Comparison

Dora ABCs Vol 3 vs Starfall Turkey

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

Head to head
About

Dora ABCs Vol 3

This app helps young children develop early reading and phonics skills. It introduces word ladders, where kids change letters to create new words, and includes fun mini-games with Dora and Boots to reinforce learning.

Highlights
  • Word ladders for letter manipulation
  • Phonics and letter sound practice
  • Interactive reading adventure
  • Three mini-games
  • Parent reporting
  • Multiple player profiles
Currently charting
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The third learning adventure in the Nickelodeon Literacy Suite, Dora ABCs Vol 3: Ready to Read! focuses on your child's early reading and phonics skills. After reviewing letter sounds in Dora ABCs Vol 1: Letter & Letter Sounds, and learning phonemic awareness with Dora ABCs Vol 2: Rhyming Words your child is now ready to read! In Dora ABCs Vol 3: Ready to Read!, your child will begin to see that letters can be organized in a specific sequence to represent words. By changing the beginning, final or middle letters of these words, they can turn one word into another, a game called "word ladders". The ability to manipulate first, last and inside letters of simple words is an important skill to becoming a proficient reader. In this game, Dora and Boots need your child's help crossing Water Lily Lake to get to the Fantastic Frog Fiesta on the other side. By sounding out words or changing letters of words to make new ones, the player will help Dora and Boots cross the lake by hopping on the lily pads. Supportive directions and sound effects help guide your child in learning how to sound out words and start to read. In between phonics activities, three whimsical mini games with Dora's frog friends offer additional play: turn lily pads to get the frogs to a flower, match colorful frogs and flowers, or stack all the frogs on a moving lily pad to reach a high flower. All three games are interspersed among the phonics activities. Dora and Boots can't make it to the Fantastic Frog Fiesta without your child's help! ¡Vámonos! Let's go! Dora ABCs Vol 3: Ready to Read! includes: • Easy to use tutorials lead by Dora • 5 Levels of game play with a rich set of age appropriate words for beginning readers • Curriculum developed and reviewed by preschool education expert • Word ladders in which kids can change words by manipulating first, last and inside sounds. • Three whimsical frog mini games that are entertaining and replayable • Voiceovers that reinforce letter sounds and identify the vocabulary words • Tested by kids • Player profiles allow more than one child to play and saves their progress • Parent reporting which shows you how your child is progressing in this app. Dora ABCs Vol 3: Ready to Read! collects personal user data as well as non-personal user data (including aggregated data). User data collection is in accordance with applicable law, such as COPPA. User data may be used, for example, to respond to user requests; enable users to take advantage of certain features and services; personalize content and advertising; and manage and improve Nickelodeon's services. For more information regarding Nickelodeon’s use of personal user data, please visit the Nickelodeon Group Privacy Policy below. Our Privacy Policy is in addition to any terms, conditions or policies agreed to between you and Apple, Inc., and Nickelodeon and its affiliated entities are not responsible for Apple's collection or use of your personal user data and information. Use of this app is subject to the Nickelodeon End User License Agreement. Privacy Policy http://www.nickjr.com/privacy-policy/ End User License Agreement: http://www.nick.com/nick-eula/

About

Starfall Turkey

Engage in fun learning activities with a silly turkey character. Decorate the turkey, hear its jokes, and play puzzles to learn animal names. Visit your collection of turkeys in the Turkey Yard.

Highlights
  • Interactive turkey character
  • Learn to read activities
  • Silly jokes
  • Farm animal puzzles
  • Decorate the turkey
  • Turkey Yard collection
Features
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Have fun learning and joking with the Silly Turkey. Learn to read while decorating the Turkey and laugh out loud at its silly jokes. Visit all your Silly Turkeys in the Turkey Yard. Create other farm animals and learn their names by solving symmetrical puzzles. Happy Harvest!

Screenshots

Dora ABCs Vol 34 screens
Starfall Turkey4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Dora ABCs Vol 3 at every 3 months against Starfall Turkey's every 11 months. Dora ABCs Vol 3 also leads on review sentiment (15% vs 0%) and chart position (#158 vs unranked). Starfall Turkey's advantage is price ($0.99 vs $1.99). On rating, ratings volume, ads and in-app purchases 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

Dora ABCs Vol 3 costs $1.99 and Starfall Turkey $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.0 for Dora ABCs Vol 3 against 3.9 for Starfall Turkey. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 12 and 10 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 15% of Dora ABCs Vol 3's written reviews are positive against 0% of Starfall Turkey's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Dora ABCs Vol 3 ships an update every 3 months, Starfall Turkey every 11 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and October 28, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 6 level
Dora ABCs Vol 3 versus Starfall Turkey: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDora ABCs Vol 3Starfall Turkey
Price$1.99$0.99 — better
Rating4.0 (12 ratings) — better3.9 (10 ratings)
Positive reviews15.2% of reviews — better0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings12 — better10
Update frequencyEvery 3 months — betterEvery 11 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidPaid
Best chart rank#158 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS8.0 — better12.0
Further details — not scored
Size95 MB27 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperViacom International Inc.Starfall Education Foundation

Customer experience

Dora ABCs Vol 3

All ratings8 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral25.0%
Negative25.0%
Written reviews79 reviews
Positive15.2%
Neutral5.1%
Negative79.7%

Starfall Turkey

All ratings10 ratings
Positive70.0%
Neutral10.0%
Negative20.0%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

Bugs and requests

Dora ABCs Vol 3

Reported bugs

10 issues
  • App doesn't work
  • Stuck on Nickelodeon screen
  • Cannot progress past intro
  • Nickelodeon screen hangs
  • App crashes repeatedly
Show 5 more
  • Doesn't work on iOS 6
  • Intro video hangs
  • Videos not closing properly
  • App won't open
  • Not compatible with iPhone 4 with iOS upgrade

Requested features

4 requests
  • Bring back Dora’s ABCs Vol 1
  • More levels and variety
  • Fix compatibility issues
  • Update for newer iOS versions

Starfall Turkey

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Dora ABCs Vol 3

No in-app purchases

None

Starfall Turkey

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Dora ABCs Vol 3 free?
Dora ABCs Vol 3 costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Starfall Turkey free?
Starfall Turkey costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Dora ABCs Vol 3 or Starfall Turkey?
Dora ABCs Vol 3 is rated higher. Dora ABCs Vol 3 averages 4.0 out of 5 from 12 ratings, while Starfall Turkey averages 3.9 from 10 ratings.
Do Dora ABCs Vol 3 or Starfall Turkey have ads?
Neither Dora ABCs Vol 3 nor Starfall Turkey shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Dora ABCs Vol 3 or Starfall Turkey?
Dora ABCs Vol 3 ships an update every 3 months, and Starfall Turkey every 11 months. Most recently, Dora ABCs Vol 3 was updated on November 1, 2026 and Starfall Turkey on October 28, 2026.

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