BrainPOP vs Kid's IQ
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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/
Kid's IQ
This educational app helps children develop their IQ through interactive learning. It teaches reading, listening, and matching words with pictures, enhancing vocabulary and knowledge in a fun, playful way. Ideal for preschoolers and kindergarteners.
- Develops children's IQ
- Teaches reading and listening
- Matches words with pictures
- Recognizes objects, sounds, colors, alphabet, and numbers
- Enhances vocabulary
- Playful and fun learning
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This application is designed to develop and enhance children I.Q. It uses innovative way to teach your child to read, listen and match words with pictures. A child best way to learn is by using God gifted senses. Kid's I.Q is designed to enable a child to learn and recognize the different objects, sounds,Colors, Alphabet and Numbers. The application is designed to increase the intelligence and knowledge of children in a playful fun way along with enhancing vocabulary. This app is best for pre-school and kindergarten children Your valuable feedback will encourage us to bring new features in the free updates.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: BrainPOP at 93% against Kid's IQ's 43%. BrainPOP also leads on rating (4.7 vs 2.0) and ratings volume (34K vs 3). Kid's IQ's advantage is iOS requirement (8.0 vs 15.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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
Both are free to download. BrainPOP sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month and Kid's IQ sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
BrainPOP holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 2.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: BrainPOP has 34K ratings behind it against 3, 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 43% of Kid's IQ's.
BrainPOP ships an update every 2 months, Kid's IQ every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 23, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | BrainPOP | Kid's IQ |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (34K ratings) — better | 2.0 (3 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 92.5% of reviews — better | 42.9% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 34K — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 5 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 8.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 25 MB | 67 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | BrainPOP® | Rafat Zohra |
Customer experience
BrainPOP
Kid's IQ
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
Kid's IQ
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
BrainPOP
- 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
Kid's IQ
- Kids IQ$2.99
Questions
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