Comparison

LanguageScreen vs Happy Little Canvas

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

Head to head
About

LanguageScreen

This app helps education professionals quickly and accurately assess young children's oral language skills. It guides examiners through activities using pictures and sounds, recording responses or scores. Assessment data is uploaded for detailed individual and class reports.

Highlights
  • Oral language skills assessment
  • Picture and sound-based activities
  • Response recording
  • Examiner scoring
  • Individual and class reports
  • Free school trial registration
Features
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LanguageScreen enables education professionals to assess young children’s oral language skills accurately and quickly. LanguageScreen is the product of extensive research by a team at the University of Oxford. LanguageScreen assesses four components of oral language skills by guiding the examiner through a series of activities. In these activities the child is presented with pictures and sound clips and is asked to perform simple tasks. Depending on the activity, the app either directly records the child’s responses, or the examiner’s scoring of their responses. Assessment data is uploaded to oxedandassessment.com which generates individual and class assessment reports. In order to use LanguageScreen a school must register for a free trial on oxedandassessment.com.

About

Happy Little Canvas

Features
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Happy Little Canvas is a drawing app for young children where the point is creativity, not artistic skill. Little fingers paint and doodle on a big, calm canvas β€” and when the picture is finished, it is celebrated with a gentle sparkle. No score, no stars, no wrong answers. Available in 7 languages (English, Dutch, Spanish, French, German, Italian, Portuguese) β€” it follows your child's device language, or pick one in Settings. Made by parents, for our own children first. Happy Little Canvas is part of the Happy Little family of apps by Myburgh Solutions B.V. WHAT'S INSIDE β€’ A big finger-painting canvas with a curated, child-friendly colour palette β€” and you can mix your own colours β€’ Seven brushes β€” plain, spray, crayon, chalk, neon, rainbow and an eraser β€’ A Fill tool: tap an area to colour it in β€’ Stamps β€” star, heart, flower, paw print and sun β€’ 26 pictures to colour in β€” animals, nature and things that go β€” or start from a blank page β€’ My pictures: every picture is kept, so your child can come back and keep painting β€’ Adjustable brush size, undo and redo β€’ A short, calm sparkle celebration, then the picture is saved to your photos β€” print or share it too MADE FOR SMALL HANDS β€’ Large tools and forgiving touch targets β€’ Symbol-led buttons, almost no reading required β€’ Works on iPhone and iPad β€’ Parents choose how many pictures to keep β€’ A reduced-motion setting for children who prefer things calmer CALM AND PRIVATE BY DESIGN β€’ Works fully offline β€” no internet needed, ever β€’ No accounts, no sign-ups, no profiles β€’ Nothing is collected, uploaded or shared β€” every picture stays on your device β€’ No ads, no third-party tracking, no child profiling, and we never sell your data ONE SIMPLE SUBSCRIPTION One subscription unlocks the whole app β€” no ads, no unlocks, nothing extra to buy, and nothing held back for later. More activities are on the way: guided drawing and tracing. Got a question or an idea? We are a small family business and we read every message: support@happylittlecanvas.com Subscriptions auto-renew until cancelled; manage or cancel any time in your App Store account settings. Terms of Use: https://happylittlecanvas.com/terms-of-use Privacy Policy: https://happylittlecanvas.com/privacy

Screenshots

LanguageScreen4 screens
Happy Little Canvas4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: LanguageScreen at none against Happy Little Canvas's 1. On price, update cadence, ads and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price Β· Rating Β· Positive reviews Β· Number of ratings Β· Update frequency Β· Ads Β· In-app purchases Β· Monetization Β· Best chart rank Β· Devices Β· Requires iOS

CostPrice Β· In-app purchases Β· Ads Β· Monetization

Both are free to download. Happy Little Canvas sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $1.99 per year. LanguageScreen asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly monthly. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference Β· 7 level
LanguageScreen versus Happy Little Canvas: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLanguageScreenHappy Little Canvas
PriceFreeFree
Positive reviews100.0% of reviewsβ€”
Update frequencyMonthlyMonthly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo β€” betterYes
MonetizationFreeβ€”
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.115.0 β€” better
Further details β€” not scored
Size103 MB22 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperOxEd and Assessment LtdMyburgh Solutions B.V.

In-app purchases

None

LanguageScreen

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Happy Little Canvas

Subscriptions1
  • Happy Little Canvas (Yearly)3 Days trial$1.991 Year

Questions

Is LanguageScreen free?
LanguageScreen is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Happy Little Canvas free?
Happy Little Canvas is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do LanguageScreen or Happy Little Canvas have ads?
Neither LanguageScreen nor Happy Little Canvas shows ads.
Which is updated more often, LanguageScreen or Happy Little Canvas?
LanguageScreen ships an update monthly, and Happy Little Canvas monthly. Most recently, LanguageScreen was updated on November 3, 2026 and Happy Little Canvas on November 6, 2026.

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