Comparison

Starfall Pumpkin vs Hoot and Squeak Maths

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

Head to head
About

Starfall Pumpkin

Design unique pumpkin faces and weigh them to discover the lightest and heaviest. Save your creations and award blue ribbons to your favorites. This app is ideal for young learners developing reading and math skills.

Highlights
  • Pumpkin face design
  • Pumpkin weighing (kg/lbs)
  • Identify lightest/heaviest
  • Save pumpkin creations
  • Award blue ribbons
Features
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Visit the Pumpkin Patch, choose a pumpkin and design a face. Weigh pumpkins in kilograms or pounds and discover which is the lightest and which is heaviest. Collect your pumpkin creations and give your favorite the blue ribbon! This app is excellent for emerging readers and young mathematicians.

About

Hoot and Squeak Maths

This app offers a fun and engaging way for children to practice basic arithmetic skills. It features a game where correct answers hinder a monkey's climb, with customizable difficulty and question types. Compatible with Apple Schoolwork and VoiceOver for inclusive learning.

Highlights
  • Customizable arithmetic practice (add, subtract, multiply, divide)
  • Game-based learning with interactive animations
  • Adjustable difficulty levels and question ranges
  • Apple Schoolwork integration for teachers
  • Full VoiceOver support for accessibility
  • No ads, in-app purchases, or data collection
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Hoot and Squeak Maths provides a new enjoyable environment for your students and/or children to practice their basic arithmetic. It has a simple, friendly user interface that provides you with the ability to tailor what sort of questions are presented, and how difficult they are. A game involves a number of questions, where the aim is to stop Squeak the cheeky monkey from climbing high enough up the vine where he can wake Hoot the Owl who just wants to sleep. Answering a question correctly invokes a fun animation, and hinders Squeak in his climb. Answering incorrectly simply allows Squeak to climb higher. It’s always fun; there are no negative experiences. There are three levels of play. Each presents a quiz of multiple choice questions, where the largest number in any question is limited by what you have configured on the settings screen. You can choose any or all of: Addition Subtraction Division; and Multiplication The app focuses on numbers no larger than 144 (fitting in with the standard 12 Times Tables) though you can reduce this as appropriate. Each level of play presents a different number of questions: Easy: 12 Medium: 24 Hard: 36 Students can play over and over with an aim of both memorising their basic arithmetic, and, by answering faster, gaining a higher score. Hoot and Squeak Maths is fully compatible with the Apple Schoolwork app, so as a teacher, you also have the ability to create a lesson, share it with your class and let them do the lesson in their own time or as homework! Hoot and Squeak Maths also supports full VoiceOver based navigation on iPhone, iPad and Mac. No one is left out. PKCLsoft takes children's privacy very seriously. This kids app: - Does not collect any information - Does not contain ads - Does not contain in-app purchases - Does not contain integration with social networks - Does not use analytics / data collection tools - Does not use a subscription model of any sort

Screenshots

Starfall Pumpkin4 screens
Hoot and Squeak Maths4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Hoot and Squeak Maths at 100% against Starfall Pumpkin's 60%. Starfall Pumpkin's advantage is iOS requirement (12.0 vs 16.0). On price, 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

Starfall Pumpkin costs $0.99 and Hoot and Squeak Maths $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Starfall Pumpkin ships an update every 11 months, Hoot and Squeak Maths every 10 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Starfall Pumpkin versus Hoot and Squeak Maths: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterStarfall PumpkinHoot and Squeak Maths
Price$0.99$0.99
Rating3.9 (13 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews60.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings13 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 11 monthsEvery 10 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple TV — better
Requires iOS12.0 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size26 MB52 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperStarfall Education FoundationpkclSoft

Customer experience

Starfall Pumpkin

All ratings13 ratings
Positive69.2%
Neutral7.7%
Negative23.1%
Written reviews5 reviews
Positive60.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative40.0%

Hoot and Squeak Maths

Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Starfall Pumpkin

No in-app purchases

None

Hoot and Squeak Maths

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Starfall Pumpkin free?
Starfall Pumpkin costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Hoot and Squeak Maths free?
Hoot and Squeak Maths costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do Starfall Pumpkin or Hoot and Squeak Maths have ads?
Neither Starfall Pumpkin nor Hoot and Squeak Maths shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Starfall Pumpkin or Hoot and Squeak Maths?
Starfall Pumpkin ships an update every 11 months, and Hoot and Squeak Maths every 10 months. Most recently, Starfall Pumpkin was updated on November 1, 2026 and Hoot and Squeak Maths on October 30, 2026.

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