Comparison

DRAWNIMAL vs ABC Ride

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

Head to head
About

DRAWNIMAL

This app combines drawing and learning the alphabet by having children draw animals around a device. It encourages creative thinking and offers a fun, interactive way to practice letters with animations and audio.

Highlights
  • Draw and animate animals
  • Learn the alphabet creatively
  • Interactive drawing experience
  • Supports 35 animals
  • Available in 5 languages
  • No internet or ads
Features
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Draw funny animals! Learn the alphabet! Expand your device with pen and paper! DRAWNIMAL is a unique app where kids draw adorable animals while learning the alphabet. With your phone or tablet placed on paper, kids select an animal face from the alphabet menu and draw around the device. The app then instructs how to draw the rest of the animal body. The digital screen is inventively extended with a simple physical interaction, which encourages kids to think outside the box. Hilarious and delightful animations motivate to keep learning. Our primary goal with the app was to expand your device by using simple tangible tools like pen and paper. Features: + Play with up to 35 animals + Get the first 5 animals (A-E) for free + Draw animals and see them come alive with animation + Practice the alphabet in a creative and interactive way + Switch between 5 languages + Lively animations and impressive audio + No failing, no goal, no wrong or right + Supports all iPads and iPhones with iOS 16 or later + No internet access needed! + No advertisements! Available in 5 languages with full voice acting: English, Spanish, German, French and Italian! Learn more about YATATOY: yatatoy.com Contact us for assistance or to give feedback: https://yatatoy.com/info/ MADE BY YATATOY

About

ABC Ride

Embark on an exciting alphabet adventure with interactive scenes and puzzles. Kids can discover hidden letters, practice spelling, and learn phonics through engaging hide-and-seek games and fun activities. This app makes learning the alphabet an enjoyable and memorable experience.

Highlights
  • 26 interactive scenes with letter-based puzzles
  • Hide-and-seek games to find hidden letters
  • Spelling and phonics practice
  • Lowercase and uppercase letter options
  • Narration with alliterations
  • Problem-solving activities
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Have you ever seen the letter E hatching out of an egg? How about a K popping out of a kangaroo’s pouch? Ride your bike and enjoy an exciting hide and seek, ABC adventure with Beck and Bo! Solve fun puzzles, find the hidden letters, learn the alphabet and practice spelling in this educational word puzzle game! • Featured “Best New App” on the App Store worldwide • "Avokiddo ABC Ride turns learning the alphabet into an adventure" - USA TODAY • "A really high quality alphabet app...beautifully designed." - Cool Mom Tech • “A standout in the saturated app marketplace...a classic among ABC apps.” - Teachers With Apps • Editor's Choice by Best Apps For Kids, Fun Educational Apps, AppySmarts & Top Best Apps For Kids FUN, HIDE AND SEEK ACTIVITIES Start your journey by putting Beck or Bo on the bike. Drag the bike to move seamlessly across 26 interactive scenes loaded with fun preschool activities and puzzles. Each scene offers a unique, hide and seek game associated with a letter and a word. The G is wrapped in a Gift, the H is hidden under a Hat, the S swims with the Seal, the J is jammed up in the Jelly, the W is pulled out of a Well. Kids will use their logic, observation and problem solving skills to find the hidden letters in a whole host of scenarios and unexpected animal encounters! Bathe the cute pig, feed the hungry hippo, take care of the crying baby monkey, match vegetables, build a robot and so much more! Learning the alphabet has never been so fun! SPELLING PUZZLES Practice spelling, phonics and word recognition! Drag the letters in place to spell the words while listening to the letter names or phonetic sounds. Choose between lowercase or uppercase letters. Adjust the difficulty by having letters shuffled or in order. MEMORABLE ALLITERATIONS Each scene is accompanied by a short speech narration that provides clever hints through inventive and memorable alliterations. "Jump and jiggle on the jelly to find the J", "Make the magnet meet the M", "Fill the four flowerpots with flowing water to find the F". The sweet narration adds a storytelling aspect to the activities, helps build vocabulary and enhances kids' listening comprehension. MAIN FEATURES • 26 interactive scenes each associated with a word and a letter • 26 unique, puzzle games for hours of repeat play • Play and problem solve to reveal the hidden letters • Drag the letters to spell the words while listening to their names or phonetic sounds • Lowercase & uppercase letters • Original narration with inventive alliteration • Bike through the alphabet seamlessly from letter to letter, or opt out and choose your own path • Have fun with the quirky animals and hilarious encounters • Collect stars while riding from one scene to the next • Beautiful graphics inviting kids to explore and discover • Ideal for toddlers, preschool & kindergarten children • No in-app purchases, no third-party ads EDUCATIONAL VALUE • Teaches letter recognition, name and basic phonics • Learn new words through playful exploration • Practice forming words and reinforce spelling • Associate letters with objects and animals through memorable alliterated concepts • Enhance creative thinking and problem solving skills • Inspire curiosity as youngsters explore cause and effect • Exercise memory and spatial relations • Build vocabulary PRIVACY POLICY We respect your privacy and the on-line safety of your children! We do not collect or share any personal information. The app has no third-party ads or in-app purchases. As a MOMs with Apps member, we follow the "Know what's inside" best practices for kids’ apps. View our privacy policy: http://avokiddo.com/privacy-policy/ ABOUT AVOKIDDO Avokiddo is an award-winning creative studio specializing in the development of quality educational apps for kids. Learn more about us at www.avokiddo.com

