NABU vs Next Grade
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
NABU
Discover a world of multilingual stories for children, tailored to their reading level. This app offers free, fun, and culturally relevant bilingual books to foster a love of reading and language learning. Download books for offline access and bond with your child through inspiring narratives.
- Multilingual stories
- Levelled reading ability
- Bilingual and mother tongue books
- Offline reading
- Customizable child profiles
- Culturally relevant stories
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NABU brings the wonder of reading to children, with free and fun multilingual stories levelled to the child's reading ability. Bilingual, mother tongue books help children to learn and grow. The NABU App is easy to use - by creating your children's individual profile you can customise it to your child's reading level and search and browse for books in different categories. The bilingual, mother tongue books are available in English, Swahili, French and Kinyarwanda and once downloaded can be read offline. Bond with your child and students through the love of reading culturally relevant stories even adults can enjoy! It's never too early to start reading with your child.
Next Grade
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Next Grade is a knowledge testing app for the education market. Teachers can create tests, quizzes and exams for their students for remote testing. Real time test checking features allow quick results of each test while providing tabulated data. Schools and teachers can manage multiple test formats in multiple languages with Next Grade.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Next Grade at every 2 months against NABU'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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
NABU ships an update every 4 months, Next Grade every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on August 12, 2026 and December 19, 2025 respectively.
| Parameter | NABU | Next Grade |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (9 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 9 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 42 MB | 31 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | LFA INTERNATIONAL INC | ZST |
In-app purchases
NABU
No in-app purchases
Next Grade
No in-app purchases
