Comparison

Noodle Words vs Goodnight ABC

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

Head to head
About

Noodle Words

This interactive app brings 18 active words to life with animated characters, allowing young learners to play with words and discover their meanings through touch. Developed by a renowned children's designer, it encourages emerging readers ages 4-7 to engage with language in a fun and dynamic way.

Highlights
  • Interactive word play
  • Animated characters
  • Word meaning discovery
  • Touch screen interaction
  • Designed for emergent readers
  • 18 playful words
Features
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Through interactive play, our set of 18 active words come to life as the Noodle Bugs demonstrate word meanings with their highly animated antics. Young readers can interact with the words or the cute bugs using the iPad's touch screen. They literally play with the words to make SPIN spin and JUMP jump. Developed by award winning children’s designer Mark Schlichting, creator of the best selling Living Books series of interactive children's books, Noodle Words is the first in a series of animated Word Toys, Noodle Words encourages emerging readers ages 4-7 to discover word meanings like they never have before. ◆ Featured in USA Today ◆ Featured in Apple's New and Noteworthy in Education ◆ New-York Times Best Apps for Children - End of Year Edition ◆ Winner of the Parents' Choice Gold Award ◆ Winner of the 2012 KAPi Award for Best Educational Product ◆ Children's Technology Review Editor's Choice Award, with 4.7/5 "This is a masterful example of how an app can make learning fun." - Jinny Gudmundsen, USA Today "A charming educational app for iPad that is sure to put a smile on the face of users no matter the age, as well as teach the meaning of action words in ways most delightful" - GiggleApps.com This app has been a great hit with every child who has tried it. It's a great way for kids of all ages to learn and play with words, giggle, have fun, laugh and dance! ▸ "My preschool students love this app." ▸ "My four year old daughter makes a point of showing me each word." ▸ "This is such a fantastic app for my profoundly autistic teenage daughter. It is perfect. All I wish is for there to be hundreds more words! Thank you for all the work that must have gone into this app." ▸ "Noodle Words is one of our favorite apps ever!" -- KinderTown ▸ "This is a terrific app for teaching children the meaning of words." -- The iPhone Mom ▸ "Noodle Words is a very interactive word recognition game, and a great game for young readers." -- Famigo ▸ "I think Noodle Words a new classic; a breakthrough like Dr. Seuss's books, but in a sillier than ever, touchable medium." -- Ann H. McCormick, PhD, Founder, The Learning Company Features: • Universal App supports iPad, iPhone and iPod touch • Word Toy, with 18 playful words • Expressive Words • Invites Play • Word Learning • Highly Animated • Dynamic Interaction • Appealing Animated Characters • Simple and Elegant • Rich Multi-Touch Interface • Tips for Parents • Innovative Tutorial • Designed in Partnership with Children Not all children learn to read the same way. Exposure, repetition, and context all help build relationships to vocabulary and understanding. Noodle Words is a word toy designed to offer emerging readers a playful modality for language acquisition and word comprehension. Kids of all ages can explore at their own pace, and develop a love of word play through direct interaction. It's even designed to draw-in the most hesitant early reader. Noodle Words is a wonderful app to play with your children. Some kids love to show off what they can do, and others love to laugh with you when the Noodle Bugs do something silly. We hope playing together with your children brings you the same joy we had while making this app. --------- Privacy Disclosure: NoodleWorks Interactive creates engaging environments for children that are educational, fun and above all safe and appropriate. Our apps: - do not collect any information - do not contain ads or in-app purchases - do not have links to websites or social networks - do not use analytics or data collection tools Email us at info@noodleworks.com if you have any questions.

About

Goodnight ABC

This interactive app uses engaging scenes and animations to teach young children the alphabet, phonics, vocabulary, and numbers. It offers a playful environment with hundreds of touchable elements and hidden surprises, fostering imagination and problem-solving skills.

