Starfall Gingerbread vs States & Capitals Study Unit
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Starfall Gingerbread
Children learn 2D and 3D shapes by creating and decorating virtual gingerbread cookies. They can then navigate a maze, following specific shapes or patterns, with a new maze generated each time they play.
- Create and decorate virtual gingerbread cookies
- Learn 2D and 3D shapes
- Engage in shape-following mazes
- Randomly generated maze challenges
- Color recognition activities
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The Starfall Gingerbread app is a delicious way to learn 2D and 3D shapes. Children create their own cookies, decorating them as they learn more shapes and colors. In this app edition, create a tray of gingerbread cookies, and choose a favorite cookie to run through a maze following shapes or shape patterns. Run the maze again and again, it’s different every time!
States & Capitals Study Unit
Learn US states and capitals with interactive maps and engaging quizzes. Explore detailed information about each state, including its postal abbreviation, highest point, and population. Perfect for students looking to master US geography.
- Interactive US maps
- State and capital matching quiz
- Locate capitals on a map quiz
- Detailed state information
- Postal abbreviations
- State admission dates
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The States and Capitals - Geography Study Unit presents maps of the United States to help students learn the names and locations of states and their capitals. This colorful app provides a variety of activities and presents information about each state including postal abbreviation, highest point, time zone, date admitted to the union, area in square miles and square kilometers, population and the number of electoral votes. A game-like quiz challenges students to match a state with its capital. Another game randomly selects a state and asks the student to locate the capital on a map. Information presented while using the app: Name Capital Postal Abbreviation Highest Point Time Zone Date Admitted to the Union Area in Square Miles and Square Kilometers Population Number of Electoral Votes. Maps presented in the app: Black Line Color Map Showing States Land Elevation Time Zones Geographical Regions Available for iPadOS.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Starfall Gingerbread at 2.4 against States & Capitals Study Unit's 1.0. Starfall Gingerbread also leads on ratings volume (12 vs 1) and device support (3 vs 1). States & Capitals Study Unit's advantage is update cadence (fortnightly vs every 12 months). On ads, in-app purchases, monetization model and iOS requirement 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
Starfall Gingerbread costs $0.99 and States & Capitals Study Unit $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Starfall Gingerbread holds the better App Store score, 2.4 against 1.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Starfall Gingerbread has 12 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Starfall Gingerbread ships an update every 12 months, States & Capitals Study Unit fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 28, 2026 and October 27, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Starfall Gingerbread | States & Capitals Study Unit |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.99 — better | $1.99 |
| Rating | 2.4 (12 ratings) — better | 1.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 43.8% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 12 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 12 months | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPad |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 13.2 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 26 MB | 18 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Starfall Education Foundation | Ventura Educational Systems |
In-app purchases
Starfall Gingerbread
No in-app purchases
States & Capitals Study Unit
No in-app purchases
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