Comparison

Fun With Directions HD vs Outdoor Fun

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

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About

Fun With Directions HD

Engage young children in practicing listening and following directions through interactive scenarios. This app offers a fun way to learn colors, spatial concepts, and auditory skills with customizable difficulty levels.

Highlights
  • Follows simple to complex directions
  • Practices colors and spatial concepts
  • Enhances auditory memory and processing
  • Customizable difficulty levels
  • Data collection for progress tracking
  • Text on/off for reading practice
  • Record and playback for expressive language
Features
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Open a door and see what’s behind it! Give the boy something to eat. He’ll even say “Thanks!” Color a cat with the help of the magic crayon! Push a button and watch the elevator door open-what could be inside? Check it out on YouTube! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EXCe1fETCnc A perfect speech-therapy app! Fun with Directions is a ground-breaking app for the iPAD, designed to provide a fun and engaging way to practice listening, following directions, colors, spatial concepts, auditory memory and auditory processing. From the simplest of directions (“Touch the cat”) to the more complex (“With your orange crayon, color the large one that is a furry pet and likes to chase mice”) your child can grow and learn with this game over time. Colorful, vivid art and animations against a white background combine to create a complete game experience without visual clutter. Sound effects and surprises keep the game engaging! This app is a great choice for a toddler/preschooler, or any young child who would like to practice listening to or reading directions! Included are ten concepts: Give, touch, open, close, top, middle, bottom, push, color, erase. Features include settings for data collection, individual (up to 75users) vs. group play, automatic advance or manual advance to next direction, touch/drag OR touch/tap option, text on/off, (to practice reading vs. listening) selecting specific concepts, and the desired level of play: easy, intermediate, and advanced. An added bonus that is included in this app is the optional “Superstar Direction” which allows additional practice for remembering (“What did you have to do?”) but also expressive language. The child’s response is recorded and played back. Superstar Directions can be set to a variety of intervals or turned off completely. A perfect speech therapy app! Hamaguchi Apps is dedicated to the mission of bringing high-quality apps to the general public and professionals for affordable prices. *Please contact our tech support if you are experiencing any technical issues with our apps. We will always help you troubleshoot it and get back to you generally within one business day. We cannot respond to reviews and there are generally easy solutions to every issue. info@hamaguchiapps.com PRIVACY POLICY: We do NOT collect personal data from our users and have no ads. Personal data regarding user performance on the tasks on this app are self-contained and not transmitted in any way. There are no in-app purchases in this app. There is a link to our other apps in the iTunes store from the homepage which requires internet access to be viewed. Find our privacy policy here: https://hamaguchiapps.com/privacy-policy Developed by Patti Hamaguchi, M.A., CCC-SLP, a noted speech-language pathologist and author of Childhood Speech, Language & Listening Problems: What Every Parent Should Know, as well as books on the treatment of auditory processing disorders. To find out more about this app and our other upcoming projects, visit our website: www.hamaguchiapps.com Questions or need Tech Support? Email us at info@hamaguchiapps.com

About

Outdoor Fun

This app uses playful outdoor scenes to help children develop speech and language skills. It offers interactive tasks for vocabulary, grammar, and comprehension, guided by clear audio prompts. Progress tracking is available for monitoring development.

Highlights
  • Interactive outdoor scenes
  • Vocabulary building
  • Grammar and sentence structure practice
  • WH-questions and directions
  • Progress tracking
  • Speech-language pathologist designed
Features
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Outdoor Fun – Language Adventures helps children build essential speech and language skills through engaging outdoor-themed activities created by certified Speech-Language Pathologists. The app features realistic scenes such as the beach, park, and playground, providing a natural context for learning. Children practice vocabulary, categorization, WH-questions, grammar, sentence structure, and following directions through interactive tasks that support both expressive and receptive language. Clear audio prompts guide learners, making the app suitable for independent practice or therapist-led sessions. Designed for use at home, in therapy, or in the classroom, Outdoor Fun encourages motivation through fun, game-like activities while offering structure and educational value. Progress tracking allows parents and professionals to monitor improvement and tailor support to each child’s needs. Outdoor Fun makes language learning enjoyable, effective, and easy to integrate into daily routines.

Screenshots

Fun With Directions HD1 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Fun With Directions HD at 91% against Outdoor Fun's 33%. Fun With Directions HD also leads on rating (4.3 vs 2.0) and ratings volume (35 vs 2). Outdoor Fun's advantage is price ($2.99 vs $15.99). On ads, in-app purchases, monetization model and iOS requirement 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

Fun With Directions HD costs $15.99 and Outdoor Fun $2.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Fun With Directions HD holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 2.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Fun With Directions HD has 35 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 91% of Fun With Directions HD's written reviews are positive against 33% of Outdoor Fun's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Fun With Directions HD ships an update every 6 months, Outdoor Fun every 14 months. The most recent releases landed on August 20, 2026 and June 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Fun With Directions HD versus Outdoor Fun: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFun With Directions HDOutdoor Fun
Price$15.99$2.99 — better
Rating4.3 (35 ratings) — better2.0 (2 ratings)
Positive reviews90.9% of reviews — better33.3% of reviews
Number of ratings35 — better2
Update frequencyEvery 6 months — betterEvery 14 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better15.6
Further details — not scored
Size292 MB41 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperHamaguchi Learning & Development, LLCVirtual Speech Center Inc.

Customer experience

Fun With Directions HD

All ratings35 ratings
Positive80.0%
Neutral2.9%
Negative17.1%
Written reviews66 reviews
Positive90.9%
Neutral3.0%
Negative6.1%

Outdoor Fun

All ratings2 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral50.0%
Negative50.0%
Written reviews6 reviews
Positive33.3%
Neutral33.3%
Negative33.3%

Bugs and requests

Fun With Directions HD

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • No sound
  • Previous graphics staying on the page
  • Crashing when adding new groups
  • Difficulty clicking/dragging items

Requested features

11 requests
  • More specific response requirements
  • Ability to change background color
  • True randomization of concepts
  • Option to mix concepts in random mode
  • More variety in pictures and items
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  • A level between intermediate and advanced
  • Option to just click and place instead of drag
  • More concepts added
  • Ability to track users/progress more effectively
  • Automatic advancement to next concept
  • Mix concepts together instead of one at a time

Outdoor Fun

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Fun With Directions HD

No in-app purchases

None

Outdoor Fun

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Fun With Directions HD free?
Fun With Directions HD costs $15.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Outdoor Fun free?
Outdoor Fun costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Fun With Directions HD or Outdoor Fun?
Fun With Directions HD is rated higher. Fun With Directions HD averages 4.3 out of 5 from 35 ratings, while Outdoor Fun averages 2.0 from 2 ratings.
Do Fun With Directions HD or Outdoor Fun have ads?
Neither Fun With Directions HD nor Outdoor Fun shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Fun With Directions HD or Outdoor Fun?
Fun With Directions HD ships an update every 6 months, and Outdoor Fun every 14 months. Most recently, Fun With Directions HD was updated on August 20, 2026 and Outdoor Fun on June 5, 2026.

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