Comparison

My School Bell vs Learn to Read

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

Head to head
About

My School Bell

Recreate the familiar structure of a school day with custom bell alarms. Set alerts for school start, breaks, and end times with various bell sounds. Ideal for children missing school routines.

Highlights
  • Set multiple school bell alarms
  • Choose from 7 alarm sounds
  • Customizable timings and days
  • Fun and friendly interface
  • Notifications for alarms
Features
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With so many children unable to attend school during 2020, we created the 'My School Bell' app to help children who are missing their school routine and need the comfort and familiarity of the bells, timings, breaks, starts & finishes that they are used to, during a normal school day. My School Bell is a fun app that allows you to set a school bell to ring at chosen times on your device. Set alarms for the start of school, break times, lunch breaks, school finish or any other period during the day/week. You can choose the bell sound from many sounds, either a traditional school bell or a light 'ting-a-ling' school bell. FEATURES - Set as many School Bell alarms as required. - Select from 7 different alarm sounds. - Fun and friendly interface. SETUP - Turn on Notifications, to receive your School Bell alarms. - Ensure the sound is on, and volume turned up. - Create alarms for each school period. - Set the Time, Ringtone and Days for each alarm. We hope you enjoy using the My School Bell App with your children. Developed by UK Vehicle Data ©2020 www.ukvehicledata.co.uk

About

Learn to Read

This app offers a guided, co-play experience for parents and children aged 3-8 to learn reading skills. It uses research-backed phonics lessons, interactive storybooks, videos, and games to build foundational reading abilities.

Highlights
  • 99 step-by-step phonics lessons
  • 67 interactive digital storybooks
  • 42 educational videos
  • 3 expert-designed reading games
  • Printable offline activities
  • Family subscription with 3 profiles
  • Ad-free experience
Features
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Teach your child how to read! Ages 3-8. Reading.com is a fun, co-play experience designed by education experts for you to teach your child to read — with the love, care, and joy only a parent and child can share. RESEARCH-BACKED No cape? No problem. Our program gives you supercharged superparent powers! Reading.com’s research-backed, phonics-based lessons are fully scripted so they don’t require any special training or knowledge for you to become the most powerful teacher your child will ever have. FROM LETTER RECOGNITION TO CONFIDENT READING As your child masters more letters, sounds, and words, they'll unlock a playful world of reading activities including interactive storybooks, videos, digital games, and printable activities. THE MOST MEANINGFUL (TEAM)WORK OF YOUR LIFE Each lesson takes just 15 - 20 minutes to complete and they’re designed for you and your child to go at your own pace. Lessons cover letters, letter blends, long vowel sounds, and digraphs, taking your child from basic alphabetic knowledge to reading at a late 1st grade level. This is the easiest head start you’ll ever give your child! KEY FEATURES - 120 step-by-step phonics lessons for a grownup & child to do together - 84 interactive, decodable, digital storybooks - 42 videos featuring letters, letter sounds, and an exclusive alphabet song - 5 expertly-designed reading games for independent play that practice skills in: letter recognition, letter-phoneme correlation, beginning sounds, vocabulary, letter-writing, spelling - Access to printable games & activities for fun offline reinforcement - One subscription for the whole family with up to 3 profiles - Ad-free Download the app today, help your child learn to read and join other parents raising readers! Privacy Policy: https://www.reading.com/privacy-policy/ Terms and Conditions: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

My School Bell4 screens
Learn to Read4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Learn to Read at 81% against My School Bell's 10%. Learn to Read also leads on rating (4.7 vs 1.2) and ratings volume (80K vs 22). My School Bell's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 10) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.0). On price, ads 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Learn to Read sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $12.49 per month. My School Bell asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Learn to Read holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 1.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Learn to Read has 80K ratings behind it against 22, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 10% of My School Bell's written reviews are positive against 81% of Learn to Read's.

Scorecard7 real differences · 4 level
My School Bell versus Learn to Read: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMy School BellLearn to Read
PriceFreeFree
Rating1.2 (22 ratings)4.7 (80K ratings) — better
Positive reviews10.3% of reviews81.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings2280K — better
Update frequency—Weekly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
Best chart rank—#19 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS12.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size247 MB264 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperUk Vehicle Data LtdTeaching.com

Customer experience

My School Bell

All ratings22 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral4.5%
Negative95.5%
Written reviews29 reviews
Positive10.3%
Neutral6.9%
Negative82.8%

Learn to Read

All ratings78,071 ratings
Positive92.4%
Neutral3.3%
Negative4.3%
Written reviews754 reviews
Positive81.0%
Neutral3.6%
Negative15.4%

Bugs and requests

My School Bell

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Learn to Read

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Occasional app crashes or freezes
  • User data loss after app updates
  • Inability to redeem promo codes

Requested features

5 requests
  • Option to learn cursive writing
  • More independent practice games and activities
  • Ability to jump to appropriate lesson level
  • Support for multiple languages or accents
  • Printable resources like flashcards or worksheets

In-app purchases

None

My School Bell

No in-app purchases

6 purchases

Learn to Read

Subscriptions6
  • Learn to Read (Monthly)7 Days trial4 variants$12.491 Month
  • Learn to Read (Monthly)$12.491 Month
  • Monthly (With Free Trial)$12.491 Month
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  • Monthly Subscription$12.491 Month
  • Learn to Read (Monthly)7 Days trial$14.991 Month
  • Learn to Read (Yearly)7 Days trial2 variants$74.991 Year

Questions

Is My School Bell free?
My School Bell is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Learn to Read free?
Learn to Read is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, My School Bell or Learn to Read?
Learn to Read is rated higher. My School Bell averages 1.2 out of 5 from 22 ratings, while Learn to Read averages 4.7 from 80K ratings.
Do My School Bell or Learn to Read have ads?
Neither My School Bell nor Learn to Read shows ads.

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