Comparison

Bugs and Buttons vs Touch and Write

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

Head to head
About

Bugs and Buttons

Engage young children with a collection of 18 creative learning games designed for ages 3-5. Activities focus on developing essential skills like counting, critical thinking, and memory through interactive play with colorful graphics and sounds.

Highlights
  • 18 learning games and activities
  • Develops counting, critical thinking, sorting, patterns, memory, and motor skills
  • Designed for ages 3-5
  • Visual instructions and self-leveling activities
  • Over 40 achievements
  • Original graphics and engaging music
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CREATIVE LEARNING Play tic-tac-toe with a dragon fly. Carefully avoid bees while picking apples. Complete colorful patterns of buttons and beautiful yarn. Even sort bugs from Uncle Bob's button factory conveyer belt (better be fast). Did we mention 18 games and activities? INCLUDES: Counting, Critical Thinking, Sorting, Patterns, Memory, Hand-Eye Coordination, and more FEATURES: • Designed for ages (3-5), playable by everyone! • Motor Skills: tap, pinch, drag, and tilt • Visual instructions for each activity • Most activities are self leveling. • Over 40 achievements • Original, detailed, and visually intriguing graphics • Each of the 18 activities has its own beautiful, and engaging music. • Humorous interactions and sound effects. • NO In-Apps / NO third party advertising • Parental Gate Thank you for supporting an independent software studio! We want and appreciate your feedback! Email: support@littlebitstudio.com Instagram: @littlebitstudio Facebook: @littlebitstudio Twitter: @lilbitstudio

About

Touch and Write

This app helps children learn to write letters and words by simulating various tactile experiences like finger painting or writing in shaving cream. It offers customizable word lists and diverse writing textures and papers to make learning engaging and effective for young learners.

Highlights
  • Simulated tactile writing experiences
  • Customizable word and name lists
  • Toggle letter sounds or names
  • Phoneme database for 80,000 words
  • Multiple writing textures and papers
  • Visual, kinesthetic, and tactile learning integration
Features
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"My son loves Touch and Write - Fantastic app and the customising options are great!" - from parent review ***** "Love, love, love your app Touch and Write:)" - from parent review ***** "Touch and Write has moved to the top of my list for learning to write. It's extremely fun for my 4 year old with classic autism and the easiest app for me to customize!" - from parent review ***** "I would highly highly highly recommend this app" - WelcomeToTheirWorld app reviews ***** "I have recommended Touch and Write to all my colleagues and parents. I think it is fabulous! My students do not get frustrated and quit. They are able to focus for extended periods of time and I get to make my own target list. Thanks for this great app." - Speech Therapist in California ***** "I just wanted to tell you about my session with my student today using 'Touch and Write.' He is a kindergarten student... he resists writing and acts out to avoid it. Today I showed him the 'Touch and Write' program... he was totally attentive for 30 minutes, quickly learned to move between the different writing textures and understood the use of the 'little monster' to make the letter correctly." – Teacher ***** "The k and 1st grade kids are really engaged! One of them worked for 15 minutes - the most we have seen him do in weeks." - Teacher FizzBrain featured on CBS's "60 Minutes"! Kids love learning to write - especially when they can use shaving cream, paint, and jello! "Touch and Write" was developed by real classroom teachers, and recreates the fun and effective teaching strategy used in classrooms every day: learning letters by writing with shaving cream, jello, finger paint, and more! "Touch and Write" uses a letter style similar to those most commonly taught in schools, so it prepares children for a real classroom. "Touch and Write" also allows you to create your own lists of names and words so that you can individualize the learning experience for your child! And it comes with 6 of its own word lists, including the most important words for young children to learn – high frequency sight words! FEATURES: >>Toggle letter SOUNDS or letter names >>Database includes phonemes for 80,000 words and names >>Easy to make your own word lists! Children can practice writing their own names and individualized spelling lists. Parents and teachers can create as many word lists as they want. >>Integrates visual, kinesthetic and simulated tactile modalities to enhance learning – and fun! >>Created by elementary classroom teachers – based on best teaching practices! >>Comes with 16 different writing textures: shaving cream, ketchup, lime gelatin, chocolate frosting, chalk, pencil, blue pen, lemon gelatin, chocolate pudding, syrup, grape jelly, whipped cream, pumpkin pie, red paint, and vanilla pudding >>Comes with 28 different writing papers, including 4 different line patterns children are most likely to find in real classrooms, food papers, animal papers, nature papers, and more >>Includes 2 high frequency word lists to help children practice the most common words encountered by early learners >>Includes word family lists, such as the -AT family and -AN family >>Includes 2 alphabet word lists – short words from a to z – providing practice in both upper and lower case letters >>Includes 1 alphabet list – for just practicing the letters a to z, both upper and lower case >>Brief reward at the end of each word reinforces learning and motivates children, without becoming a distraction! Search YouTube for "Touch and Write App" to see how our other writing apps work, or locate the FizzBrainApps channel. Please contact us at fizzbrain@gmail.com with any questions, problems, or suggestions. We will get right back to you – we listen to our customers! And if you have additional textures or papers you would like to see included in an update, let us know!

