Comparison

First Words Sampler vs Superhero Comic Book Maker

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

Head to head
About

First Words Sampler

This educational tool helps toddlers and preschoolers learn letters, sounds, and spelling through interactive play. It features beautiful illustrations, engaging sounds, and a user-friendly interface designed for young children.

Highlights
  • Letter recognition
  • Phonics learning
  • Word spelling
  • Toddler-friendly interface
  • Beautiful illustrations
  • Engaging sounds
Features
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More than just a game, First Words Sampler is a powerful educational tool for toddlers and preschoolers. It provides hours of fun while giving your child a head start on learning about letters and words. If your child is old enough to ask for your phone, they're old enough for First Words Sampler! First Words Sampler teaches kids about letters, how letters relate to sounds, and even how to spell words. First Words Sampler is toddler-tested and approved, with a user-interface designed specifically for the littlest of fingers. The game includes beautiful illustrations, each matched with entertaining sounds and high-quality recordings of letters and words. Kids can play the game by themselves, but they also enjoy bringing their adults along, talking about the animals, saying the names of the letters, and watching the pictures spin around and sound off. This free application is a sampling of words selected from our highly rated paid apps, First Words Animals and First Words Deluxe. We've also included some words from our Spanish, German, Japanese and French First Words apps. If you like First Words Sampler, you can keep your toddler laughing and learning with the full paid applications. Note: We love getting feedback and hearing stories about kids using our software. Leave a comment in iTunes and send us feedback at learningtouch.com. Tell us what you'd like to see us do next.

About

Superhero Comic Book Maker

Ignite creativity by designing personalized animated comic books. Build comic strips with diverse scenes, animated stickers, and narration. Includes coloring pages and a variety of art tools.

Highlights
  • Create animated comic books
  • Build comic strips
  • Narrate stories with voice recording
  • Animated stickers with sound effects
  • 28 coloring pages
  • 27 background scenes
  • Drag and drop interface
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An award-winning creative app to ignite the imagination. Create personalized animated comic books with monsters and superheroes. Build comic strips and narrate the story. Includes 55 scenes and coloring pages and stickers. AGE: 3-9. CATEGORY: Creative Expression ACTIVITIES MAKE A COMIC BOOK: - 27 background scenes: skyscrapers, space ship, the moon, wild west and more - 170+ animated stickers with sound effects - 29 crayons and 29 colored pencils - Drag and drop multiple scenes to create a comic strip - Narrate the comic book story using the self-record feature - Tap the stickers to make their mouths move - Move the stickers to create your own movie COLOR: - 28 coloring pages - featuring alien monsters, cute, fuzzy monsters, Super Dog, Big Foot, Captain Banana Man, dinosaurs and ninjas SHARE: - Save your comic books to your Photos to share with family and friends! AWARDS - Parents’ Choice Silver Award - Parents’ Choice Foundation - Children’s Technology Review Editor’s Choice Award ABOUT DUCK DUCK MOOSE (A subsidiary of Khan Academy) Duck Duck Moose, an award-winning creator of educational mobile apps for families, is a passionate team of engineers, artists, designers, and educators. Founded in 2008, the company has created 21 top-selling titles and has received 21 Parents’ Choice Awards, 18 Children’s Technology Review Awards, 12 Tech with Kids’ Best Pick App Awards, and a KAPi award for “Best Children’s App” at the International Consumer Electronics Show. Khan Academy is a nonprofit with a mission to provide a free, world-class education for anyone, anywhere. Duck Duck Moose is now part of the Khan Academy family. Like all Khan Academy offerings, all Duck Duck Moose apps are now 100% free, without ads or subscriptions. For kids ages 2-6, don't miss Khan Academy Kids, our new early learning app to help young children with reading, writing, math and social-emotional development! We’d love to hear from you! Visit us at www.duckduckmoose.com or drop us a line at support@duckduckmoose.com.

Screenshots

First Words Sampler4 screens
Superhero Comic Book Maker4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: First Words Sampler at 4.1 against Superhero Comic Book Maker's 3.8. First Words Sampler also leads on review sentiment (73% vs 59%) and ratings volume (140 vs 25). Superhero Comic Book Maker's advantage is iOS requirement (9.0 vs 12.2). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

First Words Sampler holds the better App Store score, 4.1 against 3.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: First Words Sampler has 140 ratings behind it against 25, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 73% of First Words Sampler's written reviews are positive against 59% of Superhero Comic Book Maker's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

First Words Sampler ships an update every 3 months, Superhero Comic Book Maker every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on August 21, 2026 and September 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
First Words Sampler versus Superhero Comic Book Maker: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFirst Words SamplerSuperhero Comic Book Maker
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.1 (140 ratings) — better3.8 (25 ratings)
Positive reviews72.5% of reviews — better59.1% of reviews
Number of ratings140 — better25
Update frequencyEvery 3 months — betterEvery 5 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS12.29.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size23 MB52 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperLearning Touch LLCDuck Duck Moose LLC

Customer experience

First Words Sampler

All ratings140 ratings
Positive75.0%
Neutral5.7%
Negative19.3%
Written reviews153 reviews
Positive72.5%
Neutral11.1%
Negative16.3%

Superhero Comic Book Maker

All ratings25 ratings
Positive68.0%
Neutral12.0%
Negative20.0%
Written reviews22 reviews
Positive59.1%
Neutral9.1%
Negative31.8%

Bugs and requests

First Words Sampler

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Crashes or freezes on some devices
  • Letters not responsive enough when trying to move them

Requested features

4 requests
  • Add phonics-based learning
  • Increase word/level variety
  • Add difficulty settings
  • Provide UK English version

Superhero Comic Book Maker

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

First Words Sampler

No in-app purchases

None

Superhero Comic Book Maker

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is First Words Sampler free?
First Words Sampler is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Superhero Comic Book Maker free?
Superhero Comic Book Maker is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, First Words Sampler or Superhero Comic Book Maker?
First Words Sampler is rated higher. First Words Sampler averages 4.1 out of 5 from 140 ratings, while Superhero Comic Book Maker averages 3.8 from 25 ratings.
Do First Words Sampler or Superhero Comic Book Maker have ads?
Neither First Words Sampler nor Superhero Comic Book Maker shows ads.
Which is updated more often, First Words Sampler or Superhero Comic Book Maker?
First Words Sampler ships an update every 3 months, and Superhero Comic Book Maker every 5 months. Most recently, First Words Sampler was updated on August 21, 2026 and Superhero Comic Book Maker on September 24, 2026.

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