Comparison

Rescue Games vs Sapling Beats

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

Head to head
About

Rescue Games

Engaging and educational games for children, inspired by a popular show. Offers a vast world to explore with interactive activities. Designed to be fun and informative for young learners.

Highlights
  • Educational games for kids
  • Fun and engaging gameplay
  • Explore a large game world
  • Inspired by a favorite show
  • Designed for young learners
Features
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Easy, fun and educational learning games are designed for kids from their favorite show! There's a ton of things to see and do all throughout the games. You're free to explore!

About

Sapling Beats

Features
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Sapling Beats is a calm, ad-free drum machine and beat maker for curious kids. Two ways to play: - Play Drums: tap big, colorful pads and explore sound kits inspired by drums, forests, music, robots, and more. - Make Beats: a simple step sequencer where kids tap squares to build a groove and press Play. Beat Idea offers a ready-made rhythm to start from, and speed animals (snail, turtle, rabbit) set the tempo. Add more beats, Half Beats, and more drums as their ideas grow. The parent-gated Recordings kit lets families make six short sounds of their own. Hold a pad to record, release to save, then use that sound in Play Drums or Make Beats. Recordings stay in private app storage and never leave the device. Made for little hands and big imaginations: - Picture-labeled controls for pre-readers - Grow the grid from 4 to 8 to 16 steps, and 4 to 6 drum rows, as kids are ready - A quiet, warm look that's easy on the eyes and ears - Uses the device's familiar volume buttons, plus a parent-gated Half Volume for little ears Made by two professors and parents who were tired of "educational" apps that are really ad machines. So we built the opposite: - No ads, ever - No accounts and no sign-in - No data collected from children - No social features and no links kids can wander out of - Works completely offline Start with a generous collection of core sound kits free. A parent-gated, optional one-time Sound Pack purchase adds more playful sounds, including Silly Notes, Weather, Farmyard, Spooky, and Jingle. There is no subscription, and the free kits stay free. From Sapling Hollow Studios — calm educational apps for curious kids.

Screenshots

Rescue Games3 screens
Sapling Beats4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Sapling Beats at none against Rescue Games's shown. Rescue Games's advantage is iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.0). On price, update cadence, 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. Rescue Games sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Sapling Beats sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Rescue Games ships an update weekly, Sapling Beats every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 7 level
Rescue Games versus Sapling Beats: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRescue GamesSapling Beats
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (2 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequencyWeeklyEvery 5 days — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS12.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size265 MB35 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperXinKE KIDSJonathan Hood

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Rescue Games

One-time1
  • Remove Ads$2.99
1 purchases

Sapling Beats

One-time1
  • Sound Pack$1.99

Questions

Is Rescue Games free?
Rescue Games is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Sapling Beats free?
Sapling Beats is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Rescue Games or Sapling Beats have ads?
Rescue Games shows ads; Sapling Beats does not.
Which is updated more often, Rescue Games or Sapling Beats?
Rescue Games ships an update weekly, and Sapling Beats every 5 days. Most recently, Rescue Games was updated on October 30, 2026 and Sapling Beats on October 31, 2026.

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