Arty Mouse Shapes vs Light Up the Cave
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Arty Mouse Shapes
This animated app helps children aged 3-6 develop early learning skills in shape identification and creative picture-making. It features 12 interactive activities and mini-games designed to build confidence and motor skills for writing.
- Interactive shape activities
- Picture-making skills development
- Motor skill enhancement
- Animation and sound effects
- Multiple languages
- Mini play-again games
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Arty Mouse loves to get stuck into fun creative activities, which is why he is always smiling! He is the perfect enthusiastic mentor for young children just getting to grips with early learning concepts. In Arty Mouse Shapes, Arty Mouse and his colourful friends engage, enthuse and empower little learners, helping to fast-track them in key early learning shape identification and picture-making skills. This fun animated app for boys and girls aged 3 to 6 has 12 exciting interactive shape activities to choose from, with mini play-again games to discover within each one. Covering a selection of shape-related skills including identifying, drawing, completing and manipulating to create pictures, this app also helps to develop important motor skills for learning to write. Part of the award-winning Arty Mouse Early Learning Through Art product family. Get going with Arty Mouse and create with shapes! Over 1 million Arty Mouse books sold worldwide. KEY FEATURES • Animation • Available in 7 languages: English, Spanish, French, Italian, German and Russian. • Sound effects • Featuring Arty Mouse and his colourful friends • 12 fun themed activities to choose from • Numerous mini games to play again and again to develop confidence with shapes • Proven educational content • Encourages creative play on and off screen • Ideal for children aged 3 to 6 • Free app download including open content and in-app purchases. For more detailed information about Arty Mouse Shapes App, please visit: http://www.taptaptales.com Tap Tap Tales also has other applications such as Hello Kitty, Maya The Bee, Smurfs, Vic The viking, Shaun the Sheep, Tree Fu Tom, Heidi, Caillou and Care Bears. In Tap Tap Tales we care about your opinion. For this reason, we encourage you to rate this app and if you have any comments please send them to our e-mail address: hello@taptaptales.com. Web: http://www.taptaptales.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/taptaptales Twitter: @taptaptales Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/taptaptales Our Mision Bringing joy to children and contributing to their development through the creation and publication of amazing interactive adventures full of fun educational activities. Motivating and helping the kids to accomplish the tasks of the educational game. Learning and growing with our users, adapting to their needs and sharing happy moments with them. Helping parents and teachers in their educational and caring endeavors with young children, offering them top-quality, state-of-the-art learning applications. Our Privacy Policy http://www.taptaptales.com/en_US/privacy-policy/
Light Up the Cave
Explore different light sources within a simulated dark cave environment. This educational tool is designed to align with grade 1 physical science curriculum, focusing on how we can illuminate our surroundings.
- Cave light source simulation
- Grade 1 physical science alignment
- Interactive learning tool
- Exploration of illumination methods
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This simulation allows users to test various light sources in a dark cave. This resource is aligned with the Smithsonian Science for the Classroom grade 1 physical science module, "How Can We Light Our Way in the Dark?"
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Light Up the Cave at none against Arty Mouse Shapes's 1. Light Up the Cave also leads on ads (none vs shown). On price, rating, ratings volume and update cadence 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. Arty Mouse Shapes sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Light Up the Cave asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Arty Mouse Shapes against 5.0 for Light Up the Cave. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively.
Arty Mouse Shapes ships an update every 44 months, Light Up the Cave every 35 months. Both last shipped on November 3, 2026.
| Parameter | Arty Mouse Shapes | Light Up the Cave |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 33.3% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 44 months | Every 35 months — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 12.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 57 MB | 42 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Tap Tap Tales, SL | Smithsonian Institution |
Customer experience
Arty Mouse Shapes
Light Up the Cave
In-app purchases
Arty Mouse Shapes
- Arty Mouse Buy All$0.99
Light Up the Cave
No in-app purchases
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