Highlights
  • Teaches ABCs and phonics
  • Hundreds of interactive elements
  • Hidden object discovery
  • Vocabulary building
  • Coloring and learning modes
  • Child-friendly interface
  • Original art and animation
Features
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- Editor's Choice Award, Children's Technology Review - The winner of The Best Debut award at SmartAppsforKids.com - Featured by Apple in App Store Essentials - Apps for Parents - in 82 countries. - "If you have young kids, this is an absolute must purchase app."- PadGadget -"Fantastic learn by playing ABC app and much more that is a ringing endorsement for why educational apps should be made by professional educators." - Smart Apps For Kids - "Goodnight ABC is one of the best preschool apps I've seen. It's extensive scenes and surprising animations will keep toddlers and preschoolers engaged for hours... While I know it's educational, my son just loves the fun of it all. The attention to detail in each themed scene is incredible." - Fun Educational Apps - "This is one app you will want to sit down and play with the kids!"- BestAppsForKids - "This app is a spectacular addition to your collection especially for learning early word/object association, finding hidden objects, colorful illustrations and the ability to play while learning." - TheiMums - Illustrations by Ukrainian illustrator Ivan Sulima Fly a hot air balloon - Make ice cream - Play at the beach - Create your own thunder and rain - Watch aliens land - Hatch a dinosaur egg - Play a harp - Make it show - Shoot some hoops - Ride a submarine - Shop at a swanky boutique - Even grow a potted plant if you like - The possibilities are endless - KEY FEATURES - Fully supports the Retina display of the new iPad - Teaches ABCs, Phonics, word recognition, vocabulary, colors, numbers and more - 26 animals to represent each letter of the English alphabet - Hundreds of interactive elements - Interaction on every one of the 26 pages - 26 pages of amazing original art - Animation on every page - Hundreds of thrilling sound effects - Hundreds of vocabulary words spelled and pronounced - Play and Learn, Vocabulary, and Coloring options - Fosters imagination, problem solving, logical thinking - Child-friendly interface - No rules to follow, no time limits, no stress for your child - No third party advertising WHY EVERY CHILD WILL LOVE IT -Fully interactive -Every inch of the screen is touchable - perfect for youngsters’ inquisitive minds -Full of fascinating animals and curious objects to manipulate and explore -Ability to control what happens on each page -Ability to uncover hidden items -Fun games to play -Gorgeous eye-catching illustrations and animation -Hundreds of thrilling visual and sound effect -Coloring option -Vocabulary option WHY PARENTS WOULD LOVE IT -Teachers letters, letter sounds, and word recognition -Teaches hundreds of vocabulary words with the vocabulary option -Teaches colors -Teaches numbers -Encourages interest in nature and technology -Cultivates imagination and creativity -Taps into your child’s artistic skills with the coloring option -Encourages logical thinking -Fosters problem solving -Highly imaginative -Great for toddlers, preschoolers, or anyone who loves to have fun Is it a lesson or a game? Kids can’t tell the difference. Goodnight ABC teaches letters, letter sounds, colors, numbers, vocabulary, the basics of nature and technology and a lot more, but to your child it feels like playing the most exciting game in the world! An animal that lives in its own ingenious micro world represents each of the 26 letters of the alphabet. Every picture is different, unconventional, beautifully illustrated, and never boring. Touch, tap, or drag every inch of the screen to uncover more items, set things in motion, assemble and disassemble devices, and find exciting games. When you are done exploring a letter says good night to the animal and watch it fall asleep under the twinkling stars. Filled with exceptional artwork, animation, hundreds of interactive elements, hidden surprises and fun sound effects, Goodnight ABC is a never-ending playsacpe. Recommended Ages: 2 and up.

Screenshots

Noodle Words4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Goodnight ABC at 5.0 against Noodle Words's 4.2. Goodnight ABC also leads on review sentiment (94% vs 77%) and price ($1.99 vs $2.99). Noodle Words's advantage is ratings volume (56 vs 5) and device support (3 vs 1). On update cadence, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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

Noodle Words costs $2.99 and Goodnight ABC $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Goodnight ABC holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Noodle Words has 56 ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 77% of Noodle Words's written reviews are positive against 94% of Goodnight ABC's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Noodle Words versus Goodnight ABC: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterNoodle WordsGoodnight ABC
Price$2.99$1.99 — better
Rating4.2 (56 ratings)5.0 (5 ratings) — better
Positive reviews76.6% of reviews93.5% of reviews — better
Number of ratings56 — better5
Update frequencyEvery 5 monthsEvery 5 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPad
Requires iOS12.010.2 — better
Further details — not scored
Size102 MB297 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperIndependentQuasar Alliance, Inc

Customer experience

Noodle Words

All ratings56 ratings
Positive75.0%
Neutral12.5%
Negative12.5%
Written reviews64 reviews
Positive76.6%
Neutral1.6%
Negative21.9%

Goodnight ABC

All ratings5 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews31 reviews
Positive93.5%
Neutral0.0%
Negative6.5%

Bugs and requests

Noodle Words

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • App crashes
  • App stuck on splash screen
  • App goes from booting up to blank
  • Cannot open the app

Requested features

10 requests
  • More word sets/lists
  • Additional apps with similar concept
  • In-app purchases for more words
  • Customizable word lists
  • Option to silence spoken word
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  • Ability to guess word from action
  • New versions for ABC/123
  • Antonyms, homonyms, synonyms, rhymes lists
  • Test at the end
  • New lists without IAPs

Goodnight ABC

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Noodle Words

No in-app purchases

None

Goodnight ABC

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Noodle Words free?
Noodle Words costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Goodnight ABC free?
Goodnight ABC costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Noodle Words or Goodnight ABC?
Goodnight ABC is rated higher. Noodle Words averages 4.2 out of 5 from 56 ratings, while Goodnight ABC averages 5.0 from 5 ratings.
Do Noodle Words or Goodnight ABC have ads?
Neither Noodle Words nor Goodnight ABC shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Noodle Words or Goodnight ABC?
Noodle Words ships an update every 5 months, and Goodnight ABC every 5 months. Most recently, Noodle Words was updated on October 23, 2026 and Goodnight ABC on October 24, 2026.

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