Comparison

Reading Raven HD vs Inventioneers Full Version

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

Head to head
About

Reading Raven HD

This app guides children on a reading adventure, offering step-by-step lessons from pre-reading to sentence construction. It features engaging games, customizable profiles, and rewards to build a strong reading foundation.

Highlights
  • Self-paced reading lessons
  • 11 types of educational games
  • Multiple child profiles
  • Customizable by age/level
  • Sticker rewards
  • Free form writing practice
  • Hand-illustrated artwork
Features
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Help your children learn to read with their own personal reading adventure guide! ▸ Voted Most Awesome Kids App of 2012 by over 100,000 Red Tricycle readers ▸ A Parents' Choice Award Winner ▸ Apple Staff Favorite and What's Hot in Education ▸ Rated Among Best Five iPad Apps to Teach Your Kid How to Read by Huffington Post ▸ Voted Among 12 Best Children’s Educational iPad Apps Released In 2012 by Teachers with Apps "Reading Raven has one of the strongest educational and design foundations we have seen." -- Kindertown "Finally – a seriously educational app that leads children from early phonological awareness and phonics right up to reading full sentences while integrating printing skills and teaching through games. Reading Raven for iPad is an incredible learn-to-read app, easily the best I’ve encountered to date in the App Store. I’m in love." -- Apps For Homeschooling "If you are looking for a great iPad program for children’s early, emerging skills, this is the one I would recommend." -- Dr. Richard Selznick, Director of Cooper Learning Center and author of The Shut-Down Learner "I can see [Kaylee] really learning and growing with this. Already she's starting to learn more and faster than she ever has before." -- Rita Webb, mother of two ____________________ Reading Raven is an extremely engaging learn-to-read educational game that provides step-by-step reading lessons designed to help young children build a solid foundation for reading. FEATURES: - Self-paced lessons take kids all the way from pre-reading to reading sentences! - 11 types of super fun games/activities that teach critical sub-skills! - Configure profiles for multiple children! - Fully customizable by age or reading level! - Speed and tolerance dynamically adapt to motor control ability! - Sticker rewards that reinforce what was learned! - No pressure tactics! - Extremely effective voice instructions and feedback! - Free form letter and word writing! - Children can pause and save their progress anytime! - Beautiful hand-illustrated artwork! - No third party advertising! - No external links to social network sites! With the Reading Raven companion guiding them along, children will go on delightful fun-filled adventures where they will encounter fly eating frogs, caterpillars that turn into butterflies, circus acrobats, ball balancing seals, underwater sea creatures, snow monsters, flying penguins, space robots, rhyming rockets, and much more! Reading Raven includes the following progression of self-paced educational activities: Ages 3 and Up - Letter matching - Letter tracing - Letter recognition - Word matching Ages 4 and Up - Vocabulary - Word beginnings - Word building (spelling) - Word spotting Ages 5 and Up - Reading aloud using voice recording - Word tracing - Word groups (rhyming and beginning sounds) Reading Raven includes five extensive lessons, with hundreds of individual activities in total. Parents and teachers will find the multi-sensory learning games to be a great complement to traditional classroom and home-based reading instruction. Recommended Ages: 3-7 Categories: Reading, Phonics, Letters, Spelling, Writing, Vocabulary, Early Learning, Special Needs Build your child's reading confidence with Reading Raven and watch their learning take flight. Happy Reading Adventures! ____________________ MORE INFO, FEEDBACK & SUPPORT Learn more about the product and our team: http://www.readingraven.com/ Like us on Facebook: http://facebook.com/readingraven Follow us on Twitter: http://twitter.com/readingraven If you have feedback or suggestions, please email us at feedback@earlyascent.com. We’d love to hear from you! ____________________ PRIVACY We have kids too and take the privacy of you and your children seriously. This product does not collect any personally identifiable information by default.

About

Inventioneers Full Version

Unleash your creativity by building unique inventions with the help of tiny characters. Explore real-time physics concepts like air, fire, and magnetism. Share your creations with friends and even classmates.

Highlights
  • Create your own inventions
  • Learn real-time physics
  • Share inventions with friends
  • 120 inventions across 8 chapters
  • Over 100 objects to use
  • 18 characters to help
Features
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* FROM THE CREATORS OF PETTSON'S INVENTIONS DELUXE * *** Winner of Parents' Choice Gold Award *** BE CREATIVE! In this game you can create your own crazy, fun inventions! With the help of the Inventioneers, our tiny helpers with unique characteristics, you can invent fun, creative and often quite weird inventions. A lot of inventions are included in the game, the more you solve the more parts you receive for your own inventions! LEARN ABOUT PHYSICS! Inventioneers is an outstanding tool for learning about realtime physics and the science behind different features like air, fire, magnetism and jumping bunnies. What you can do with the tool is virtually endless. SHARE WITH FRIENDS! Invite friends to share their crazy inventions and you can share yours too! If you are a teacher you can set up the whole classroom as a user and share with other classes! The full version: • 8 chapters with a total of 120 inventions! • Create! - A fully working tool to create your own inventions • Share up to 16 inventions with your friends! • 100+ objects • 18 characters that you can help • 8 Inventioneers with unique features - "Windy", "Blaze", "Sporty", "Zappy", "Bunny", "Magneta", "Freezy" and "Maggie"

