Comparison

Telling Time Academy vs SteadySteps Math

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

Head to head
About

Telling Time Academy

This app helps children aged 3-12 learn to tell time through interactive games and engaging visuals. It offers five difficulty levels and covers concepts from basic analog reading to AM/PM and 24-hour notation. A city-building reward system encourages continued learning and engagement.

Highlights
  • Interactive clocks with movable hands
  • Learn analog and digital time conversion
  • Understand AM/PM and 12/24 hour formats
  • 9 mini-games and learning modes
  • City-building reward system
  • Multiple language support
  • 5 difficulty levels
Features
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Turn learning to tell time into a hands-on adventure. Telling Time Academy helps children explore clocks, move the hands, match times and earn coins to build their own city. LEARN BY DOING • Move the hour and minute hands to set the time. • Match analog clocks with digital times in both directions. • Put clock pieces in place with clock puzzles. • Practice with quizzes and the Stop the Clock game. • Explore how time changes from day to night. • Discover 12-hour and 24-hour formats, including AM and PM. GROW AT YOUR CHILD'S PACE Choose from five difficulty levels and revisit activities as your child gains confidence. Interactive clocks make hours and minutes something children can see and move, not just memorize. PLAY, EARN AND BUILD Earn in-game coins through play and use them to create a city. Each new building gives children another reason to keep practicing. LEARN IN YOUR LANGUAGE Available in English, French, German, Spanish, Japanese, Simplified Chinese and Traditional Chinese. Chinese and Japanese audio packs require a download. FOR PARENTS Some games and higher difficulty levels require paid access. Unlock Telling Time Academy with a one-time in-app purchase, or access it through an active 123 Kids Academy + membership. Purchase options and prices are shown in the app. Make the next little moment a chance to discover time. Privacy Policy: https://www.123kidsacademy.com/privacy-policy Terms of Use: https://www.123kidsacademy.com/terms-of-service

About

SteadySteps Math

Features
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SteadySteps turns a short placement check and every answer into adaptive Grades 2-8 practice, question-specific Teach Me lessons, and a focused ten-minute Parent Plan. A required starting check identifies a useful place to begin. From there, practice adapts to independent answers, supported answers, recent accuracy, and skills due for review. Each daily session starts with three Math Facts and ends with a concise review of what the child practiced. When a child needs help, Teach Me explains the exact idea in clear, question-specific steps without simply giving away the answer. A full-screen scratchpad provides room to draw and work. Parents can see learning evidence, coverage, missed answers, and progress by topic. Parent Plan turns recent work into a focused ten-minute session, and a weekly PDF can be shared with a teacher or tutor. Features include: - Placement-led adaptive practice for Grades 2-8 - Question-specific Teach Me lessons - Full-screen drawing scratchpad - Math Facts practice and reference material - Parent Plan based on actual missed answers - Learning progress and local PDF reporting - Optional practice reminders - Offline child profiles and progress with private Apple-to-Apple iCloud sync No SteadySteps account is required. Progress remains available offline and, by default, can follow the parent's iCloud account between Apple devices. Sync can be turned off and its private iCloud copy deleted in the app. Apple and Android progress do not sync with each other. Good Guys Labs does not operate a learner-data server or receive the private iCloud copy. The app contains no third-party advertising, analytics, or tracking. An active auto-renewing subscription is required after onboarding, billed monthly or yearly. Eligible new subscribers get a 7-day free trial on either plan. The localized price and any offer terms are shown before purchase. Subscriptions can be managed or canceled in App Store account settings. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://trysteadysteps.com/privacy

Screenshots

Telling Time Academy4 screens
SteadySteps Math4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: SteadySteps Math at every 6 days against Telling Time Academy's every 3 months. Telling Time Academy's advantage is iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Telling Time Academy sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and SteadySteps Math sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $7.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Telling Time Academy ships an update every 3 months, SteadySteps Math every 6 days. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and October 28, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Telling Time Academy versus SteadySteps Math: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTelling Time AcademySteadySteps Math
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.3 (27 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings27 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 6 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size305 MB40 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer123 Kids Academy LLCGOOD GUYS LABS LLC

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Telling Time Academy

One-time1
  • All contents$7.99
2 purchases

SteadySteps Math

Subscriptions2
  • SteadySteps Math Monthly7 Days trial$7.991 Month
  • SteadySteps Yearly7 Days trial$69.991 Year

Questions

Is Telling Time Academy free?
Telling Time Academy is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is SteadySteps Math free?
SteadySteps Math is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Telling Time Academy or SteadySteps Math have ads?
Neither Telling Time Academy nor SteadySteps Math shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Telling Time Academy or SteadySteps Math?
Telling Time Academy ships an update every 3 months, and SteadySteps Math every 6 days. Most recently, Telling Time Academy was updated on October 30, 2026 and SteadySteps Math on October 28, 2026.

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