Comparison

Bitsboard Flashcards & Games vs Patterns

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

Head to head
About

Bitsboard Flashcards & Games

This app makes learning fun and effective with over 35 interactive educational games and activities. Create custom lessons, track progress, and sync content across devices. It's designed for students and educators to master subjects like languages, spelling, and reading through engaging gameplay.

Highlights
  • 35+ educational games and study modes
  • Create custom lessons with images and audio
  • Multiplayer and single-player mini-games
  • Progress tracking and detailed reports
  • Cross-device content syncing
  • Private classroom feature
  • Accessibility options including switch control
Features
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A top 5 education game in the U.S. 2021 Academic Choice Awards Winner Spark excitement for learning with Bitsboard – an interactive learning app trusted by over 5 million parents, teachers and students worldwide. Create your own learning experience with 35+ educational activities, join a private classroom or dive into thousands of hand-curated flashcard decks – whatever you want to learn, Bitsboard is here to make it fun and make it stick! What you can do with the Bitsboard app: Teachers • Create lessons in minutes with beautiful images and clear audio • Adapt lessons to an individual user’s learning speed • Encourage higher level thinking with fun single/multiplayer mini-games • Keep track of individual progress • Automatically back up and sync data across devices Students • Turn boring assignments into addictive mini-games • Master languages, vocab, reading, spelling and more • Compete in multiplayer games with classmates • Study at your own pace or with others OVER 35+ POWERFUL MINI GAMES / STUDY MODES IN 1 APP INCLUDING • Flashcards • Photo Touch • Memory Cards (1-4 players) • Pop Quiz • Match Up • Word Builder • Sentence Builder • Spelling Bee • BINGO (1-4 players) • Letter Tracing • Sequencing • Related Items • Word Search • Crosswords • Letter Match • Odd One Out • What Comes Next? • Side by Side • Word Chunks • Reader • Questions Game • Photo Hunt (1-4 players) • Racing Rivals (2 players) • Battle Time (2 players) TRACKS YOUR PROGRESS • Bitsboard keeps track of every answer for every game, user, and board SUPPORTS MULTIPLE USERS • Detailed stats and progress reports for each user • Automatically save games and boards settings at the user level ACCESSIBILITY OPTIONS • Bitsboard fully supports switch control to make all of the games accessible for users with disabilities ORGANIZE YOUR BOARDS • Easily group your boards into classes ACCELERATE YOUR LEARNING • Bitsboard's learning algorithm automatically personalizes each game based on the players skills. SHARE AND SYNC CONTENT ACROSS DEVICES • Automatically back up and sync data across devices BITSBOARD CLASSES • Share and automatically sync all of your content with other users / students on other devices • Bitsboard classes are private - only you and the students you approve see your content CLOUD SYNC • With cloud sync all of your boards, students, classes, and settings are automatically backed up and sync across all of your devices QR LOGIN CARDS • To protect student’s privacy you can generate student accounts without any email or password.  Once created, you can share the login details of each student account via a simple QR login card.  Just email the QR code to your student and they will be able to download the free Bitsboard app and log into their Bitsboard account. BITSBOARD PRO SUBSCRIPTION DETAILS   The basic version of Bitsboard is FREE for all users. Premium features can be unlocked with an in-app subscription.    Bitsboard Premium Subscription:   • Unlimited access to all 500+ Premium Classes and Featured Boards + up to 10 new premium Classes per month • Add unlimited number of students and classes • Use "Cloud Sync" to sync and backup all boards, classes, and students   Payment will be charged to your iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase. Your subscription will automatically renew unless cancelled at least 24-hours before the end of the current period. You will not be able to cancel a subscription during the active period. Your subscription may be managed and auto-renewal may be turned off by going to your Account Settings after purchase.     support@happymooseapps.com Privacy Policy: http://bitsboard.com/privacy-policy Subscription Terms: http://bitsboard.com/subscription-terms Have questions? We are here to help. Email us at support@happymooseapps.com Privacy Policy: http://bitsboard.com/privacy-policy Subscription Terms: http://bitsboard.com/subscription-terms

About

Patterns

This educational app offers three engaging pattern games designed to teach foundational pattern recognition skills to young children. It features a wide variety of colorful characters and customizable game modes to keep learning fun and interactive.

