Interactive Alphabet ABC's vs Noodle Words
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Interactive Alphabet ABC's
This app offers a comprehensive alphabet learning experience for young children. It features interactive letter toys, singing robots, tracing activities, and typing games to develop foundational reading skills. Parents can also customize content with personal photos and words.
- Interactive letter toys
- Alphabet song with animated robots
- Letter and word tracing
- Keyboard typing practice
- Customizable photos and words
- Phonic sounds
- Left-handed tracing support
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Positively, the BEST Alphabet experience from crib to kindergarten! Baby - A guided A to Z touchable tour (ages 1+) Explore - discover hands-on interactive letter toys (ages 2+) Sing - Sing along with letterbots! (ages ALL) Type - Match letter keys to type a word (ages 2+) Trace - Easy letter and word drawing (ages 2+) Customize - Add familiar pictures/words Features: * Baby Mode auto advances through interactive letter toys * Explore Mode lets kids discover interactive letter toys at their own pace. * Sing Mode lets you sing the alphabet song along with 26 dancing robots. * Trace Mode includes letters, words, custom words, alternate tracing strokes, and left-handed support. Earn Stickers and Stars to help see what is being traced the most or the least. * Type Mode teaches little ones where to find letters on the keyboard while typing words. * Add your own photos and words to the app, and they will appear in all modes except song mode. * Choose lowercase, uppercase, or mixed case. * Phonic Sounds. * Choose a British or American accent. * Fun and upbeat Original Music - keeps you dancing, not wincing. (parent friendly!) * Sing along to the Alphabet/ABC song! * Develops reading foundational skills. * Great for Educators and Therapists to help with language and pre-reading. * Aligned to Kindergarten Reading Foundational Skills in Common Core State Standards. * Universal app for iPad/iPhone/iPod. * Safe: No in-app purchases. * Safe: No ads. * Safe: No social media. ******************************* Awards and More! Winner of 2010 Best Kids App for iPad at iLounge! Featured in the App 2010 Rewind in the Tech for Tots Category! Selected as on the of 10 best iPhone apps for pre-readers at babble.com! Selected in top 8 apps for kids (2010) by macstories.net Featured 4-star (highest rating) app on kidseducationalapps.com Featured as New and Noteworthy by Apple! Featured as a select app in 2010 by Apple! Reviews from the press: “To say that we were impressed by Interactive Alphabet – ABC Flash Cards would be an understatement – it is truly one of the very best iPad applications yet developed, and a fantastic value for the price. The colorful art, charming music, wonderful activities, and attention to detail make this a ‘go-to’ title for teaching kids the alphabet, as well as real world uses of letters. That it works with the iPad as well as the iPhone and iPod touch is just icing on the cake.” - iLounge "The thing I like about this entire app for toddlers is the way it was so well thought out for kids. It isn’t just a bunch of letters, it’s a full interaction that helps them learn on a few different levels." - tcgeeks.com "…a lovely way to experience the alphabet, that kids will want to play it over and over. " . . "We legitimately couldn’t find anything not to like about this app." . . "The Bottom Line: A top pick for babies, toddlers, and preschoolers." - bestkidsapps.com "Interactive Alphabet is guaranteed fun time with your young ones." - funeducationalapps.com
Noodle Words
This interactive app brings 18 active words to life with animated characters, allowing young learners to play with words and discover their meanings through touch. Developed by a renowned children's designer, it encourages emerging readers ages 4-7 to engage with language in a fun and dynamic way.
