Starfall Gingerbread vs Addition School ! !
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!
Addition School ! !
Master addition with this educational app. It offers practice from single-digit to multi-digit problems, with customizable settings and helpful tutorials. Get step-by-step guidance and hints to build confidence in math skills.
- 1-6 digit addends
- Customizable problems
- Tutorial animations
- Step-by-step solutions
- Hint and help buttons
- 2 or 3 addends
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Addition School ! ! is a great way to learn and practice addition. From simple 1-digit problems to more advanced multi-digit problems, Addition School ! ! will provide the user the necessary guidance and practice to master addition. Features of this version: 1) 2 or 3 numbers to add (addends) 2) 1 to 6 digits in each addend 3) Random or custom user entered problems 4) Tutorial animation speed setting 5) "Play Tutorial" button to show the step by step solution for each problem 6) "Hint" button for instructional guidance on current step 7) "Help" button for automatic completion of current step If you like this app, please consider giving it a rating. Your support will help keep the updates coming! Thank you for your support!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Addition School ! ! at 5.0 against Starfall Gingerbread's 2.4. Starfall Gingerbread's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and review sentiment (44% vs 25%). On update cadence, 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
Starfall Gingerbread costs $0.99 and Addition School ! ! $4.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Addition School ! ! holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 2.4. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 12 and 4 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 44% of Starfall Gingerbread's written reviews are positive against 25% of Addition School ! !'s, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 12 months. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and November 1, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Starfall Gingerbread | Addition School ! ! |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.99 — better | $4.99 |
| Rating | 2.4 (12 ratings) | 5.0 (4 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 43.8% of reviews — better | 25.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 12 — better | 4 |
| Update frequency | Every 12 months | Every 12 months |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 26 MB | 13 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Starfall Education Foundation | Horizon Business, Inc. |
Customer experience
Starfall Gingerbread
Addition School ! !
In-app purchases
Starfall Gingerbread
No in-app purchases
Addition School ! !
No in-app purchases
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