Happi Spells vs Poke
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Happi Spells
This educational game helps young children practice spelling through interactive mini crossword puzzles. It features colorful illustrations, audio feedback, and a scoring system to make learning fun and engaging.
- 60 mini crossword puzzles
- Over 300 words
- Drag and drop letter tiles
- Audio feedback
- Earn points and snails
- Hundreds of illustrations
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** Happi Spells Highlights ** - Featured by Apple in multiple categories! - Apps4Kids: This is an ingenious idea for an app. Lovely produced, surely a keeper. --------------------------------------- Has your child just figured out how to read? (If not, start by downloading Happi Reads.) Well, then it is time for the next step - spelling. Come along with Happi and try to solve challenging mini crossword puzzles. "Happi Spells" is the crossword spelling game where kids can practice spelling in a fun and exciting way by dragging letter tiles on to 60 different mini crossword puzzles. Compete for "snails" and try to improve your own high score. Don't like your score on one puzzle - just go back and try to beat it. The fewer mistakes, the more "snails" you earn. Every solved puzzle will open up a new one. Game Description: "Happi Spells" consists of 60 mini crossword puzzles in 5 different levels with 12 puzzles in each level. Puzzles are made up of 4-8 intersecting words with the relevant letter tiles spaced around the puzzle. The object of the game is to drag the tiles to their correct places in the puzzle with as few mistakes as possible. Tiles dragged to their correct place will stick. Tiles dragged to an incorrect box will "go back". Colorful images illustrate all words in the crossword puzzles. Features: * Hours of fun filled spelling practice with more than 300 words in 60 increasingly difficult crossword puzzles * Ability to change between UPPER and lower case * Audio Feedback * Hundreds of unique and vivid illustrations and backgrounds * Earn points and "snails" and try to better your high score * No ads, links or setting screens to confuse your child KNOW WHAT'S INSIDE As a MOMs with Apps member, we follow the "Know what's inside" best practices for kids’ apps.
Poke
This app offers addition and subtraction practice for children aged 5-8. It features hundreds of levels and over a thousand math exercises, with cute pictures awarded upon completion of each level.
- Addition and subtraction exercises
- Hundreds of levels
- Over a thousand math problems
- Rewards with cute pictures
- Suitable for ages 5-8
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Addition and subtraction exercises for kids in Kindergarten, 1st, and second grade (5 to 8 years old). Your kid is going to practice adding and subtracting in this game. There are hundreds of levels and over thousand of math exercises to calculate. Each level is rewarded with a cute picture. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Poke at Free against Happi Spells's $2.99. Happi Spells's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 10) and update cadence (every 4 months vs every 24 months). On rating, ads 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
Poke is free to download; Happi Spells costs $2.99 up front. Poke sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. Happi Spells asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for Happi Spells against 5.0 for Poke. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Happi Spells has 14 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Happi Spells ships an update every 4 months, Poke every 24 months. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 20, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Happi Spells | Poke |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $2.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.9 (14 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 14 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months — better | Every 24 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Paid | Free with in-app purchases — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 6.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 54 MB | 405 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Happi Papi LLC | Ondrej Kvasnovsky |
Customer experience
Happi Spells
Poke
In-app purchases
Happi Spells
No in-app purchases
Poke
- Kindergarten Dragons Add$0.99
- Kindergarten Dragons + and -$0.99
- 1st grade Animals Addition$0.99
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- 2nd grade Poke Addition$0.99
- 1st grade Dragons Addition$0.99
- 2nd grade Poke Subtract$0.99
- 1st grade Poke + and -$0.99
- 2nd grade Dragons Addition$0.99
- 2nd grade Dragons + and -$0.99
- 2nd grade Animals Subtract$0.99
