Comparison

Reading Raven vs The Human Body by Tinybop

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
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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

The Human Body by Tinybop

Explore the human body through interactive models of its systems. Discover how the heart beats, lungs breathe, and more. This app is designed for children and adults to foster foundational science literacy through engaging exploration.

Highlights
  • Explore 8 interactive body systems
  • Detailed interactive models of organs
  • Simulate body functions
  • Learn vocabulary in 50+ languages
  • Kid-friendly design with avatars
  • Expert-reviewed handbook included
Features
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Learn anatomy and biology in an interactive model of the human body — the heart beats, guts gurgle, lungs breathe, the skin feels, and eyes see. *** Children’s Technology Review Editor’s Choice *** *** KAPI Best App for Older Children *** *** Parents Magazine Best App for Families *** *** Winner - Digital Ehon Award 2020 *** *** 2022 American Library Association’s Notable Children’s Digital Media *** The Human Body is No. 1 in Tinybop’s Explorer’s Library. Each Explorer’s Library app lets kids explore the invisible and awesome wonders of STEM. Kids (and kids at heart!) ages 4+ develop foundational science literacy. The Human Body has been downloaded more than 9 million times and has reached the #1 spot on the App Store’s education charts in 144 countries. “The sound effects are both hilarious and compelling—the pulsing swoosh of the heart pumping is soothing, but the gassy squeaks coming from the digestive system are enough to send my kids into a fit of giggles.” — COOL MOM TECH “What it all amounts to is a circuitous, engrossing tour through the human body—one that’s completely self-guided and unique to every user.” — WIRED Features + Explore eight interactive systems to learn human anatomy, including the skeletal, muscular, nervous, circulatory, respiratory, digestive, immune, and integumentary (skin) systems. + Discover detailed, interactive models of the heart, brain, eye, stomach, mouth, and much more. + Get the urogenital system as an in-app purchase. + Feed the body, make it run and breathe, assemble and pull apart a skeleton, see how the eye sees, watch sound vibrations travel through the ear canal, and more. + Learn new vocabulary with text labels in 50+ languages. + Create a dashboard to change languages, delete accounts, and support your kids’ learning. + Intuitive, safe, and kid-friendly design. + Multi-user system: each child can choose and name their own avatar. + Original artwork and sound design. + Fun for the whole family—play together, learn together. + No rules or levels—curiosity is rewarded. FREE handbook Our expert-reviewed handbook is full of facts, interaction hints, and discussion questions to support learning in this app, in the classroom or at home. Download in your app or at: http://tinybop.com/handbooks. Privacy Policy We take your and your child’s privacy very seriously. We do not collect or share personal information about your child, nor do we allow any third-party advertising. When the camera, microphone, and other services are used within an app, your information is neither collected nor distributed outside of the app. Read our complete privacy policy at tinybop.com. Tinybop, Inc. is a Brooklyn-based studio of designers, engineers, and artists. We make toys for tomorrow. We’re all over the internet. Visit us: www.tinybop.com Follow us: twitter.com/tinybop Like us: facebook.com/tinybop Peek behind the scenes: instagram.com/tinybop We love hearing your stories! If you have ideas, or something isn’t working as you expect it to, please contact us: hi@tinybop.com. Psst! It's not Tiny Bop, Tiny Bob, or Tiny Pop. It's Tinybop. :)

Screenshots

Reading Raven1 screens
The Human Body by Tinybop4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Reading Raven at none against The Human Body by Tinybop's 1. Reading Raven also leads on review sentiment (87% vs 67%) and price ($2.99 vs $3.99). The Human Body by Tinybop's advantage is update cadence (every 5 months vs every 16 months) and ratings volume (403 vs 65). On rating, ads and device support 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 The Human Body by Tinybop $3.99 up front. The Human Body by Tinybop sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Reading Raven asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.3 for Reading Raven against 4.2 for The Human Body by Tinybop. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: The Human Body by Tinybop has 403 ratings behind it against 65, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 87% of Reading Raven's written reviews are positive against 67% of The Human Body by Tinybop's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Reading Raven ships an update every 16 months, The Human Body by Tinybop every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Reading Raven versus The Human Body by Tinybop: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterReading RavenThe Human Body by Tinybop
Price$2.99 — better$3.99
Rating4.3 (65 ratings) — better4.2 (403 ratings)
Positive reviews86.8% of reviews — better67.0% of reviews
Number of ratings65403 — better
Update frequencyEvery 16 monthsEvery 5 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS8.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size92 MB125 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperEarly Ascent, LLCTinybop Inc.

Customer experience

Reading Raven

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

The Human Body by Tinybop

All ratings398 ratings
Positive79.6%
Neutral5.5%
Negative14.8%
Written reviews1,052 reviews
Positive67.0%
Neutral8.4%
Negative24.6%

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

The Human Body by Tinybop

From 403 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Visually appealing
  • 👍 Interactive and engaging
  • 🧠 Helps kids learn about the body
  • 🎓 Educational and informative

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Crashes frequently
  • 🤔 Confusing navigation and UI
  • 💰 Expensive for limited content
  • 🔇 Lack of audio/voice instructions

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

The Human Body by Tinybop

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Inability to restore in-app purchases
  • Compatibility issues with newer iOS versions
  • Freezing and crashing on certain actions

Requested features

4 requests
  • Add more body systems (e.g. endocrine, lymphatic)
  • Include pronunciations of body part names
  • Provide more detailed explanations of processes
  • Allow customization of the human model

In-app purchases

None

Reading Raven

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

The Human Body by Tinybop

One-time1
  • The Urogenital System$0.99

Questions

Is Reading Raven free?
Reading Raven costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is The Human Body by Tinybop free?
The Human Body by Tinybop costs $3.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Reading Raven or The Human Body by Tinybop?
Reading Raven is rated higher. Reading Raven averages 4.3 out of 5 from 65 ratings, while The Human Body by Tinybop averages 4.2 from 403 ratings.
Do Reading Raven or The Human Body by Tinybop have ads?
Neither Reading Raven nor The Human Body by Tinybop shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Reading Raven or The Human Body by Tinybop?
Reading Raven ships an update every 16 months, and The Human Body by Tinybop every 5 months. Most recently, Reading Raven was updated on November 1, 2026 and The Human Body by Tinybop on November 6, 2026.

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