First Words Deluxe vs Monkey Preschool Fix
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
First Words Deluxe
This app helps toddlers learn letters, spelling, and reading through interactive games. It features over 150 words across five categories and supports multiple languages, with adjustable difficulty levels for personalized learning.
- Learn letters and spelling
- Over 150 words in 5 categories
- Multiple language support
- Adjustable difficulty levels
- Phonics option
- Toddler-friendly interface
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* Finalist for the BestAppEver Award: Toddler Apps * The best-selling reading game for kids has gotten even better! We've added more words, more languages, and phonics. First Words Deluxe provides endless fun for the toddlers in your life, all while giving your child a head start on learning their letters and learning to spell words. Now with Spanish, French, German, Japanese, plus US and UK English. First Words Deluxe is toddler-tested and approved, with a user-interface designed specifically for the littlest of fingers. The game includes over 150 words in five kid-friendly categories: ** Animals ** ** Vehicles ** ** Colors ** ** Shapes ** ** Words from around the house ** (Fewer words are shown when the phonics option is selected, because many English words are not spelled phonetically. A total of 68 phonics words are included.) A wide range of options let you tune the game to match your child's current skills and abilities. If your child is old enough to ask for your phone, they're old enough for First Words Deluxe! Here's what educators and reviewers have said about our First Words apps: “First Words is an app that teaches letters and words in fun and interactive way. Very easy to use these apps will help support your little ones learning with great illustrations and bright colors. Each app supports kids learning and encourages kids to explore and discover by revealing, rewarding and teaching.” -- Fun Educational Apps “Excellent - As a teacher, I love this game! Just what technology was meant to do!” -- iTunes Review “This app has great settings that let you control the level of difficulty for the child – either with lots of hints or almost none at all. The letters slide nicely into each word and when completed the child is rewarded by having the pictured animal enlarge and animate briefly.” --Carisa Kluver at Digital Stortyime “First Words Deluxe is a very straightforward word-building game. Words are either said letter by letter as they are dragged into the appropriate gray boxes or, if chosen in the settings, a smaller set of words can be sounded out with phonics. This makes this game a treat for both pre-readers and early spellers.” --Common Sense Media “Looking to guide your toddler towards recognizing letters and how to spell words up to eight letters long? Then First Words Deluxe might be just what you are looking for. This pre-reader and spelling application encourages vocabulary development in a wide range of categories such as: vehicles, animals, at home, colors, and shapes.” --Andrea Gardner at Applicable2u "First Words is a great app -- as I said at the time, 'Leo loves First Words because it's fun and easy. I love it because he's learning to spell words, and the interface makes that learning error-free.'" ---Shannon Des Roches Rosa at Squidalicious *** We love getting feedback from our users. If you have questions or comments, please send them to info@learningtouch.com. ***
Monkey Preschool Fix
This early learning game introduces core concepts like numbers, letters, shapes, and colors through interactive tool-themed activities. Children can engage in various mini-games to fix objects and earn rewards, fostering imagination and problem-solving skills.
- Tool-themed game play
- Number and letter recognition
- Shape and color identification
- Child-friendly design
- 6 unique games
- Wind-up toy rewards
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Monkey Preschool Fix-It is an early learning game for ages 2 to 5 from the creators of the top ranked and award winning Monkey Preschool Lunchbox. With surprising experiences and carefully crafted age appropriate games, Monkey Preschool Fix-It is designed to capture children’s imaginations while introducing core early learning challenges. Monkey Preschool Fix-It features: * Active tool-themed game play. Kids will help Monkey "fix-it" by hammering and sawing their way through games that revolve around number and letter recognition, shape and color identification and more. * Child friendly design: No confusing menus or navigation. * Kid safe. No advertising, No in app purchases, No personal information collected. To learn more about our privacy policy please visit http://thup.com/privacy-policy/ 6 unique games: Colors, Numbers, Letters, Shapes, Patterns and Puzzles! * Mechanic’s Matching. Monkey’s buddies are having some car trouble! Match the right parts to fix their engines and watch them zoom off with a smile. * Tap-Tap Colors. Find the nail with the right color and pound it in! * Alphabots. Power up dancing robots with letter shaped batteries. * Number Buzz. Saw the boards with the right number as quick as you can! * Rub-A-Dub-Flub. Monkey needs a bath, but the pipes are broken! Match the puzzle pieces to fix the pipes. * Tighten Up. Find the right shaped bolt and tighten it up! Wind-Up Toy Rewards! Kids earn delightfully animated cars, animals, robots, and more for their play room.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: First Words Deluxe at 4.3 against Monkey Preschool Fix's 3.6. First Words Deluxe also leads on chart position (#186 vs unranked) and iOS requirement (12.2 vs 15.0). Monkey Preschool Fix's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and price ($1.99 vs $4.99). On review sentiment, ratings volume, update cadence and ads 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
First Words Deluxe costs $4.99 and Monkey Preschool Fix $1.99 up front. First Words Deluxe sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Monkey Preschool Fix asks for nothing beyond the download.
First Words Deluxe holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 3.6. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 51 and 25 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 89% of First Words Deluxe's written reviews are positive against 82% of Monkey Preschool Fix's.
First Words Deluxe ships an update every 4 months, Monkey Preschool Fix every 6 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 4, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | First Words Deluxe | Monkey Preschool Fix |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $4.99 | $1.99 — better |
| Rating | 4.3 (51 ratings) — better | 3.6 (25 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 89.2% of reviews — better | 82.4% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 51 — better | 25 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months — better | Every 6 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases — better | Paid |
| Best chart rank | #186 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.2 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 103 MB | 339 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Learning Touch LLC | THUP Games |
Customer experience
First Words Deluxe
Monkey Preschool Fix
Bugs and requests
First Words Deluxe
Reported bugs
2 issues- Words sometimes disappear from the screen
- Occasional crashes or freezes reported
Requested features
4 requests- Allow users to add custom words and images
- Expand word list with more advanced vocabulary
- Implement a phonics-focused mode for all words
- Add multilingual support in the base app
Monkey Preschool Fix
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
First Words Deluxe
- Word Pack 1$4.99
Monkey Preschool Fix
No in-app purchases
Questions
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