Comparison

Duck Duck Moose Reading vs Inventioneers

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

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About

Duck Duck Moose Reading

This app offers interactive games and activities designed to teach young children phonics and letter sounds. Kids can collect animals and build their own zoo scenes while learning foundational reading skills. Developed with educators, it aligns with Common Core Standards.

Highlights
  • 9 word and letter activities
  • Teaches phonics and letter sounds
  • Spelling practice for CVC words
  • Parent reporting tool
  • Aligned with Common Core Standards
  • Zoo scene creation
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*** Parents’ Choice Gold Award winner - Parents’ Choice Foundation *** Children’s Technology Review Editor’s Choice Award for Excellence in Design Join Milo the Meerkat and his sidekick Puffs at the zoo on a phonics learning adventure! Duck Duck Moose Reading has 9 different word and letter activities that help kids learn by feeding and playing with flamingos, monkeys, lions, and more. Collect animals and make your own zoo scene as you learn more letter sounds. AGES 3-7. CATEGORY: Curriculum 9 WORD AND LETTER ACTIVITIES - Teaches phonics - the letter sounds for all consonants, short vowels, and long vowels - Practice spelling consonant-vowel-consonant (CVC) words PARENT REPORTING - Includes a new reporting tool so teachers and parents can see how a child is progressing and which letter sounds they have learned DEVELOPED WITH EDUCATORS - Based on the Common Core State Standards - Foundational Skills of Reading - Developed in conjunction with a Stanford University educator, Jennifer DiBrienza, PhD in Early Elementary Education, and a former NYC public school teacher (K-Grade 2) - Tested extensively in classrooms BASED ON COMMON CORE STANDARDS - Letter-sound and word activities - Recognizing and naming lowercase letters - Demonstrating knowledge of letter-sound correspondences - Isolating and pronouncing sounds in CVC (consonant-vowel-consonant) words - Covered CCSS include: RF.K.1d, RF.K.2d, RF.K.2e, RF.K.3a, RF.K.3b _________________ Brought to you by Duck Duck Moose, the creator of Wheels on the Bus and Itsy Bitsy Spider and winner of 15 Parents’ Choice Awards. Check out more fun, educational apps from Duck Duck Moose: Favorite Nursery Rhymes: - Wheels on the Bus - Old MacDonald - Itsy Bitsy Spider - Baa Baa Black Sheep - Peek-a-Zoo (Animal Book for Toddlers) Curriculum Based Learning: - Fish School (Letters, Numbers, Colors, Matching) - Park Math (Addition, Subtraction, Patterns) - Word Wagon (Letters, Phonics, Spelling) - Musical Me! (Music, Notes, Pitch, Rhythm) - Puzzle Pop (Animated Puzzles for all ages) - [NEW!] Duck Duck Moose Reading (Phonics) Creative Play: - Draw and Tell (Draw, Color, Record Voice) - Trucks (Carwash, Tow Truck, Recycling) - [NEW!] More Trucks (Fire Truck, Monster Trucks) - Princess Fairy Tale Maker - Superhero Comic Book Maker ABOUT DUCK DUCK MOOSE (A wholly-owned subsidiary of Khan Academy) Duck Duck Moose, an award-winning creator of educational mobile apps for families, is a passionate team of engineers, artists, designers, and educators. Founded in 2008, the company has created 21 top-selling titles and has received 21 Parents’ Choice Awards, 18 Children’s Technology Review Awards, 12 Tech with Kids’ Best Pick App Awards, and a KAPi award for “Best Children’s App” at the International Consumer Electronics Show. Khan Academy is a nonprofit with a mission to provide a free, world-class education for anyone, anywhere. Duck Duck Moose is now part of the Khan Academy family. Like all Khan Academy offerings, all Duck Duck Moose apps are now free, without ads or subscriptions. We rely on our community of volunteers and donors. Get involved today at www.duckduckmoose.com/about. Check out the Khan Academy app to learn and practice all kinds of topics for elementary school through college and beyond. We’d love to hear from you! Visit us at www.duckduckmoose.com or drop us a line at support@duckduckmoose.com.

About

Inventioneers

Unleash creativity by building unique inventions with the help of tiny characters. Explore real-time physics concepts like air, fire, and magnetism. Share your creations with friends and educators.

