Comparison

Time for Fun vs Sunshine Online

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

Head to head
About

Time for Fun

Features
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Time for Fun is an interactive, educational app that is designed to help students learn to read analog and digital clocks. The app presents questions related to time in the form a word problems and asks the student to provide an answer to the question using clock controls. Quiz questions are provided at 3 different levels. Sound effects and synthesized speech makes the app fun for students.

About

Sunshine Online

This educational app provides students with access to a library of leveled e-books and interactive activities designed to improve reading skills and foster a love for reading. Teachers can manage student progress and assign content, while students can personalize their reading experience with annotation tools.

Highlights
  • Access to 650+ literary e-books
  • Interactive reading tools
  • Progress tracking for teachers
  • Narration and highlighting
  • Quizzes and fluency activities
  • Math and phonics resources
Features
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A reading app for students at school and at home to access levelled e-books and activities that will help them learn to read and to enjoy reading. There is a management system for teachers to allocate the e-books to students and to track their progress on reading, literacy skills and fluency. Interactive tools within the e-book allow students to highlight, draw or add text to support their reading experience. • Gives access to 650 literary e-books, fiction and nonfiction • Additional resources include alphabet and phonics texts, songs, raps, grammar animations and 91 math texts • All e-books have narration and highlighting of the text • E-books are followed by quizzes and activities to test writing and fluency • Students can access their own library with individual login from school or at home • Selected nonfiction e-books feature short videos • 91 math e-books combine literacy and numeracy in engaging stories • Contains level 30+ texts, ideal for inquiry-based learning and STEM education • Students can record themselves reading part of the book and listen to themselves • Useful for second language students to practice their reading fluency • User-friendly class management, a video and quick guides for set up • Intuitive navigation of resources • Caters for the individual needs of every student • Students’ work history can be shared with caregivers • Produced by Sunshine Books, successful in the classroom for over 35 years

Screenshots

Sunshine Online3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Sunshine Online at Free against Time for Fun's $0.99. Sunshine Online also leads on update cadence (every 5 weeks vs every 22 months). On ads, 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

Sunshine Online is free to download; Time for Fun costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Time for Fun ships an update every 22 months, Sunshine Online every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 26, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Time for Fun versus Sunshine Online: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTime for FunSunshine Online
Price$0.99Free — better
Rating—5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—22.2% of reviews
Number of ratings—1 — better
Update frequencyEvery 22 monthsEvery 5 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
Monetization—Free
DevicesiPad, Apple TViPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS12.0 — better13.0
Further details — not scored
Size24 MB213 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperVentura Educational SystemsWENDY PYE PUBLISHING LIMITED

In-app purchases

None

Time for Fun

No in-app purchases

None

Sunshine Online

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Time for Fun free?
Time for Fun costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Sunshine Online free?
Sunshine Online is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Time for Fun or Sunshine Online have ads?
Neither Time for Fun nor Sunshine Online shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Time for Fun or Sunshine Online?
Time for Fun ships an update every 22 months, and Sunshine Online every 5 weeks. Most recently, Time for Fun was updated on October 26, 2026 and Sunshine Online on October 30, 2026.

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