Comparison

TeachMe vs Monkey Math School Sunshine

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

Head to head
About

TeachMe

This educational app helps first graders master essential subjects like math, reading, and spelling through engaging games and a rewarding system. It offers personalized learning, tracks progress, and provides verbal feedback to keep children motivated.

Highlights
  • Writing recognition and virtual keyboard input
  • Progress tracking and achievement screens
  • Reward system with virtual town exploration
  • Personalized learning for multiple students
  • Adjustable difficulty and question selection
  • Verbal instructions and feedback
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*** WINNER for Best Elementary Student App at BestAppEver.com *** Readers' Choice Top 10 at SmartAppsForKids.com TeachMe: 1st Grade is the third installment in the popular TeachMe series of educational apps. TeachMe: 1st Grade teaches four age-appropriate subjects to first grade children: sight words, addition, subtraction and spelling. Learning subjects align with common core standards to help your child get prepared for 1st Grade. Parents can review performance history for each subject to check how their child is doing. TeachMe: 1st Grade keeps children engaged with a unique reward system where children earn coins by playing learning games at the school. They can move around the rest of TeachTown to spend their coins on fun rewards. Children can collect stretchable shapes at the Shape Store, visit their virtual aquarium at the Fish Store, and decorate different scenes at the art store. The simple and intuitive user interface is designed to be child friendly, which allows children to play without help from an adult. An animated teacher (Mimi Mouse) gives verbal instructions and feedback to encourage the child to learn and succeed! In addition, the learning screens are colorful, fun and rotate between four different subjects so children don't get bored. Children write their answers for math and spelling questions and TeachMe: 1st Grade reads them. If your child needs help, TeachMe: 1st grade will show them how to write the correct answer including the proper stroke order. TeachMe also includes a virtual keyboard input option. Each child has an achievements screen which motivates and encourages learning by showing progress and levels for each topic. Parents can use this screen to quickly see progress of their child. Parents can select which subjects they want, set different difficulty levels, and even choose specific questions. Parents can also review performance history for each subject to check how their child is doing. FEATURES: • Uses writing recognition, or virtual keyboard input • Achievement screen show progress and levels for each topic • Explore TeachTown to spend coins on fun rewards • Collectable stretchable shapes reward found at the Shape Store • Virtual Aquarium reward (7 types of fish and 50+ items) • 7 different sticker reward scenes: space, playground, beach, underwater reef, pirate cove, city, farm • Over 170 different stickers for adding to scenes • Classroom friendly personalized learning for 40 students • Select which subjects are displayed for each child • Turn on/off specific questions within a subject • Change the number of correct questions to earn a reward • Change the number of questions in a row to mark a question learned • Tracks performance for each subject item (last five) • Export sticker rewards scenes to Photos, for emailing or using as wallpaper LEARNING SUBJECTS: • Sight Words: Dolch First Grade • Addition: up to a total of 20 with additional advanced questions • Subtraction: from 20 down with additional advanced questions • Math questions are shown both horizontally and vertically • Spelling: 170+ 1st grade level words COMMON CORE: For alignment info see https://www.24x7digital.com/firstgradecc Email us at support@24x7digital for help & suggestions.

About

Monkey Math School Sunshine

This app offers a playful beach-themed world for children aged 3-6 to build fundamental math skills through interactive games. It features 9 engaging activities that teach counting, addition, subtraction, patterns, and more, with adaptive difficulty and a rewarding aquarium collection system.

Highlights
  • 9 interactive math games
  • Teaches sequencing, patterning, counting, adding, subtracting
  • Adaptive difficulty levels
  • Uninterrupted and unlimited play
  • Interactive aquarium rewards
  • Number tracing and shape identification
Features
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From the creators of the top selling Preschool App “Monkey Preschool Lunchbox”! Join your child’s favorite monkey in math games and activities in a playfully designed beach-themed world. Monkey Math School Sunshine allows your child to build fundamental math skills while they are endlessly entertained. Your child will count, add and sort their way through engaging games with uninterrupted play. For ages 3 to 6. Praise for Monkey Preschool Games: "5/5 Stars" SmartAppsForKids.com "5/5 Stars" KidsEducationalApps.com “One of the first apps I’d get for a toddler.” BestKidsApps.com MONKEY MATH SCHOOL SUNSHINE FEATURES *9 interactive games that teach kids about sequencing, patterning, counting, adding and subtracting. *With very little interface, your child presses one button to immediately launch into uninterrupted play. *Uses Knack Technology to instinctively adjust the challenge levels to each individual player. *Irresistibly cute monkey guides the child through game play with animated celebrations for correct answers and gentle redirection for incorrect ones. *Kids collect prizes to fill their very own INTERACTIVE AQUARIUM. *Uninterrupted and unlimited play: game continues as long as the player desires. KIDS LEARN WHILE THEY PLAY: *ADD IT UP and TAKE IT AWAY Use your addition and subtraction skills to solve math problems. Trusty crab assistants supply multiple-choice options. *PATTERNS Monkey has a problem: Objects keep popping out of his bucket, creating a pattern - but one piece is missing! Help Monkey by completing the pattern with the choices provided. *SHAPES Is it an octagon? Or maybe a hexagon? Count each side of these shapes and help Monkey figure it out. *SEQUENCES Monkey has a group of numbers in the right order, but some are missing. Help him complete the sequence with the correct numbers. *LESS/MORE Monkey loves to blow bubbles, when he does, groups of shells, fish or turtles are inside each bubble! Use your expertise to figure out which bubble has either the most or least objects inside. *BIGGER/SMALLER Which bubble has the bigger number? Which bubble has the smaller one? Help Monkey figure it out by popping the correct bubble. *CONNECT THE DOTS Baby Turtle is stuck on the beach and she needs your help to get to the sea! Connect the dots to show her the way. *WRITE IT UP! Help Monkey learn his numbers by tracing them in the sand. *BUBBLE POP Monkey is running out of time! Pop all the bubbles that have either the right number or the right amount of objects inside before the time runs out! * Contact THUP! * Have some comments on our apps? We'd love to hear it! Want to find out what we're doing next? Come visit us: Email us: support@thup.com Like us: http://www.facebook.com/THUPgames Follow us: http://twitter.com/THUPGames

