Comparison

BrainPOP vs ReadingSpot

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

Head to head
About

BrainPOP

This app offers award-winning animated educational videos, interactive activities, and quizzes designed by educators. It aims to transform passive screen time into active, enriched learning experiences for children in grades 3-8 across all subjects.

Highlights
  • Animated educational movies
  • Interactive activities
  • Quizzes
  • Content for grades 3-8
  • All subjects covered
  • Research-backed learning platform
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Access BrainPOP’s award-winning animated movies, activities and quizzes made by educators and replace your kids’ passive screen time with active, enriched learning. Start your free trial today to access content for grades 3-8 across all subjects. BrainPOP is a research-backed learning platform created by educators that know how kids learn best, and perfect for age-appropriate, independent learning. Start watching, learning, playing and growing with us! Terms of Use: https://www.brainpop.com/about/terms_of_use/ Privacy Policy: https://www.brainpop.com/about/privacy_policy/ User Agreement: https://www.brainpop.com/about/user_agreement/

About

ReadingSpot

This app offers a vast digital library for K-12 students and teachers, featuring thousands of books. Educators can find and assign titles based on student interests and reading levels, while students can independently explore the collection. It allows for progress tracking of student reading materials.

Highlights
  • Thousands of digital books
  • Searchable library
  • Assign titles to students
  • Track student progress
  • Student-led book discovery
  • Interest and reading level matching
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ReadingSpot provides teachers and students with a rich library of thousands of digital books for readers in grades K-12. Teachers can search the library to find titles that match students' interests and reading abilities. Teachers can assign titles to students and track their progress through the reading materials. In addition to teacher-assigned books, students can freely search through the library using intuitive and powerful search tools to find books that match their interests and reading level. Promotional text (Promotional text lets you inform your App Store visitors of any current app features without requiring an updated submission. This text will appear above your description on the App Store for customers with devices running iOS 11 or later, and macOS 10.13 or later. This can't be longer than 170 characters including spaces.): Keywords (One or more keywords that describe the app you are adding. When users search the App Store, the terms they enter are matched with keywords to return more accurate results. Separate multiple keywords with commas. Keywords cannot be edited once your binary is in review and cannot be longer than 100 characters including commas and spaces.): reading, readers, leveled readers, lexile, guided reading, education, school, library ,books, ebooks, textbooks, education, students, teachers, learning.

Screenshots

BrainPOP4 screens
ReadingSpot4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: BrainPOP at 93% against ReadingSpot's 0%. BrainPOP also leads on rating (4.7 vs 2.8) and ratings volume (34K vs 5). ReadingSpot's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 5) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 15.0). On price, update cadence, ads 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. BrainPOP sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. ReadingSpot asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

BrainPOP holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 2.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: BrainPOP has 34K ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 93% of BrainPOP's written reviews are positive against 0% of ReadingSpot's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

BrainPOP ships an update every 2 months, ReadingSpot every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 17, 2026 and October 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
BrainPOP versus ReadingSpot: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBrainPOPReadingSpot
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (34K ratings) — better2.8 (5 ratings)
Positive reviews92.6% of reviews — better0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings34K — better5
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 5 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.011.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size25 MB73 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBrainPOP®Savvas Learning Company LLC

Customer experience

BrainPOP

All ratings34,241 ratings
Positive93.5%
Neutral2.9%
Negative3.6%
Written reviews1,056 reviews
Positive92.6%
Neutral2.4%
Negative5.0%

ReadingSpot

All ratings5 ratings
Positive40.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative60.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

Bugs and requests

BrainPOP

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Login issues
  • Playback problems
  • Syncing issues across devices

Requested features

5 requests
  • More topics and content
  • Lower subscription cost
  • Better organization of content
  • More character diversity
  • Support for older devices

ReadingSpot

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

5 purchases

BrainPOP

Subscriptions5
  • BrainPOP Explorer Subscription$3.991 Month
  • BrainPOP Full Access14 Days trial$15.991 Month
  • BrainPOP Combo Monthly14 Days trial$19.991 Month
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  • BrainPOP Full Access Yearly14 Days trial$129.991 Year
  • BrainPOP Combo Yearly14 Days trial$159.991 Year
None

ReadingSpot

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is BrainPOP free?
BrainPOP is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is ReadingSpot free?
ReadingSpot is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, BrainPOP or ReadingSpot?
BrainPOP is rated higher. BrainPOP averages 4.7 out of 5 from 34K ratings, while ReadingSpot averages 2.8 from 5 ratings.
Do BrainPOP or ReadingSpot have ads?
Neither BrainPOP nor ReadingSpot shows ads.
Which is updated more often, BrainPOP or ReadingSpot?
BrainPOP ships an update every 2 months, and ReadingSpot every 5 weeks. Most recently, BrainPOP was updated on October 17, 2026 and ReadingSpot on October 3, 2026.

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