Comparison

50 Things Before You're Five vs Bramble Trail

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

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About

50 Things Before You're Five

Discover 50 engaging, low-cost activities designed to boost early learning and language development for children under five. Parents and carers can create lasting memories with their little ones through fun, expert-approved experiences.

Highlights
  • 50 expert-suggested activities
  • Low-cost/no-cost experiences
  • Indoor and outdoor options
  • Focus on learning and language
  • Memory bank creation
  • Online community sharing
Features
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50 Things Before You're Five gives you 50 activities that parents and carers can support their children to try out and repeat. They are low-cost/no cost experiences that include indoor, outdoor, seasonal, home-based and out-and-about activities, that are not only fun but will get your little one off to a flying start with his/her learning and language development. Each experience has been suggested by parents, carers and professionals; sifted, developed and written up by early years experts and language specialists, to create a fabulous resource for every child under five and the grown-ups in their life! β€’ Discover: Tick-off 50 fantastic things for you and your child to experience together. β€’ Create Memories: Build a memory bank of those special moments to look back on later in life. β€’ Share: Share memories and inspire others to connect with their child’s learning through an online community Please see our website for further information: https://www.50thingstodo.org

About

Bramble Trail

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Bramble Trail turns a walk in the woods, the park, or your own back garden into a gentle scavenger hunt for curious children. Pick a habitat and how long you have. Bramble Trail sets a little list of natural things to find, a blackbird, a snail on a leaf, the smell of fresh-cut grass, and off you go together. There are no screens to stare at and nothing to rush. Just the world outside and the quiet joy of spotting something new. Every find your child makes is added to their own illustrated field journal, a growing collection of the wildlife and wonders they have discovered. Along the way they earn hand-painted badges for exploring new places and spotting more along the trail. WHAT MAKES BRAMBLE TRAIL DIFFERENT A calm, unhurried way to get outside. No timers, no pressure, no noisy rewards. Just gentle encouragement to look a little closer at the natural world. Beautiful, hand-painted illustrations of British wildlife, from garden birds and minibeasts to woodland trees and seashore finds. Designed for the whole family. Suitable for children from around three to ten, to explore together with a grown-up. Thirteen outdoor habitats to discover, including parks, woodlands, ponds, hedgerows, meadows and the seashore. Several ways to mark a find, spot it, listen for it, smell it, or take a photo, so children of different ages can all join in. BUILT WITH PRIVACY IN MIND Bramble Trail collects nothing. There are no accounts, no adverts, no tracking, and no analytics of any kind. Everything stays on your own device, and you can delete it at any time. Made by an independent developer in the UK, for families who want a little less screen and a little more outside. Head outside and find the wild things.

Screenshots

50 Things Before You're Five4 screens
Bramble Trail4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: 50 Things Before You're Five at 13.4 against Bramble Trail's 15.1. On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price Β· Rating Β· Positive reviews Β· Number of ratings Β· Update frequency Β· Ads Β· In-app purchases Β· Monetization Β· Best chart rank Β· Devices Β· Requires iOS

CostPrice Β· In-app purchases Β· Ads Β· Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

Scorecard1 real difference Β· 7 level
50 Things Before You're Five versus Bramble Trail: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
Parameter50 Things Before You're FiveBramble Trail
PriceFreeFree
Positive reviews66.7% of reviewsβ€”
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeksβ€”
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeβ€”
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod β€” betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS13.4 β€” better15.1
Further details β€” not scored
Size36 MB179 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperFrog Education LtdJames Cook105719198611

In-app purchases

None

50 Things Before You're Five

No in-app purchases

None

Bramble Trail

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is 50 Things Before You're Five free?
50 Things Before You're Five is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Bramble Trail free?
Bramble Trail is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do 50 Things Before You're Five or Bramble Trail have ads?
Neither 50 Things Before You're Five nor Bramble Trail shows ads.

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