Elmo Loves 123s vs Starfall Numbers
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Elmo Loves 123s
This app offers a variety of games, activities, and videos designed to teach young children about numbers and counting. It features interactive tracing, puzzles, and songs with beloved characters, covering numbers 1 through 20.
- Number tracing with surprises
- Interactive games and puzzles
- Songs and videos about numbers
- Coloring pages
- Learning tracker for parents
- Addition & Subtraction practice
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This is an app full of games, activities, and videos, which will help teach your child about numbers and counting. Elmo loves exploring numbers! This app has songs and videos about numbers. It has coloring pages and games about numbers. It has all the numbers from 1 to 20! Elmo’s friend Abby is here, too! Come on! Explore numbers with Elmo and Abby! FEATURES • Trace your favorite numbers to unlock surprises. • Slide, swipe, touch and trace to discover sixty classic Sesame Street clips, sixty coloring pages, hide-and-seek, jigsaw puzzles, counting games and more! • Touch the Abby button to play number games with Abby and her friends. • 123s tracker for grown-ups to see what your child is learning. LEARN ABOUT • Number identification • Number tracing • Counting groups of objects • Addition & Subtraction • Problem Solving • Art and creativity And if you enjoy learning your 123s, you’ll love learning your ABCs! Check out the Parents' Choice Silver Award winner “Elmo Loves ABCs” in the App Store. ABOUT US Sesame Workshop’s mission is to use the educational power of media to help kids everywhere grow smarter, stronger, and kinder. Delivered through a variety of platforms, including television programs, digital experiences, books and community engagement, its research-based programs are tailored to the needs of the communities and countries they serve. Learn more at www.sesameworkshop.org. PRIVACY POLICY The Privacy Policy can be found here: https://sesameworkshop.org/about-us/legal/privacy-policy/ CONTACT US Your input is very important to us. If you have any questions, comments, or need help, please contact us at: sesameworkshopapps@sesame.org.
Starfall Numbers
This app uses interactive activities and songs to help children learn number recognition and counting skills. It connects numbers to real-world objects and introduces basic math concepts for early learners.
- Number symbol and value recognition
- Counting activities
- Interactive introductions for numbers 0-100
- Coin counting and math expressions
- 15 animated math songs
- Closed captioning for songs
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Explore numbers through the magic of curiosity and the power of motivation: the Starfall way! With this app, your child will learn to recognize number symbols and values by connecting them to real-world objects (such as 1 sun, 5 fingers, and 10 toes). Your child will then apply these concepts with counting activities and songs! Starfall Numbers includes interactive introductions for numbers 0-20, 25, 50, and 100. Counting activities introduce coins, math symbols, and simple expressions while building counting skills from 0 to 100 in entertaining and practical ways. Your child will also enjoy singing along with 15 Starfall math songs! Counting song favorites and calendar concepts are animated playfully, with a closed caption option to display song lyrics. Each activity and song reinforces simple language and basic vocabulary, making this app an excellent choice for pre-readers, emerging readers, and English language learners alike.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Elmo Loves 123s at 4.4 against Starfall Numbers's 3.3. Elmo Loves 123s also leads on review sentiment (40% vs 25%) and update cadence (every 5 months vs every 11 months). Starfall Numbers's advantage is iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.0). On price, ratings volume, 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
Elmo Loves 123s costs $4.99 and Starfall Numbers $4.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Elmo Loves 123s holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 3.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 93 and 36 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 40% of Elmo Loves 123s's written reviews are positive against 25% of Starfall Numbers's.
Elmo Loves 123s ships an update every 5 months, Starfall Numbers every 11 months. Both last shipped on October 26, 2026.
| Parameter | Elmo Loves 123s | Starfall Numbers |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $4.99 | $4.99 |
| Rating | 4.4 (93 ratings) — better | 3.3 (36 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 40.0% of reviews — better | 25.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 93 — better | 36 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months — better | Every 11 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Paid |
| Best chart rank | #121 — better | #157 |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 459 MB | 78 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Sesame Workshop (Apps) | Starfall Education Foundation |
Customer experience
Elmo Loves 123s
Starfall Numbers
Bugs and requests
Elmo Loves 123s
Reported bugs
29 issues- Videos with crying in them
- Count video for number 14 missing
- Purchased features gone
- Elmo nowhere to be seen after intro
- Advert added to paid app
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- App broken after iOS update
- App only shows half the screen
- App cuts off content in landscape mode
- Alignment messed up after iOS upgrade
- App won't rotate to horizontal position
- App displays offset, missing screen part
- Orientation stuck in portrait mode
- Sporadically won't recognize touch
- Screen cut off, app unusable
- Won't go full mode on iPad screen
- App no longer works with iPhone software
- Stuck in portrait, won't landscape
- Tracing not accurate
- Pop up ads in paid version
- Videos no longer available (resolved)
- App doesn't work properly
- App keeps crashing
- Crashes too much
- Doesn't enforce correct form when tracing
- Poor touch controls for tracing
- Keep on crashing within seconds
- App keeps crashing on iOS7
- Crashes and force closes on iOS7
- App won't load
Requested features
9 requests- Remove videos with crying
- Restore Count video for number 14
- Add numbers above 20
- Add music videos
- Add number 0
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- Add support for Portuguese language
- Add parental lock for settings
- Improve tracing accuracy
- Add more diversity
Starfall Numbers
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Elmo Loves 123s
No in-app purchases
Starfall Numbers
No in-app purchases
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