Comparison

Frosby Learning Games 2 vs Alphablocks

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

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About

Frosby Learning Games 2

This app offers a collection of 23 mini-games designed to teach preschoolers about shapes, opposites, matching, and fine motor skills. Featuring beloved characters and engaging, physics-based gameplay, it aims to make learning fun and interactive for children aged 2-5.

Highlights
  • 23 mini-games
  • Shape learning in physics-based worlds
  • Learning opposites through play
  • Touch, hear, and learn words
  • Social skills development
  • Matching and sorting activities
  • Original characters, dialogue, and songs
Features
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The Frosby characters return in the fun-filled second collection of the hit preschool app 'Frosby Learning Games'! This app focuses on shapes, opposites, matching and fine manipulation skills for ages 2-5. Packed with many entertaining mini-adventures, and 'physics based' gameplay, 'Frosby Learning Games 2' will take your child through a variety of lovingly designed worlds. All of our mini-games have been approved by teachers and by a group of 2-5 year olds - so we know our games are perfect for children and their parents.  Here are some of the fun things you can do in Frosby Learning Games 2: * Includes 23 mini-games! * Learn about shapes in wacky physics-based worlds! * Learn 'opposites' through fun game play! * Touch, hear and learn words as they appear in the games. * Learn social skills - make a pizza, lay the table and serve the slices to your guests! * Learn to match eggs to their coloured eggcups, pair up socks, and sort good and bad apples! * Build a car out of shapes and then go on an adventure with a penguin driver! * Tickle a sea monster and use her tail to make a bridge! * Help a caterpillar through a maze to find her apples! * Puzzling 'spot the difference' games for eagle-eyed detectives! * Can your little one find the hidden game? * ...and help Mouse to escape the clutches of Space-Cat, by feeding his rocket with cheese! * Features lots of original, new and loveable Frosby characters, dialogue and songs! Tweaked and tested with help from parents, children and teachers, this app has been designed and built with love, care and attention to detail. iPadkids.com - 5 Stars: "Incredibly easy game play helps even the youngest players learn, which ultimately supports their independence and boosts self-confidence." "This is a very intuitive app that children will enjoy and want to return to over and over again. Perfect for early learners." US customer "The graphics are bright, cheerful and eye-catching and the mini-games are fun, so the child doesn’t realize they are learning. My 5-year-old daughter has gone back to replay several times." The imum.com At Frosby Studios, we believe in education through the use of characters, storytelling and humour to enhance the learning experience. We have several apps in progress featuring the many Frosby characters in their little worlds. For more fun, games and T-shirts, visit our website: www.Frosby.net TELL US WHAT YOU THINK Please tell us what you enjoyed or didn’t enjoy about our app. We're learning just as much as kids do so your feedback is essential to improve our apps! Frosby takes your children’s privacy very seriously. Frosby Learning Games: - Does not collect information - Does not contain ads - Does not contain in-app purchases - Does not use analytics / data collecting tools Email: apps@frosby.net Frosby is a member of ‘Moms with Apps,’ a collaborative group of family-friendly developers seeking to promote quality apps for kids and families.

About

Alphablocks

This app uses interactive games and songs to teach preschoolers letter sounds and names through phonics. Children can engage with characters from a popular TV show to develop early reading skills in a fun, multisensory way.

Highlights
  • Phonics mini-games
  • Singalong letter song
  • Letter sound and name learning
  • Progress tracking with stars
  • Interactive character learning
Features
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From the BAFTA nominated pre-school learning TV shows Alphablocks and Numberblocks, we bring you Alphablocks Letter Fun! Your little ones are going to LOVE interacting with the Alphablocks in this amazing App. It’s hugely entertaining to play and makes a real difference to their reading through fun, multisensory learning. Alphablocks has been on TV for nearly a decade, helping millions of children learn to read the fun way. Now your little ones can meet all the Alphablocks from A to Z, learning letters and sounds with four great phonics mini-games and a fantastic singalong song. "Alphablock A says a! when an apple lands on her head! " Every Alphablock is designed to make their letter and sound easy to learn, encouraging kids to interact with the characters and really get to know the alphabet. They’ll have great fun getting hands-on with letters and sounds. * No in-app purchases * ▸ MINIGAMES There are four minigames per Alphablock — that’s over 100 great activities for kids to enjoy! ◆ Bubble pop! — match letters to sounds by popping the bubbles that match the sounds you hear. ◆ Paint me — listen to letter sounds as you paint each Alphablock with your finger. ◆ Favourite things — listen out for words that begin with each letter sound and add them to the Alphablock’s collection of favourite things. ◆ Hide and seek — listen carefully to tell letter sounds apart, and see if you can spot where the Alphablock is hiding. ▸ ALPHABLOCKS LETTER SONG Sing along with the Alphablocks as they all get together to sing their letter sounds in a mnemonic song that kids will love and remember! ▸ LETTER SOUNDS AND NAMES When your child has mastered their letters and sounds, change to Letter Name mode and have fun learning all the letter names too. ▸ EARN STARS Every minigame earns a star. Collect all four stars to watch the Alphablock sing their line from the Alphablocks letter song. Can you light up all the stars for all your Alphablocks? (The app keeps your progress between visits. You can reset it if you want to start again or to let a friend or sibling play.) ▸ FULL OF FABULOUS PHONICS Alphablocks is made by teachers and reading experts. It’s built around systematic synthetic phonics, as taught in UK schools. Alphablocks is a step-by-step reading system with episodes, books and more that has helped over a million children learn to read the fun way. Alphablocks Letter Fun was created by Blue Zoo Animation, the multi-award winning studio who are passionate about creating fantastic content for kids tv and games. Blue Zoo has produced many hit pre-school shows including Go Jetters, Digby Dragon, Miffy, Tree Fu Tom, Mac & Izzy, and more. www.blue-zoo.co.uk

