Starfall ABCs vs Preschool Math Basic Skills
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Starfall ABCs
This app offers a free introduction to foundational reading skills, featuring interactive activities that engage children through sight, sound, and play. It's designed to help young learners recognize letters and develop essential reading abilities, with special considerations for English language learners and children with disabilities.
- Interactive letter and sound activities
- Positive reinforcement and play-based learning
- Develops letter recognition
- Builds foundational reading skills
- Accessible for children with impairments
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Starfall® ABCs is the first step of Starfall’s Learn to Read phonics sequence, which teaches the foundational skills for learning to read. Step 1: ABCs Step 2: Learn to Read Step 3: It’s Fun to Read Step 4: I’m Reading! Starfall ABCs helps children master letter recognition in a stress-free environment through exploration, positive reinforcement, and play. Children delight as they see, hear, and interact with colorful imagery carefully matched to letters and sounds. By mastering these letter-sound relationships, they develop the skills they need to become confident, independent readers. Travel-ready. No internet connection required. Find Starfall ABCs, along with 700+ additional activities and counting across reading, math, music, and more in the Starfall app. The Starfall website and applications are program services of Starfall Education Foundation, a 501(c)(3) publicly supported nonprofit organization. Starfall® and Starfall.com® are registered trademarks in the US, the European Union, and various other countries. Copyright © 2002–2026 by Starfall Education. All rights reserved. Starfall apps are inclusively designed to support all children, including English Language Learners (ELLs). Starfall also provides an Enhanced Accessible Index for children with visual, hearing, or mobility impairments. For more information, please contact Customer Service at (+1) 303-417-6414.
Preschool Math Basic Skills
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Children can practice to Learn Counting and test math skills. This is an ancient way to teach kids how to start Learning counting and is known to be most effective and proficient way. EnvoySoft are dedicated to updating our games and apps regularly to make sure they deliver the very best gaming experience. If you have any issues to report or suggestions to make, please email the device you’re using, iOS version, and a detailed description of the problem to: info@envoysoft.com Love the app? Please take a minute out to write us a good review or if you are unhappy with anything, please leave feedback for us. We cannot have you unhappy. Can we?
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Starfall ABCs at every 7 months against Preschool Math Basic Skills's every 37 months. Preschool Math Basic Skills's advantage is iOS requirement (8.0 vs 15.0). On price, 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Starfall ABCs ships an update every 7 months, Preschool Math Basic Skills every 37 months. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 26, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Starfall ABCs | Preschool Math Basic Skills |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.2 (477 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 60.7% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 477 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 7 months — better | Every 37 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 8.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 62 MB | 29 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Starfall Education Foundation | Hafiz Umar Ziad |
Bugs and requests
Starfall ABCs
Reported bugs
4 issues- Black screen issues
- Repeated crashes and freezing
- Incompatibility with latest iOS updates
- Inability to exit app on certain devices
Requested features
5 requests- Expand app to include more Starfall website features
- Add more advanced learning content beyond just ABCs
- Improve compatibility and stability across devices
- Integrate voice assistant and accessibility features
- Address gender representation issues in content
Preschool Math Basic Skills
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Starfall ABCs
No in-app purchases
Preschool Math Basic Skills
No in-app purchases
Questions
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