Busy Box vs Squeebles Number Bonds
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Busy Box
Engage children aged 3-8 in literacy, numeracy, and coordination through 42 fun, quickfire games. Unlock new games and collect stickers by earning stars and beating the clock, or play at your own pace.
- 42 educational games
- 100 interactive stickers
- 16 achievements
- Numeracy, literacy, and coordination skills
- Configurable difficulties
- Customizable learning experience
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Leap into the amazing world of Busy Box where children aged 3-8 can practice their literacy, numeracy and co-ordination skills across an extravaganza of quickfire games. With 42 games in total to be unlocked, there is no shortage of fun to be had. Everything from counting and reading to playing tunes and splatting characters with pies! Beat the clock to win stars and build up your high score. Your stars can then be traded in to unlock more games and stickers for your interactive sticker book. Try to collect all 100 stickers! KEY FEATURES: - 42 quickfire educational games in total. - 100 interactive stickers to discover. - 16 achievements to unlock. - No in-app purchases. - Covers numeracy, literacy and co-ordination skills. - 3 configurable difficulties for different age bands. - Parents/teachers can toggle individual subjects and games on and off to customise the learning experience. - Time limit can be disabled for children who want to play at their own pace. - Plenty of fun graphics, animations and music to keep you child entertained for hours. - Designed for children ages 3 to 8. More educational games for nursery and primary school children available at www.busythings.co.uk.
Squeebles Number Bonds
This app helps primary school children aged 5-10 master core mental arithmetic skills through engaging number bond games. It offers a motivating reward system with collectible characters and dragons, alongside detailed progress tracking for parents and teachers.
- Number bonds to 10, 20, 50, 100, 1000
- Four unique game modes
- Motivating reward system
- Progress tracking for parents/teachers
- Customizable settings per child
- Offline play
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Squeebles Number Bonds helps primary school children build their core mental arithmetic skills by answering number bonds questions across a variety of game modes. The app features a motivating reward system where Squeebles characters can be won for answering questions correctly, along with dragon eggs that can be hatched to reveal baby dragons (each with their own unique personality), once enough stars have been earned. Why Number Bonds? Number bonds can also be referred to as "number pairs" or "number families". A number bond is a pair of numbers that together make up a round number, such as 6 and 4 making 10; or 8 and 12 making 20. Working towards having an instant familiarity with these much-used number bonds is the basis for going on to work confidently with more complex or challenging maths problems involving larger numbers. This app focuses on number bonds to 10, 20, 50, 100, 1000 and decimals to 1 that, in line with the UK National Curriculum, cover the different number bonds your child will be learning across their primary school years. The app consists of four unique game modes with varying difficulty levels... Balancing Act: Drag numbered eggs onto a seesaw to balance the addition or subtraction questions. Number Smash: Select as many pairs of numbers as you can in the time limit, in an ever-changing grid of colourful sliding blocks. River Crossing: Lay numbered tiles across a river to make a bridge. The first number on each newly laid tile must form a number bond with the last number of the previous tile. Timed Quiz: Answer as many number bond questions as you can within a one or three minute time limit. Reward System: - 28 Squeebles characters to win. - 18 dragon eggs to earn and hatch into baby dragons. - Each dragon egg can be hatched by sprinkling a different number of stars on it. - Stars are earned by answering questions correctly. - Each animated Squeeble and dragon has its own personality and unique stats. - 5 of the dragons within the app were designed by our competition winners. Parent / Teacher Features: - A password-protected parent / teacher area allows adults to track progress and view stats for each child. - All progress is stored on the device, so no internet connection or child passwords are required. - Unlimited child accounts can be set up - Overall stats and daily stats for each game can be viewed on a per-child basis, allowing you to get a clear idea of how each child is progressing over time - Settings can be altered for each child, including the ability to lock certain number bonds, switch on or off the Open Dyslexic font, show or hide the countdown timer, and display text in UK or US English. Child-friendly Features: As with all our apps, Squeebles Number Bonds contains no in-app purchases, no subscription fees, no adverts and no links to the internet of any kind. This is a completely self-contained application. Finally... If you have any suggestions, comments or questions, you can e-mail us on info@keystagefun.co.uk and we will get back to you as soon as we can, usually within 1 working day, often sooner.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Busy Box at 4.7 against Squeebles Number Bonds's 4.3. Busy Box also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 75%) and price ($1.99 vs $3.99). On ads, in-app purchases, monetization model 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
Busy Box costs $1.99 and Squeebles Number Bonds $3.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Busy Box holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 12 and 3 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of Busy Box's written reviews are positive against 75% of Squeebles Number Bonds's.
| Parameter | Busy Box | Squeebles Number Bonds |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $1.99 — better | $3.99 |
| Rating | 4.7 (12 ratings) — better | 4.3 (3 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 75.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 12 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | — | Monthly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 | 8.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 67 MB | 104 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Busy Things Limited | KeyStageFun |
Customer experience
Busy Box
Squeebles Number Bonds
In-app purchases
Busy Box
No in-app purchases
Squeebles Number Bonds
No in-app purchases
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