Screenshots

Bugs and Buttons4 screens
Touch and Write4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Touch and Write at 94% against Bugs and Buttons's 69%. Touch and Write also leads on update cadence (every 5 weeks vs every 6 months) and iOS requirement (14.1 vs 16.0). Bugs and Buttons's advantage is rating (4.5 vs 4.2) and ratings volume (56 vs 9). On ads, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Bugs and Buttons costs $0.99 and Touch and Write $2.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Bugs and Buttons holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 4.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Bugs and Buttons has 56 ratings behind it against 9, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 69% of Bugs and Buttons's written reviews are positive against 94% of Touch and Write's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Bugs and Buttons ships an update every 6 months, Touch and Write every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Bugs and Buttons versus Touch and Write: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBugs and ButtonsTouch and Write
Price$0.99 — better$2.99
Rating4.5 (56 ratings) — better4.2 (9 ratings)
Positive reviews69.2% of reviews93.5% of reviews — better
Number of ratings56 — better9
Update frequencyEvery 6 monthsEvery 5 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS16.014.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size156 MB154 MB
Age rating+44+
DeveloperLittle Bit Studio, LLCFIZZBRAIN LLC

Customer experience

Bugs and Buttons

All ratings56 ratings
Positive83.9%
Neutral7.1%
Negative8.9%
Written reviews263 reviews
Positive69.2%
Neutral6.1%
Negative24.7%

Touch and Write

All ratings9 ratings
Positive77.8%
Neutral11.1%
Negative11.1%
Written reviews31 reviews
Positive93.5%
Neutral3.2%
Negative3.2%

Bugs and requests

Bugs and Buttons

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • App not working on iOS 11 and later
  • Games freezing or not loading properly

Requested features

3 requests
  • User profiles to track individual progress
  • Ability to select/disable certain games
  • More frequent updates to maintain compatibility

Touch and Write

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Bugs and Buttons

No in-app purchases

None

Touch and Write

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Bugs and Buttons free?
Bugs and Buttons costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Touch and Write free?
Touch and Write costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Bugs and Buttons or Touch and Write?
Bugs and Buttons is rated higher. Bugs and Buttons averages 4.5 out of 5 from 56 ratings, while Touch and Write averages 4.2 from 9 ratings.
Do Bugs and Buttons or Touch and Write have ads?
Neither Bugs and Buttons nor Touch and Write shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Bugs and Buttons or Touch and Write?
Bugs and Buttons ships an update every 6 months, and Touch and Write every 5 weeks. Most recently, Bugs and Buttons was updated on October 15, 2026 and Touch and Write on October 14, 2026.

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