Eggy Alphabet vs Alphablocks, How to Write
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Eggy Alphabet
This app helps young children learn the alphabet through interactive activities focused on letter names, sounds, and proper handwriting formation. It offers a fun and rewarding experience with progress tracking and customizable options.
- Learn all 26 letters
- Handwriting practice
- Letter sound activities
- Upper and lower case letters
- Progress tracking
- Unlockable rewards
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Eggy Alphabet is an educational application designed to help children learn the Alphabet. When learning the alphabet, young children need to learn each letter’s name and its sound, the shape of the letter and how to create it correctly when writing. Research shows that knowing the alphabet, especially the sound and shape of each letter, is a strong indicator for reading success in school. The Eggy Alphabet App builds alphabet knowledge and handwriting skills in a comprehensive, educationally sound app that makes learning the alphabet memorable, highly interactive and full of fun rewards. Eggy Alphabet covers both upper and lower case letters for each of the 26 letters of the alphabet. For each letter there are three handwriting activities that stress the correct formation of each letter. Another 2 activities build phonemic awareness and letter sound skills. When learning to form each letter, children use a finger to trace and draw each letter. Eggy Alphabet is brought to you by the makers of popular educational website Reading Eggs – a team of educators with more than 20 years’ experience in early childhood education, who believe learning to read should be fun, motivating, and full of success. Eggy Alphabet includes the following features: - All 26 letters of the alphabet. - 4 activites to be completed for every letter. - Upper and lower case versions of letters. - A total of 208 activities to complete plus The Letter Game. - Choice of accents – Australia, English, United States. - 3 difficulty levels - Egg ratings to be earned for every level. - 18 wonderful Egg Critters to unlock and hatch. - 624 Golden Eggs to earn. - Each child can have their own account. - Progress is tracked for every account.
Alphablocks, How to Write
This app uses animated characters to teach children how to write letters and numbers. It features a guided learning path with pre-writing exercises, letter families, and tracing practice with rhymes. The app is designed by educational experts and is ad-free.
- Pre-writing line practice
- Letter families based on shape
- Scaffolded learning trajectory
- Letter and numeral tracing
- Writing rhymes for memorization
- Adventure-based learning
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Alphablocks and Numberblocks, How to Write is a hands-on, fun way for children to learn to write, packed with brand new Writing Magic. Imagine if the letters of the alphabet and numbers came to life to teach your child how to write... This is exactly what happens in How to Write! Join your favourite characters from the hit CBeebies shows, Alphablocks and Numberblocks, as they find their way home, helping children practice fine motor skills and letter formation accompanied by catchy rhymes along the way. This app is brought to you by top educators and experts in play from the BAFTA award-winning creators of Numberblocks and Blue Zoo animation studios. How does Alphablocks and Numberblocks, How to Write help your child? "Alphablocks and Numberblocks, How to Write helps children build confidence as they practice fine motor skills covering the foundational line shapes that they will need to form letters. The journey is carefully scaffolded, taking children through generic practice lines, pre-letter lines and letter formation. A brilliant app!" Professor Kate Ruttle, Early Years Writing expert and advisor to Alphablocks Ltd. 1. Carefully scaffolded learning trajectory, designed by top literacy educators and experts in play. 2. This app is fun, educational and safe, being COPPA and GDPR-K compliant and 100% ad-free. 3. All presented through a safe, 100% ad-free, digital game for your child to explore. Featuring… - Pre-writing lines to help children practice fine motor skills. - Letters are carefully broken down into four letter families, based on similarities of shape: Bouncy, Straight Line, Curly and Zigzag letter families. - Within each letter family, letters are introduced with the simplest first, so children can build up their skills confidently. - Pre-letter lines help children to repeat the key movement in each letter and numeral, as carefully specified by our literacy experts. - Letter and numeral tracing practice, accompanied by special writing rhymes for each letter of the alphabet and numbers 0-9 help children to remember the movements! - A fun adventure, helping each Alphablock and Numberblock find their way home... and ultimately customising their home with a fun surprise! Privacy & Safety At Blue Zoo Productions Ltd. and Alphablocks Ltd., your child’s privacy and safety is the first priority for us. There are no ads in the app and we will never share personal information with any 3rd parties or sell this on. You can find out more in our Privacy Policy and Terms of Service: Privacy Policy: https://www.learningblocks.tv/privacy-policy Terms of Service: https://www.learningblocks.tv/terms-of-service
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Alphablocks, How to Write at 3.9 against Eggy Alphabet's 2.8. Alphablocks, How to Write also leads on review sentiment (56% vs 18%) and in-app purchases (none vs 1). Eggy Alphabet's advantage is price ($1.99 vs $3.99) and iOS requirement (9.0 vs 13.0). On 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
Eggy Alphabet costs $1.99 and Alphablocks, How to Write $3.99 up front. Eggy Alphabet sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Alphablocks, How to Write asks for nothing beyond the download.
Alphablocks, How to Write holds the better App Store score, 3.9 against 2.8. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 6 and 24 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 18% of Eggy Alphabet's written reviews are positive against 56% of Alphablocks, How to Write's.
Eggy Alphabet ships an update every 44 months, Alphablocks, How to Write every 5 months. Both last shipped on October 29, 2026.
| Parameter | Eggy Alphabet | Alphablocks, How to Write |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $1.99 — better | $3.99 |
| Rating | 2.8 (6 ratings) | 3.9 (24 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 17.5% of reviews | 55.6% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 6 | 24 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 44 months | Every 5 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases — better | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 — better | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 125 MB | 323 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Blake eLearning | Blue-Zoo |
Customer experience
Eggy Alphabet
Alphablocks, How to Write
In-app purchases
Eggy Alphabet
- Eggy Alphabet Upgrade$2.99
Alphablocks, How to Write
No in-app purchases
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