Comparison

TAK Index vs WildOtter

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

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About

TAK Index

This app provides expert reviews and ratings for kids' mobile games, helping parents and educators discover safe and beneficial games. It offers detailed breakdowns of scores and allows users to filter by age, ethics, and violence levels.

Highlights
  • Expert-approved list of kids' games
  • Search and filter by age, ethics, violence
  • Detailed score breakdown for each game
  • Credible and verified scores from specialists
  • Create child profiles and favorites lists
  • Stay updated with new game reviews
Features
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Trusted Apps for Kids Index TAK Index: Reviewing Kids’ Mobile Game Apps for You Trusted Apps for Kids Index is the world’s first comprehensive and extensive source for kids’ mobile game app information. It is a unique app that provides an up-to-date, expert-approved list of the best apps for kids. It offers a guide to parents, teachers and kids’ mobile game developers on educational and useful games for kids. TAK Index is an indispensable tool to search, filter, discover and choose the best game apps for kids that are beneficial to kids’ development. It provides a never-done-before platform for popular kids’ game apps to be reviewed and rated by an international team of reviewer specialists that specialise in professions related to child development. The app is designed to make vital and much-needed information on the safety and benefit of kids’ mobile game apps accessible to all of its users. USER-FRIENDLY FEATURES Filters that allow users to select the age group for their kid, the ethical aspects they want included or excluded in the app, and the level of violence they are comfortable for their kid to be exposed to. HOW SCORES ARE CALCULATED & PRESENTED Users both get a ranking of suitable apps as well as an individual score for each app. The score for each app is calculated by assessing and evaluating the app design and app interactivity as well as cognitive skills and personality traits the app can help develop in children. ACCESS TO THE BREAKDOWN OF SCORES FOR EACH GAME Each app has an easy–to–follow breakdown summary of its score, with how high it scores across the four categories and individual ratings on the cognitive abilities assessed. CREDIBLE AND VERIFIED SCORES The scores are set and published once consensus is achieved amongst at least five review specialists from across the globe that have assessed the games objectively; the review protocol they go by is regulated and updated annually by an advisory board team that is led by academics and informed by scientific research. SO PARENTS: STAY INFORMED - TAKE CONTROL - and - KEEP YOUR KIDS SAFE Create an account and start taking an active and informed role in the mobile game apps your kids play. Add a new profile on to your account for each child you want to check and discover the best game apps for. Switch between profiles to edit your preferences and make new app searches. Create a favourites list of all the games you want to come back to with the option of recommending them to friends, family and colleagues. Check back on the Apps List to stay up-to-date with newly reviewed games that have been added. For more information, visit our website: https://www.takindex.com/ For news and updates, follow us on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, YouTube and TikTok. If you are experiencing issues, please contact our help centre via: https://www.takindex.com/help-centre or e-mail us directly at: info@takindex.com For feedback and suggestions, you can reach out to us via email or on our social media accounts. TAK Index is completely free to download, but our subscription option will require payment. Your subscription will be automatically renewed within one day before the current subscription ends. Auto-renew option can be turned off in your iTunes Account Settings. Payment will be charged to iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase. You can turn off the payment feature by disabling in-app purchases in your device’s settings. By downloading this app, you are agreeing to standard Apple Terms of Use (EULA), our terms of service and Data Safety. Learn more at: https://www.takindex.com/privacy-policy and https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula TAK Index may share your personal data with advertising partners for marketing purposes. If you wish to exercise your right to withdraw your data, you can do so by contacting us via the help centre.

About

WildOtter

This app provides water users with reliable, community-sourced information for safe outdoor activities. Discover routes, swimming spots, points of interest, and river levels. It aims to eliminate worries about outdated information.

Highlights
  • User-added content
  • Moderated information
  • Safe water activity guidance
  • Route discovery
  • Wild swimming spots
  • River level information
Features
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The app for all recreational water users to help you get out on or in the water safely using quality and reliable content that is added by users and moderated by our team who will go out to marked locations and reported hazards creating a reliable information source all for the low price of £10 per year! Your subscription includes access to all our latest routes, point information such as wild swimming spots, points of interest and river level information for our river users. We are passionate about both paddling and wild swimming and are creating this resource to allow you to find all of the information you need in one place and to help remove the worry that out of date unreliable information can bring.

Screenshots

TAK Index4 screens
WildOtter4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: TAK Index at 100% against WildOtter's 60%. TAK Index also leads on monetization model (free with in-app purchases vs subscription). WildOtter's advantage is ads (none vs shown). 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. TAK Index sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month and WildOtter sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $14.99 per year. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

TAK Index ships an update every 2 months, WildOtter every 4 weeks. Both last shipped on November 3, 2026.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
TAK Index versus WildOtter: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTAK IndexWildOtter
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better60.0% of reviews
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 4 weeks — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases — betterSubscription
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.115.1
Further details — not scored
Size45 MB52 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTAKINDEX LTDShoothill Ltd.

Customer experience

TAK Index

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

WildOtter

Written reviews5 reviews
Positive60.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative40.0%

In-app purchases

2 purchases

TAK Index

Subscriptions2
  • Subscribe 1 Month$3.991 Month
  • Subscribe 1 Annual$13.991 Year
1 purchases

WildOtter

Subscriptions1
  • WildOtter Full Subscription$14.991 Year

Questions

Is TAK Index free?
TAK Index is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is WildOtter free?
WildOtter is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do TAK Index or WildOtter have ads?
TAK Index shows ads; WildOtter does not.
Which is updated more often, TAK Index or WildOtter?
TAK Index ships an update every 2 months, and WildOtter every 4 weeks. Most recently, TAK Index was updated on November 3, 2026 and WildOtter on November 3, 2026.

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