Comparison

Starfall ABCs vs Fun Number Train Learning App

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • Interactive letter and sound activities
  • Positive reinforcement and play-based learning
  • Develops letter recognition
  • Builds foundational reading skills
  • Accessible for children with impairments
Features
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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.

About

Fun Number Train Learning App

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Marbel Fun Numbers Number's game, write numbers and count numbers that are interesting for children. Together with Marbel Fun Numbers, the children will be invited to know the numbers, learn to count and learn to understand the story then answer the questions and learn to write numbers. There are many ways to teach math, recognize letters and to count to our children. Marbel will assist preschool children, family planning, kindergarten, early childhood from 2 years to 6 years old. Marbel Fun Numbers is the best mathematical app for kids. FUNNING LEARNING ACTIVITY 1. Learn the numbers 1 - 10. Learning numbers not just know the numbers. However, children will also be invited to learn how to write numbers correctly. 2. Learning to Count. Children will be invited to learn to count the number of marine animals. Lots of funny fish characters2. In addition to learning to count, children can also recognize the types of fish and other marine animals. Such as Jellyfish, octopus, sea horse, shellfish, squid, starfish and sea turtle. 3. Understanding the problem through the story. There is a collection of short stories that can accompany children learn counting. In the matter of this story, children are also invited to learn to sort the numbers through the game connecting dot. 4. Play guess the number of objects. In this game, the child will be given a matter and the child must count the number of objects shown then choose the correct answer. 5. Play a sequence of numbers. This game will hone the child's ability and memory of the child. 6. Play Puzzle. The game sorts the numbers and installs the numbers puzzle. Marbel Fun Numbers: designed specifically for children. Lots of funny characters. Like a wide variety of marine animals, games by train, games by ship and many more. Marbel Fun Numbers is also complete with funny and cute animations. Ayoooo learn numbers, write numbers and count numbers with Marbel! Note: this app contains ads, you can remove ads with in-app purchase

Screenshots

Starfall ABCs4 screens
Fun Number Train Learning App4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Starfall ABCs at none against Fun Number Train Learning App's 1. Fun Number Train Learning App's advantage is iOS requirement (10.0 vs 15.0). On price, ads 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

Both are free to download. Fun Number Train Learning App sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Starfall ABCs asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Starfall ABCs versus Fun Number Train Learning App: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterStarfall ABCsFun Number Train Learning App
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.2 (477 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews62.1% of reviews—
Number of ratings477 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 7 months—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.010.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size62 MB41 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperStarfall Education FoundationEDUCA SISFOMEDIA INDONESIA, PT

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

Fun Number Train Learning App

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Starfall ABCs

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Fun Number Train Learning App

One-time1
  • Remove Ads$0.99

Questions

Is Starfall ABCs free?
Starfall ABCs is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Fun Number Train Learning App free?
Fun Number Train Learning App is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Starfall ABCs or Fun Number Train Learning App have ads?
Neither Starfall ABCs nor Fun Number Train Learning App shows ads.

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