Comparison

Imagine Learning Student vs Number Island 2

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

Head to head
About

Imagine Learning Student

This app offers interactive lessons and activities for Pre-K to 6th graders to improve language and literacy skills. It provides a personalized learning path with thousands of engaging, research-based exercises covering letters, phonics, reading, and vocabulary. Designed for English language learners, struggling readers, and young children, it makes learning fun through gamified experiences.

Highlights
  • Personalized learning paths
  • Thousands of interactive activities
  • Covers letters, phonics, reading, vocabulary
  • Gamified learning experiences
  • Supports English language learners
  • Progress tracking for students
Features
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Imagine Language & Literacy® harnesses the power of technology to teach language and literacy to students around the world through engaging, interactive instruction. This mobile app is a companion to Imagine Learning's cloud-based services which allows students and teachers to have flexible access to the extensive curriculum activities. Imagine Language & Literacy lessons and activities are designed for Pre-K through 6th grade students. A personalized learning path differentiates instruction and boosts student achievement for English language learners, struggling readers, early childhood students, and students with disabilities. Imagine Language & Literacy includes thousands of fun, interactive, research-based activities, so students have fun while learning! Build a crazy monster while learning the alphabet. Play basketball while learning to spell. Free aliens by identifying the correct letter. Learn to read more than 250 books and articles. Children encounter activities in four main areas: letters, phonological awareness, reading, and vocabulary. Instruction is offered in a variety of literacy skills including letter recognition, reading comprehension, idiom comprehension, vocabulary development, phonic rules, spelling, rhyming, and phoneme segmentation. Please note this app will not work without being assigned a site code specific to your school or district. Please visit http://support.imaginelearning.com for information about System Requirements and Release Notes.

About

Number Island 2

Features
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The same little fox has grown up and sailed off to a brand-new archipelago! **Number Island 2** picks up right where the original left off — addition within 10 — and takes kids further into subtraction within 10, the 1–20 number line, making ten, and addition/subtraction with carrying and borrowing within 20. **Six islands, six hands-on ways to play** Every island introduces a brand-new gesture-based activity, turning abstract math into something kids can touch, drag, and manipulate: - Island 1 — Story Addition: fruit and shells appear in two groups, then combine so kids can count the total - Island 2 — Take Away: drag objects off-screen and count what's left to practice subtraction - Island 3 — Number Line: hop the fox along a number line, connecting quantity to position - Island 4 — Ten-Frame: fill a ten-frame grid with objects to practice "making a ten" - Island 5 — Carry Bridge: move pieces from a second tray to fill the first, discovering how carrying works - Island 6 — Borrow Cave: break a bundle of ten into loose pieces, discovering how borrowing works **Try before you decide, honestly labeled** All 10 levels of Island 1 (Story Addition) are open to everyone — enough to fully experience the core gameplay. When you finish Island 1 or want to unlock more, you'll see a single in-app purchase option that unlocks Islands 2 through 6, all at once. It's a one-time purchase, not a subscription — no ads, and no repeated purchase pop-ups. **Designed for kids, with parents in mind** - Bilingual (Mandarin Chinese and English) voice narration guides every step — kids can play without needing to read - No failure states: wrong answers get a gentle nudge to try again, never a penalty or a dead end - Every level's first completion earns a sticker, building toward a 60-sticker collection - A parental gate (a two-digit multiplication problem) sits in front of the purchase screen to prevent accidental buys - **We collect no personal data, show no ads, and use no third-party analytics or tracking** — parents can hand this over with confidence Recommended ages: 5–7, bridging preschool and first-grade math.

Screenshots

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Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Imagine Learning Student at none against Number Island 2's 1. Imagine Learning Student also leads on iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). On price, update cadence, ads 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

Both are free to download. Number Island 2 sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Imagine Learning Student asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Imagine Learning Student ships an update fortnightly, Number Island 2 monthly. The most recent releases landed on November 11, 2026 and November 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Imagine Learning Student versus Number Island 2: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterImagine Learning StudentNumber Island 2
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.2 (1K ratings) — better—
Positive reviews36.4% of reviews—
Number of ratings1K — better—
Update frequencyFortnightly — betterMonthly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPadiPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS15.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size99 MB266 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperImagine Learning, Inc.YUCHEN CHANG

Bugs and requests

Imagine Learning Student

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Frequent crashes and log-outs
  • Incorrect scoring/grading in activities
  • Compatibility issues on certain devices
  • Syncing/progress issues when switching devices

Requested features

4 requests
  • More engaging and challenging content for older students
  • Improved stability and fewer bugs
  • Faster pacing and less repetition
  • Better customization options

Number Island 2

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Imagine Learning Student

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Number Island 2

One-time1
  • Unlock All Islands$3.99

Questions

Is Imagine Learning Student free?
Imagine Learning Student is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Number Island 2 free?
Number Island 2 is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Imagine Learning Student or Number Island 2 have ads?
Neither Imagine Learning Student nor Number Island 2 shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Imagine Learning Student or Number Island 2?
Imagine Learning Student ships an update fortnightly, and Number Island 2 monthly. Most recently, Imagine Learning Student was updated on November 11, 2026 and Number Island 2 on November 10, 2026.

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