Comparison

Splingo vs Stopwatch for Kids

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

Head to head
About

Splingo

Engaging educational games designed by speech and language therapists to help children develop essential communication skills. Features interactive gameplay, bright visuals, and motivating reward systems. Targets various language areas from early words to complex directions.

Highlights
  • Therapist-designed games
  • Targets receptive language
  • Early words development
  • Following directions
  • Interactive gameplay
  • Reward games
  • Language assessment tool
Features
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Speech and Language apps for children Designed by Speech and Language Therapists/Pathologists, Splingo apps are fun and engaging educational games to help your child develop their speech and language skills. Specially designed by Speech and Language Therapists/Pathologists to target different areas of language development Fun and interactive gameplay with an emphasis on learning Bright, colorful images and animations In-built reward games to engage and motivate Recommended by Speech and Language Therapists/Pathologists Splingo games target all these areas of language development – Following Directions/Receptive Language Actions/verbs Pronouns Early Words development Past Tense Categories Adjectives / Describing Words Language Assessment Splingo also includes a professional’s Language Assessment tool designed to assess children’s receptive language skills. As Speech and Language Therapists / Pathologists with over 40 years experience between us we know what it takes to support children’s speech and language development! We’ve designed these Splingo games to be fun and educational by using bright, colorful images and animations. Splingo games can be customized to target specific language skill areas so you can be certain that your child is playing the right games at the right level. We’ve added high-quality, in-built reward games to motivate your child to keep on learning. The games also have an option to select between US voice and UK voice. Children love playing Splingo and parents and professionals tell us it’s an app that children ask for over and over again – they’re having fun whilst they’re learning! Used for over a decade by Speech and Language Therapists all over the world, Splingo is a go-to app for developing children’s language skills. **Frequently listed as a Top 10 Speech and Language App (Speech Sisters; District Speech; Therapy Tree; The Sped Guru; TechBooky**

About

Stopwatch for Kids

Features
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Make Time Fun! Turn everyday timing into an exciting space adventure! Space Adventure Stopwatch for Kids is a colorful, easy-to-use stopwatch designed especially for children. With friendly space characters, big buttons, and a simple layout, kids can easily track time during games, school activities, sports, and fun challenges. * Features - Fun space theme with cute alien & rocket - Large Start & Stop buttons (easy for little fingers!) - Lap tracking with colorful lap list - Minutes, seconds & milliseconds display - Perfect for games, races & classroom activities * Simple, distraction-free design * Kid-friendly and easy to understand * Perfect For: -School challenges -Sports & running laps -Family game nights -Classroom timing -Homework tasks Fun competitions Make timing exciting and motivating for kids! Start your space adventure!

Screenshots

Splingo3 screens
Stopwatch for Kids3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Splingo at Free against Stopwatch for Kids's $5.99. Splingo also leads on iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.6). Stopwatch for Kids's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 8) and ads (none vs shown). On 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

Splingo is free to download; Stopwatch for Kids costs $5.99 up front. Splingo sells 8 one-off in-app purchases. Stopwatch for Kids asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Splingo ships an update every 2 months, Stopwatch for Kids every 11 days. The most recent releases landed on October 22, 2026 and October 4, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Splingo versus Stopwatch for Kids: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSplingoStopwatch for Kids
PriceFree — better$5.99
Rating3.3 (7 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews34.8% of reviews—
Number of ratings7 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 11 days — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS12.0 — better15.6
Further details — not scored
Size791 MB13 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSplingo LtdKIDA Apps L.L.C.

In-app purchases

8 purchases

Splingo

One-time8
  • Splingos Language UniverseFree
  • Actions With Splingo$0.99
  • Categories With Splingo$0.99
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  • Describing Words With Splingo$0.99
  • Pronouns With Splingo$0.99
  • Past Tense With Splingo$0.99
  • Early Words With Splingo$0.99
  • Language Assessment$9.99
None

Stopwatch for Kids

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Splingo free?
Splingo is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Stopwatch for Kids free?
Stopwatch for Kids costs $5.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do Splingo or Stopwatch for Kids have ads?
Splingo shows ads; Stopwatch for Kids does not.
Which is updated more often, Splingo or Stopwatch for Kids?
Splingo ships an update every 2 months, and Stopwatch for Kids every 11 days. Most recently, Splingo was updated on October 22, 2026 and Stopwatch for Kids on October 4, 2026.

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