Comparison

Fidel Guide vs Askuala Educational Games

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

Head to head
About

Fidel Guide

This app serves as a quick reference for the Ethiopian alphabet, allowing users to hear native pronunciation and search for characters. It's designed for those looking to learn to read and pronounce the Ethiopian script.

Highlights
  • Ethiopian alphabet reference
  • Native speaker pronunciation audio
  • Search by English or Ethiopian character
  • Ad-free experience
  • Future Amharic numbers and phrases
Features
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Fidel Guide is a quick reference for the Ethiopian alphabet. Using Fidel Guide you will be able to hear a native speaker's pronunciation of the Ethiopian alphabet. You can search for Ethiopian characters in English, or if you have an Ethiopian keyboard installed, you can search directly with the character you want to find. This is the perfect reference app for those who want to learn to read and pronounce the Ethiopian alphabet. Fidel guide is available on both iPhone and iPad and will never have ads! In following versions there will be Amharic numbers, and basic phrases! Special thanks to Hana Seyoum and Selam Alemayehu!

About

Askuala Educational Games

This app offers a collection of 11 educational games designed to teach Amharic language basics. It focuses on letter writing, recognition, pronunciation, and word building through interactive tracing, matching, and puzzle activities.

Highlights
  • Amharic letter tracing and writing practice
  • Letter sound recognition and identification
  • Word matching with visual aids
  • Letter sequence and fill-in-the-blank games
  • Interactive puzzles for letter shapes
  • Voice playback for letters and words
Features
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Askuala 11 in 1 Educational Games is intended for kids, lower graders, Ethiopian diaspora and anyone who want to learn Amharic listening, reading and writing basics 1. Tracing : learn and exercise Amharic letters writing through a very accurate tracing game. use the hand guide, numbering and the guide dots to learn the steps of writing each letter. you can use a multi-color writer to exercise the tracing. 2. Letter Voices: Click on each letter on the alphabets panel and be able to count all the 231 main letters with voice and identify the shape ,voice and sequence of letters. 3. Matching: Match pictorially presented words (object, item names ...) with their corresponding starting letters and learn words and test if you are able to identify the starting letter of the words. The matching line can start from a letter or picture and extend to the other side. You can click on a picture to listen its representing word by voice. 4. Train game: Load the train with the missing letter in a sequence. The sequence question can be a vertical 33 houses or horizontal 7 house question. This game enables exercising and mastering letters sequence. 5. Where am I: identify the letter of a playing voice from the options. It will help enhance the skill of identifying letters by voice. 6. Fill in the blanks: fill the blanks in a word from the option of letters to make a complete word. This makes sure you learn words and test your ability of identifying letters and their role in a word. 7. Puzzle: Drag and match a letter from the options panel to the resembling hollow letter shape on the play board. This will help exercise identification of letters shape and letters voice. the letters on the right panel are clickable and will play the voice of the letter on a click event. Note: All object names will play voices up on clicking the object. Master letters shape, letters voice and words, enhance your Amharic writing and reading skill, master the basics !! Askuala Educational Game High quality, fast, easy to use, well tested, playable, and most importantly a lovable Ethiopian educational game for kids and those who want to master Amharic alphabets and basics We foresee to grow as a digital school !!

Screenshots

Fidel Guide4 screens
Askuala Educational Games4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Fidel Guide at 95% against Askuala Educational Games's 33%. Fidel Guide also leads on rating (4.6 vs 4.0) and ads (none vs shown). On price, in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Fidel Guide holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Fidel Guide has 29 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 95% of Fidel Guide's written reviews are positive against 33% of Askuala Educational Games's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Fidel Guide ships an update weekly, Askuala Educational Games every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 12, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Fidel Guide versus Askuala Educational Games: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFidel GuideAskuala Educational Games
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (29 ratings) — better4.0 (3 ratings)
Positive reviews95.0% of reviews — better33.3% of reviews
Number of ratings29 — better3
Update frequencyWeekly — betterEvery 2 months
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree — betterAd-supported
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS11.0 — better12.0
Further details — not scored
Size22 MB456 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMikael MengistuNega Adugna

Customer experience

Fidel Guide

All ratings29 ratings
Positive89.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative10.3%
Written reviews20 reviews
Positive95.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative5.0%

Askuala Educational Games

All ratings3 ratings
Positive66.7%
Neutral33.3%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive33.3%
Neutral66.7%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Fidel Guide

No in-app purchases

None

Askuala Educational Games

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Fidel Guide free?
Fidel Guide is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Askuala Educational Games free?
Askuala Educational Games is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Fidel Guide or Askuala Educational Games?
Fidel Guide is rated higher. Fidel Guide averages 4.6 out of 5 from 29 ratings, while Askuala Educational Games averages 4.0 from 3 ratings.
Do Fidel Guide or Askuala Educational Games have ads?
Askuala Educational Games shows ads; Fidel Guide does not.
Which is updated more often, Fidel Guide or Askuala Educational Games?
Fidel Guide ships an update weekly, and Askuala Educational Games every 2 months. Most recently, Fidel Guide was updated on October 12, 2026 and Askuala Educational Games on October 7, 2026.

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