Comparison

Monkey Word School Adventure vs LOOPIMAL by YATATOY

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

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About

Monkey Word School Adventure

This app offers an engaging adventure for young children to learn early literacy skills. It covers letter recognition, phonics, spelling, and sight words through interactive games. Designed for ages 3-7, it adapts to the child's learning pace.

Highlights
  • Interactive learning games
  • Letter and word recognition
  • Phonics and spelling lessons
  • Sight word focus
  • Adaptive difficulty
  • Customizable settings
  • Reward system
Features
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Get ready for adventure...Monkey Word School Adventure! Join Milo and his jungle friends as they explore a fun-filled world of letters, sight words, phonics and spelling. Seamless game flow and behind-the-scenes performance adjustment allow your child to jump right in and begin playing and learning. For ages 3 to 7. Monkey Word School Adventure is an entertaining and captivating way to introduce your child to the fundamental concepts behind reading and writing. The lessons range from letter recognition and writing to spelling and phonics introducing word components such as consonant blends, digraphs, irregular vowels and more! There is also a special focus on sight words, the vital building blocks of reading and writing. === FEATURES === *6 interactive, carefully conceived, captivating games. *Letter and word recognition. *Introduction to digraphs, consonant blends, irregular vowels and other important concepts. *A focus on sight words helping your child learn these vital building blocks of reading and writing. *Uses THUP’s “Knack Technolgy ” system which automatically adjusts the difficulty of the games as your child plays. *Customizable Settings. Select which games your child plays and at what level allowing you to focus on a single task, such as learning sight words. *Designed for Kids: No confusing Menus or navigation. *Rewards! Kids earn frogs, butterflies, chameleons and more to put into their own customizable interactive terrarium. === KIDS LEARN WHILE THEY PLAY === *SPELLING STONE Milo needs help with his spelling. He can show you what it looks like, but do you know how to spell it? Use the magic gold letters to solve the puzzle! * SIGHT BIRDS Milo is looking for a special gems and the sight birds have them! Help him collect as many as you can before the time runs out! Features letter recognition and sight words. *LETTER WRITING Learn to write uppercase and lowercase letters by carving them in the ancient stone writing wall. *PHONICS BRIDGE Oh no the bridge is out and two little chinchillas are going to miss their play date! Help them get together by fixing the bridge using the engineering power of phonics! *WORD WALL Using an ancient map Milo has stumbled upon a mysterious puzzle. Help him solve it by finding all the words on the map! *RHYMING MAZE Help a greedy little Chinchilla find his treasure by drawing a path using words that rhyme! *TERRARIUM Populate and decorate your own interactive terrarium! Choose from tons of plants, frogs, butterflies and dragonflies to create your own uniques worlds. Email us: support@thup.com Like us: http://www.facebook.com/THUPgames Follow us: http://twitter.com/THUPGames

About

LOOPIMAL by YATATOY

This app offers a fun and intuitive way for young children to explore music creation. It provides a building kit of animations and sounds, allowing kids to create endless musical sequences with different animals. The focus is on creative exploration in a safe, judgment-free environment.

Highlights
  • Handcrafted animations and sounds
  • Intuitive gesture-based creation
  • Create animal sound sequences
  • Melodic, rhythmic, and movement content
  • Endless creative possibilities
  • Safe and judgment-free environment
Features
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The best way for young kids to learn about making music! "It’s a sickeningly charming world that will make you feel like Peter Pan for a few minutes." - Fast Company LOOPIMAL is a building kit of handcrafted animations and sounds. The possibilities of creations and compositions are endless. With an intuitive fun gesture they can create sequences for different animals. The content is on melodic, rhythmic or movement bases. There is no goal, no wrong or right, it’s a safe kit for creation. Note: We strongly recommend to play LOOPIMAL on iPhone 4s and newer, iPod touch 5th gen, or iPad 2 and newer.

Screenshots

Monkey Word School Adventure4 screens
LOOPIMAL by YATATOY4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ratings volume: LOOPIMAL by YATATOY at 386 against Monkey Word School Adventure's 26. LOOPIMAL by YATATOY also leads on review sentiment (91% vs 81%) and iOS requirement (5.1.1 vs 15.0). Monkey Word School Adventure's advantage is price ($1.99 vs $4.99). On rating, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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

Monkey Word School Adventure costs $1.99 and LOOPIMAL by YATATOY $4.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.6 for Monkey Word School Adventure against 4.6 for LOOPIMAL by YATATOY. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: LOOPIMAL by YATATOY has 386 ratings behind it against 26, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 81% of Monkey Word School Adventure's written reviews are positive against 91% of LOOPIMAL by YATATOY's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 4 months. Both last shipped on October 26, 2026.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Monkey Word School Adventure versus LOOPIMAL by YATATOY: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMonkey Word School AdventureLOOPIMAL by YATATOY
Price$1.99 — better$4.99
Rating4.6 (26 ratings)4.6 (386 ratings) — better
Positive reviews81.3% of reviews91.3% of reviews — better
Number of ratings26386 — better
Update frequencyEvery 4 monthsEvery 4 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.05.1.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size366 MB56 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTHUP GamesYATATOY

