Comparison

Elmo Loves ABCs vs Eggy Alphabet

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

Head to head
About

Elmo Loves ABCs

Explore the alphabet with interactive games, songs, and videos featuring beloved characters. This app offers engaging activities to help children learn letter identification, sounds, and tracing, fostering art and music appreciation.

Highlights
  • Interactive letter games
  • Songs and videos about letters
  • Coloring pages
  • Letter tracing activities
  • Personalization options
  • Progress tracker for adults
Currently charting
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Elmo loves this app! It has songs and videos about letters. It has coloring pages and games about letters. It has all the letters from A to Z! Elmo even made a new alphabet song for it. Elmo thinks it’s the best ABC app ever! Come on, explore the alphabet with Elmo! FEATURES • Slide, sweep, swipe, touch, trace and dig to discover over eighty classic Sesame Street clips, seventy five Sesame Street coloring pages, and four different ways to play hide and seek! • Touch and trace your favorite letter to unlock its surprises. • Tap on the star button to discover even more letter activities. • Personalize by adding your own photos and videos to the game. • ABCs tracker for grown-ups to see how your child is doing. • Ability to purchase even more great letter content and holiday surprises. LEARN ABOUT • Letter identification (uppercase and lowercase) • Letter sounds • Letter tracing • Art and creativity • Music appreciation TIPS • If you wish to personalize Elmo Loves ABCs by adding your own content, remember to complete all the fields: name, recording, photo, and video! If you do not have all four, your content will not appear in the game. • PLEASE NOTE: Personalized photos and videos, are not backed up to the device library. To save or access this content, use the device's camera to create your content. ABOUT US Sesame Workshop’s mission is to use the educational power of media to help kids everywhere grow smarter, stronger, and kinder. Delivered through a variety of platforms, including television programs, digital experiences, books and community engagement, its research-based programs are tailored to the needs of the communities and countries they serve. Learn more at www.sesameworkshop.org. PRIVACY POLICY The Privacy Policy can be found here: https://sesameworkshop.org/about-us/legal/privacy-policy/ CONTACT US Your input is very important to us. If you have any questions, comments, or need help, please contact us at: sesameworkshopapps@sesame.org.

About

Eggy Alphabet

This app helps young children learn the alphabet through interactive activities focused on letter names, sounds, and proper handwriting formation. It offers a fun and rewarding experience with progress tracking and customizable options.

Highlights
  • Learn all 26 letters
  • Handwriting practice
  • Letter sound activities
  • Upper and lower case letters
  • Progress tracking
  • Unlockable rewards
Features
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Eggy Alphabet is an educational application designed to help children learn the Alphabet. When learning the alphabet, young children need to learn each letter’s name and its sound, the shape of the letter and how to create it correctly when writing. Research shows that knowing the alphabet, especially the sound and shape of each letter, is a strong indicator for reading success in school. The Eggy Alphabet App builds alphabet knowledge and handwriting skills in a comprehensive, educationally sound app that makes learning the alphabet memorable, highly interactive and full of fun rewards. Eggy Alphabet covers both upper and lower case letters for each of the 26 letters of the alphabet. For each letter there are three handwriting activities that stress the correct formation of each letter. Another 2 activities build phonemic awareness and letter sound skills. When learning to form each letter, children use a finger to trace and draw each letter. Eggy Alphabet is brought to you by the makers of popular educational website Reading Eggs – a team of educators with more than 20 years’ experience in early childhood education, who believe learning to read should be fun, motivating, and full of success. Eggy Alphabet includes the following features: - All 26 letters of the alphabet. - 4 activites to be completed for every letter. - Upper and lower case versions of letters. - A total of 208 activities to complete plus The Letter Game. - Choice of accents – Australia, English, United States. - 3 difficulty levels - Egg ratings to be earned for every level. - 18 wonderful Egg Critters to unlock and hatch. - 624 Golden Eggs to earn. - Each child can have their own account. - Progress is tracked for every account.

Screenshots

Elmo Loves ABCs4 screens
Eggy Alphabet4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Elmo Loves ABCs at 4.1 against Eggy Alphabet's 2.8. Elmo Loves ABCs also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 1) and review sentiment (52% vs 18%). Eggy Alphabet's advantage is price ($1.99 vs $4.99) and iOS requirement (9.0 vs 13.0). On ads, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Elmo Loves ABCs costs $4.99 and Eggy Alphabet $1.99 up front. Eggy Alphabet sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Elmo Loves ABCs asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Elmo Loves ABCs holds the better App Store score, 4.1 against 2.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Elmo Loves ABCs has 146 ratings behind it against 6, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 52% of Elmo Loves ABCs's written reviews are positive against 18% of Eggy Alphabet's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Elmo Loves ABCs ships an update every 5 months, Eggy Alphabet every 44 months. Both last shipped on November 6, 2026.

Scorecard8 real differences · 3 level
Elmo Loves ABCs versus Eggy Alphabet: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterElmo Loves ABCsEggy Alphabet
Price$4.99$1.99 — better
Rating4.1 (146 ratings) — better2.8 (6 ratings)
Positive reviews51.6% of reviews — better17.5% of reviews
Number of ratings146 — better6
Update frequencyEvery 5 months — betterEvery 44 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
Best chart rank#58 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.09.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size548 MB125 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSesame Workshop (Apps)Blake eLearning

Customer experience

Elmo Loves ABCs

All ratings138 ratings
Positive73.2%
Neutral4.3%
Negative22.5%
Written reviews186 reviews
Positive51.6%
Neutral9.7%
Negative38.7%

Eggy Alphabet

All ratings6 ratings
Positive16.7%
Neutral50.0%
Negative33.3%
Written reviews40 reviews
Positive17.5%
Neutral20.0%
Negative62.5%

Bugs and requests

Elmo Loves ABCs

Reported bugs

5 issues
  • Tracing not working as expected
  • Crashes and freezes on various devices
  • Audio issues like missing sounds
  • Incompatibility with newer iOS versions
  • Difficulty downloading/accessing full version

Requested features

5 requests
  • Improved letter tracing functionality
  • Ability to disable ads in paid version
  • More customization options
  • Expanded content beyond just letters
  • Better organization and navigation

Eggy Alphabet

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Elmo Loves ABCs

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Eggy Alphabet

One-time1
  • Eggy Alphabet Upgrade$2.99

Questions

Is Elmo Loves ABCs free?
Elmo Loves ABCs costs $4.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Eggy Alphabet free?
Eggy Alphabet costs $1.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Elmo Loves ABCs or Eggy Alphabet?
Elmo Loves ABCs is rated higher. Elmo Loves ABCs averages 4.1 out of 5 from 146 ratings, while Eggy Alphabet averages 2.8 from 6 ratings.
Do Elmo Loves ABCs or Eggy Alphabet have ads?
Neither Elmo Loves ABCs nor Eggy Alphabet shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Elmo Loves ABCs or Eggy Alphabet?
Elmo Loves ABCs ships an update every 5 months, and Eggy Alphabet every 44 months. Most recently, Elmo Loves ABCs was updated on November 6, 2026 and Eggy Alphabet on November 6, 2026.

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