First Grade Skills vs Syllable Count (Multi
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
First Grade Skills
This app offers engaging multiple-choice activities designed to help first graders build essential academic skills. It covers topics like telling time, money, vocabulary, and reading comprehension, aiming to improve test scores. It's a fun and convenient tool for learning at home or while traveling.
- Multiple choice activities
- Telling time practice
- Money skills
- Vocabulary building
- Reading comprehension
- Word problem solving
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Give your first grader a head start as they have fun with these multiple choice activities. Excellent way to build basic skills and raise test scores. They will review telling time, money, word problem, vocabulary, and reading skills. Great for use at home or on the go.
Syllable Count (Multi
This educational game helps children improve reading and spelling by practicing syllable counting. Players collect coins by correctly identifying syllables in words, which can then be used to unlock prizes for a fun monster vs. robot fighting game. It includes progress tracking for parents and teachers, with customizable difficulty levels.
- Syllable counting practice
- Coin collection for prizes
- Monster vs. Robot fighting game
- Progress reports for parents/teachers
- Customizable difficulty levels
- Multi-user support (up to 30)
- Text-to-Speech and sound effects options
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Syllable Count (Multi-User) is a fun game to improve your child's reading and spelling abilities. Breaking the word down by syllables can help kids read the word. Practice sounding out the word (to hear the sound of a vowel) or breaking the word into parts will build a strong foundation in reading for beginning readers. All of the app's 6,500 words are all grouped into 7 syllable words. In this game, your child will collect the coins by answering the number of syllables in the word correctly. Then, kids can spend their coins for the prizes from a game machine. All of the prizes you get will be used and played in fighting game, You (Monster) vs Robot, which is similar as rock-paper-scissors game. Try to count the syllables in a word as many as you can! Syllable Count (Multi-User) also includes a progress report for a parent and teacher to track their child's performance. An additional setup option allows them to control the level of difficulty by customizing the number of syllables in a word to match their child (i.e, more syllable words make more difficult). This game will help your child improve their reading skills in a fun and interactive environment. **Plus, this game allows multiple users, so parent or teacher can add up to 30 users to customize the level of difficulty and keep the progress report for individual child. **You can turn on/off the Text-to-Speech to read the words, and sound effects. ***If you have any questions or problems related to our app, please email us at playsmart.kids@gmail.com. We are willing to assist you.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Syllable Count (Multi at 100% against First Grade Skills's 50%. Syllable Count (Multi also leads on rating (4.0 vs 3.0) and update cadence (every 6 months vs every 39 months). First Grade Skills's advantage is iOS requirement (10.0 vs 14.2). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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
First Grade Skills costs $0.99 and Syllable Count (Multi $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Syllable Count (Multi holds the better App Store score, 4.0 against 3.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 3 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 50% of First Grade Skills's written reviews are positive against 100% of Syllable Count (Multi's.
First Grade Skills ships an update every 39 months, Syllable Count (Multi every 6 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 2, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | First Grade Skills | Syllable Count (Multi |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.99 | $0.99 |
| Rating | 3.0 (1 ratings) | 4.0 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 3 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 39 months | Every 6 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Paid |
| Devices | iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 10.0 — better | 14.2 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 18 MB | 148 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Visual Learning Aids, LLC | Jariya Tuantranont |
Customer experience
First Grade Skills
Syllable Count (Multi
In-app purchases
First Grade Skills
No in-app purchases
Syllable Count (Multi
No in-app purchases
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