Comparison

Bugs and Bubbles vs Duck Duck Moose Reading

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

Head to head
About

Bugs and Bubbles

Engaging educational games for preschoolers and kindergarteners. Features 18 interactive activities to build essential early learning skills like colors, counting, and letters. Offers a delightful and visually stimulating learning experience with no ads or in-app purchases.

Highlights
  • 18 learning activities
  • Develops early learning skills
  • Teaches colors, counting, letters
  • Pinch, pop, swipe, tap interactions
  • Visual instructions
  • Self-leveling games
  • 36 achievements
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Bugs and Bubbles is a collection of 18 activities designed to develop and reinforce a variety of early learning skills. With a mix of beautiful organic and industrial scenery, kids can pinch, pop, swipe, and tap bubbles for a delightful learning experience. Once kids have mastered these skills, easily change settings to learn colors, counting, and letters in a different language! Skills: • Colors • Counting • Comparisons • Critical Thinking • Fine Motor • Letter Tracing • Logic • Memory • Shapes • Sorting • Tracking • And more... Highlights: • Designed for ages 4 to 6, but every child is different • NO In-Apps / NO third party advertising • Parental gate • Visual instructions for every game • Most games are self leveling • 36 achievements • Original, detailed, and visually intriguing graphics • Each of the 18 activities has its own beautiful, and engaging music • Humorous interactions and sound effects Data Policy: This app does NOT collect any data. All saved scores, achievements, profiles, and other data elements are private to your device and associated platform account. We want and appreciate your feedback! Email: support@littlebitstudio.com Facebook: littlebitstudio Instagram: @littlebitstudio Twitter: @lilbitstudio

About

Duck Duck Moose Reading

This app offers interactive games and activities designed to teach young children phonics and letter sounds. Kids can collect animals and build their own zoo scenes while learning foundational reading skills. Developed with educators, it aligns with Common Core Standards.

Highlights
  • 9 word and letter activities
  • Teaches phonics and letter sounds
  • Spelling practice for CVC words
  • Parent reporting tool
  • Aligned with Common Core Standards
  • Zoo scene creation
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*** Parents’ Choice Gold Award winner - Parents’ Choice Foundation *** Children’s Technology Review Editor’s Choice Award for Excellence in Design Join Milo the Meerkat and his sidekick Puffs at the zoo on a phonics learning adventure! Duck Duck Moose Reading has 9 different word and letter activities that help kids learn by feeding and playing with flamingos, monkeys, lions, and more. Collect animals and make your own zoo scene as you learn more letter sounds. AGES 3-7. CATEGORY: Curriculum 9 WORD AND LETTER ACTIVITIES - Teaches phonics - the letter sounds for all consonants, short vowels, and long vowels - Practice spelling consonant-vowel-consonant (CVC) words PARENT REPORTING - Includes a new reporting tool so teachers and parents can see how a child is progressing and which letter sounds they have learned DEVELOPED WITH EDUCATORS - Based on the Common Core State Standards - Foundational Skills of Reading - Developed in conjunction with a Stanford University educator, Jennifer DiBrienza, PhD in Early Elementary Education, and a former NYC public school teacher (K-Grade 2) - Tested extensively in classrooms BASED ON COMMON CORE STANDARDS - Letter-sound and word activities - Recognizing and naming lowercase letters - Demonstrating knowledge of letter-sound correspondences - Isolating and pronouncing sounds in CVC (consonant-vowel-consonant) words - Covered CCSS include: RF.K.1d, RF.K.2d, RF.K.2e, RF.K.3a, RF.K.3b _________________ Brought to you by Duck Duck Moose, the creator of Wheels on the Bus and Itsy Bitsy Spider and winner of 15 Parents’ Choice Awards. Check out more fun, educational apps from Duck Duck Moose: Favorite Nursery Rhymes: - Wheels on the Bus - Old MacDonald - Itsy Bitsy Spider - Baa Baa Black Sheep - Peek-a-Zoo (Animal Book for Toddlers) Curriculum Based Learning: - Fish School (Letters, Numbers, Colors, Matching) - Park Math (Addition, Subtraction, Patterns) - Word Wagon (Letters, Phonics, Spelling) - Musical Me! (Music, Notes, Pitch, Rhythm) - Puzzle Pop (Animated Puzzles for all ages) - [NEW!] Duck Duck Moose Reading (Phonics) Creative Play: - Draw and Tell (Draw, Color, Record Voice) - Trucks (Carwash, Tow Truck, Recycling) - [NEW!] More Trucks (Fire Truck, Monster Trucks) - Princess Fairy Tale Maker - Superhero Comic Book Maker ABOUT DUCK DUCK MOOSE (A wholly-owned subsidiary of Khan Academy) Duck Duck Moose, an award-winning creator of educational mobile apps for families, is a passionate team of engineers, artists, designers, and educators. Founded in 2008, the company has created 21 top-selling titles and has received 21 Parents’ Choice Awards, 18 Children’s Technology Review Awards, 12 Tech with Kids’ Best Pick App Awards, and a KAPi award for “Best Children’s App” at the International Consumer Electronics Show. Khan Academy is a nonprofit with a mission to provide a free, world-class education for anyone, anywhere. Duck Duck Moose is now part of the Khan Academy family. Like all Khan Academy offerings, all Duck Duck Moose apps are now free, without ads or subscriptions. We rely on our community of volunteers and donors. Get involved today at www.duckduckmoose.com/about. Check out the Khan Academy app to learn and practice all kinds of topics for elementary school through college and beyond. We’d love to hear from you! Visit us at www.duckduckmoose.com or drop us a line at support@duckduckmoose.com.

