Comparison

Learn to Read & Save Animals vs Matholotl

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

Head to head
About

Learn to Read & Save Animals

This educational game helps children aged 4-7 learn to read English using phonics. Kids rescue animals by learning letters and forming words, understanding pronunciation rules subconsciously. It offers progressive difficulty levels to build reading skills.

Highlights
  • Phonics-based English reading instruction
  • Interactive letter and word learning
  • Animal rescue theme
  • Progressive difficulty levels
  • Subconscious pronunciation rule learning
Features
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“Learn to Read & Save the Animals” – is an educational game for kids from 4 to 7 years who learn how to read in English. The evil Snow Queen has frozen the letters of the English alphabet and the poor animals were taken into the icy captivity. Only your smart kid can save the animals. In order to do that your child has to learn English letters and combine them into words, which represent the names of the captured animals. It’s not a big secret that many kids can face difficulties learning to read in English, because English letters in real words have different pronunciation rules in comparison with their sounds in the English alphabet. “Learn to Read & Save the Animals” educational game offers efficient Phonics techniques in order to learn how to read in English. During the process of playing the educational game the children will hear the sound of each English letter in exactly the same way as it’s pronounced in the shown word. It allows your child to understand the rules of English word reading on the subconscious level. Kid will simply feel how to pronounce the English words, without suffering and trying to find the transcription of the word in thick English dictionaries. The game offers 3 educational levels free of charge. The full version contains the total of 16 educational levels allocated by the level of complexity. Words of the very first level contain just 2 or letters, while the words of the last level may have up to 7 or even 8 letters.

About

Matholotl

Features
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Matholotl is a joyful math learning app for kids ages 5–10 — starring Splashy, a curious cartoon axolotl who lives in a sun-dappled 3D pond world. Instead of drilling flashcards, Matholotl blends math practice into play: ADVENTURE MODE Steer Splashy around a hand-crafted 3D lake world. Splash past turtles, frogs, and ducks. Chase golden crawfish "Power Ups" for speed bursts, silver crawfish for jump powers, and bronze crawfish for a giant mode. Ride rainbows between lakes. Bounce off geysers. Every creature and hot spring greets your kid with a spoken math fact. ARCADE MODE Over 20 bite-sized mini-games covering counting, addition, subtraction, multiplication, patterns, shapes, and more. Games adapt to your child's current skill tier, so 5-year-olds get 1+1 while 10-year-olds gets fractions and negative numbers. AXOLOTL FAMILY Unlock up to 5 axolotl friends by earning stars. Give each one a name, dress them in hats (crowns, wizard hats, space helmets, and more), pick their voice, and let your kid build his/her own little pet-collection story. TCG CARD COLLECTION Complete mini-games, and defeat boss-levels to earn card packs. Rip the packs and collect illustrated math- and axolotl-themed trading cards across a rotating series, each with rare "Full Art" variants — like a photo album your kid actually wants to fill. PARENT-FRIENDLY BY DESIGN • No ads. • No in-app purchases. • No subscriptions. • No account, no login, no data collection. • Everything stored locally on the device. • Parent settings behind a 2-second child-lock (adjust difficulty tier, reset progress, mute music). WHY MATHOLOTL? Because math learning shouldn't feel like homework. A kid who loves his/her axolotl companion and can't wait to rip the next card pack is a kid who keeps coming back to practice.

Screenshots

Learn to Read & Save Animals4 screens
Matholotl4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Matholotl at none against Learn to Read & Save Animals's 1. Learn to Read & Save Animals's advantage is iOS requirement (12.0 vs 26.4). On price, 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. Learn to Read & Save Animals sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Matholotl asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Learn to Read & Save Animals versus Matholotl: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLearn to Read & Save AnimalsMatholotl
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (510 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews85.3% of reviews—
Number of ratings510 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 37 months—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS12.0 — better26.4
Further details — not scored
Size142 MB64 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperCLEVERBIT LTDNikolaus Buenning

Bugs and requests

Learn to Read & Save Animals

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Family sharing not working
  • Full version won't open

Requested features

2 requests
  • Add music
  • Pronounce animal names

Matholotl

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Learn to Read & Save Animals

One-time1
  • Full Game$4.99
None

Matholotl

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Learn to Read & Save Animals free?
Learn to Read & Save Animals is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Matholotl free?
Matholotl is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Learn to Read & Save Animals or Matholotl have ads?
Neither Learn to Read & Save Animals nor Matholotl shows ads.

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