Screenshots

Inventioneers Full Version4 screens

Verdict

The call

Reading Raven HD and Inventioneers Full Version both sit at 4.3 stars, but that hides the real split: 89% of Reading Raven HD's written reviews are positive against 79% of Inventioneers Full Version's. Reading Raven HD also leads on price ($3.99 vs $5.99) and iOS requirement (8.0 vs 12.0). Inventioneers Full Version's advantage is device support (3 vs 1). On rating, ratings volume, update cadence and ads 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

Reading Raven HD costs $3.99 and Inventioneers Full Version $5.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Inventioneers Full Version holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 4.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 46 and 117 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 89% of Reading Raven HD's written reviews are positive against 79% of Inventioneers Full Version's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Reading Raven HD ships an update every 7 months, Inventioneers Full Version every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 11, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Reading Raven HD versus Inventioneers Full Version: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterReading Raven HDInventioneers Full Version
Price$3.99 — better$5.99
Rating4.3 (46 ratings)4.5 (117 ratings) — better
Positive reviews89.3% of reviews — better78.8% of reviews
Number of ratings46117 — better
Update frequencyEvery 7 monthsEvery 5 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidPaid
DevicesiPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS8.0 — better12.0
Further details — not scored
Size146 MB189 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperEarly Ascent, LLCFilimundus AB

Customer experience

Reading Raven HD

All ratings44 ratings
Positive79.5%
Neutral6.8%
Negative13.6%
Written reviews140 reviews
Positive89.3%
Neutral2.9%
Negative7.9%

Inventioneers Full Version

All ratings115 ratings
Positive87.0%
Neutral3.5%
Negative9.6%
Written reviews66 reviews
Positive78.8%
Neutral6.1%
Negative15.2%

User reviews

Reading Raven HD

From 46 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👩🏼‍🎓 Helps with learning
  • 🎓 Great for early readers
  • 👍 Engaging and fun
  • 🎨 Beautiful graphics
  • 🔊 Good audio quality

Room to improve

  • 🐛 App crashes or freezes
  • 🔊 American accent not suitable for some users
  • 🤖 Monotonous or boring at times
  • 🔒 No multi-user support
  • 🔢 Limited number of levels/lessons

Inventioneers Full Version

From 117 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🧠 Teaches problem solving
  • 💡 Encourages spatial reasoning
  • 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Fun for all ages
  • ✨ Nostalgic and engaging
  • 💯 High-quality and educational

Room to improve

  • 💰 Perceived as a rip-off
  • 🐌 Slow puzzle creation
  • 📈 Some levels too hard
  • ⚠️ Update ruined experience
  • ❌ Can't restore progress

Bugs and requests

Reading Raven HD

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • App crashes after iOS 8 update
  • Microphone not working after iOS 7 update
  • Incorrect pronunciations or sounds for some letters
  • Settings menu not working properly

Requested features

5 requests
  • Add more levels and lessons
  • Provide option for British/UK English accent
  • Implement multi-user support
  • Add more variety to the activities
  • Improve voice recording functionality

Inventioneers Full Version

Reported bugs

9 issues
  • App crashes frequently
  • App crashes when not on WiFi
  • App crashes on launch (black screen)
  • Worlds/places won't click
  • Spinny thingy turns on its side
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  • Incompatible with older OS versions
  • Cannot sign in to old account
  • Japanese language not displayed
  • Full version won't open

Requested features

13 requests
  • Add more levels
  • Add more animals
  • Add cockroaches and socks
  • Add a cat named Carlile
  • Add a second game
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  • Add more places
  • Add disco ball item
  • Add new character: force man
  • Add sky and ground levels
  • Bring back present collection
  • Allow level skipping
  • Add rock and cheese slide to level
  • Restore progress/account feature

In-app purchases

None

Reading Raven HD

No in-app purchases

None

Inventioneers Full Version

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Reading Raven HD free?
Reading Raven HD costs $3.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Inventioneers Full Version free?
Inventioneers Full Version costs $5.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Reading Raven HD or Inventioneers Full Version?
Inventioneers Full Version is rated higher. Reading Raven HD averages 4.3 out of 5 from 46 ratings, while Inventioneers Full Version averages 4.5 from 117 ratings.
Do Reading Raven HD or Inventioneers Full Version have ads?
Neither Reading Raven HD nor Inventioneers Full Version shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Reading Raven HD or Inventioneers Full Version?
Reading Raven HD ships an update every 7 months, and Inventioneers Full Version every 5 months. Most recently, Reading Raven HD was updated on November 1, 2026 and Inventioneers Full Version on November 11, 2026.

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