- Interactive word play
- Animated characters
- Word meaning discovery
- Touch screen interaction
- Designed for emergent readers
- 18 playful words
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Through interactive play, our set of 18 active words come to life as the Noodle Bugs demonstrate word meanings with their highly animated antics. Young readers can interact with the words or the cute bugs using the iPad's touch screen. They literally play with the words to make SPIN spin and JUMP jump. Developed by award winning children’s designer Mark Schlichting, creator of the best selling Living Books series of interactive children's books, Noodle Words is the first in a series of animated Word Toys, Noodle Words encourages emerging readers ages 4-7 to discover word meanings like they never have before. ◆ Featured in USA Today ◆ Featured in Apple's New and Noteworthy in Education ◆ New-York Times Best Apps for Children - End of Year Edition ◆ Winner of the Parents' Choice Gold Award ◆ Winner of the 2012 KAPi Award for Best Educational Product ◆ Children's Technology Review Editor's Choice Award, with 4.7/5 "This is a masterful example of how an app can make learning fun." - Jinny Gudmundsen, USA Today "A charming educational app for iPad that is sure to put a smile on the face of users no matter the age, as well as teach the meaning of action words in ways most delightful" - GiggleApps.com This app has been a great hit with every child who has tried it. It's a great way for kids of all ages to learn and play with words, giggle, have fun, laugh and dance! ▸ "My preschool students love this app." ▸ "My four year old daughter makes a point of showing me each word." ▸ "This is such a fantastic app for my profoundly autistic teenage daughter. It is perfect. All I wish is for there to be hundreds more words! Thank you for all the work that must have gone into this app." ▸ "Noodle Words is one of our favorite apps ever!" -- KinderTown ▸ "This is a terrific app for teaching children the meaning of words." -- The iPhone Mom ▸ "Noodle Words is a very interactive word recognition game, and a great game for young readers." -- Famigo ▸ "I think Noodle Words a new classic; a breakthrough like Dr. Seuss's books, but in a sillier than ever, touchable medium." -- Ann H. McCormick, PhD, Founder, The Learning Company Features: • Universal App supports iPad, iPhone and iPod touch • Word Toy, with 18 playful words • Expressive Words • Invites Play • Word Learning • Highly Animated • Dynamic Interaction • Appealing Animated Characters • Simple and Elegant • Rich Multi-Touch Interface • Tips for Parents • Innovative Tutorial • Designed in Partnership with Children Not all children learn to read the same way. Exposure, repetition, and context all help build relationships to vocabulary and understanding. Noodle Words is a word toy designed to offer emerging readers a playful modality for language acquisition and word comprehension. Kids of all ages can explore at their own pace, and develop a love of word play through direct interaction. It's even designed to draw-in the most hesitant early reader. Noodle Words is a wonderful app to play with your children. Some kids love to show off what they can do, and others love to laugh with you when the Noodle Bugs do something silly. We hope playing together with your children brings you the same joy we had while making this app. --------- Privacy Disclosure: NoodleWorks Interactive creates engaging environments for children that are educational, fun and above all safe and appropriate. Our apps: - do not collect any information - do not contain ads or in-app purchases - do not have links to websites or social networks - do not use analytics or data collection tools Email us at info@noodleworks.com if you have any questions.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Interactive Alphabet ABC's at 4.5 against Noodle Words's 4.2. Interactive Alphabet ABC's also leads on update cadence (every 6 weeks vs every 5 months). Noodle Words's advantage is iOS requirement (12.0 vs 16.0). On price, review sentiment, ratings volume 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
Interactive Alphabet ABC's costs $2.99 and Noodle Words $2.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Interactive Alphabet ABC's holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 4.2. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 62 and 56 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 83% of Interactive Alphabet ABC's's written reviews are positive against 77% of Noodle Words's.
Interactive Alphabet ABC's ships an update every 6 weeks, Noodle Words every 5 months. Both last shipped on October 14, 2026.
| Parameter | Interactive Alphabet ABC's | Noodle Words |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $2.99 | $2.99 |
| Rating | 4.5 (62 ratings) — better | 4.2 (56 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 83.1% of reviews — better | 76.6% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 62 — better | 56 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks — better | Every 5 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 157 MB | 102 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Piikea St. LLC | Independent |
Customer experience
Interactive Alphabet ABC's
Noodle Words
User reviews
Interactive Alphabet ABC's
From 62 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Fun and interactive
- 🎨 Colorful and engaging graphics
- 🎓 Helps kids learn alphabet and letter sounds
- 🔊 High-quality audio and music
- 📷 Ability to add custom photos and voice
Room to improve
- 🐛 Occasional crashes or freezes
- 🔊 Background music can be too loud
- 🇺🇸 American pronunciation not suitable for all regions
- 🔤 Uses uppercase letters instead of lowercase
Noodle Words
From 56 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 💡 Creative and fun learning
- 👍 Engaging for children
- 💡 Interactive word animations
- 👍 Great for speech therapy
- 👍 Well-designed concept
Room to improve
- 💰 Overpriced for content
- 👎 Limited number of words
- 👎 Lack of content
- 👎 Repetitive after short time
- 👎 Poor value for money
Bugs and requests
Interactive Alphabet ABC's
Reported bugs
2 issues- Unable to exit the 'O' for Olives page
- Sound stops working after app updates
Requested features
4 requests- Add option to turn off background music
- Improve navigation with a 'home' button
- Incorporate more common words for each letter
- Provide a version with UK/regional English pronunciation
Noodle Words
Reported bugs
4 issues- App crashes
- App stuck on splash screen
- App goes from booting up to blank
- Cannot open the app
Requested features
10 requests- More word sets/lists
- Additional apps with similar concept
- In-app purchases for more words
- Customizable word lists
- Option to silence spoken word
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- Ability to guess word from action
- New versions for ABC/123
- Antonyms, homonyms, synonyms, rhymes lists
- Test at the end
- New lists without IAPs
In-app purchases
Interactive Alphabet ABC's
No in-app purchases
Noodle Words
No in-app purchases
Questions
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Is Noodle Words free?
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