Screenshots

DRAWNIMAL4 screens
ABC Ride4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: DRAWNIMAL at Free against ABC Ride's $4.99. DRAWNIMAL also leads on update cadence (every 3 months vs every 8 months). ABC Ride's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 4) and ratings volume (4.8K vs 140). On rating, 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

DRAWNIMAL is free to download; ABC Ride costs $4.99 up front. DRAWNIMAL sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. ABC Ride asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.2 for DRAWNIMAL against 4.2 for ABC Ride. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: ABC Ride has 4.8K ratings behind it against 140, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 64% of DRAWNIMAL's written reviews are positive against 82% of ABC Ride's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

DRAWNIMAL ships an update every 3 months, ABC Ride every 8 months. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and November 1, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
DRAWNIMAL versus ABC Ride: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDRAWNIMALABC Ride
PriceFree — better$4.99
Rating4.2 (140 ratings)4.2 (4.8K ratings) — better
Positive reviews63.9% of reviews82.1% of reviews — better
Number of ratings1404.8K — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 months — betterEvery 8 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationPaidFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS16.011.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size69 MB180 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperYATATOYAVOKIDDO

Customer experience

DRAWNIMAL

All ratings135 ratings
Positive77.8%
Neutral8.1%
Negative14.1%
Written reviews449 reviews
Positive63.9%
Neutral6.9%
Negative29.2%

ABC Ride

All ratings4,778 ratings
Positive81.1%
Neutral11.7%
Negative7.2%
Written reviews56 reviews
Positive82.1%
Neutral3.6%
Negative14.3%

User reviews

DRAWNIMAL

From 140 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Engaging and creative app
  • 🎨 Fun drawing experience
  • 🌍 Available in multiple languages
  • 🤗 Great for kids and adults
  • 💡 Encourages creativity and imagination

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Crashes and compatibility issues
  • 📄 Requires physical paper and pen
  • 🔍 Limited content (only up to letter C)
  • 🔊 Inconsistent audio (e.g. 'zed' instead of 'zee')
  • 🎨 Some animal illustrations not very recognizable

ABC Ride

From 4.8K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Engaging and interactive
  • 🎓 Effective for learning alphabet
  • 🎨 Beautiful graphics
  • 🎶 Fun music and sounds

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Sound issues on certain devices
  • 🇺🇸 Too American-centric, needs more international content
  • 🔁 Repetitive after going through the alphabet

Bugs and requests

DRAWNIMAL

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Crashes on launch
  • Unable to progress past letter C
  • Swipe gesture not working as expected
  • Compatibility issues with newer iOS versions

Requested features

5 requests
  • Expand content to full alphabet
  • Allow in-app drawing without physical paper
  • Add more animal options
  • Improve audio consistency across languages
  • Introduce a 'sounds' mode to focus on letter sounds

ABC Ride

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • No sound on iPad
  • App crashes on some devices

Requested features

2 requests
  • Option to switch between uppercase and lowercase letters
  • More variety in words and animations for each letter

In-app purchases

4 purchases

DRAWNIMAL

One-time4
  • Letter Pack 1$2.49
  • Letter Pack 2$2.49
  • Letter Pack 3$2.49
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  • All letter packs$4.99
None

ABC Ride

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is DRAWNIMAL free?
DRAWNIMAL is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is ABC Ride free?
ABC Ride costs $4.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, DRAWNIMAL or ABC Ride?
ABC Ride is rated higher. DRAWNIMAL averages 4.2 out of 5 from 140 ratings, while ABC Ride averages 4.2 from 4.8K ratings.
Do DRAWNIMAL or ABC Ride have ads?
Neither DRAWNIMAL nor ABC Ride shows ads.
Which is updated more often, DRAWNIMAL or ABC Ride?
DRAWNIMAL ships an update every 3 months, and ABC Ride every 8 months. Most recently, DRAWNIMAL was updated on October 29, 2026 and ABC Ride on November 1, 2026.

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