Comparison

Itsy Bitsy Spider vs Recall Trainer

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

Head to head
About

Itsy Bitsy Spider

An interactive and educational retelling of a classic nursery rhyme for young children. Features include hidden surprises, sing-along recording, and mini-games that teach counting and nature.

Highlights
  • Interactive illustrations with hidden surprises
  • Record your own voice singing
  • Learn about nature with Cloe the fly
  • Counting activities with a squirrel
  • Play peek-a-boo with a frog
  • Watch a caterpillar transform
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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.

About

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.

Highlights
  • Multiple game modes
  • Over 100 levels
  • Educational mode with language learning
  • Two-player mode
  • Add new card sets
  • Apple Game Center integration
Features
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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 call

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 (45 vs 5). Recall Trainer's advantage is update cadence (every 11 days vs every 7 months). On review sentiment, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

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.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

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 45 ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 70% of Itsy Bitsy Spider's written reviews are positive against 78% of Recall Trainer's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Itsy Bitsy Spider ships an update every 7 months, Recall Trainer every 11 days. Both last shipped on November 1, 2026.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Itsy Bitsy Spider versus Recall Trainer: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterItsy Bitsy SpiderRecall Trainer
PriceFree — better$8.99
Rating4.2 (45 ratings) — better3.8 (5 ratings)
Positive reviews70.5% of reviews78.1% of reviews — better
Number of ratings45 — better5
Update frequencyEvery 7 monthsEvery 11 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree — betterPaid
DevicesiPadiPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS9.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size26 MB211 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDuck Duck Moose LLCClement Marty

Customer experience

Itsy Bitsy Spider

All ratings40 ratings
Positive80.0%
Neutral2.5%
Negative17.5%
Written reviews105 reviews
Positive70.5%
Neutral9.5%
Negative20.0%

Recall Trainer

All ratings5 ratings
Positive60.0%
Neutral20.0%
Negative20.0%
Written reviews64 reviews
Positive78.1%
Neutral9.4%
Negative12.5%

Bugs and requests

Itsy Bitsy Spider

Reported bugs

7 issues
  • App won't progress past opening screen after iOS 13 update
  • App won't open at all after recent update
  • Stuck on first page with no way to turn pages
  • Sound not working despite troubleshooting
  • Program crashes and requires restart to change pages
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  • App incompatible with iPad HD version
  • Freezes and performance issues

Requested features

8 requests
  • More nursery rhymes in similar format
  • Additional screens and content
  • Female or child voice option for singing
  • More verses of Itsy Bitsy Spider incorporated
  • Automatic music playback option
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  • Multi-touch support for simultaneous screen touches
  • Ability to switch singer voice
  • More interactive activities and projects

Recall Trainer

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Itsy Bitsy Spider

No in-app purchases

None

Recall Trainer

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Itsy Bitsy Spider free?
Itsy Bitsy Spider is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Recall Trainer free?
Recall Trainer costs $8.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Itsy Bitsy Spider or Recall Trainer?
Itsy Bitsy Spider is rated higher. Itsy Bitsy Spider averages 4.2 out of 5 from 45 ratings, while Recall Trainer averages 3.8 from 5 ratings.
Do Itsy Bitsy Spider or Recall Trainer have ads?
Neither Itsy Bitsy Spider nor Recall Trainer shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Itsy Bitsy Spider or Recall Trainer?
Itsy Bitsy Spider ships an update every 7 months, and Recall Trainer every 11 days. Most recently, Itsy Bitsy Spider was updated on November 1, 2026 and Recall Trainer on November 1, 2026.

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