Highlights
  • Teaches AB, AABB, ABC, AAB, ABB patterns
  • Three distinct pattern games
  • Customizable game modes
  • Variety of character themes
  • Engaging for young learners
Features
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This pattern game teaches patterns for Preschool, Pre-K, Kindergarten, or any child who is learning basic patterns: AB, AABB, ABC, AAB, ABB. Includes 3 unique pattern games including: - What comes next? - Make a pattern - Complete the pattern Includes cute collections of animals, candies, characters, cupcakes, dice, dinosaurs, monsters, pirates, popsicles, and robots. You can focus on just the games and patterns you like or mix it up all within the same game. The huge variety of characters and pattern games is sure to keep kids engaged. HEROIC SUPPORT Heroic Support is not just what we do. It's really what makes us, well, us. It's that drive to make a difference in your life - no matter how big or small. Really, it's our way of life because we want you to be our customer for a lifetime of fun and learning. Have questions? We are here to help. Email us at support@grasshopperapps.com

Screenshots

Bitsboard Flashcards & Games4 screens
Patterns4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ratings volume: Bitsboard Flashcards & Games at 1K against Patterns's 42. Patterns's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs every 3 weeks) and iOS requirement (6.1 vs 14.0). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Bitsboard Flashcards & Games sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month and Patterns sells 14 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.4 for Bitsboard Flashcards & Games against 4.3 for Patterns. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Bitsboard Flashcards & Games has 1K ratings behind it against 42, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 81% of Bitsboard Flashcards & Games's written reviews are positive against 85% of Patterns's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Bitsboard Flashcards & Games ships an update every 3 weeks, Patterns weekly. The most recent releases landed on September 29, 2026 and September 30, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Bitsboard Flashcards & Games versus Patterns: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBitsboard Flashcards & GamesPatterns
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.4 (1K ratings) — better4.3 (42 ratings)
Positive reviews81.4% of reviews85.1% of reviews — better
Number of ratings1K — better42
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS14.06.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size136 MB9 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperHappy Moose AppsInnovative Investments Limited

Customer experience

Bitsboard Flashcards & Games

All ratings1,013 ratings
Positive84.7%
Neutral5.0%
Negative10.3%
Written reviews226 reviews
Positive81.4%
Neutral4.4%
Negative14.2%

Patterns

All ratings42 ratings
Positive85.7%
Neutral9.5%
Negative4.8%
Written reviews47 reviews
Positive85.1%
Neutral10.6%
Negative4.3%

Bugs and requests

Bitsboard Flashcards & Games

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Tracing game not working properly
  • Audio not playing correctly in some games
  • Inconsistent login and access issues
  • Boards and settings randomly disappearing

Requested features

5 requests
  • Ability to arrange games in a specific order
  • Option to import audio files instead of recording
  • Support for multiple fonts, including IPA
  • Easier board editing and navigation
  • Improved organization and folder support for boards

Patterns

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

10 purchases

Bitsboard Flashcards & Games

Subscriptions2
  • Unlock All Subscription7 Days trial$4.991 Month
  • Unlock All Subscription$29.991 Year
One-time8
  • Image Search Upgrade$0.99
  • Add Unlimited Users$3.99
  • Unlock All Premium Classes$14.99
Show 5 more
  • Unlock All Features$14.99
  • Unlock All Games$19.99
  • Unlock Everything$24.99
  • Unlock Everything$47.99
  • Bitsboard Superpowers License (Unlocks ALL premium features)$49.99
14 purchases

Patterns

One-time14
  • Unlock Game 2$0.99
  • Unlock Game 3$0.99
  • Unlock Game 4$0.99
Show 11 more
  • Unlock Game 5$0.99
  • Unlock Game 6$0.99
  • Unlock Game 8$0.99
  • Unlock Game 10$0.99
  • Unlock Game 16$0.99
  • Unlock Game 17$0.99
  • Unlock Game 19$0.99
  • Unlock Game 9$0.99
  • Unlock Game 14$0.99
  • Unlock Game 11$0.99
  • Unlock Everything$2.99

Questions

Is Bitsboard Flashcards & Games free?
Bitsboard Flashcards & Games is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Patterns free?
Patterns is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Bitsboard Flashcards & Games or Patterns?
Bitsboard Flashcards & Games is rated higher. Bitsboard Flashcards & Games averages 4.4 out of 5 from 1K ratings, while Patterns averages 4.3 from 42 ratings.
Do Bitsboard Flashcards & Games or Patterns have ads?
Neither Bitsboard Flashcards & Games nor Patterns shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Bitsboard Flashcards & Games or Patterns?
Bitsboard Flashcards & Games ships an update every 3 weeks, and Patterns weekly. Most recently, Bitsboard Flashcards & Games was updated on September 29, 2026 and Patterns on September 30, 2026.

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