Screenshots

TeachMe4 screens
Monkey Math School Sunshine4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Monkey Math School Sunshine at 4.3 against TeachMe's 3.8. Monkey Math School Sunshine also leads on review sentiment (90% vs 80%) and price ($1.99 vs $2.99). TeachMe's advantage is chart position (#195 vs unranked) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.0). On ratings volume, 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

TeachMe costs $2.99 and Monkey Math School Sunshine $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Monkey Math School Sunshine holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 3.8. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 42 and 57 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 80% of TeachMe's written reviews are positive against 90% of Monkey Math School Sunshine's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

TeachMe ships an update every 3 months, Monkey Math School Sunshine every 4 months. Both last shipped on October 20, 2026.

Scorecard6 real differences · 5 level
TeachMe versus Monkey Math School Sunshine: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTeachMeMonkey Math School Sunshine
Price$2.99$1.99 — better
Rating3.8 (42 ratings)4.3 (57 ratings) — better
Positive reviews79.8% of reviews90.3% of reviews — better
Number of ratings4257 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 months — betterEvery 4 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree — betterPaid
Best chart rank#195 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS12.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size162 MB252 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer24x7digital LLCTHUP Games

Customer experience

TeachMe

All ratings42 ratings
Positive69.0%
Neutral2.4%
Negative28.6%
Written reviews129 reviews
Positive79.8%
Neutral10.1%
Negative10.1%

Monkey Math School Sunshine

All ratings57 ratings
Positive84.2%
Neutral3.5%
Negative12.3%
Written reviews195 reviews
Positive90.3%
Neutral4.1%
Negative5.6%

User reviews

TeachMe

From 42 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🎓 Comprehensive educational content covering math, spelling, and sight words
  • 🎁 Engaging reward system with coins and virtual store purchases
  • ✍️ Handwriting recognition feature teaches proper penmanship
  • 🎮 Fun and addictive gameplay that keeps children engaged
  • 💰 Affordable price point (under $3)

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Handwriting recognition is inconsistent and frustrating
  • 🔤 Difficulty recognizing specific letters (M, T, G especially problematic)
  • 🔁 Limited question variety with excessive repetition
  • ⏱️ Slow app loading times
  • 🎤 Annoying narrator voice that cannot be muted or disabled

Monkey Math School Sunshine

From 57 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Fun and educational
  • 🚀 Keeps kids engaged
  • 💡 Customizable difficulty levels
  • 👍 Rewards system motivates learning
  • 👍 Intuitive and easy to use

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Sound issues after updates
  • 🔋 Aquarium fills up too quickly
  • 🔍 Limited game modes and progression
  • 🔍 Repetitive gameplay

Bugs and requests

TeachMe

Reported bugs

12 issues
  • Handwriting recognition fails to accept correct letters
  • Letter M not recognized consistently
  • Letter T mistaken for L
  • App crashes at higher difficulty levels
  • App freezes during gameplay
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  • Writing feature stops working after extended use
  • Character recognition misreads answers (e.g., D as I)
  • App not responding to user input
  • Incompatibility with iPhone 5 resolution
  • Skips around and mid-reads child's attempts
  • Excessive repetition of same questions
  • Narrator lectures repeat multiple times without interruption

Requested features

19 requests
  • Grade 2, 3, and higher grade versions
  • Option to disable or mute narrator voice
  • Ability to choose specific subjects/lessons
  • QWERTY keyboard layout option
  • Friendlier wrong answer feedback mechanism
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  • Customizable sound effects and audio prompts
  • Disable answer reveal button or make it harder to access
  • Support for different handwriting styles and cursive
  • Underlines to indicate number of letters in spelling words
  • Faster app performance and loading times
  • More diverse and varied questions
  • Parental lock feature to prevent accidental app exit
  • Time and currency learning modules
  • Reading comprehension with voice recognition
  • More reward options and virtual items
  • Support for multiple languages and accents (British, Australian, etc.)
  • Ability to set number of attempts before answer appears
  • Separate handwriting practice section
  • Keyboard option for children with poor handwriting

Monkey Math School Sunshine

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Voice directions cutting out
  • Number bubble counting issues
  • Inconsistent touch responsiveness

Requested features

4 requests
  • More advanced math concepts
  • Ability to disable certain game modes
  • Option to save progress across multiple users
  • Expanded aquarium or multiple aquariums

In-app purchases

None

TeachMe

No in-app purchases

None

Monkey Math School Sunshine

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is TeachMe free?
TeachMe costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Monkey Math School Sunshine free?
Monkey Math School Sunshine costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, TeachMe or Monkey Math School Sunshine?
Monkey Math School Sunshine is rated higher. TeachMe averages 3.8 out of 5 from 42 ratings, while Monkey Math School Sunshine averages 4.3 from 57 ratings.
Do TeachMe or Monkey Math School Sunshine have ads?
Neither TeachMe nor Monkey Math School Sunshine shows ads.
Which is updated more often, TeachMe or Monkey Math School Sunshine?
TeachMe ships an update every 3 months, and Monkey Math School Sunshine every 4 months. Most recently, TeachMe was updated on October 20, 2026 and Monkey Math School Sunshine on October 20, 2026.

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