Comparison

LetterSchool vs Bug Art

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 engaging animations. It offers progress tracking and is designed by educational professionals to be safe and fun for toddlers and preschoolers.

Highlights
  • Block and cursive letter tracing
  • Uppercase and lowercase letters
  • Numbers 1-10 tracing
  • Geometric shape tracing
  • Progress tracking for multiple players
  • Interactive animations and sound effects
  • CVC, CVCC, and long sound word practice
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

Bug Art

Unleash creativity by designing animated bugs with various art tools and then race them in fun challenges. Explore vibrant environments, play mini-games, and learn to draw with interactive templates.

Highlights
  • Create animated bugs with paint, glitter, stamps, and stickers
  • Race custom bug creations against AI competitors
  • Interactive bug drawing templates to learn drawing
  • Explore playgrounds with mini-games and characters
  • Intuitive touch and tilt controls
  • Multiple user profiles
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CREATE Create artwork using paint, glitter, stamps, brushes, stickers, or snap a picture with your camera! Design a bug and transform it into an animated insect with the tap of a finger! Learn to draw using our interactive bug drawing templates. PLAY Use your very own bug creations to race against 13 uniquely designed competitors like “Sparky,” “Kicks,” and “Turbo” in Bug Race. Steer a butterfly, dragonfly, or bee through dandelion gates in the lush gardens of Butterfly Valley. Explore, meet funny characters, and play mini games in our special playgrounds for both ground and airborne bugs. FEATURES: • Designed for ages 4 and up. • Simple and intuitive touch and tilt controls. • Complete painting activity for whatever the mind dreams. • Advanced Bug designer activity (includes a disco floor for testing creations). • 20+ design tools, including camera and bug brushes that you can control! • 10+ backgrounds for fun art design. • 40+ stickers (position, rotate, and scale). • 7 Interactive learn to draw bug designs. • Multiple user profiles • NO In-Apps / NO third party advertising. • Parental Gate Localized for: English, Chinese, Danish, Dutch, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, and Swedish. We want and appreciate your feedback! Email: support@littlebitstudio.com Instagram: @littlebitstudio Facebook: @littlebitstudio Twitter: @lilbitstudio

Screenshots

LetterSchool4 screens
Bug Art4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: LetterSchool at Free against Bug Art's $0.99. LetterSchool also leads on ratings volume (17K vs 23) and update cadence (every 2 months vs every 8 months). Bug Art's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 14). On review sentiment, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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

LetterSchool is free to download; Bug Art costs $0.99 up front. LetterSchool sells 14 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Bug Art 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 23, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 54% of LetterSchool's written reviews are positive against 62% of Bug Art'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, Bug Art every 8 months. The most recent releases landed on October 18, 2026 and October 17, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
LetterSchool versus Bug Art: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLetterSchoolBug Art
PriceFree — better$0.99
Rating4.5 (17K ratings) — better4.2 (23 ratings)
Positive reviews54.4% of reviews61.5% of reviews — better
Number of ratings17K — better23
Update frequencyEvery 2 months — betterEvery 8 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size158 MB128 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperLetterschool Enabling Learning B.V.Little Bit Studio, LLC

Customer experience

LetterSchool

All ratings16,985 ratings
Positive87.6%
Neutral6.1%
Negative6.3%
Written reviews250 reviews
Positive54.4%
Neutral8.0%
Negative37.6%

Bug Art

All ratings23 ratings
Positive78.3%
Neutral8.7%
Negative13.0%
Written reviews78 reviews
Positive61.5%
Neutral7.7%
Negative30.8%

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)

Bug Art

From 23 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🎨 Creative art and drawing
  • 🤩 Engaging for kids
  • ✨ Visually stunning graphics
  • 👍 Easy to use interface
  • 💰 Worth the price

Room to improve

  • ❌ App no longer works
  • 💸 Waste of money
  • 😞 Disappointing for children
  • ⏳ No developer support
  • 📉 Outdated and incompatible

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

Bug Art

Reported bugs

5 issues
  • App needs to be updated to be used on a new iPad
  • App does not work after updating to iOS 11
  • App no longer works
  • No audio
  • Download issues

Requested features

12 requests
  • More bugs to paint
  • Go inside the bee hive in playground game
  • Make a home for the bugs
  • Add praying mantis, swallow tail butterfly, grasshopper, snails
  • Add snail racing and hunting games
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  • Add racing snail stickers
  • Add racing clothing for bugs
  • Update for iOS 11
  • Name your bugs
  • Make ladybugs fly in butterfly valley
  • Hide scary insects like cockroaches
  • More bug brushes and colors

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
None

Bug Art

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is LetterSchool free?
LetterSchool is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Bug Art free?
Bug Art costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, LetterSchool or Bug Art?
LetterSchool is rated higher. LetterSchool averages 4.5 out of 5 from 17K ratings, while Bug Art averages 4.2 from 23 ratings.
Do LetterSchool or Bug Art have ads?
Neither LetterSchool nor Bug Art shows ads.
Which is updated more often, LetterSchool or Bug Art?
LetterSchool ships an update every 2 months, and Bug Art every 8 months. Most recently, LetterSchool was updated on October 18, 2026 and Bug Art on October 17, 2026.

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