Pocketpedia! vs Readaboo
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Pocketpedia!
This app offers an interactive picture book experience for children to learn new words through engaging illustrations, sounds, and quizzes. It tracks memorization progress and includes various educational games to reinforce learning.
- Interactive picture book with illustrations and sounds
- Quiz-based learning and memorization tracking
- Progress monitoring via parental control screen
- Native speaker voiceovers for pronunciation
- Over 1000 illustrations and photos across 30+ categories
- Age-appropriate content updates
- Educational games including alphabet and clock learning
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The definitive edition of a picture book for kids! With cute illustrations and sounds, you can learn more and more words. ■Remember by quiz! After preparing with pictures, we will review it with a quiz. If you answer the quiz continuously, the illustrations you remember will be recorded. ■Feel the growth! You can check the number of memorized illustrations on the parental control screen. The growth of a child up to 6 years old is displayed in an easy-to-understand graph. ■Remember by voice! Kids can study alone, helping parents who are busy working and raising children. All languages are handled by professional voice actors who are active in various fields. The pronunciation is also a native speaker, so you can rest assured. [English] Maxwell Powers Appeared in NHK language programs and many famous TV commercials in Japan! [Chinese(Simplified)] Seira Ryu In charge of narrating NHK language programs and voice actors of popular animation in Japan! [Chinese(Traditional)] Wu Yuling A famous Taiwanese professional voice actor. Many appearances in famous animation such as "Dragon Ball"! [Japanese] Kenta Matsumoto Appeared on many popular children's programs in Japan, such as "Elmo" on "Sesame Street"! ■Huge number of illustrations and photos! There are more than 30 types of categories and more than 1000 types of illustrations. You can check not only the illustrations but also the photos, so you can enjoy twice as much! ■Step up according to the age of month! Every month, illustrations that match the age of the month are added in order. Appropriate illustrations will be added based on the learning data of many children. ■Many educational games! Once you have learned the words, try the educational games. Alphabet, how to read the clock, cooking, nervous breakdown, etc. Games that are fun to learn are in one app. ■Terms of use https://www.ahiru.co.jp/tac/en/terms_of_use.html ■Privacy policy https://www.ahiru.co.jp/tac/en/privacy_policy.html
Readaboo
This app helps young children learn to read through interactive word and letter practice. It features colorful graphics, pleasant audio, and mini-games to make learning engaging for kids aged three and up. The difficulty can be adjusted, and multiple languages are supported.
- Interactive word and letter practice
- Reinforces learning with letter-by-letter audio
- Colorful graphics and pleasant audio effects
- Mini-games for fun learning
- Adjustable difficulty levels
- Supports multiple languages
- Offline play
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Learn to read with Readaboo! READABOO is made for kids to practice words and letters. Readaboo reads the words out letter by letter to reinforce learning in a fun and interactive way. It’s best suited for kids three years and older. Readaboo is fun to play, with colourful graphics and pleasant audio effects. BACKSTORY Readaboo started as a birthday gift for little two-year-old Kiira. She was super interested in colourful magnetic letters and enjoyed playing with them. We want to spread this same enthusiasm for learning and hope that you and your kids enjoy the lifelong journey together with Readaboo. PLAY & LEARN Readaboo has many words and categories to explore. Additional mini-games make the learning fun. The difficulty level can be increased from the settings to hide word hints or add extra letters. Readaboo supports multiple languages too. Please note that Readaboo offers a free 30 minute try out to test all of the features. The full content is available as an in-app purchase. PRIVACY We do not collect data on Readaboo’s use. There are no advertisements and Readaboo can be played offline. SHARE If you find Readaboo fun and educative please share the word. As a small team, we appreciate the effort and it helps a lot! FEEDBACK If you are experiencing any issues, have feedback or want to contact us please email us readaboo@uova.fi Let’s learn together! #readabooapp
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Pocketpedia! at 5.0 against Readaboo's 4.6. Pocketpedia! also leads on update cadence (monthly vs every 5 months). Readaboo's advantage is ratings volume (8 vs 1). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Pocketpedia! sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $4.49 per month and Readaboo sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Pocketpedia! holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Readaboo has 8 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Pocketpedia! ships an update monthly, Readaboo every 5 months. Both last shipped on November 3, 2026.
| Parameter | Pocketpedia! | Readaboo |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | 4.6 (8 ratings) |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 8 — better |
| Update frequency | Monthly — better | Every 5 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 342 MB | 98 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | AHIRU CO., LTD. | Uova Oy |
Customer experience
Pocketpedia!
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In-app purchases
Pocketpedia!
- Language plan (1-Month)7 Days trial$4.491 Month
- Extention plan (1-Month)7 Days trial$4.491 Month
- Extention plan (1-Year)7 Days trial$46.991 Year
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- Language plan (1-Year)7 Days trial$46.991 Year
Readaboo
- Readaboo$12.99
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