Comparison

Noodle Words vs Sentence Builder 2

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

Sentence Builder 2

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SentenceBuilder 2 is the sequel to the award winning Sentence Builder app. SentenceBuilder 2 is designed to help children and teens aged 4-13 learn how to build grammatically correct sentences. Explicit attention is paid to the connector words that make up over 80% of the English​ language. Sentence Builder offers a rich and fun environment for improving the grammar of all children. FEATURES - Simple and intuitive interface to build sentences - 100 distinct pictures to build sentences around for elementary students - 3 Levels of play - Optional correct sentence audio re-enforcement - Option correct sentence encouragement animation We take children's privacy seriously. This app - Does not collect any information - Does not contain ads - Does not link to social networks - Does not use data collection tools LANGUAGES - English REQUIREMENTS - Compatible with iPad running iOS11.0 or higher SentenceBuilder 2 is part of "The Builder Series" of award winning education apps. Mobile Education Store has won over 40 app awards and has been named educational developer of the year in 2011 and 2012. Mobile Education Tools is a member of Moms with Apps, a collaborative group of family-friendly developers seeking to promote quality apps for kids and families. Recommended Ages: 3-6, 6-13 Categories: Special Needs

Screenshots

Noodle Words4 screens
Sentence Builder 24 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Noodle Words at $2.99 against Sentence Builder 2's $9.99. Noodle Words also leads on iOS requirement (12.0 vs 17.6). On ads, in-app purchases 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

Noodle Words costs $2.99 and Sentence Builder 2 $9.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Noodle Words versus Sentence Builder 2: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterNoodle WordsSentence Builder 2
Price$2.99 — better$9.99
Rating4.2 (56 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews76.6% of reviews—
Number of ratings56 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 5 months—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaid—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS12.0 — better17.6
Further details — not scored
Size102 MB307 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperIndependentMobile Education Store LLC

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
Show 5 more
  • Ability to guess word from action
  • New versions for ABC/123
  • Antonyms, homonyms, synonyms, rhymes lists
  • Test at the end
  • New lists without IAPs

Sentence Builder 2

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Noodle Words

No in-app purchases

None

Sentence Builder 2

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Noodle Words free?
Noodle Words costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Sentence Builder 2 free?
Sentence Builder 2 costs $9.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do Noodle Words or Sentence Builder 2 have ads?
Neither Noodle Words nor Sentence Builder 2 shows ads.

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