Rally Reader vs SkipCounting
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Rally Reader
This app offers a vast digital library of popular books and provides real-time feedback and motivation to help children become confident readers. It features AI-powered support, progress tracking, and engaging games to foster a love for reading.
- Extensive digital library of 50,000+ books
- AI-powered real-time reading feedback
- Personalized progress tracking dashboard
- Motivational streaks and badges
- Stress-free reading practice
- Family sharing with individual dashboards
- Offline reading mode
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Rally Reader brings joy to the Science of Reading and gives students the practice they need to become great readers. Rally is the only literacy tool with a powerful triple advantage: a nearly limitless supply of the best books on the market, real-time reading feedback, and the best tools to motivate kids to keep reading. Rally offers in digital format over 50,000 books from top global publishers (Penguin Random House, Scholastic, Disney, Hachette, etc.), a personalized reading coach, and a platform where students want to spend their time and feel safe making mistakes and growing. The result? Rapid growth for every kind of reader that puts kids on the path to a lifetime of loving to read. HOW IT WORKS Kids Pick: Choose from 50,000+ popular books from top publishers with unlimited previews. Practice: Read aloud and get gentle, real-time error correction without stress. Track Progress of every word read: Monitor progress on a personalized dashboard. KEY FEATURES Digital Literacy Support Software: Tracks accuracy, identifies errors, and provides real-time help, including pronunciation. Motivation: Earn streaks and badges to build good reading habits. Stress-Free Reading: Practice reading aloud without the pressure. Family Sharing: Share books with siblings and each child gets a personalized dashboard. Focus & Goals: Dashboard shows reading time, speed, accuracy, and persistence. Different Reading Modes: Read aloud or silently, even offline. Parent Cheerleaders: Parents celebrate successes without having to be the coach. Magic Words: Learn the 1,000 most common words with the Word Wiz game. Cost: This award-winning app is FREE, just pay for the books your kids love. DESIGNED FOR ALL TYPES OF STUDENTS, including those with dyslexia or other learning differences.
SkipCounting
Practice counting by various increments with this educational tool. Select a number and tap to advance through the sequence. Easily reset to start a new counting exercise.
- Practice counting by twos, fours, sixes, and more
- Select any starting number
- Tap to advance through counting sequences
- Easily reset for new exercises
- Simple and intuitive interface
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Want to practice counting by twos, fours, or sixes? Skip Counting will help you with those and more! Simply choose a number and tap to count. You can start over with a new number any time you need!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: SkipCounting at 5.0 against Rally Reader's 4.4. SkipCounting also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 16) and review sentiment (100% vs 81%). Rally Reader's advantage is ratings volume (52 vs 3). On price, ads, 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
Both are free to download. Rally Reader sells 16 one-off in-app purchases. SkipCounting asks for nothing beyond the download.
SkipCounting holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Rally Reader has 52 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 81% of Rally Reader's written reviews are positive against 100% of SkipCounting's.
| Parameter | Rally Reader | SkipCounting |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (52 ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 81.3% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 52 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 15.5 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 301 MB | 15 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Rally Reader | Grand Prairie Independent School District |
Customer experience
Rally Reader
SkipCounting
In-app purchases
Rally Reader
- Book Credit 1$0.99
- Book Credit 2$1.99
- Book Credit 3$2.99
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- Book Credit 4$3.99
- Book Credit 5$4.99
- Book Credit 6$5.99
- Book Credit 7$6.99
- Book Credit 8$7.99
- Book Credit 9$8.99
- $9.99 Book Credit Top-up$9.99
- Book Credit 11$10.99
- Book Credit 13$12.99
- Book Credit 15$14.99
- $19.99 Book Credit Top-up$19.99
- Book Credit 40$39.99
- $49.99 Book Credit Top-up$49.99
SkipCounting
No in-app purchases
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