Comparison

First Grade Math Challenge vs Animals Learning

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

Head to head
About

First Grade Math Challenge

Practice addition and subtraction skills with a barnyard theme. Collect and learn about animals by completing timed math challenges, unlocking fun facts and sounds. An in-app upgrade offers more levels and animals permanently.

Highlights
  • Addition & Subtraction practice
  • Barnyard animal collection
  • Timed math challenges
  • Learn animal facts
  • Animal sounds
  • Gradually increasing difficulty
Features
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Practice math skills and learn about animals around the barn! * Addition & Subtraction Edition is perfect for grades K-3 but still challenging and fun for everyone, even adults! * Collect and learn about barnyard animals by completing timed math challenges * Innovative dual learning opportunity, learn interesting facts about different animals while practicing math skills! * Tons of fun facts about each animal to learn and share with your friends! * Listen to each animal! * No annoying ads to distract from game play! This game is perfect for a First Grade, Second Grade, or Third Grade student! The levels gradually increase in difficulty as the game progresses.

About

Animals Learning

This app helps children learn animal names through interactive flashcards, quizzes, and spelling games. It combines education with entertainment, featuring real HD images and clear pronunciation for a fun learning experience.

Highlights
  • Animal flashcards with real HD images
  • Audio pronunciation of animal names
  • Memory and identification quizzes
  • Spelling and writing tests
  • Progress tracking with scores and rewards
Features
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Animals For Kids - Learn , Practice & Play With All Animals, Birds & Insects. This application contains big collections of pet animals, wild animals, noisy animals, helpful animals, Birds & Insects real images in HD Format. Kids now learn & play with big collection of Animals, Birds & Insects flashcard in their papa or mamma's smart phone. With this application you combine education with entertainment. Using this application kids grow their animals knowledge in easier and an interesting way. hearing animals name and watching real picture of animals and also able to check his or her memory power using Test and Game option. Each word of animal name is pronounced clearly and distinctly. The younger a child, the more easily he or she can absorb new knowledge. Every child who is learning in Jr.KG or Sr.KG or any other kid [children of all ages, babies, preschoolers, school children and pre-teens] who wants to learn animal’s names, they can easily learn. Parents can also spend time with their children, know English word for fruits name and also keep your baby busy with education and entertainment. In this application, four parts are there, 1. Animals Flashcard: -In this part, kids know about the animals [Like- using watching animal pictures and listening animal names] 2. Identify Animal's Flashcard -In this part, kids can check his memory power and take a fun quiz to see how many of the words he or she knows [Like - select correct question Animal name among the four animals] 3. Spelling Test -In this part, kids have to find right spelling from four options. 4. Writing Test - In this part kids have to organize animal spelling in correct order to make correct spellings of each & every animal. End of the game and test, kids can achieve score points of correct answer, high score and also earn chocolates. Features: - Easy to grow knowledge about Animals. - Flashcards of Animals for Kids and proper pronunciation of animals names. - Fun with game and test. - Easy and fun navigation. - Animals Test for to test the memory skills as well. - Animals Game for enjoy and learn. - Education with entertainment.

Screenshots

First Grade Math Challenge4 screens
Animals Learning4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Animals Learning at none against First Grade Math Challenge's 1. Animals Learning also leads on iOS requirement (11.0 vs 13.0). First Grade Math Challenge's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 2 months vs every 9 months). On price, rating, ratings volume 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. First Grade Math Challenge sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Animals Learning asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.0 for First Grade Math Challenge against 4.0 for Animals Learning. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 5 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

First Grade Math Challenge ships an update every 2 months, Animals Learning every 9 months. The most recent releases landed on October 6, 2026 and October 9, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
First Grade Math Challenge versus Animals Learning: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFirst Grade Math ChallengeAnimals Learning
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.0 (4 ratings)4.0 (5 ratings)
Positive reviews80.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings45 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 months — betterEvery 9 months
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesAd-supported — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS13.011.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size41 MB26 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperEric MarschnerNirav Patel

Customer experience

First Grade Math Challenge

All ratings4 ratings
Positive75.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative25.0%
Written reviews15 reviews
Positive80.0%
Neutral6.7%
Negative13.3%

Animals Learning

All ratings5 ratings
Positive80.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative20.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

First Grade Math Challenge

One-time1
  • Level Pack$0.99
None

Animals Learning

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is First Grade Math Challenge free?
First Grade Math Challenge is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Animals Learning free?
Animals Learning is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, First Grade Math Challenge or Animals Learning?
First Grade Math Challenge and Animals Learning are both rated 4.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 4 and 5 ratings respectively.
Do First Grade Math Challenge or Animals Learning have ads?
Animals Learning shows ads; First Grade Math Challenge does not.
Which is updated more often, First Grade Math Challenge or Animals Learning?
First Grade Math Challenge ships an update every 2 months, and Animals Learning every 9 months. Most recently, First Grade Math Challenge was updated on October 6, 2026 and Animals Learning on October 9, 2026.

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