Comparison

Reading Raven vs Fitoons

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

Head to head
About

Reading Raven

This app guides young children through a fun, adventure-filled journey to learn reading. It offers step-by-step lessons from pre-reading skills to reading full sentences, incorporating games and printing practice.

Highlights
  • Self-paced reading lessons
  • Eleven types of educational games
  • Customizable by age/reading level
  • Dynamic speed and tolerance adaptation
  • Sticker rewards
  • Free form letter and word writing
  • Voice instructions and feedback
Features
Currently charting
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Help your kids learn to read with their own personal reading-adventure guide! "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 "[Reading] Raven has what it takes to get kids on the road to reading and the developers have done it brilliantly..." -- Teachers With Apps "This is one of the best educational apps that I’ve ever seen. This app is so well built and is worth every penny!" -- iHeartThisApp "...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 ... has so many fun features for kids, they hardly know they're actually learning something. No, really, I kid you not. My daughter absolutely loves this app." -- Margaret Steck, mother of two News Flash: Reading Raven Vol 2, the next volume in the award-winning Reading Raven series, is also now available for download! ____________________ Reading Raven is an extremely fun and 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! - Eleven types of super fun games/activities that teach critical sub-skills! - 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 sounds - 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

Fitoons

This app combines fun fitness activities with a creative cooking game for children. Kids can choose characters, dress them up, and engage in various sports. Afterward, they can experiment in the kitchen with diverse ingredients and appliances to fuel their characters.

Highlights
  • 6 hilarious characters to choose from
  • Dress up characters in sports gear
  • 20 different sports and workouts
  • Interactive real-time character training
  • Over 45 foods to cook and blend
  • 6 kitchen appliances for cooking
  • Vegan mode available
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*** Featured as "App of the Day" on the App Store! *** 3, 2, 1 Go! Exercise, eat healthy, and get fit! Can a dog be an expert hurdler? Should you make smoothies from fruit or pizza? Find out in this fun fitness and cooking game for kids that’s like no other. Choose from 6 hilarious characters, dress them up in stylish sports gear and go exercise! You'll discover whether a gorilla can do squats, and if a cat can snowboard like a pro. There are 20 different sports to choose from, at the gym and in the fresh air. Training your athletes will require skill, precision and timing. Then it’s time to eat – but what? Well, that’s up to you. In the fully-stocked kitchen, blend a loaf of bread, fry a chocolate bar, microwave an apple – or cook up something more conventional! There are all kinds of goodies to fuel your athletes, from fruit and vegetables to cheese and cakes...Mmmm. What will you feed your athletes to keep them fit and healthy? Vegan? Just a tick box and you're set. FEATURES DRESSING SCENE: • Choose from 6 hilarious characters - humans and animals • Dress them up with the coolest gym outfits • Change the skin color of human-like characters SPORTS AND WORKOUTS SCENE: • Train your athletes in 20 different sports and workouts • Interact with your characters in real-time and help them perform the movements • Master timing, rhythm and breathing • Watch your characters' bodies change during workouts • Win stars to unlock more characters and more foods • Learn about discipline, perseverance and endurance KITCHEN SCENE: • Feed characters and watch their hilarious reactions • Over 45 different foods to choose from • 6 kitchen appliances to cook your food any way you like (boil, fry, bake, chop, blend) • Discover how different foods affect your character’s body • Learn to balance food intake and exercise • Encourage children to eat a variety of foods • Free-play game style - explore as you wish • Vegan mode available GENERAL: • Original concept and artwork • Original music and sound design • For ages 4 and up • Safe to play, COPPA & GDPR Compliant • No third-party advertising, no in-app purchases • No internet connection required HEALTH BENEFITS: A third of children in the US are overweight or obese, and childhood obesity is increasingly widespread elsewhere. Eating healthily and exercising from an early age can have lifelong positive effects, contributing to overall well-being.Fitness can enhance children's concentration, sleep patterns, and bone health, boost their strength and endurance, and empower them to navigate physical and emotional challenges more effectively.  Through interactive games, lively characters, and enjoyable activities, Fitoons aims to create a fun environment for kids, encouraging them to cultivate good habits, explore a variety of foods, and incorporate physical activity into their daily routine. PRIVACY POLICY: We respect your privacy! We do not collect, store, or share any personal information. Our app does not contain third-party ads or in-app purchases, is COPPA & GDPR compliant, and is completely safe for young children. Read our privacy policy at avokiddo.com/privacy-policy. ABOUT AVOKIDDO: Avokiddo is an award-winning creative studio specializing in the development of quality educational apps for children. Hand-in-hand with kids, we design unique experiences crafted with love! Read more about us at avokiddo.com.

