Comparison

Potty Training Time vs Potty Time with Elmo

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

Head to head
About

Potty Training Time

Encourage potty training success with fun rewards. This app offers personalized calls from a character, interactive stories, and engaging videos to motivate your child. Celebrate milestones and make potty training a positive experience.

Highlights
  • Personalized calls from Rachel
  • Interactive storybook reading
  • Watch engaging videos
  • Sticker and Snickers rewards
  • High-five and hug encouragement
Features
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From hugs and high-fives to stickers and Snickers, there are many ways to encourage potty training. With the new POTTY TIME app, you have new ways to celebrate your child’s potty training success: Get a call from Rachel Read a book together Watch a video together

About

Potty Time with Elmo

This app uses an animated storybook, songs, and games featuring Elmo to help young children transition from diapers to underwear. It includes a progress chart to track potty training milestones and offers helpful tips for parents.

Highlights
  • Animated storybook narrated by Elmo
  • Five fun potty-time songs
  • Potty progress chart with stickers
  • Three engaging preschool games
  • Two reading modes
  • Parental training tips
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Elmo reads this animated storybook in an app filled with games, songs, stickers and a potty progress chart that all help ease your child through toilet training. When it’s time to potty train your little one, Elmo leads the way! The Potty Time with Elmo app is a fun way to transition from diapers to big-kid underpants. Developed for children ready to potty train, this charming app features everyone’s favorite furry red monster, Elmo, helping his toy Baby David learn to use the potty. Also included are three playful games: • A preschooler-friendly running game • Jigsaw puzzles • a bubble-popping counting game With familiar tunes and instructive, easy-to-sing lyrics, five songs provide a super fun way to learn good bathroom habits. • When It’s Potty Time, You Feel It • I Am Waiting on the Potty • Flush Goes the Potty • I Wash, Wash, Wash My Hands • Boom, Boom, Ain’t It Great to Be a Big Kid Tap around to see two hidden animations on each story page – finding them earns a sticker for the potty chart! You can track potty progress with the chart: Go, Wipe, Flush, and Wash. The Potty Time with Elmo app will engage, encourage, and delight even the youngest kids. Learn the basics of potty use by listening to the story and interacting with it and wait for the giggles to start! FEATURES • Narrated by Elmo! • 5 fun-to-sing potty-time songs • 15 animated stickers for use in the Potty Chart • Potty Chart to track your child’s progress • 5 potty-themed jigsaw puzzles • Helpful training tips for parents of would-be potty-goers • 2 reading modes to choose from: • “Listen & Play” mode, which lets you hear the story read aloud; find stickers, sounds, and songs; and turn the pages • “Read & Play” mode, which lets you read the story yourself OR tap text to hear it read by Elmo 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.

Screenshots

Potty Training Time4 screens
Potty Time with Elmo4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Potty Training Time at Free against Potty Time with Elmo's $2.99. Potty Training Time also leads on rating (4.1 vs 3.4) and review sentiment (62% vs 36%). Potty Time with Elmo's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 8). On ratings volume, update cadence, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Potty Training Time is free to download; Potty Time with Elmo costs $2.99 up front. Potty Training Time sells 8 one-off in-app purchases. Potty Time with Elmo asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Potty Training Time holds the better App Store score, 4.1 against 3.4. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 59 and 64 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 62% of Potty Training Time's written reviews are positive against 36% of Potty Time with Elmo's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Potty Training Time ships an update every 14 months, Potty Time with Elmo every 19 months. The most recent releases landed on September 20, 2026 and September 23, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Potty Training Time versus Potty Time with Elmo: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPotty Training TimePotty Time with Elmo
PriceFree — better$2.99
Rating4.1 (59 ratings) — better3.4 (64 ratings)
Positive reviews61.8% of reviews — better36.0% of reviews
Number of ratings5964 — better
Update frequencyEvery 14 months — betterEvery 19 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS11.0 — better12.0
Further details — not scored
Size96 MB131 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTwo Little HandsSesame Workshop (Apps)

Customer experience

Potty Training Time

All ratings59 ratings
Positive76.3%
Neutral8.5%
Negative15.3%
Written reviews123 reviews
Positive61.8%
Neutral6.5%
Negative31.7%

Potty Time with Elmo

All ratings64 ratings
Positive53.1%
Neutral14.1%
Negative32.8%
Written reviews136 reviews
Positive36.0%
Neutral4.4%
Negative59.6%

User reviews

Potty Training Time

From 59 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👧 Effective potty training motivation through Rachel character
  • 📞 Interactive phone call feature from Rachel highly engaging
  • ⭐ Sticker chart reward system drives positive behavior
  • 🎵 Catchy songs and sign language learning
  • 📚 Free e-books and educational content included

Room to improve

  • 🐛 App frequently crashes and freezes
  • ⏳ Infinite loading screens preventing app use
  • 🔇 Sound/audio issues across multiple devices
  • 📞 Phone call feature often fails to display video
  • ❌ Removed core features in recent updates

Potty Time with Elmo

From 64 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Engaging and fun for potty training
  • 💡 Helpful reward chart to reinforce progress
  • 👍 Good for both toddlers and older kids

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Sound issues (no sound, muted, or poor quality)
  • 👎 Lack of Elmo's voice/singing
  • 👎 Boring/repetitive content
  • 👎 Not worth the cost

Bugs and requests

Potty Training Time

Reported bugs

13 issues
  • App crashes on startup or during use
  • Loading screen spins indefinitely
  • Buttons unresponsive/not clickable
  • Phone call video fails to display
  • No sound in videos or app features
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  • Audio-video lip sync issues
  • Memory game cards won't flip randomly
  • Background music plays over videos out of sync
  • Purchased videos disappear after updates
  • Restore purchases not functioning
  • Screen display cut off at top
  • App freezes during Rachel call
  • Videos won't rotate to landscape orientation

Requested features

11 requests
  • Potty reminder timer with theme song alarm
  • Multiple child profiles with individual tracking
  • More variety in Rachel's success call messages
  • Bundle pricing for video purchases
  • More games and stories beyond current offerings
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  • Ability to delete individual stickers from chart
  • Background music fade-out during videos
  • Potty time song as ringtone
  • More video content variety
  • Landscape mode support for all devices
  • Detailed potty frequency tracking system

Potty Time with Elmo

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Sound not working
  • App crashing or not loading properly

Requested features

4 requests
  • More interactive features and animations
  • Option for boy and girl characters
  • Ability to reset/customize reward chart
  • More songs and games

In-app purchases

8 purchases

Potty Training Time

One-time8
  • Sticker Pack 1$0.99
  • My Body is Amazing$0.99
  • Potty Dance$0.99
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  • I Wash my Hands$0.99
  • Stop And Go$0.99
  • Accident Video$0.99
  • Celebrate Video$0.99
  • Shining Star$0.99
None

Potty Time with Elmo

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Potty Training Time free?
Potty Training Time is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Potty Time with Elmo free?
Potty Time with Elmo costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Potty Training Time or Potty Time with Elmo?
Potty Training Time is rated higher. Potty Training Time averages 4.1 out of 5 from 59 ratings, while Potty Time with Elmo averages 3.4 from 64 ratings.
Do Potty Training Time or Potty Time with Elmo have ads?
Neither Potty Training Time nor Potty Time with Elmo shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Potty Training Time or Potty Time with Elmo?
Potty Training Time ships an update every 14 months, and Potty Time with Elmo every 19 months. Most recently, Potty Training Time was updated on September 20, 2026 and Potty Time with Elmo on September 23, 2026.

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