Comparison

Learn to Read vs Coloring Maker

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

Head to head
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/

About

Coloring Maker

Transform photos into custom coloring books. Create outlines from images or draw your own, then color them with various tools. Save, share, and even create custom stamps for a personalized coloring experience.

Highlights
  • Create coloring books from photos
  • Draw custom outlines
  • Edit and fine-tune outlines
  • Color with various tools
  • Create custom stamps
  • Save and share creations
  • Child lock function
Features
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"Coloring Maker" is an app that allows you to create your own coloring book. Just take a picture of your favorite illustration with the camera, and you can immediately start coloring. ======================== Features of Coloring Maker ======================== * Simple coloring book app without subscription or membership registration * The feature is that you can make your own coloring book * Creating a coloring book is as easy as scanning images taken with a camera or downloaded. * You can give the coloring book made only with black lines to children and friends and have them play. * You can play by stamping on the coloring book * You can also make your own stamps. * You can save and share your coloring book ======================== Coloring Maker is recommended for these people! ======================== * I want to use a coloring book app that I can play immediately without subscribing or registering as a member * I want to play with my favorite picture as a coloring book * I want to enjoy coloring while talking with parents and children and friends * I want my child to color with the picture I drew * I want to concentrate on coloring without thinking * I want to make a line drawing of an illustration ======================== Coloring Maker Features ======================== [Creating a coloring book] * You can create outlines for coloring books from images taken with the camera or downloaded. * You can fine-tune the captured outline (adjust the density of the line and the strength of the transparency) * You can edit the captured outline (add with a pen, erase with an eraser) * You can create a coloring book by drawing the outline yourself, not from the image. * There are 50 levels of pen thickness that can be used for coloring books * Contours can be re-edited at any time * Can save images with outlines only (PNG format) * Up to 100 coloring books can be created (9 or more, advertisement viewing is required) * The coloring book can be deleted at any time [Coloring book play] * You can paint and decorate the coloring book you made with the following tools * Pen (100 colors, 5 levels of thickness) * Pattern (3x types, 5 levels of thickness) * Stamps (3 sizes, you can add your own) * You can save the completed coloring book image. * Share to SNS, email, etc. [Stamp making, play] * You can make a stamp that can be pressed from the top of the coloring book. * You can create stamps that can be used in [Coloring book play] in the same way as coloring books * You can import outlines from images even when creating stamps [Others] * There is a child lock function * Prevent children from accidentally deleting or sharing coloring books * BGM, sound can be turned ON/OFF * You can undo the coloring operation. * The screen can be enlarged/reduced when creating coloring books and playing. Terms of Use: https://mozkzki.github.io/apps/nurie_maker/terms_and_conditions/english Privacy Policy: https://mozkzki.github.io/apps/nurie_maker/privacy_policy/english

Screenshots

Learn to Read4 screens
Coloring Maker4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Coloring Maker at none against Learn to Read's 18. Coloring Maker also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.7). Learn to Read's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and ratings volume (75K vs 2). On price, update cadence, device support and iOS requirement 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 9 in-app purchases, starting at $12.49 per month. Coloring Maker asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Coloring Maker holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Learn to Read has 75K ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Learn to Read ships an update every 5 days, Coloring Maker weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 13, 2026 and September 22, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 5 level
Learn to Read versus Coloring Maker: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLearn to ReadColoring Maker
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (75K ratings)5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews81.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings75K — better2
Update frequencyEvery 5 days — betterWeekly
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesAd-supported — better
Best chart rank#12 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.0 — better15.6
Further details — not scored
Size263 MB230 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTeaching.comYutaka Kato

Customer experience

Learn to Read

All ratings75,292 ratings
Positive92.5%
Neutral3.3%
Negative4.2%
Written reviews727 reviews
Positive81.0%
Neutral3.6%
Negative15.4%

Coloring Maker

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and 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

Coloring Maker

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

9 purchases

Learn to Read

Subscriptions9
  • Learn to Read (Monthly)7 Days trial5 variants$12.491 Month
  • Learn to Read (Monthly)2 variants$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$12.991 Month
  • Learn to Read (Monthly)7 Days trial$14.991 Month
  • Learn to Read (Monthly)7 Days trial$17.991 Month
  • Learn to Read (Yearly)7 Days trial$66.991 Year
  • Learn to Read (Yearly)7 Days trial2 variants$74.991 Year
None

Coloring Maker

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Learn to Read free?
Learn to Read is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Coloring Maker free?
Coloring Maker is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Learn to Read or Coloring Maker?
Coloring Maker is rated higher. Learn to Read averages 4.7 out of 5 from 75K ratings, while Coloring Maker averages 5.0 from 2 ratings.
Do Learn to Read or Coloring Maker have ads?
Coloring Maker shows ads; Learn to Read does not.
Which is updated more often, Learn to Read or Coloring Maker?
Learn to Read ships an update every 5 days, and Coloring Maker weekly. Most recently, Learn to Read was updated on October 13, 2026 and Coloring Maker on September 22, 2026.

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