 screens
Photo Play (for Families)4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: 123 Numbers at 4.5 against Photo Play (for Families)'s 3.0. 123 Numbers also leads on ratings volume (2.6K vs 2). Photo Play (for Families)'s advantage is iOS requirement (11.4 vs 13.0). 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

123 Numbers holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: 123 Numbers has 2.6K ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
123 Numbers versus Photo Play (for Families): the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
Parameter123 NumbersPhoto Play (for Families)
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (2.6K ratings) — better3.0 (2 ratings)
Positive reviews83.8% of reviews
Number of ratings2.6K — better2
Update frequencyFortnightly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS13.011.4 — better
Further details — not scored
Size398 MB158 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperRV AppStudios LLCHarvard University

Customer experience

123 Numbers

All ratings2,632 ratings
Positive86.0%
Neutral7.6%
Negative6.4%
Written reviews99 reviews
Positive83.8%
Neutral4.0%
Negative12.1%

Photo Play (for Families)

All ratings2 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%

In-app purchases

None

123 Numbers

No in-app purchases

None

Photo Play (for Families)

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is 123 Numbers free?
123 Numbers is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Photo Play (for Families) free?
Photo Play (for Families) is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, 123 Numbers or Photo Play (for Families)?
123 Numbers is rated higher. 123 Numbers averages 4.5 out of 5 from 2.6K ratings, while Photo Play (for Families) averages 3.0 from 2 ratings.
Do 123 Numbers or Photo Play (for Families) have ads?
Neither 123 Numbers nor Photo Play (for Families) shows ads.

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