Comparison

Preschool Arcade vs LingoDeer Plus

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

Head to head
About

Preschool Arcade

This app offers four engaging educational mini-games designed to teach young children foundational skills. It covers alphabet recognition, number counting, matching, and color identification through interactive play with animations and sounds.

Highlights
  • Alphabet recognition games
  • Number recognition and counting
  • Cognitive matching activities
  • Color identification games
  • Animated graphics and sounds
Features
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Preschool Arcade is back! As we approach 20 years since our first release, we are rereleasing these classic learning games, restored with their original 2008 graphics, animations, and sounds. Revisit the early days of the original iPhone. No ads. No in-app purchases. No subscriptions. Preschool Arcade brings four colorful learning games together in one simple app for little learners. ABC Invasion Listen for a letter, then find it among uppercase and lowercase choices. Pinball 123 Practice number recognition and counting from 1 to 10. Claw Crane Matching Match objects while building visual thinking and fine motor skills. Whack a Mole Colors Identify colors through quick, playful action. Bright animations, friendly voices, and playful sounds make every activity easy to understand and fun to revisit. Created by 3DAL, making playful learning experiences since 2004.

About

LingoDeer Plus

This app offers a fun, gamified approach to practicing Japanese, Korean, Spanish, French, Chinese, and German. It features 7 engaging games designed to improve specific language skills with culture-specific content relevant to proficiency exams up to B1 CEFR.

Highlights
  • 7 gamified language practice exercises
  • Culture-specific content for exams (up to B1 CEFR)
  • Professionally curated word lists (3000+ words per language)
  • Native speaker audio recordings in HD
  • Quick Review mode for weak items
  • Offline download for all content
Features
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LingoDeer Plus is a gamified practice app for language learners of Japanese, Korean, Spanish, French, Chinese and German, developed by the same team behind the popular language course app LingoDeer. It currently features 7 games that help you improve specific language skills, such as the use of fixed expressions or prepositions and more. So start practicing! The main features of LingoDeer Plus: ※ Culture specific contents that are also relevant to proficiency exams (up to B1 in CEFR) ※ 7 cute deer-themed games that will keep practicing a language a pure joy ※ Professionally curated word lists with around 3000 words for each language ※ Every single word or sentence is recorded in HD with native voice actors/actresses ※ Review weak items in Quick Review mode ※ Test out levels to skip to your current level ※ Feel supported with options to turn on or off romanisation while learning Japanese, Korean, Chinese ※ The ability to download everything to your device and play offline ~~~~ Words from the LingoDeer team ~~~~ Hi deer! To develop LingoDeer Plus, every member of our team has started learning a third (or fourth) language so that we can again put ourselves in your shoes. With the goal to eliminate painful and tedious drills, we decided to keep every session under 90 seconds and introduce a cute mission with each exercise.  To make sure the content you will practice with is practical and level appropriate, we handpicked culture-specific vocabulary and crafted sentences that are also relevant to the exams you guys are preparing for. Our mission is to help language learners like you progress efficiently and happily anywhere and anytime by using our original, pedagogically sound content in the most fun format possible.  Thank you for your continued support! PLEASE NOTE: You will need a subscription (aside from LingoDeer) in order to access all levels and features in LingoDeer Plus. LingoDeer Plus pricing: - Monthly subscription for $8.99 - Quarterly Subscription for $17.99 - Annual subscription for $35.99 (saves 50%) About subscriptions: - The above prices are for U.S. customers. Pricing in other countries may vary, and changes may be converted to your local currency depending on your country of residence. - Payment will be charged to iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase - Subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current period - Account will be charged for renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period, and identify the cost of the renewal - Subscriptions may be managed by the user and auto-renewal may be turned off by going to the user's Account Settings after purchase - Any unused portion of a free trial period, if offered, will be forfeited when the user purchases a subscription to that publication, where applicable Support: Found a bug in LingoDeer Plus? Send us a bug report in Feedback in the app or - Email: support@lingodeer.com - Support Url: https://www.facebook.com/lingodeer - Terms of Use: https://www.lingodeer.com/terms-conditions-html - Privacy Policy: https://www.lingodeer.com/privacypolicy-html

Screenshots

Preschool Arcade4 screens
LingoDeer Plus4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: LingoDeer Plus at Free against Preschool Arcade's $0.99. LingoDeer Plus also leads on review sentiment (81% vs 59%) and iOS requirement (10.0 vs 16.0). Preschool Arcade's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 4). On update cadence, ads 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

LingoDeer Plus is free to download; Preschool Arcade costs $0.99 up front. LingoDeer Plus sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $8.99 per month. Preschool Arcade asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Preschool Arcade ships an update every 3 weeks, LingoDeer Plus monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 13, 2026 and October 19, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Preschool Arcade versus LingoDeer Plus: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPreschool ArcadeLingoDeer Plus
Price$0.99Free — better
Rating—4.9 (3.3K ratings) — better
Positive reviews58.5% of reviews80.9% of reviews — better
Number of ratings—3.3K — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks — betterMonthly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaid — betterSubscription
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS16.010.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size15 MB121 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer3DAL, LLCLingoDeer Co, Ltd.

Customer experience

Preschool Arcade

Written reviews41 reviews
Positive58.5%
Neutral7.3%
Negative34.1%

LingoDeer Plus

All ratings3,337 ratings
Positive97.3%
Neutral1.6%
Negative1.1%
Written reviews283 reviews
Positive80.9%
Neutral7.8%
Negative11.3%

Bugs and requests

Preschool Arcade

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

LingoDeer Plus

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Frequent crashes and login issues reported by some users
  • Offline mode not functioning properly for some users

Requested features

4 requests
  • Add more languages, especially Arabic and Latin American Spanish
  • Introduce alphabet/character learning games for languages like Japanese and Chinese
  • Allow users to customize font sizes for better readability
  • Improve integration between LingoDeer and LingoDeer+ to provide a more seamless learning experience

In-app purchases

None

Preschool Arcade

No in-app purchases

4 purchases

LingoDeer Plus

Subscriptions3
  • Monthly subscription$8.991 Month
  • Quarterly subscription$19.993 Months
  • Annual subscription$53.991 Year
One-time1
  • Lifetime membership$99.99

Questions

Is Preschool Arcade free?
Preschool Arcade costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is LingoDeer Plus free?
LingoDeer Plus is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Preschool Arcade or LingoDeer Plus have ads?
Neither Preschool Arcade nor LingoDeer Plus shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Preschool Arcade or LingoDeer Plus?
Preschool Arcade ships an update every 3 weeks, and LingoDeer Plus monthly. Most recently, Preschool Arcade was updated on October 13, 2026 and LingoDeer Plus on October 19, 2026.

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