Customer experience

Monkey Word School Adventure

All ratings26 ratings
Positive88.5%
Neutral0.0%
Negative11.5%
Written reviews80 reviews
Positive81.3%
Neutral5.0%
Negative13.8%

LOOPIMAL by YATATOY

All ratings386 ratings
Positive92.2%
Neutral2.6%
Negative5.2%
Written reviews379 reviews
Positive91.3%
Neutral2.6%
Negative6.1%

User reviews

Monkey Word School Adventure

From 26 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Great for learning letters/reading
  • 👍 Engaging and fun for kids
  • 👍 Good for short attention spans
  • 👍 Positive reinforcement
  • 👍 Multiple user profiles

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Trace the letter portion broken/buggy
  • 🐛 Latest update issues
  • 🐛 No sound in latest update
  • 🐛 Hint button broken (always on)
  • 🐛 Too advanced for under 5s (American accent)

LOOPIMAL by YATATOY

From 386 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Hilarious and fun
  • 🎶 Soothing and relaxing music
  • 🎨 Cute and engaging animations
  • 🧠 Stimulates creativity and imagination
  • 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Enjoyed by both kids and adults

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Occasional bugs and crashes
  • 💾 No save or export feature for created music
  • 🔄 Lose progress when switching apps

Bugs and requests

Monkey Word School Adventure

Reported bugs

14 issues
  • Trace the letter portion is completely broken and buggy
  • Latest update issues: random completion of writing, no sound
  • Hint button appears to be broken, always on
  • App crashes and loses terrarium progress
  • App won't open/respond
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  • Cannot add player or hit support
  • No sound on iPad 2/iPad 3
  • Sound option is greyed out
  • Hints popup too quickly
  • Long loads between activities
  • The writing of some letters in the sand is wrong
  • Phonetic pronunciation of some letters is odd
  • Not responding
  • Hasn't worked since last iOS update

Requested features

29 requests
  • Update trace the letter portion
  • Fix latest update issues
  • Fix no sound issue
  • Fix hint button always on
  • Add difficulty settings
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  • Fix bundle pricing
  • Fix losing terrarium progress
  • Increase player spaces
  • Improve letter tracing fluidity
  • Fix sound issues on specific iPads
  • Add more challenging levels
  • Add more parental control options (hints, rewards)
  • Add more interesting terrarium prizes
  • Add option for upper or lower case letters only
  • Add phonetic pronunciation only option
  • Add picture rhyme option
  • Add section for matching beginning sounds
  • Add more content
  • Fix monkey screen pace
  • Allow turning off hints
  • Improve hint functionality (less intrusive)
  • Add more player spaces (up to 20 ideal)
  • Make tracing of letters more like handwriting
  • Fix UK reading scheme issue
  • Sound out letters instead of saying names
  • Fix odd phonetic pronunciation
  • Fix incorrect letter writing
  • Adjust praise system (less generic)
  • Fix long loads between activities

LOOPIMAL by YATATOY

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • App not loading or getting stuck on loading screen
  • Musical tiles not registering properly
  • Animal panes getting stuck between animals

Requested features

4 requests
  • Add save/export feature for created music
  • Introduce more animals and sound options
  • Implement a recording/sharing functionality
  • Add a stage mode to arrange and perform music

In-app purchases

None

Monkey Word School Adventure

No in-app purchases

None

LOOPIMAL by YATATOY

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Monkey Word School Adventure free?
Monkey Word School Adventure costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is LOOPIMAL by YATATOY free?
LOOPIMAL by YATATOY costs $4.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Monkey Word School Adventure or LOOPIMAL by YATATOY?
LOOPIMAL by YATATOY is rated higher. Monkey Word School Adventure averages 4.6 out of 5 from 26 ratings, while LOOPIMAL by YATATOY averages 4.6 from 386 ratings.
Do Monkey Word School Adventure or LOOPIMAL by YATATOY have ads?
Neither Monkey Word School Adventure nor LOOPIMAL by YATATOY shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Monkey Word School Adventure or LOOPIMAL by YATATOY?
Monkey Word School Adventure ships an update every 4 months, and LOOPIMAL by YATATOY every 4 months. Most recently, Monkey Word School Adventure was updated on October 26, 2026 and LOOPIMAL by YATATOY on October 26, 2026.

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