Comparison

Otsimo | School and Classroom vs Alphablocks, How to Write

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

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Otsimo | School and Classroom

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Are you looking for an award-winning special education app that gives an early intervention tool to individuals diagnosed with learning disorders, attention deficit, autism, down syndrome, aspergers, and other special needs for your classroom? We are here for you. Otsimo | School and Classroom is mainly for schools, teachers, BCBA, BcABA’s and ABA therapists. Otsimo | School and Classroom is a complete curricular education platform, delivered as a single application. It is designed for the teachers for special needs for their special education efforts. Improve your students' skills with a lot of educational games in different categories. Created under the guidance of psychologists and special education teachers; assistive games in the app aim to teach fundamental education about core skills such as daily life objects, words, alphabet, numbers, emotions, colors, animals, and vehicles through assistive matching, drawing, choosing, ordering and sound games. “Otsimo | School and Classroom is making us nearly 50% more efficient, saving at least 70 administrative hours every year, and has improved kids’ learning performance up to 90%” M.Isik - Headmaster of Special Education Center Key features of the app: • Access a complete research-based 70+ educational games with more than 1000+ materials including AAC. • IEP supported curriculum and documentation. • Customizable for each student in your classroom. • In-depth insights to track the progress of the students. • Daily and weekly report cards of each student. • Export reports to spreadsheets or any other format.(XLS, CSV, PDF). This feature is quite handy for IEP reports. • Cross-device support. If you bought Otsimo School for an another device, you can use seamlessly. • No Wi-Fi necessary • Each activity is adaptive and delivers exercises that are at the exact level of difficulty appropriate for your student at any given point in time. Otsimo | School and Classroom consists of two separate platforms dedicated to games and settings. Student section includes ad-free educational games which are shaped individually to the user's mental development. The settings section is the platform where you have full access to the user's education program, can review user's progress, check the reports and configure difficulty settings. For students having a speech problem, Otsimo | School and Classroom has AAC which often is used in speech therapy, autism communication or special education schools. Since Otsimo games are designed according to ABA therapy, Otsimo can be used with inner peace by individuals / children having autism spectrum disorder (ASD), down syndrome, asperger syndrome, attention deficit, cerebral palsy, rett syndrome, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, motor neuron disease (MND), speech impediments, and aphasia. Research-based Otsimo based on ABA techniques of visual-visual and auditory-visual conditional discrimination and Pivotal Response Treatment that targets development of a response to multiple cues. Otsimo games are developed according to the Applied Behavior Analysis - ABA therapy which is the most widely known and trusted early intensive behavioral therapy technique for helping individuals who have learning disorders and attention deficit problems. Comprehensive support We’re there for you every step of the way. Help articles in the app are there whenever you need them. New to Otsimo? Our website has background resources in the blog section. You can also connect directly with our teacher community on our Facebook group. If you have any questions, our support team is available 7 days a week and is happy to help. For more information:Privacy Policy & Terms of Use - https://otsimo.com/legal/privacy-en.html

About

Alphablocks, How to Write

This app uses animated characters to teach children how to write letters and numbers. It features a guided learning path with pre-writing exercises, letter families, and tracing practice with rhymes. The app is designed by educational experts and is ad-free.

Highlights
  • Pre-writing line practice
  • Letter families based on shape
  • Scaffolded learning trajectory
  • Letter and numeral tracing
  • Writing rhymes for memorization
  • Adventure-based learning
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Alphablocks and Numberblocks, How to Write is a hands-on, fun way for children to learn to write, packed with brand new Writing Magic. Imagine if the letters of the alphabet and numbers came to life to teach your child how to write... This is exactly what happens in How to Write! Join your favourite characters from the hit CBeebies shows, Alphablocks and Numberblocks, as they find their way home, helping children practice fine motor skills and letter formation accompanied by catchy rhymes along the way. This app is brought to you by top educators and experts in play from the BAFTA award-winning creators of Numberblocks and Blue Zoo animation studios. How does Alphablocks and Numberblocks, How to Write help your child? "Alphablocks and Numberblocks, How to Write helps children build confidence as they practice fine motor skills covering the foundational line shapes that they will need to form letters. The journey is carefully scaffolded, taking children through generic practice lines, pre-letter lines and letter formation. A brilliant app!" Professor Kate Ruttle, Early Years Writing expert and advisor to Alphablocks Ltd. 1. Carefully scaffolded learning trajectory, designed by top literacy educators and experts in play. 2. This app is fun, educational and safe, being COPPA and GDPR-K compliant and 100% ad-free. 3. All presented through a safe, 100% ad-free, digital game for your child to explore. Featuring… - Pre-writing lines to help children practice fine motor skills. - Letters are carefully broken down into four letter families, based on similarities of shape: Bouncy, Straight Line, Curly and Zigzag letter families. - Within each letter family, letters are introduced with the simplest first, so children can build up their skills confidently. - Pre-letter lines help children to repeat the key movement in each letter and numeral, as carefully specified by our literacy experts. - Letter and numeral tracing practice, accompanied by special writing rhymes for each letter of the alphabet and numbers 0-9 help children to remember the movements! - A fun adventure, helping each Alphablock and Numberblock find their way home... and ultimately customising their home with a fun surprise! Privacy & Safety At Blue Zoo Productions Ltd. and Alphablocks Ltd., your child’s privacy and safety is the first priority for us. There are no ads in the app and we will never share personal information with any 3rd parties or sell this on. You can find out more in our Privacy Policy and Terms of Service: Privacy Policy: https://www.learningblocks.tv/privacy-policy Terms of Service: https://www.learningblocks.tv/terms-of-service

Screenshots

Otsimo | School and Classroom4 screens
Alphablocks, How to Write4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Alphablocks, How to Write at $3.99 against Otsimo | School and Classroom's $249.99. Alphablocks, How to Write also leads on ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 5 months vs every 24 months). On 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

Otsimo | School and Classroom costs $249.99 and Alphablocks, How to Write $3.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Otsimo | School and Classroom ships an update every 24 months, Alphablocks, How to Write every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on October 13, 2026 and October 23, 2026 respectively.

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Otsimo | School and Classroom versus Alphablocks, How to Write: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterOtsimo | School and ClassroomAlphablocks, How to Write
Price$249.99$3.99 — better
Rating—3.9 (24 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—55.6% of reviews
Number of ratings—24 — better
Update frequencyEvery 24 monthsEvery 5 months — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNoNo
Monetization—Paid
Best chart rank—#106 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS14.013.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size113 MB323 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperOtsimoBlue-Zoo

In-app purchases

None

Otsimo | School and Classroom

No in-app purchases

None

Alphablocks, How to Write

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Otsimo | School and Classroom free?
Otsimo | School and Classroom costs $249.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Alphablocks, How to Write free?
Alphablocks, How to Write costs $3.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do Otsimo | School and Classroom or Alphablocks, How to Write have ads?
Otsimo | School and Classroom shows ads; Alphablocks, How to Write does not.
Which is updated more often, Otsimo | School and Classroom or Alphablocks, How to Write?
Otsimo | School and Classroom ships an update every 24 months, and Alphablocks, How to Write every 5 months. Most recently, Otsimo | School and Classroom was updated on October 13, 2026 and Alphablocks, How to Write on October 23, 2026.

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