Ellou vs PythonCrafted
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Ellou
This app offers an endless supply of unique coloring pages for young children. It provides a relaxing and engaging experience with calm music and a variety of themes. The app is designed for easy play and can be enjoyed offline.
- Endless unique coloring pages
- Offline play
- Relaxing music
- Easy for toddlers
- No third-party ads
- In-app purchase packages
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All of our apps do not collect any data. FEATURES: - Endless pages to coloring - Each page is generated uniquely for you - Easy to play, perfect for children from 1 years old - You can play it anywhere, without wifi and network - Well-chosen colors - Relaxing and calm music - No advertising for third companies You can coloring endless pictures of city, houses, trees... for free You can purchase the following packages in-app: - Vehicles coloring package: cars, police cars, fire trucks, taxis, ambulance, school bus... - Alphabet coloring package: A - Z - Numbers coloring package: 0 - 9 - Toys & candies coloring package: lollipop, candies, gift boxes, stars, rounds, triangles, rectangles...
PythonCrafted
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PythonCrafted is the calmest way to learn Python on your phone. No subscription. No daily caps. No streak shaming. Just well-crafted lessons, a real on-device Python editor, and small projects you can actually finish. Beginner — free, forever. 15 hand-written lessons take you from "what is Python?" through variables, loops, lists, dictionaries, functions, and reading errors. Every lesson explains the WHY, not just the syntax. Each ends with a "Your turn" exercise where you write code and tap Run to see real output — no setup, no internet needed. Intermediate and Advanced — one-time $9.99 unlock. 28 more lessons covering comprehensions, classes, decorators, generators, type hints, async/await, regex, concurrency (the GIL explained simply), pytest, dataclasses, pathlib, functools, and the magic methods that make Python feel like Python. fully offline. A real Python interpreter runs on your phone. Type code, tap Run, see output. Supports variables, math, strings, lists, dicts, if/else, loops, functions, recursion, the random module, and most built-in functions. Brain training — three minutes a day. Five mini-games designed to grow Pythonic intuition: Trace the Output, Bug Hunt, Loop Logic, Memory Stack, Pattern Pipe. Track your best score and average across each game. Make Something Real. Four end-to-end projects with live interactive demos: a Dice Roller, a Tiny Expense Tracker, a Daily Quote Picker, and a URL Shortener. Each is three short steps and ends in working code you can keep tinkering with. Original content. No copy-pasting. Every lesson is hand-written for PythonCrafted. No textbook quotes, no recycled tutorials. Why pay once? Subscription fatigue is real. PythonCrafted is $9.99 once — yours forever, on every device tied to your Apple ID. No ads. No lives. No "come back tomorrow to unlock." What's inside: • 43 hand-written lessons (Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced) • Real on-device Python interpreter • 5 brain-training mini-games • 4 hands-on projects with live interactive demos • Step-through code visualizer • Progress chart and brain skill profile • Fully offline after first launch • No accounts, no tracking, all data stays on your phone
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: PythonCrafted at daily against Ellou's every 4 months. On price, ads, in-app purchases 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
Both are free to download. Ellou sells 5 one-off in-app purchases and PythonCrafted sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Ellou ships an update every 4 months, PythonCrafted daily. The most recent releases landed on October 1, 2026 and October 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Ellou | PythonCrafted |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.2 (147 ratings) — better | — |
| Number of ratings | 147 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Daily — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 37 MB | 22 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Raymond GUITTONNEAU | Etienne Scheepers |
In-app purchases
Ellou
- Cars$1.99
- Toys$1.99
- Alphabet ABC$1.99
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- Numbers 123$1.99
- Full version$6.99
PythonCrafted
- PythonCrafted Pro$5.99
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