Comparison

Teaching Guide Grade 1 vs Alphablocks, How to Write

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

Head to head
About

Teaching Guide Grade 1

This app provides music teachers with downloadable lesson plans and interactive tools to teach musical theory and skills to students in grades 1-3. It uses fun characters and a colorful world to make learning engaging and accessible.

Highlights
  • Downloadable English lesson plans
  • Interactive musical monster characters
  • Engaging musical score
  • Easy-to-use interface
  • No in-app purchases
Features
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Bring the musical magic of My Singing Monsters into your classroom with the Teaching Guide Grade 1-3: My Singing Monsters app! This educational app was developed by music teachers, for music teachers, to help students learn musical theories and skills in an interactive new way. With its downloadable step-by-step lesson plans, fun characters, and colorful world, your students will love learning music fundamentals with the Singing Monsters. FEATURES • Downloadable English lesson plans (suitable for Grade 1-3 or equivalent) • Buildable orchestra of musical Monster characters • Catchy musical score perfect for kids and adults alike • Easy-to-use interface — no IAPS required! LESSON PLANS Download our lesson plans for free at: www.bigbluebubble.com/education __________ FOLLOW MY SINGING MONSTERS Facebook: /MySingingMonsters Twitter: @SingingMonsters Instagram: @MySingingMonsters YouTube: /MySingingMonsters HELP & SUPPORT Get assistance from the Monster-Handlers at Big Blue Bubble by visiting www.bigbluebubble.com/support or contacting us in-game by navigating to Options > Support.

About

Alphablocks, How to Write

This app uses animated characters to teach children how to write letters and numbers. It features a guided learning path with pre-writing exercises, letter families, and tracing practice with rhymes. The app is designed by educational experts and is ad-free.

Highlights
  • Pre-writing line practice
  • Letter families based on shape
  • Scaffolded learning trajectory
  • Letter and numeral tracing
  • Writing rhymes for memorization
  • Adventure-based learning
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Alphablocks and Numberblocks, How to Write is a hands-on, fun way for children to learn to write, packed with brand new Writing Magic. Imagine if the letters of the alphabet and numbers came to life to teach your child how to write... This is exactly what happens in How to Write! Join your favourite characters from the hit CBeebies shows, Alphablocks and Numberblocks, as they find their way home, helping children practice fine motor skills and letter formation accompanied by catchy rhymes along the way. This app is brought to you by top educators and experts in play from the BAFTA award-winning creators of Numberblocks and Blue Zoo animation studios. How does Alphablocks and Numberblocks, How to Write help your child? "Alphablocks and Numberblocks, How to Write helps children build confidence as they practice fine motor skills covering the foundational line shapes that they will need to form letters. The journey is carefully scaffolded, taking children through generic practice lines, pre-letter lines and letter formation. A brilliant app!" Professor Kate Ruttle, Early Years Writing expert and advisor to Alphablocks Ltd. 1. Carefully scaffolded learning trajectory, designed by top literacy educators and experts in play. 2. This app is fun, educational and safe, being COPPA and GDPR-K compliant and 100% ad-free. 3. All presented through a safe, 100% ad-free, digital game for your child to explore. Featuring… - Pre-writing lines to help children practice fine motor skills. - Letters are carefully broken down into four letter families, based on similarities of shape: Bouncy, Straight Line, Curly and Zigzag letter families. - Within each letter family, letters are introduced with the simplest first, so children can build up their skills confidently. - Pre-letter lines help children to repeat the key movement in each letter and numeral, as carefully specified by our literacy experts. - Letter and numeral tracing practice, accompanied by special writing rhymes for each letter of the alphabet and numbers 0-9 help children to remember the movements! - A fun adventure, helping each Alphablock and Numberblock find their way home... and ultimately customising their home with a fun surprise! Privacy & Safety At Blue Zoo Productions Ltd. and Alphablocks Ltd., your child’s privacy and safety is the first priority for us. There are no ads in the app and we will never share personal information with any 3rd parties or sell this on. You can find out more in our Privacy Policy and Terms of Service: Privacy Policy: https://www.learningblocks.tv/privacy-policy Terms of Service: https://www.learningblocks.tv/terms-of-service

Screenshots

Teaching Guide Grade 14 screens
Alphablocks, How to Write4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Teaching Guide Grade 1 at 86% against Alphablocks, How to Write's 56%. Teaching Guide Grade 1 also leads on rating (4.2 vs 3.9) and iOS requirement (8.0 vs 13.0). Alphablocks, How to Write's advantage is price ($3.99 vs $9.99). On ratings volume, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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

Teaching Guide Grade 1 costs $9.99 and Alphablocks, How to Write $3.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Teaching Guide Grade 1 holds the better App Store score, 4.2 against 3.9. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 71 and 24 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 86% of Teaching Guide Grade 1's written reviews are positive against 56% of Alphablocks, How to Write's.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Teaching Guide Grade 1 versus Alphablocks, How to Write: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTeaching Guide Grade 1Alphablocks, How to Write
Price$9.99$3.99 — better
Rating4.2 (71 ratings) — better3.9 (24 ratings)
Positive reviews85.7% of reviews — better55.6% of reviews
Number of ratings71 — better24
Update frequency—Every 5 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS8.0 — better13.0
Further details — not scored
Size9 MB323 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBig Blue BubbleBlue-Zoo

Customer experience

Teaching Guide Grade 1

All ratings67 ratings
Positive76.1%
Neutral9.0%
Negative14.9%
Written reviews28 reviews
Positive85.7%
Neutral10.7%
Negative3.6%

Alphablocks, How to Write

All ratings22 ratings
Positive63.6%
Neutral9.1%
Negative27.3%
Written reviews9 reviews
Positive55.6%
Neutral11.1%
Negative33.3%

In-app purchases

None

Teaching Guide Grade 1

No in-app purchases

None

Alphablocks, How to Write

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Teaching Guide Grade 1 free?
Teaching Guide Grade 1 costs $9.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Alphablocks, How to Write free?
Alphablocks, How to Write costs $3.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Teaching Guide Grade 1 or Alphablocks, How to Write?
Teaching Guide Grade 1 is rated higher. Teaching Guide Grade 1 averages 4.2 out of 5 from 71 ratings, while Alphablocks, How to Write averages 3.9 from 24 ratings.
Do Teaching Guide Grade 1 or Alphablocks, How to Write have ads?
Neither Teaching Guide Grade 1 nor Alphablocks, How to Write shows ads.

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