Comparison

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.

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • Interactive shape activities
  • Picture-making skills development
  • Motor skill enhancement
  • Animation and sound effects
  • Multiple languages
  • Mini play-again games
Features
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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/

About

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.

Highlights
  • Cave light source simulation
  • Grade 1 physical science alignment
  • Interactive learning tool
  • Exploration of illumination methods
Features
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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?"

Screenshots

Arty Mouse Shapes4 screens
Light Up the Cave3 screens

Verdict

The call

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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

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.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

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.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Arty Mouse Shapes ships an update every 44 months, Light Up the Cave every 35 months. Both last shipped on November 3, 2026.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Arty Mouse Shapes versus Light Up the Cave: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterArty Mouse ShapesLight Up the Cave
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews33.3% of reviews—
Number of ratings11
Update frequencyEvery 44 monthsEvery 35 months — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS11.0 — better12.0
Further details — not scored
Size57 MB42 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTap Tap Tales, SLSmithsonian Institution

Customer experience

Arty Mouse Shapes

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive33.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative66.7%

Light Up the Cave

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Arty Mouse Shapes

One-time1
  • Arty Mouse Buy All$0.99
None

Light Up the Cave

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Arty Mouse Shapes free?
Arty Mouse Shapes is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Light Up the Cave free?
Light Up the Cave is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Arty Mouse Shapes or Light Up the Cave?
Arty Mouse Shapes and Light Up the Cave are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 1 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do Arty Mouse Shapes or Light Up the Cave have ads?
Arty Mouse Shapes shows ads; Light Up the Cave does not.
Which is updated more often, Arty Mouse Shapes or Light Up the Cave?
Arty Mouse Shapes ships an update every 44 months, and Light Up the Cave every 35 months. Most recently, Arty Mouse Shapes was updated on November 3, 2026 and Light Up the Cave on November 3, 2026.

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