Comparison

LetterSchool vs Bedtime Math

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

Head to head
About

LetterSchool

This app helps young children learn to write letters, numbers, and shapes through interactive tracing and spelling games. It offers progress tracking and engaging animations to make learning fun and effective for toddlers and preschoolers.

Highlights
  • Block and cursive letter tracing
  • Uppercase and lowercase letters
  • Number tracing (1-10)
  • Geometric shape tracing
  • Word spelling and phonics
  • Progress tracking for multiple players
  • Interactive animations and sound effects
Features
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The #1 alphabet tracing and words spelling app for toddlers & pre-schoolers. Recommended and used by parents, teachers, and occupational therapists! Loved & played by more than 2 million kids and used at more than 5,000 schools! - Winner of 'National Parenting Product Awards' - NAPPA Awards - ‘Best Mobile App Platinum Award’ nominee! – BMA SPECIAL FEATURES: - Block & Cursive Letters, - Uppercase and Lowercase, - Numbers 1-10, - 24 geometric shapes for toddlers! - Keep track of your child’s progress, - Unlock Golden Levels! - 72 CVC words, 36 CVCC words, and 39 long sound words! - Progress and settings stored for up to three players on the same device, - Interactive and visually attractive fun animations, - Available for both iPads and iPhones! IMPORTANT: The first five letters of the alphabet (both uppercase and lowercase), five shapes, and the first three CVC flashcards (nine words) are completely for free. They can be played entirely (on 3 game steps). Enjoy this trial and have fun! PERFECT FOR KIDS: Kids want to have fun and LetterSchool offers an educational journey with the most engaging and entertaining educational material! - Learn while engaging with over 20+ exciting animations, graphics, and sound effects. - Associate letters with words, master and memorize tracing directions and the correct formation of each character. - Learn phonics, the formation of words, understand syllable formations, and spell entire words. - Perfect for home-schooling kids and kindergartens. A user-friendly app for children with special educational needs. PERFECT FOR PARENTS & TEACHERS: - Choice of the three most popular font families in handwriting education (Handwriting Without Tears, D’Nealian, and Zaner-Bloser). - Complete a set of letters, numbers, or shapes to unlock the Golden Levels! - Golden Level allows progress tracking and displays exactly how the letter was drawn! - A new challenge at every step: Your child traces a letter, number or shape 3 times using different parameters. SAFE: - An educational app created together with parents and educational professionals. - NO ADS! - Advanced settings or purchases only accessible by an adult! - Extremely committed Customer Support ready to answer all questions and fix any issues. LET'S PLAY & LEARN! Join LetterSchool on this exciting educational journey! Download the app and allow your toddler to discover the magical world of letters and words. Before you know it, your kid will become a pro in writing and spelling! SUBSCRIPTION DETAILS: LetterSchool offers several auto-renewing subscription options: per month. quarter, and year. - You can cancel your subscription anytime without an extra cancellation fee. - Payment will be charged to your iTunes account at confirmation of purchase. - Subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current period. - The account will be charged for renewal within 24-hours before the end of the current period, and identify the cost of the renewal. - Subscriptions may be managed by the user and auto-renewal may be turned off by going to the user's Account Settings after purchase. - No cancellation of the current subscription is allowed during an active subscription period. - Any unused portion of a free trial period, if offered, will be forfeited when the user purchases a subscription to that publication, where applicable. - Your iTunes account will be charged automatically after the 7-day free trial. CONTACT For more reviews and information, visit our website www.letterschool.com If you have any question or suggestions, please contact us at support@letterschool.com You can also check our FAQ page on https://www.letterschool.com/en/help. Terms of service and privacy policy: https://www.letterschool.com/legal/terms-of-use & https://www.letterschool.com/legal/privacy-policy

About

Bedtime Math

This app makes math engaging for parents and children aged 3-9. Through interactive stories and discussions, it helps kids understand math concepts and improve their skills. It offers daily problems and a library of over 1,000 math challenges at various difficulty levels.

Highlights
  • Parent-child math activities
  • Story-based math problems
  • Multiple difficulty levels
  • Over 1,000 math problems
  • Skill and topic search
  • Daily math challenges
Features
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Our goal is simple: make math as beloved as the bedtime story. Unlike most educational apps, the Bedtime Math app is designed for parents and kids to do together – at bedtime or anytime! It’s a free, simple tool proven to boost kids’ math skills an extra three months in one school year. How? By making it a conversation, we help kids get to the right answer – and understand how they got there! First, read the short story to your kid. We cover everything from flamingoes to pillow forts to chocolate chips. Then read the question and talk through the reasoning. Targeted for families with kids ages 3-9, each post comes with three questions at different levels of challenge. Start with the “Wee Ones” and work your way up to “Little Kids” and “Big Kids,” go as far as your kid wants to go! Often there’s a harder “The Sky’s the Limit” level for extra challenge. Do the math problem of the day or search over 1,000 math problems by skill or topic. Bedtime Math encourages a dialogue between parents and kids about real-world math. Make it a part of your family’s routine today!