Screenshots

Reading Raven1 screens
Fitoons4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Reading Raven at 87% against Fitoons's 63%. Reading Raven also leads on chart position (#171 vs unranked) and price ($2.99 vs $4.99). Fitoons's advantage is rating (4.6 vs 4.3) and ratings volume (1.3K vs 65). On update cadence, 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

Reading Raven costs $2.99 and Fitoons $4.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Fitoons holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Fitoons has 1.3K ratings behind it against 65, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 87% of Reading Raven's written reviews are positive against 63% of Fitoons's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Reading Raven ships an update every 16 months, Fitoons every 13 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 2, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 5 level
Reading Raven versus Fitoons: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterReading RavenFitoons
Price$2.99 — better$4.99
Rating4.3 (65 ratings)4.6 (1.3K ratings) — better
Positive reviews86.8% of reviews — better63.3% of reviews
Number of ratings651.3K — better
Update frequencyEvery 16 monthsEvery 13 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
Best chart rank#171 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS8.0 — better11.0
Further details — not scored
Size92 MB239 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperEarly Ascent, LLCAVOKIDDO

Customer experience

Reading Raven

All ratings64 ratings
Positive82.8%
Neutral1.6%
Negative15.6%
Written reviews76 reviews
Positive86.8%
Neutral5.3%
Negative7.9%

Fitoons

All ratings1,312 ratings
Positive90.9%
Neutral5.3%
Negative3.9%
Written reviews30 reviews
Positive63.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative36.7%

User reviews

Reading Raven

From 65 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Highly effective for learning to read
  • 🤩 Fun and engaging for children
  • 🚀 Well-thought-out progression
  • 💡 Innovative voice recording feature
  • 👍 Easy to navigate and understand

Room to improve

  • 💸 Charges money without authorization
  • 👎 No way to cancel subscriptions
  • 😞 Slow email support
  • 💰 Have to pay again for each device
  • 😠 Poor customer service

Fitoons

From 1.3K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Fun and engaging
  • 👍 Helps kids learn about healthy eating and exercise
  • 👍 Cute animation style
  • 👍 Free to play

Room to improve

  • 🤔 Potential for promoting unhealthy body image
  • 🤔 Lacks balance and perspective on health and fitness
  • 🤔 Some users report app crashes or not opening

Bugs and requests

Reading Raven

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Freezes iPhone during letter tracing
  • Background noise makes letter names hard to hear
  • No option to add more than 1 player profile (despite guide saying so)
  • In-app purchases removed (positive feedback, but implies previous issue)

Requested features

7 requests
  • Add multi-user profiles
  • Option to change manuscript style (D'Nealian)
  • More levels for paid app
  • Add more volumes/lessons
  • Dark mode option
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  • Ability to add more than 1 player profile
  • Add higher levels to introduce other combinations like ch and sh as well as long vowels

Fitoons

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • App crashes or fails to open for some users
  • Compatibility issues with older devices

Requested features

4 requests
  • Add more human characters for kids to interact with
  • Expand food and workout options
  • Allow saving and blending of food items
  • Add seasoning and liquid ingredients

In-app purchases

None

Reading Raven

No in-app purchases

None

Fitoons

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Reading Raven free?
Reading Raven costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Fitoons free?
Fitoons costs $4.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Reading Raven or Fitoons?
Fitoons is rated higher. Reading Raven averages 4.3 out of 5 from 65 ratings, while Fitoons averages 4.6 from 1.3K ratings.
Do Reading Raven or Fitoons have ads?
Neither Reading Raven nor Fitoons shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Reading Raven or Fitoons?
Reading Raven ships an update every 16 months, and Fitoons every 13 months. Most recently, Reading Raven was updated on November 1, 2026 and Fitoons on November 2, 2026.

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