Bitsboard Flashcards & Games vs ELSB Lite
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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
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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
ELSB Lite
This app provides systematic instruction for print and phonemic awareness, featuring seven levels and ongoing assessments for personalized student progress. Research supports its effectiveness as a literacy program.
- Systematic print and phonemic awareness instruction
- Seven distinct learning levels
- Ongoing student assessments
- Personalized progress tracking
- Research-backed effectiveness
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The Early Literacy Skills Builder app incorporates systematic instruction to teach both print and phonemic awareness. ELSB is a multi-year program with seven distinct levels and ongoing assessments so students progress at their own pace. Note: This free version comes with level 1 - Lesson 1 and Level 5 - lesson 1. Full levels can be purchased from the in-app store. Five years of solid research have been completed through the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, proving ELSB to be a highly effective literacy program and more effective than a sight-word only program. ELSB is based upon the principles of systematic and direct instruction. It incorporates scripted lessons, least-prompt strategies, teachable objectives, built-in lesson repetition, and ongoing assessments. The seven ELSB levels contain five structured lessons each. All students begin at Level 1. Instruction is one-on-one or in small groups. Teach scripted lessons daily in two 30-minute sessions. On the completion of each level, formal assessments are given. ELSB includes everything you need to implement a multi-year literacy curriculum.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Bitsboard Flashcards & Games at 81% against ELSB Lite's 50%. Bitsboard Flashcards & Games also leads on ratings volume (1K vs 4) and update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 2 months). ELSB Lite's advantage is rating (4.8 vs 4.4). On price, 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
Both are free to download. Bitsboard Flashcards & Games sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month and ELSB Lite sells 7 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
ELSB Lite holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Bitsboard Flashcards & Games has 1K ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 81% of Bitsboard Flashcards & Games's written reviews are positive against 50% of ELSB Lite's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Bitsboard Flashcards & Games ships an update every 3 weeks, ELSB Lite every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on September 23, 2026 and June 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Bitsboard Flashcards & Games | ELSB Lite |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (1K ratings) | 4.8 (4 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 81.4% of reviews — better | 50.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1K — better | 4 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPad |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 136 MB | 236 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Happy Moose Apps | Attainment Company, Inc. |
Customer experience
Bitsboard Flashcards & Games
ELSB Lite
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
ELSB Lite
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Bitsboard Flashcards & Games
- Unlock All Subscription7 Days trial$4.991 Month
- Unlock All Subscription$29.991 Year
- Image Search Upgrade$0.99
- Add Unlimited Users$3.99
- Unlock All Premium Classes$14.99
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- 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
ELSB Lite
- Level 1$21.99
- Level 2$21.99
- Level 3$21.99
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- Level 4$21.99
- Level 5$21.99
- Level 6$21.99
- Level 7$21.99
Questions
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