Comparison

Abjad vs Cosmic Cadets

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

Head to head
About

Abjad

This app makes learning Arabic letters fun and engaging for young children. It uses colorful visuals, songs, and interactive games to teach reading, writing, and letter recognition.

Highlights
  • Interactive Arabic letter learning
  • Songs for each letter
  • Picture-to-letter matching test
  • Connect-the-dots letter drawing
  • Word building with letter dragging
  • Memory game for letter recognition
  • Learning letter shapes in words
Features
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Abjad makes learning the Arabic alphabet joyful for young children aged 2–5. Follow a guided adventure map through 4 magical worlds — the desert, the oasis, the sea, and the mountains — collecting stickers and coins while learning to recognize, trace, and remember all 28 Arabic letters, through play, not pressure. WHY PARENTS LOVE ABJAD • A story-driven Adventure Map turns the whole alphabet into one guided journey • Covers all 28 Arabic letters, including harakat (vowel marks) • Built for ages 2–5 — simple, intuitive, distraction-free • Combines audio, visuals & hands-on interaction for deeper learning • Child profiles with parental controls — tailor which letters & games each child sees • Milestones, streaks & detailed progress tracking keep kids motivated • No reading required — fully icon and audio-driven • All 28 letters and all 4 worlds are free — nothing is locked behind a paywall THE ADVENTURE MAP • Explore 4 themed worlds — الصحراء (Desert), الواحة (Oasis), البحر (Sea), الجبال (Mountains) — each covering 7 letters, with chests, stickers, and a boy/girl explorer character to dress up • Collect letter stickers and coins in every world, then spend coins on wardrobe outfits • Unlock a themed video song when your child finishes each world 37 INTERACTIVE ACTIVITIES IN THE EXERCISES MENU Short guided activities for everything your child is learning: • Arabic letters — tracing, spelling, listening, memory games, letter forms & harakat • Colors World — matching, mixing, sorting & coloring • Numbers World — counting, patterns & tracing, in Arabic or Arabic-Indic numerals • Countries — a quiz and a spin-the-wheel, unlocked as your child meets countries on the map • Careers World — Doctor, Chef, Builder, Farmer, Pilot, Teacher & Police, with outfits to unlock Plus Alphabet Explorer, the Alphabet Song, Speed Rounds & bonus mini-challenges on the map THE ARCADE • Whack-a-Mole, Sliding Puzzle, Match 3, Memory Match & Catch the Fruit • Play with tokens exchanged from the coins you've earned • Leaderboards in every game, plus pause & mute controls STORIES • Illustrated stories read aloud, in two fully vowelled reading levels — read together or read by myself • Branching endings, a hidden sticker to find on every page, and a short quiz at the end • Folk-tale favorites like Juha beside original animal stories, with new ones every month ABJAD PREMIUM One simple annual subscription unlocks child profiles, parental controls, milestones, detailed progress tracking, and every premium game — with a 3-day free trial included. BONUS WORLDS Premium subscribers can unlock themed bonus worlds — like عالم البلدان (Arab Countries), Colors World, Numbers World, and NEW Careers World — by spending coins earned in-app, through the same map, sticker, and wardrobe system. Questions or feedback? Email admin@nativemelon.com — we respond promptly. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://nativemelon.com/abjad-privacy-policy/

About

Cosmic Cadets

Features
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Blast off into a friendly galaxy where every problem solved flies your rocket a little farther. Cosmic Cadets is a gentle, ad-free space adventure that helps kids ages 5–8 build real math confidence — counting, adding, subtracting and more — one short, joyful mission at a time. No ads. No in-app purchases. No accounts. No tracking. Just the fun of getting it right. THE ADVENTURE • Journey across a star map of 15 hand-crafted levels • Each level is a quick mission of bite-sized problems • Solve them to fly your rocket across the screen and earn up to 3 stars • Friendly retries — a wrong answer never scolds; your cadet just tries again WHAT KIDS PRACTICE • Counting and number recognition • Addition and subtraction • Finding the missing number • More or less (comparing numbers) • First steps in multiplication (groups of 2, 5 and 10) Younger cadets count colorful space objects; older cadets work with the numbers themselves. GROWS WITH YOUR CHILD • Difficulty quietly adapts to each child, one skill at a time • Answer with ease and the numbers grow; find it tricky and it gently eases back • So the very same game fits a brand-new counter and a confident little adder COLLECT AND EXPLORE • Earn stars to unlock rocket ships and cute alien companions • A collection to come back to — with no coins to buy, ever • Set up several kid profiles on one device, each with its own progress FOR GROWN-UPS • A math-gated Parent Zone shows exactly which skills your child is mastering • Turn the sound effects and gentle background music on or off • Absolutely no ads, no purchases, no sign-ups — and nothing ever leaves the device PRIVACY YOU CAN TRUST • No accounts. No sign-ups. • No analytics. No ads. No tracking. • Everything stays on your child's device. • Delete the app and it all goes with it. Whether your cadet is just learning to count or starting to multiply, Cosmic Cadets turns practice into a trip through the stars — calm, encouraging, and made to grow right alongside them.

Screenshots

Abjad4 screens
Cosmic Cadets4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Cosmic Cadets at none against Abjad's 3. Abjad's advantage is update cadence (every 8 days vs every 3 months) and iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.0). On price, 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

Both are free to download. Abjad sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per year. Cosmic Cadets asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Abjad ships an update every 8 days, Cosmic Cadets every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Abjad versus Cosmic Cadets: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAbjadCosmic Cadets
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.2 (63 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews96.3% of reviews—
Number of ratings63 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 8 days — betterEvery 3 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.1 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size116 MB3 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperNative Melon Consulting LLCJohn Doan

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Abjad

Subscriptions1
  • أبجد المميز سنوي3 Days trial$4.991 Year
One-time2
  • Arab Countries World$1.99
  • Abjad Premium$4.99
None

Cosmic Cadets

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Abjad free?
Abjad is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Cosmic Cadets free?
Cosmic Cadets is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Abjad or Cosmic Cadets have ads?
Neither Abjad nor Cosmic Cadets shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Abjad or Cosmic Cadets?
Abjad ships an update every 8 days, and Cosmic Cadets every 3 months. Most recently, Abjad was updated on October 21, 2026 and Cosmic Cadets on October 5, 2026.

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