Comparison

LetterSchool vs ABC

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

ABC

This educational game makes learning the alphabet fun for young children through interactive tracing and phonics. It features an engaging story where players help find lost letters in various exciting locations, developing memory and fine motor skills.

Highlights
  • Trace letters with finger interaction
  • Learn letter sounds and pronunciation
  • Find hidden letters in diverse environments
  • Develop memory and fine motor skills
  • Engaging story-based learning
  • Bright and colorful characters
Features
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Try the Alphabet game for little kids to turn learning ABC into a fun and rewarding process! ABC for kids is an educational game with “trace a letter” mechanics - learn the letters one by one and enjoy a fabulous story! A wonderful alternative activity for learning letters for toddlers. Preparing for school hasn’t been so easy with digital playing:) You are going on an exciting journey! Oh, look, the wind is so strong - it has blown the letters away from the book! Investigate where the Alphabet ABCs got and find them all! You will have to save the letters and return to their places. They can be found in the lake, in the house and even in the galaxy! The toddler alphabet game easily encourages your baby to learn and differentiate letters, as well as develop memory and fine motor skills as it has very beautiful and fascinating tasks for tapping and tracing. Indeed, study can bring joy and our ABC will help in pronouncing and memorizing letters! Classic features: - Trace the letters with fingers while soaping and washing them - remember the lines - learn easily with educational games! - Train logic and attention with kindergarten learning games. Find the letters in unexpected places. Visit volcanoes and dive into waters, enter a witch’s house and climb into the bird’s nest - these are the places where you need to find the characters. - Go through an exciting tutorial with wonderful tasks in the learning games for kids. Flashcards and entertaining exercises are at their duty to make the kids giggle and be absorbed into the learning process! - Enjoy bright and saturated colors of all characters and be pleasantly captivated with the kindergarten learning games - you know all the letters in the blink of an eye! Your subscription will automatically renew at the end of the subscription period, and the free trial will automatically convert to a paid subscription at the end of the trial period, unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the period. Privacy Policy available here: http://gokidsmobile.com/privacy-policy-2/ Terms of use: http://gokidsmobile.com/terms/

Screenshots

LetterSchool4 screens
ABC4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: LetterSchool at none against ABC's shown. LetterSchool also leads on rating (4.5 vs 4.1) and ratings volume (17K vs 2.9K). ABC's advantage is update cadence (every 4 weeks vs every 2 months). On price, review sentiment, 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

Both are free to download. LetterSchool sells 14 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month and ABC sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

LetterSchool holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 4.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: LetterSchool has 17K ratings behind it against 2.9K, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 55% of LetterSchool's written reviews are positive against 50% of ABC's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

LetterSchool ships an update every 2 months, ABC every 4 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
LetterSchool versus ABC: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLetterSchoolABC
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (17K ratings) — better4.1 (2.9K ratings)
Positive reviews54.8% of reviews — better50.0% of reviews
Number of ratings17K — better2.9K
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 4 weeks — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.015.0
Further details — not scored
Size158 MB196 MB
Age rating+44+
DeveloperLetterschool Enabling Learning B.V.GoKids!

Customer experience

LetterSchool

All ratings17,001 ratings
Positive87.6%
Neutral6.1%
Negative6.3%
Written reviews252 reviews
Positive54.8%
Neutral7.9%
Negative37.3%

ABC

All ratings2,862 ratings
Positive76.8%
Neutral12.3%
Negative10.9%
Written reviews6 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral16.7%
Negative33.3%

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

ABC

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

14 purchases

LetterSchool

Subscriptions10
  • Monthly Access Pass7 Days trial$4.991 Month
  • LetterSchool - Monthly Pass7 Days trial$9.991 Month
  • Monthly Access Pass7 Days trial$9.991 Month
Show 7 more
  • Quarterly Access Pass7 Days trial$12.993 Months
  • LetterSchool - Monthly Pass7 Days trial$14.991 Month
  • Quarterly Access Pass7 Days trial$19.993 Months
  • Annual Access Pass7 Days trial$44.991 Year
  • LetterSchool - Annual Pass$59.991 Year
  • Yearly Access Pass7 Days trial$59.991 Year
  • LetterSchool - Annual Pass7 Days trial$74.991 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
6 purchases

ABC

Subscriptions4
  • Monthly subscription to letter$2.991 Month
  • Monthly subscription$2.991 Month
  • Year subscription to letters$18.991 Year
Show 1 more
  • Year subscription$18.991 Year
One-time2
  • Forever subscription$44.99
  • Forever access$44.99

Questions

Is LetterSchool free?
LetterSchool is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is ABC free?
ABC is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, LetterSchool or ABC?
LetterSchool is rated higher. LetterSchool averages 4.5 out of 5 from 17K ratings, while ABC averages 4.1 from 2.9K ratings.
Do LetterSchool or ABC have ads?
ABC shows ads; LetterSchool does not.
Which is updated more often, LetterSchool or ABC?
LetterSchool ships an update every 2 months, and ABC every 4 weeks. Most recently, LetterSchool was updated on October 31, 2026 and ABC on October 30, 2026.

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