Comparison

Elmo Loves ABCs vs Tappi

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

Tappi

This companion app enhances interactive board books by bringing them to life with sound, music, and games. It allows parents to set up the associated play pen, download content, and configure audio settings for an enriched reading experience.

Highlights
  • Interactive book enhancement
  • Sound, music, and games
  • Parental setup for play pen
  • Content download
  • Audio configuration
Features
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This app is a companion app to Tappi, and is not meant to be used standalone. Tappi an interactive reading system that brings children's board books to life with sound. Using the Tappi Play Pen, tap anywhere in Tappi books to play stories, music, and games. The Tappi app allows parents to perform initial setup for the Tappi Play Pen, such as downloading content or configuring music settings.

Screenshots

Elmo Loves ABCs4 screens
Tappi2 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Tappi at Free against Elmo Loves ABCs's $4.99. Tappi also leads on update cadence (every 6 weeks vs every 5 months). Elmo Loves ABCs's advantage is rating (4.1 vs 2.4) and ratings volume (146 vs 5). On ads, in-app purchases 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

Tappi is free to download; Elmo Loves ABCs costs $4.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Elmo Loves ABCs holds the better App Store score, 4.1 against 2.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Elmo Loves ABCs has 146 ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Elmo Loves ABCs ships an update every 5 months, Tappi every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 4 level
Elmo Loves ABCs versus Tappi: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterElmo Loves ABCsTappi
Price$4.99Free — better
Rating4.1 (146 ratings) — better2.4 (5 ratings)
Positive reviews51.6% of reviews—
Number of ratings146 — better5
Update frequencyEvery 5 monthsEvery 6 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
Best chart rank#51 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS13.0 — better16.6
Further details — not scored
Size548 MB3 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSesame Workshop (Apps)Yiwen Zhan

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

Tappi

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Elmo Loves ABCs

No in-app purchases

None

Tappi

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Elmo Loves ABCs free?
Elmo Loves ABCs costs $4.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Tappi free?
Tappi is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Elmo Loves ABCs or Tappi?
Elmo Loves ABCs is rated higher. Elmo Loves ABCs averages 4.1 out of 5 from 146 ratings, while Tappi averages 2.4 from 5 ratings.
Do Elmo Loves ABCs or Tappi have ads?
Neither Elmo Loves ABCs nor Tappi shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Elmo Loves ABCs or Tappi?
Elmo Loves ABCs ships an update every 5 months, and Tappi every 6 weeks. Most recently, Elmo Loves ABCs was updated on November 6, 2026 and Tappi on November 5, 2026.

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