Screenshots

Frosby Learning Games 24 screens
Alphablocks4 screens

Verdict

The call

Frosby Learning Games 2 and Alphablocks both sit at 4.3 stars, but that hides the real split: 85% of Frosby Learning Games 2's written reviews are positive against 60% of Alphablocks's. Alphablocks's advantage is ratings volume (91 vs 3) and update cadence (every 2 months vs every 4 months). On rating, ads, in-app purchases 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

Frosby Learning Games 2 costs $3.99 and Alphablocks $2.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.3 for Frosby Learning Games 2 against 4.4 for Alphablocks. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Alphablocks has 91 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 85% of Frosby Learning Games 2's written reviews are positive against 60% of Alphablocks's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Frosby Learning Games 2 ships an update every 4 months, Alphablocks every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 16, 2026 and October 22, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Frosby Learning Games 2 versus Alphablocks: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFrosby Learning Games 2Alphablocks
Price$3.99$2.99 — better
Rating4.3 (3 ratings)4.4 (91 ratings) — better
Positive reviews85.0% of reviews — better59.7% of reviews
Number of ratings391 — better
Update frequencyEvery 4 monthsEvery 2 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS12.0 — better13.0
Further details — not scored
Size28 MB208 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperFrosby Designs Ltd.Blue-Zoo

Customer experience

Frosby Learning Games 2

All ratings3 ratings
Positive66.7%
Neutral33.3%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews20 reviews
Positive85.0%
Neutral10.0%
Negative5.0%

Alphablocks

All ratings90 ratings
Positive82.2%
Neutral6.7%
Negative11.1%
Written reviews72 reviews
Positive59.7%
Neutral9.7%
Negative30.6%

Bugs and requests

Frosby Learning Games 2

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Alphablocks

Reported bugs

11 issues
  • Games not appearing for several letters
  • App crashes on launch
  • App gets stuck on loading screen
  • Letters after 'M' or 'L' do not work
  • App won't load, shuts down
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  • Ad pop-up from invisible button
  • Blank pop-up to download another game
  • T always has one eyebrow
  • U has eyelashes
  • Repetitive letter sound in coloring
  • Invisible button triggers ad/download pop-up

Requested features

12 requests
  • Fix graphical glitches (eyelashes on 'U', eyebrows on 'T')
  • Unlock all letters/games
  • Add uppercase letters
  • Include word blending/reading
  • Add more content/games
Show 7 more
  • Make parent security questions harder
  • Add phonics for Phase 2 and 3 sounds
  • Incorporate both letter sounds and names
  • Improve navigation
  • Add word building games
  • Make coloring game a letter writing exercise
  • Add a password for parent section

In-app purchases

None

Frosby Learning Games 2

No in-app purchases

None

Alphablocks

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Frosby Learning Games 2 free?
Frosby Learning Games 2 costs $3.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Alphablocks free?
Alphablocks costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Frosby Learning Games 2 or Alphablocks?
Alphablocks is rated higher. Frosby Learning Games 2 averages 4.3 out of 5 from 3 ratings, while Alphablocks averages 4.4 from 91 ratings.
Do Frosby Learning Games 2 or Alphablocks have ads?
Neither Frosby Learning Games 2 nor Alphablocks shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Frosby Learning Games 2 or Alphablocks?
Frosby Learning Games 2 ships an update every 4 months, and Alphablocks every 2 months. Most recently, Frosby Learning Games 2 was updated on October 16, 2026 and Alphablocks on October 22, 2026.

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