Comparison

Counting Ants Lite vs Arty Mouse Numbers

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

Head to head
About

Counting Ants Lite

This app helps toddlers learn to count to ten through engaging minigames featuring animated ants. It also introduces young children to new languages with interactive scenes and a simple interface.

Highlights
  • Counting to ten practice
  • Interactive minigames
  • Introduction to multiple languages
  • Toddler-friendly interface
  • Engaging animated characters
Features
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Counting Ants Lite is a great app for early learning - perhaps the best way to help your toddler practice counting to ten on the iPhone, iPad or iPod Touch. It's also a great way to introduce your kids to a second (or third!) language. This app features adorable ants that zip around in their cars, while teaching kids the basics of counting. The app automatically rotates through five minigames to keep your toddler engaged while they learn to count. Minigames include: • Count the ducks • Count the fish • Count the fruit • Count the train cars • Find the number The minigames and toddler-friendly interface make learning incredibly easy and fun. The scenes are fully interactive and simple for young children to control even if they don't yet know how to read. Counting Ants Lite includes both English and Spanish and also offers support for additional languages via in-app purchase. Supported languages include Chinese, Japanese, Russian, French, Italian, Hungarian, Ukrainian and German. Please let us know if there's additional content you'd like to see added - we're excited to add support for more languages and happy to take requests. Happy Counting! -- Counting Ants Lite is one of the first releases from Playtend, a new creative play shop formed by The Guys In The Booth and twistcone. Learn more about our new company, Playtend at http://playtend.com Playtend is a member of Moms with Apps, a collaborative group of family-friendly developers seeking to promote quality apps for kids and families. Recommended Ages: 1-3,3-6 Categories: Early Learning, Counting, Numbers, Foreign Language

About

Arty Mouse Numbers

This app offers interactive number activities for children aged 3-6. It features animated characters and mini-games designed to build confidence in counting, matching, adding, and sorting, while also developing motor skills.

Highlights
  • 12 interactive number activities
  • Mini play-again games
  • Counting, matching, adding, sorting
  • Develops motor skills
  • Animation and sound effects
  • Available in 7 languages
Features
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Arty Mouse loves to get stuck into fun creative activities, which is why he is always smiling! He is the perfect enthusiastic mentor for young children just getting to grips with early learning concepts. In Arty Mouse Numbers, Arty Mouse and his colourful friends engage, enthuse and empower little learners, helping to fast-track them in key early learning number skills. This fun animated app for boys and girls aged 3 to 6 has 12 exciting interactive number activities to choose from, with mini play-again games to discover within each one. Covering a selection of number and maths-related skills including counting, matching, adding up and sorting, this app also helps to develop important motor skills for learning to write. Part of the award-winning Arty Mouse Early Learning Through Art product family. 1, 2, 3 go with Arty Mouse and learn to count! Over 1 million Arty Mouse books sold worldwide. KEY FEATURES • Animation • Available in 7 languages: English, Spanish, French, Italian, German and Russian. • Sound effects • Featuring Arty Mouse and his colourful friends • 12 fun themed activities to choose from • Numerous mini games to play again and again to develop number confidence • Proven educational content • Encourages creative play on and off screen • Ideal for children aged 3 to 6 • Free app download including open content and in-app purchases. For more detailed information about Arty Mouse Numbers App, please visit: http://www.taptaptales.com Tap Tap Tales also has other applications such as Hello Kitty, Maya The Bee, Smurfs, Vic The viking, Shaun the Sheep, Tree Fu Tom, Heidi and Caillou. In Tap Tap Tales we care about your opinion. For this reason, we encourage you to rate this app and if you have any comments please send them to our e-mail address: hello@taptaptales.com. Web: http://www.taptaptales.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/taptaptales Twitter: @taptaptales Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/taptaptales Our Mision Bringing joy to children and contributing to their development through the creation and publication of amazing interactive adventures full of fun educational activities. Motivating and helping the kids to accomplish the tasks of the educational game. Learning and growing with our users, adapting to their needs and sharing happy moments with them. Helping parents and teachers in their educational and caring endeavors with young children, offering them top-quality, state-of-the-art learning applications. Our Privacy Policy http://www.taptaptales.com/en_US/privacy-policy

Screenshots

Counting Ants Lite4 screens
Arty Mouse Numbers4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Arty Mouse Numbers at 5.0 against Counting Ants Lite's 4.2. Arty Mouse Numbers also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 61%). Counting Ants Lite's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 2 months vs every 45 months). On price, in-app purchases, monetization model 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. Counting Ants Lite sells 9 one-off in-app purchases and Arty Mouse Numbers sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Arty Mouse Numbers holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Counting Ants Lite has 93 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 61% of Counting Ants Lite's written reviews are positive against 100% of Arty Mouse Numbers's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Counting Ants Lite ships an update every 2 months, Arty Mouse Numbers every 45 months. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and November 2, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Counting Ants Lite versus Arty Mouse Numbers: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCounting Ants LiteArty Mouse Numbers
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.2 (93 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews61.3% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings93 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 2 months — betterEvery 45 months
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS4.0 — better11.0
Further details — not scored
Size15 MB63 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPlaytend Apps LLPTap Tap Tales, SL

Customer experience

Counting Ants Lite

All ratings93 ratings
Positive75.3%
Neutral11.8%
Negative12.9%
Written reviews31 reviews
Positive61.3%
Neutral9.7%
Negative29.0%

Arty Mouse Numbers

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

9 purchases

Counting Ants Lite

One-time9
  • French Language Pack$0.99
  • German Language Pack$0.99
  • Italian Language Pack$0.99
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  • Chinese Language Pack (Mandarin)$0.99
  • Japanese Language Pack$0.99
  • Hungarian Language Pack$0.99
  • Russian Language Pack$0.99
  • Ukrainian Language Pack$0.99
  • Master Language Pack$1.99
1 purchases

Arty Mouse Numbers

One-time1
  • Arty Mouse Numbers Premium$0.99

Questions

Is Counting Ants Lite free?
Counting Ants Lite is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Arty Mouse Numbers free?
Arty Mouse Numbers is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Counting Ants Lite or Arty Mouse Numbers?
Arty Mouse Numbers is rated higher. Counting Ants Lite averages 4.2 out of 5 from 93 ratings, while Arty Mouse Numbers averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Counting Ants Lite or Arty Mouse Numbers have ads?
Arty Mouse Numbers shows ads; Counting Ants Lite does not.
Which is updated more often, Counting Ants Lite or Arty Mouse Numbers?
Counting Ants Lite ships an update every 2 months, and Arty Mouse Numbers every 45 months. Most recently, Counting Ants Lite was updated on October 31, 2026 and Arty Mouse Numbers on November 2, 2026.

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