Screenshots

LetterSchool4 screens
Bedtime Math4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Bedtime Math at none against LetterSchool's 10. Bedtime Math also leads on review sentiment (85% vs 55%) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.0). LetterSchool's advantage is ratings volume (17K vs 65) and rating (4.5 vs 4.2). On price, 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

Both are free to download. LetterSchool sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Bedtime Math asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

LetterSchool holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 4.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: LetterSchool has 17K ratings behind it against 65, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 55% of LetterSchool's written reviews are positive against 85% of Bedtime Math's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

LetterSchool ships an update every 2 months, Bedtime Math every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and November 1, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
LetterSchool versus Bedtime Math: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLetterSchoolBedtime Math
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (17K ratings) — better4.2 (65 ratings)
Positive reviews54.5% of reviews84.6% of reviews — better
Number of ratings17K — better65
Update frequencyEvery 2 months — betterEvery 4 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.012.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size158 MB98 MB
Age rating+44+
DeveloperLetterschool Enabling Learning B.V.BEDTIME MATH FOUNDATION INC

Customer experience

LetterSchool

All ratings17,001 ratings
Positive87.6%
Neutral6.1%
Negative6.3%
Written reviews253 reviews
Positive54.5%
Neutral8.3%
Negative37.2%

Bedtime Math

All ratings61 ratings
Positive80.3%
Neutral6.6%
Negative13.1%
Written reviews78 reviews
Positive84.6%
Neutral3.8%
Negative11.5%

User reviews

LetterSchool

From 17K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Engaging and interactive
  • 🚀 Helps improve handwriting
  • 💡 Supports multiple writing styles (print, cursive, d'nealian)
  • 👍 Motivating with rewards and animations
  • 👍 Useful for children with learning challenges

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Subscription issues (app reverts to lite version, need to restore purchases)
  • 🐛 Glitches and crashes (especially with Dari letters)
  • 💰 Expensive subscription model
  • 🔍 Limited free version
  • 🔍 Inconsistent letter formation (not aligned with school standards)

Bedtime Math

From 65 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Fun and engaging content
  • 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Great for family bonding
  • 🧠 Educational and improves math skills
  • 💡 Creative and interesting problems
  • 🆓 Free to use

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Voiceover accessibility missing
  • 🐛 Sound effects missing
  • 🐛 App crashes frequently
  • 🐛 Difficult to understand language in problems
  • 🐛 Wording of math problems can be confusing

Bugs and requests

LetterSchool

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Dari letter (پ) keeps glitching
  • Subscription issues (app reverts to lite version, need to restore purchases)
  • Incompatibility with older devices
  • Login screen freezes

Requested features

5 requests
  • Add more languages (Russian, Serbian, Thai, Korean, Hebrew, Hindi, etc.)
  • Allow creating custom words/names to practice
  • Improve letter sound pronunciations
  • Add more visual options (fonts, themes, etc.)
  • Integrate with International Phonetic Alphabet

Bedtime Math

Reported bugs

11 issues
  • App crashes
  • Voiceover accessibility removed
  • Sound effects missing
  • Cannot enter correct answers
  • Problems are difficult to understand
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  • Text is hard to read
  • Pictures/images not displaying
  • App does not launch
  • App does not load correctly
  • New math questions not available
  • Poor resolution on iPad

Requested features

10 requests
  • Bring back voiceover accessibility
  • Add fun appearing elements and sound effects
  • Add an alert notification feature for bedtime
  • Add a way to show which days have been read/completed
  • Make math harder, especially 'Big kid' level
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  • Add functional links like the website
  • Create a level between 'big kids' and 'sky is the limit'
  • International versions for other languages
  • Dark mode option
  • Ability to enter correct answers

In-app purchases

10 purchases

LetterSchool

Subscriptions6
  • Monthly Access Pass7 Days trial$4.991 Month
  • Monthly Access Pass7 Days trial$9.991 Month
  • Quarterly Access Pass7 Days trial$12.993 Months
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  • Quarterly Access Pass7 Days trial$19.993 Months
  • Annual Access Pass7 Days trial$44.991 Year
  • Yearly Access Pass7 Days trial$59.991 Year
One-time4
  • Unlock All Shapes$2.99
  • Unlock Full Block Alphabet$6.99
  • Unlock Full Cursive Alphabet$6.99
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  • All-in-one Package$79.99
None

Bedtime Math

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is LetterSchool free?
LetterSchool is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Bedtime Math free?
Bedtime Math is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, LetterSchool or Bedtime Math?
LetterSchool is rated higher. LetterSchool averages 4.5 out of 5 from 17K ratings, while Bedtime Math averages 4.2 from 65 ratings.
Do LetterSchool or Bedtime Math have ads?
Neither LetterSchool nor Bedtime Math shows ads.
Which is updated more often, LetterSchool or Bedtime Math?
LetterSchool ships an update every 2 months, and Bedtime Math every 4 months. Most recently, LetterSchool was updated on November 3, 2026 and Bedtime Math on November 1, 2026.

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