Screenshots

Bugs and Bubbles4 screens
Duck Duck Moose Reading4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Duck Duck Moose Reading at Free against Bugs and Bubbles's $0.99. Duck Duck Moose Reading also leads on review sentiment (80% vs 66%) and iOS requirement (9.0 vs 16.0). Bugs and Bubbles's advantage is rating (4.5 vs 3.8). On ratings volume, update cadence, 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

Duck Duck Moose Reading is free to download; Bugs and Bubbles costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Bugs and Bubbles holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 3.8. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 17 and 25 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 66% of Bugs and Bubbles's written reviews are positive against 80% of Duck Duck Moose Reading's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Bugs and Bubbles ships an update every 6 months, Duck Duck Moose Reading every 11 months. Both last shipped on November 1, 2026.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Bugs and Bubbles versus Duck Duck Moose Reading: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBugs and BubblesDuck Duck Moose Reading
Price$0.99Free — better
Rating4.5 (17 ratings) — better3.8 (25 ratings)
Positive reviews66.5% of reviews80.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings1725 — better
Update frequencyEvery 6 months — betterEvery 11 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS16.09.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size146 MB48 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperLittle Bit Studio, LLCDuck Duck Moose LLC

Customer experience

Bugs and Bubbles

All ratings17 ratings
Positive88.2%
Neutral0.0%
Negative11.8%
Written reviews164 reviews
Positive66.5%
Neutral5.5%
Negative28.0%

Duck Duck Moose Reading

All ratings25 ratings
Positive68.0%
Neutral8.0%
Negative24.0%
Written reviews25 reviews
Positive80.0%
Neutral4.0%
Negative16.0%

Bugs and requests

Bugs and Bubbles

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Compatibility issues with newer iOS versions
  • Occasional crashes or freezes

Requested features

3 requests
  • Multiple user profiles to track progress
  • Ability to skip or reset levels
  • More customization options

Duck Duck Moose Reading

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Bugs and Bubbles

No in-app purchases

None

Duck Duck Moose Reading

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Bugs and Bubbles free?
Bugs and Bubbles costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Duck Duck Moose Reading free?
Duck Duck Moose Reading is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Bugs and Bubbles or Duck Duck Moose Reading?
Bugs and Bubbles is rated higher. Bugs and Bubbles averages 4.5 out of 5 from 17 ratings, while Duck Duck Moose Reading averages 3.8 from 25 ratings.
Do Bugs and Bubbles or Duck Duck Moose Reading have ads?
Neither Bugs and Bubbles nor Duck Duck Moose Reading shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Bugs and Bubbles or Duck Duck Moose Reading?
Bugs and Bubbles ships an update every 6 months, and Duck Duck Moose Reading every 11 months. Most recently, Bugs and Bubbles was updated on November 1, 2026 and Duck Duck Moose Reading on November 1, 2026.

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