Interactive Alphabet ABC's vs PlaymeABC for iPhone
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
PlaymeABC for iPhone
This interactive flashcard application helps young children learn alphabets and words through engaging sensory experiences. It features animated letter writing, rich vocabulary with three words per letter, and original artwork with child narration.
- Interactive alphabet learning
- Animated letter writing guides
- Rich vocabulary (3 words per letter)
- Visual association with words and letters
- Sensory learning (touch, observe, listen)
- Original artwork and animations
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Let the children learn by exploring through their senses! PlaymeABC interactive flashcards application introduces fun, engaging ways of learning to young children. Each alphabet demonstrates how to write the uppercase and lowercase letter with colorful strokes animated to show the right order. Unlike many other apps in the similar category, PlaymeABC is rich in vocabulary– 3 words per each letter, therefore 76 words in total. In addition, children will be able to build the visual association to words and letters by exploring and interacting with original artwork, animations and listening to vivid sentences in the voice of children. •Helps young children develop the visual association to alphabets and words •Get familiar with uppercase letters, lowercase letters, letter names and letter sounds •Each alphabet demonstrates how to write the uppercase and lowercase letter with strokes in the right order •Each letter contains 3 words – that is 76 words in total! •Learn through your senses: via touching, observing, and listening •No third-party advertising, No in-app purchases
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: PlaymeABC for iPhone at 5.0 against Interactive Alphabet ABC's's 4.5. PlaymeABC for iPhone also leads on price ($1.99 vs $2.99) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 16.0). Interactive Alphabet ABC's's advantage is update cadence (every 6 weeks vs every 7 months) and ratings volume (62 vs 2). On ads, in-app purchases, monetization model 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
Interactive Alphabet ABC's costs $2.99 and PlaymeABC for iPhone $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
PlaymeABC for iPhone holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Interactive Alphabet ABC's has 62 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 83% of Interactive Alphabet ABC's's written reviews are positive against 71% of PlaymeABC for iPhone's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Interactive Alphabet ABC's ships an update every 6 weeks, PlaymeABC for iPhone every 7 months. The most recent releases landed on October 18, 2026 and October 16, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Interactive Alphabet ABC's | PlaymeABC for iPhone |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $2.99 | $1.99 — better |
| Rating | 4.5 (62 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 83.1% of reviews — better | 71.4% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 62 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks — better | Every 7 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 157 MB | 48 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Piikea St. LLC | Gloding Inc. |
Customer experience
Interactive Alphabet ABC's
PlaymeABC for iPhone
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
PlaymeABC for iPhone
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Interactive Alphabet ABC's
No in-app purchases
PlaymeABC for iPhone
No in-app purchases
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