Highlights
  • Create custom inventions
  • Learn physics concepts
  • Use tiny helper characters
  • Solve pre-made inventions
  • Share creations with friends
  • Classroom sharing option
Features
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* FROM THE CREATORS OF PETTSON'S INVENTIONS DELUXE * *** Winner of Parents' Choice Gold Award *** BE CREATIVE! In this game you can create your own crazy, fun inventions! With the help of the Inventioneers, our tiny helpers with unique characteristics, you can invent fun, creative and often quite weird inventions. A lot of inventions are included in the game, the more you solve the more parts you receive for your own inventions! LEARN ABOUT PHYSICS! Inventioneers is an outstanding tool for learning about realtime physics and the science behind different features like air, fire, magnetism and jumping bunnies. What you can do with the tool is virtually endless. SHARE WITH FRIENDS! Invite friends to share their crazy inventions and you can share yours too! If you are a teacher you can set up the whole classroom as a user and share with other classes! ONE TIME FEE TO BUY THE FULL VERSION To make it easier for families to try the game before buying, we have implemented a one time fee to buy the full game. There are no recurring in app purchases or consumables. It is important for us to protect the integrity of the children. Features in the free version: • First chapter with 15 inventions • The first Inventioneer - "Windy" • Create! - A fully working tool to create your own inventions • 50+ different objects to use in the inventions • Share up to 4 inventions with your friends! The full version (purchase: one time fee): • 7 more chapters with a total of 105 new inventions! • 50+ new objects • 18 characters that you can help • 7 more Inventioneers with unique features - "Blaze", "Bunny", "Sporty", "Zappy", "Magneta", "Freezy" and "Maggie" Family Sharing Note! You can't share IAPs with other members in your family. Please download the full version of Inventioneers instead.

Screenshots

Duck Duck Moose Reading4 screens
Inventioneers4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Inventioneers at 4.3 against Duck Duck Moose Reading's 3.8. Inventioneers also leads on update cadence (monthly vs every 11 months) and ratings volume (321 vs 25). Duck Duck Moose Reading's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2) and iOS requirement (9.0 vs 12.0). On price, review sentiment, 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. Inventioneers sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Duck Duck Moose Reading asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Inventioneers holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 3.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Inventioneers has 321 ratings behind it against 25, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 80% of Duck Duck Moose Reading's written reviews are positive against 78% of Inventioneers's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Duck Duck Moose Reading ships an update every 11 months, Inventioneers monthly. Both last shipped on November 1, 2026.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Duck Duck Moose Reading versus Inventioneers: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDuck Duck Moose ReadingInventioneers
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.8 (25 ratings)4.3 (321 ratings) — better
Positive reviews80.0% of reviews — better77.8% of reviews
Number of ratings25321 — better
Update frequencyEvery 11 monthsMonthly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS9.0 — better12.0
Further details — not scored
Size48 MB189 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDuck Duck Moose LLCFilimundus AB

Customer experience

Duck Duck Moose Reading

All ratings25 ratings
Positive68.0%
Neutral8.0%
Negative24.0%
Written reviews25 reviews
Positive80.0%
Neutral4.0%
Negative16.0%

Inventioneers

All ratings317 ratings
Positive82.6%
Neutral5.4%
Negative12.0%
Written reviews388 reviews
Positive77.8%
Neutral5.7%
Negative16.5%

Bugs and requests

Duck Duck Moose Reading

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Inventioneers

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Levels not saving properly
  • Crashes when trying to purchase full version
  • Compatibility issues on older devices

Requested features

4 requests
  • More free levels and content
  • Ability to save custom levels
  • Faster download speeds
  • Improved level editor tools

In-app purchases

None

Duck Duck Moose Reading

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Inventioneers

One-time2
  • Open up!$0.99
  • Full Version$4.99

Questions

Is Duck Duck Moose Reading free?
Duck Duck Moose Reading is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Inventioneers free?
Inventioneers is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Duck Duck Moose Reading or Inventioneers?
Inventioneers is rated higher. Duck Duck Moose Reading averages 3.8 out of 5 from 25 ratings, while Inventioneers averages 4.3 from 321 ratings.
Do Duck Duck Moose Reading or Inventioneers have ads?
Neither Duck Duck Moose Reading nor Inventioneers shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Duck Duck Moose Reading or Inventioneers?
Duck Duck Moose Reading ships an update every 11 months, and Inventioneers monthly. Most recently, Duck Duck Moose Reading was updated on November 1, 2026 and Inventioneers on November 1, 2026.

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