Itsy Bitsy Spider vs Recall Trainer
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Itsy Bitsy Spider
This interactive app brings a classic nursery rhyme to life with engaging illustrations and activities. Children can explore hidden surprises, sing along, and learn through playful interactions. Designed for young children, it offers a fun and educational experience.
- Interactive illustrations with hidden surprises
- Easy navigation
- Record your own voice to sing along
- Learn about nature and counting
- Play peek-a-boo
- Listen to classical music
- Watch caterpillar transformation
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An award-winning original tribute to a childhood classic, Itsy Bitsy Spider offers children a fun, interactive and educational experience. AGES: 2-5. OVERVIEW - 100% interactive illustrations with hidden surprises on every page - Easy navigation – just poke the spider to move to the next scene - Use the record feature to sing along CATEGORY: Nursery Rhyme ACTIVITIES - FOLLOW the spider on an adventure – up, down and all around - LEARN about the environment and nature from Cloe the fly - COUNT with a squirrel as he builds his house - PLAY peek-a-boo with a frog - SING along and record your own voice - LISTEN to classical music performed on a violin and cello - WATCH a caterpillar become a beautiful butterfly - COLLECT colorful eggs on the spider web AWARDS - Parents’ Choice Gold Award - Parents’ Choice Foundation - Children’s Technology Review Editor’s Choice Award for Excellence in Design 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 2-7, 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.
Recall Trainer
A card matching game designed for all ages that tests concentration and memory. It features multiple game modes, over 100 levels, and educational options for learning languages.
- Multiple game modes
- Over 100 levels
- Educational mode with language learning
- Two-player mode
- Add new card sets
- Apple Game Center integration
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Two cards face down. You flip them, remember where they are, and find the pair. Three seconds in, your visual and spatial memory is already at work. Recall Trainer is that simple challenge, built for learning and for training, from the first years to the grandparents. This complete edition includes everything, with no ads and no in-app purchases. WHO IS IT FOR? • Toddlers: card packs to recognize animals, food and faces, then letters, numbers and first words. A voice says what they flip, in English or in the language you choose. A real early-learning game for preschool. • Kids: learn to read by pairing a picture with its word, to count by linking a number with its name, to match a lowercase letter with its uppercase, to discover a foreign language pair by pair. • Adults and seniors: a brain training session of a few minutes a day. The big boards, up to 78 cards, demand attention, concentration and a working memory in good shape. WHAT MEMO TRAINS Visual memory, because you have to recognize the pictures. Spatial memory, because you have to remember where they are. Auditory memory, because every card can be read aloud. And concentration, because a 78-card board is never won while thinking about something else. FOUR WAYS TO PLAY • Classic: 25 levels, from 2 to 78 cards, in five difficulty bands. • Time Attack: start with 30 seconds; every pair adds time and every cleared board adds a bonus. • 2 Players: take turns on the same device, the perfect memory duel between a child and a parent, with no limit on games. • Educational: 25 ready-made activities to read, count, memorize or discover a language, plus a custom mode where you pick the image, text, voice and language of each side. TEN CARD PACKS, ALL INCLUDED Animals, food, music, sports, faces, emojis, numbers, words, lowercase and uppercase letters: more than 1,000 cards, available from the first launch. No ads, no in-app purchases, nothing to unlock: you pay once and that is all. ALSO • Card backs, decorations and layouts to unlock by playing. • Progress kept on all your devices with iCloud. • Available in 24 languages, on iPhone and iPad. Recall Trainer keeps its familiar wood-and-slate look in a refreshed interface. The edition you install on the family tablet and keep for years.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Itsy Bitsy Spider at Free against Recall Trainer's $8.99. Itsy Bitsy Spider also leads on rating (4.2 vs 3.8) and ratings volume (70 vs 5). Recall Trainer's advantage is update cadence (every 11 days vs every 6 months). On ads, 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
Itsy Bitsy Spider is free to download; Recall Trainer costs $8.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Itsy Bitsy Spider holds the better App Store score, 4.2 against 3.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Itsy Bitsy Spider has 70 ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 87% of Itsy Bitsy Spider's written reviews are positive against 78% of Recall Trainer's.
Itsy Bitsy Spider ships an update every 6 months, Recall Trainer every 11 days. Both last shipped on November 1, 2026.
| Parameter | Itsy Bitsy Spider | Recall Trainer |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $8.99 |
| Rating | 4.2 (70 ratings) — better | 3.8 (5 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 86.6% of reviews — better | 78.1% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 70 — better | 5 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 months | Every 11 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 18 MB | 211 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Duck Duck Moose LLC | Clement Marty |
Customer experience
Itsy Bitsy Spider
Recall Trainer
Bugs and requests
Itsy Bitsy Spider
Reported bugs
2 issues- Sound not working after iOS updates
- App crashing on certain devices
Requested features
3 requests- More levels and screens to explore
- Additional songs/nursery rhymes
- Ability to change backgrounds/environments
Recall Trainer
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Itsy Bitsy Spider
No in-app purchases
Recall Trainer
No in-app purchases
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