Striding Bird vs Hedgehog Book
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Striding Bird
An award-winning animated and interactive story for children about a young bird's journey of self-discovery. It teaches valuable life lessons on happiness, self-identity, gratitude, and flexibility through beautiful illustrations and engaging narration.
- Original animated and interactive story
- Dynamic interactivity on every page
- Beautiful illustrations and animations
- Warm and friendly narration
- Original music and sound effects
- Highlighted text synced with narration
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Experience Striding Bird – Award-Winning and Inspirational Named among the best in family-friendly media by the Mom’s Choice Awards®, "Striding Bird – An Inspirational Tale" is an original animated and interactive story about a young bird finding his way in the world. Join Striding Bird on his journey of self-discovery as he navigates the complexities of the world around him. Follow his footsteps as he learns the true meaning of happiness and self-identity. Praise for Striding Bird: "This is a great book for opening a dialogue on gratitude, flexibility, happiness, and many other life skills." ~ BestAppsForKids.org "A wonderfully enchanting little tale which really drives home an important message that every parent should be instilling into their children." ~ AppPicker.com "The book is inspirational and the author did an excellent job conveying the story so that readers feel all the emotions, which is rare in many published books today." ~ AppsOnTapp.com A splendid and inspirational tale for all ages, Striding Bird imparts lessons that resonate throughout a lifetime. Features of Striding Bird: An original and compelling story Dynamic and unique interactivity on every page Beautiful illustrations and engaging animations Warm, friendly, and charming narration Original music, voiceovers, and sound effects Highlighted text in sync with narration, perfect for kids learning to read! Rediscover the magic of Striding Bird today!
Hedgehog Book
This app offers interactive stories for children, combining text, illustrations, sounds, and engaging interactions to foster creativity. It features unique navigation where each scene must be explored to progress the narrative.
- Interactive story illustrations
- Read-to-me with dramatization
- Original sounds and music
- Multiple language support
- Unique scene-based navigation
- 3 creative stories
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Hedgehog book app main goal is to stimulate children’s creativity through the reading or listening of fun stories developed from interactive illustrations. The stories presented in Hedgehog book combine text, image, sounds and interactivity, leading to apparently improbable situations and characters when seen separately but that combined reveal simple, fun and common situations. On each scene kids will uncover the right interaction to advance the story. There's no back or next action, so appreciate each scene and pay attention to the meanings to find out how to going on. KEY FEATURES: - 3 creative stories for kids to explore - Available in english, portuguese and chinese - Interactive story navigation - A read to me with a cool dramatization - Original sounds and music for each story - No ads - No third-party advertising ABOUT ARDOZIA Ardozia mission is to promote children digital literacy. We build digital content, like games, books and didactic apps for digital media. We also promote educational services for schools, museum educational services, libraries and families.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is monetization model: Hedgehog Book at free against Striding Bird's paid. Hedgehog Book also leads on ratings volume (9 vs 2) and iOS requirement (10.0 vs 14.0). Striding Bird's advantage is update cadence (every 6 weeks vs every 4 months). On price, rating, review sentiment 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.0 for Striding Bird against 4.1 for Hedgehog Book. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 9 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 84% of Striding Bird's written reviews are positive against 80% of Hedgehog Book's.
Striding Bird ships an update every 6 weeks, Hedgehog Book every 4 months. Both last shipped on November 1, 2026.
| Parameter | Striding Bird | Hedgehog Book |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (2 ratings) | 4.1 (9 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 84.3% of reviews — better | 80.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 9 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks — better | Every 4 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 | 10.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 50 MB | 49 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Comicorp | Ardozia |
Customer experience
Striding Bird
Hedgehog Book
Bugs and requests
Striding Bird
Reported bugs
3 issues- Text disappears when voice finishes reading
- UI is hard to figure out
- Text font and color are horrendous
Requested features
5 requests- Add more interactive features
- Improve text readability (font and color)
- Enhance controls for better usability
- Add features like tapping the bird to hear it talk or sing
- More interaction with the bird character
Hedgehog Book
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Striding Bird
No in-app purchases
Hedgehog Book
No in-app purchases
Questions
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