Comparison

LetterSchool vs Endless Wordplay

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

Endless Wordplay

This app helps young learners develop spelling and rhyming skills through interactive puzzles and engaging animations. It introduces key spelling patterns and phonograms with a fun, progressive learning path, making early writing less complex.

Highlights
  • Interactive rhyming word puzzles
  • Animated word illustrations
  • Introduction to spelling patterns
  • Phonogram reinforcement
  • Progressive learning path
  • No high scores, failures, or stress
Features
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*From the team at ORIGINATOR - the creators of the beloved Endless Alphabet, Endless Reader, and Endless Numbers.... Originator is a team of passionate artists and engineers dedicated to the best education+entertainment apps for kids.* As the next delightful app in the Endless series, Endless Wordplay sets the stage for spelling, word building, and wonderful rhymes! This app introduces key spelling patterns and phonograms that are important for beginning spellers and early writers. Written English can be complex and confusing, and Endless Wordplay reinforces spelling rules and variations using rhymes and a fun, progressive learning path. Kids will have a blast learning spelling patterns and phonograms with the all-new Alphabot and the beloved Endless monsters. Each lesson reinforces a spelling and phonetic pattern using a sequence of rhyming word puzzles with letters that come alive. The rhyming words then lead to entertaining and illustrative animations that are as fun as they are educational. Features: - 3 spelling lessons (9 words) free to try with additional lessons available for purchase. - The delightful lessons presented by Alphabot reinforce spelling and phonetic patterns in a fun and interactive way. - Animations bring the rhyming words to life and reinforce definitions and usage. - Endless Wordplay was designed with your children in mind. There are no high scores, failures, limits or stress. Your children can interact with the app at their own pace.

Screenshots

LetterSchool4 screens
Endless Wordplay4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ratings volume: LetterSchool at 17K against Endless Wordplay's 801. LetterSchool also leads on update cadence (every 2 months vs every 4 months). Endless Wordplay's advantage is review sentiment (66% vs 55%) and iOS requirement (10.0 vs 15.0). On price, rating, ads and in-app purchases 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 Endless Wordplay sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.5 for LetterSchool against 4.5 for Endless Wordplay. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: LetterSchool has 17K ratings behind it against 801, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 55% of LetterSchool's written reviews are positive against 66% of Endless Wordplay's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

LetterSchool ships an update every 2 months, Endless Wordplay every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
LetterSchool versus Endless Wordplay: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLetterSchoolEndless Wordplay
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (17K ratings) — better4.5 (801 ratings)
Positive reviews54.8% of reviews66.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings17K — better801
Update frequencyEvery 2 months — betterEvery 4 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.010.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size158 MB104 MB
Age rating+44+
DeveloperLetterschool Enabling Learning B.V.Originator Inc.

Customer experience

LetterSchool

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

Endless Wordplay

All ratings790 ratings
Positive85.4%
Neutral5.1%
Negative9.5%
Written reviews106 reviews
Positive66.0%
Neutral7.5%
Negative26.4%

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)

Endless Wordplay

From 801 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Fun and engaging
  • 💡 Helpful for learning to read
  • 🚀 Great educational value
  • 🤖 Cute robot character

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Occasional crashes and freezes
  • 💰 Expensive with many in-app purchases
  • 🤖 Robot voice can be annoying
  • 🔒 Difficulty sharing purchased content

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

Endless Wordplay

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Progress not saving properly
  • Incompatible with older devices
  • Frequent app updates causing issues

Requested features

4 requests
  • More levels and content
  • Difficulty settings for older kids
  • Custom word addition
  • Ability to disable hints and answers

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
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  • 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
4 purchases

Endless Wordplay

One-time4
  • Starter Pack$6.99
  • Wordplay Level 1$6.99
  • Pack of Remaining Words$11.99
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  • Pack of ALL Words$14.99

Questions

Is LetterSchool free?
LetterSchool is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Endless Wordplay free?
Endless Wordplay is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, LetterSchool or Endless Wordplay?
LetterSchool is rated higher. LetterSchool averages 4.5 out of 5 from 17K ratings, while Endless Wordplay averages 4.5 from 801 ratings.
Do LetterSchool or Endless Wordplay have ads?
Neither LetterSchool nor Endless Wordplay shows ads.
Which is updated more often, LetterSchool or Endless Wordplay?
LetterSchool ships an update every 2 months, and Endless Wordplay every 4 months. Most recently, LetterSchool was updated on November 1, 2026 and Endless Wordplay on October 29, 2026.

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