Comparison

Shape Up! Lite vs Meet the Alphablocks!

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

Head to head
About

Shape Up! Lite

This educational game encourages young children to interact with basic shapes through tracing and coloring activities. Completed creations come to life with animations and sound effects, fostering curiosity and learning about colors and sizes.

Highlights
  • Shape tracing
  • Color filling
  • Animated creations
  • Sound effects
  • Shape identification
  • Color recognition
Features
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Shape Up! Lite is a shape game designed for very young children, but parents and older children will love it too! Simply trace around the simple shapes or use the paint bucket to fill them in. Once you have finished your creation will come to life! The rewarding animations and sound effects will ensure that children want to play again and again. Shape Up! introduces simple shapes of different colours and sizes to young children. The game encourages children to describe and name shapes as well as show curiosity about them.

About

Meet the Alphablocks!

Explore the alphabet and letter sounds with interactive characters. Children can tap to bring each character to life, hear their letter sounds, and sing along to catchy songs. This app uses proven phonics methods to help young learners develop reading skills.

Highlights
  • Interactive alphabet characters
  • Learn letter sounds
  • Sing along to songs
  • Phonics-based learning
  • Letter name mode
Features
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Meet the Alphablocks, get to know your alphabet and letter sounds and sing along to the Alphablocks song. Alphablocks is the hit TV show that’s helping millions of children learn to read the fun way. (British English). As seen on Cbeebies. HOW TO PLAY It couldn’t be simpler: tap to bring each Alphablock to life and hear them sing their letter sound and a line from the Alphablocks song. Every Alphablock is designed to help your child remember their letters and letter sounds, so A says a! when an apple falls on her head, and so on. LETTER SOUNDS AND NAMES Listen to the Alphablocks singing their letter sounds, then change to Letter Name mode and have fun learning all the letter names too. FULL OF GOOD PHONICS Alphablocks uses best-practice phonics as taught in UK schools. It’s also part of a whole reading system that can give your child a boost in key phonics skills. Watch Alphablocks on CBeebies and find out more at www.alphablocks.tv. READY FOR MORE? If you enjoy this app, try ALPHABLOCKS LETTER FUN and really get to know the Alphablocks and the alphabet. Letter Fun has four minigames for each Alphablock (more than 100 total) to help your child master their letters and sounds, and they can sing along to the whole Alphablocks letter song.

Screenshots

Shape Up! Lite4 screens
Meet the Alphablocks!4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Shape Up! Lite at 5.0 against Meet the Alphablocks!'s 4.4. Shape Up! Lite also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 75%) and iOS requirement (6.0 vs 13.0). Meet the Alphablocks!'s advantage is ratings volume (334 vs 2) and update cadence (every 11 months vs every 34 months). On price, ads, 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Shape Up! Lite holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Meet the Alphablocks! has 334 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of Shape Up! Lite's written reviews are positive against 75% of Meet the Alphablocks!'s.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Shape Up! Lite ships an update every 34 months, Meet the Alphablocks! every 11 months. The most recent releases landed on October 5, 2026 and October 22, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Shape Up! Lite versus Meet the Alphablocks!: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterShape Up! LiteMeet the Alphablocks!
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings) — better4.4 (334 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better75.4% of reviews
Number of ratings2334 — better
Update frequencyEvery 34 monthsEvery 11 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS6.0 — better13.0
Further details — not scored
Size25 MB212 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBusy Things LimitedBlue-Zoo

Customer experience

Shape Up! Lite

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews8 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Meet the Alphablocks!

All ratings334 ratings
Positive85.9%
Neutral3.6%
Negative10.5%
Written reviews142 reviews
Positive75.4%
Neutral8.5%
Negative16.2%

Bugs and requests

Shape Up! Lite

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Meet the Alphablocks!

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • App crashes when tapping on certain letters
  • Some visual glitches with character animations
  • Subscription/purchase issues for full app access
  • Compatibility problems on older devices

Requested features

4 requests
  • Add more mini-games and interactive elements
  • Improve stability and reduce crashes
  • Provide clearer instructions on accessing all content
  • Expand the app to include more advanced learning activities

In-app purchases

None

Shape Up! Lite

No in-app purchases

None

Meet the Alphablocks!

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Shape Up! Lite free?
Shape Up! Lite is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Meet the Alphablocks! free?
Meet the Alphablocks! is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Shape Up! Lite or Meet the Alphablocks!?
Shape Up! Lite is rated higher. Shape Up! Lite averages 5.0 out of 5 from 2 ratings, while Meet the Alphablocks! averages 4.4 from 334 ratings.
Do Shape Up! Lite or Meet the Alphablocks! have ads?
Neither Shape Up! Lite nor Meet the Alphablocks! shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Shape Up! Lite or Meet the Alphablocks!?
Shape Up! Lite ships an update every 34 months, and Meet the Alphablocks! every 11 months. Most recently, Shape Up! Lite was updated on October 5, 2026 and Meet the Alphablocks! on October 22, 2026.

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