Kids vs Begin Learning
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Kids
This app offers a wide variety of nursery rhymes, children's songs with lyrics, and popular educational shows. It aims to make learning fun and engaging for toddlers with content covering alphabets, numbers, colors, shapes, and animals.
- Nursery rhymes with lyrics
- Children's songs
- Educational content (alphabets, numbers, colors)
- Popular kids' shows
- Stories and phonics songs
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We welcome you to the land of Kids TV where you will find lots of nursery rhymes and kids songs with lyrics. We aim to make children’s learning a fun & educational experience with alphabets, number, colours, shapes, animals and more. Kids TV is also a home to Popular Kids Shows like Bob the Train, Junior Squad, Little Eddie, Baby Bao Panda and Bottle Squad. All you need to do is subscribe to Kids TV for your toddlers and let them enjoy hundreds of kid’s favorite songs, stories, phonics song and classic nursery rhymes like Johny Johny Yes Papa, Wheels on the Bus, Finger Family, Baa Baa Black Sheep and many more.
Begin Learning
Explore a curated collection of award-winning learning games for children aged 2-10. This free app offers engaging activities in early reading, math, STEM, coding, and social-emotional skills, featuring content from popular educational brands.
- Curated selection of award-winning learning games
- Covers early reading, math, STEM, coding, and social-emotional skills
- Content from Sesame Street, HOMER, codeSpark, and Little Passports
- Designed for ages 2-10
- Focuses on curiosity, character, core skills, creativity, and critical thinking
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Tap into the power of digital play with a free, curated selection of Begin's award-winning learning games. Designed for learners of all ages, there's something for everyone to explore, like early reading, math, social-emotional skills, STEM, coding, and more. Unlock 10+ exclusive games from Learn with Sesame Street by Begin, HOMER, codeSpark, and Little Passports and enjoy skill-building screen time you and your child can feel good about. The Begin Approach focuses on the five essential skill areas proven to help children succeed in school and life. We call these the 5 C's (curiosity, character, core skills, creativity, and critical thinking), and we deliver them through each playful learning experience we design. We are so excited to share the best content from our beloved products in a single app, so you can see if our full products are right for your child. Why You'll Love It - No ads. EVER. - Free (no in-app purchases!), safe, and fun to play - Something for everyone ages 2-10 - Includes the best content from our award-winning family of apps What’s included From Learn with Sesame Street by Begin (social-emotional learning): - Big Bird's Bowling Party - Marshall Grover - It Feels Good to be Kind From HOMER (early reading and math): - Pizza Party - Biggest Bubble - Jack's Concert From codeSpark (#1 learn-to-code app): - Foo Rescue - Paper Shape - Footorial: What is Code? From Little Passports (curiosity and exploration): - Plunge Into the Pacific - Max & Mia Serengeti - Aloft in the Amazon
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Kids at 4.4 against Begin Learning's 3.9. Kids also leads on monetization model (free vs ad-supported). Begin Learning's advantage is ratings volume (16 vs 5) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.0). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Kids holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 3.9. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 5 and 16 respectively.
Kids ships an update every 5 months, Begin Learning every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on September 29, 2026 and September 17, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Kids | Begin Learning |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (5 ratings) — better | 3.9 (16 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 60.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 5 | 16 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months | Every 3 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple TV — better | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 30 MB | 137 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | CASTIFY LTD | Homer |
Customer experience
Kids
Begin Learning
In-app purchases
Kids
No in-app purchases
Begin Learning
No in-app purchases
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