UK vs Random Name Picker
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
UK
An interactive storybook based on the classic fable, designed for young readers. It offers animated content, over 500 interactive words per language, and multiple learning modes to enhance vocabulary and reading skills. Available in UK English and French, with German as an in-app purchase.
- Interactive storybook
- UK English and French languages
- Over 500 interactive words
- Animated content
- Multiple reading modes
- Parental tips and teacher resources
- In-app purchase for German content
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• Winner of a MOM'S CHOICE Gold Award • Winner of a PARENTS’ CHOICE Gold Honor Award • A fully interactive storybook for young and emerging readers • Based on the award winning titles originally published by Living Books • Great for early learners to help teach words, word sounds, and sentences Review: "Every word on every page is interactive, and the book comes with multiple languages, parent tips, and an extensive teacher resource guide to use the app/storybook in the classroom setting. These features combined with top-notch storytelling make this app worth it's $4.99 price tag. Download it, and enjoy hours of fun with your little one." - Tim Leverett ©2013 Parents' Choice Have you ever wished you could play inside a story and really interact with all the characters and words? Now you can! The Tortoise and the Hare is an imaginative and interactive reading experience with fully animated content loved by children, parents and teachers alike. Wanderful brings every page of this classic Aesop's fable to life and tailored to UK English, with all characters speaking with a British accent. Read and play along as the Tortoise proves that slow and steady wins the race. Join him as he accepts the much faster Hare's challenge to a race - one that doesn't turn out exactly as the Hare had planned. KEY FEATURES: • Story is in both UK English and French - change language from any page • German story content available as an in-app purchase • Over 500 interactive words in each language • 12 fully interactive pages of word play • Virtually every item on each page comes to life when tapped • A hidden animated surprise on each page - see if you can find Ruppert the dragonfly • Move between pages with swipe or with scrolling page navigation • Multiple settings to customize the App for your child's reading experience • Two modes: "Read to Me" and the fully interactive "Let Me Play" • Parental tips to help you get the most out of this Wanderful interactive storybook • Learning resources include a 31 page overview of Classroom Activities and a free preview of the Tortoise and the Hare Classroom Activities guide • The full 47 page Classroom Activities guide is available as an upgrade Wanderful's goal is to bring outstanding interactive storybooks to a new generation of children. We hope The Tortoise and the Hare provides your family, children and students with hours of story play. The Tortoise and the Hare is credited to Greek storyteller Aesop (620-564 BC). This version is retold by Living Books creator Mark Schlichting. The characters were designed by Michael Dashow and backgrounds were painted by Barbara Lawrence, each an original Living Books team member. Privacy Disclosure Wanderful creates engaging interactive storybooks for children that are educational, fun, and above all safe and appropriate. This app: • does not collect any information • does not contain ads • contains an in-app purchase for German story content • includes active links to websites or social networks, but ONLY from the PARENTS and TEACHERS pages, not from the storybook pages • uses analytics to improve our app experience but only in aggregate and never with personally identifiable data
Random Name Picker
This app helps you randomly select names, numbers, or words from custom lists. It's designed for teachers, parents, and teams to make choices in a fun and engaging way, with options to remember progress or start fresh.
- Randomly select names, numbers, or words
- Create custom lists
- Remember selection progress
- 36 fun game themes
- 9 seasonal themes
- Adjustable selection speed
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⋆⋆⋆⋆⋆ School teacher and mother LOVES this! This app is great! I create a list with all of my students' names to randomly call on someone. At home, I created a list of all the songs that my son needs to practice on the piano. Both my kids and students love it! Also, this app is SUPER user and kid friendly! ⋆⋆⋆⋆⋆ (Customer review) Whenever you need to choose a random name… or number… or word… Random Name Picker is the fun way to do it! Teachers – choose a random student for questions, privileges, anything – better than drawing straws. Office teams can choose a random team member for the month. Parents can choose a random chore for the week. Random Name Picker remembers where you left off each time and allows you to continue where you left off, choosing a new random name each session from those who have not yet been selected. Or if you want to start from scratch and throw everyone into the mix you can do so. Random Name Picker has 36 fun game themes including Pinball, Music, Golf, Cookies, Ping Pong, Sushi, Billiards, Pancakes, Bowling, Bubbles, Popcorn, Donuts, Monsters, Balloons, Fish, Bugs, Crabs, Rockets, Robots, Gumballs, Sports, the Beach and more! There are also nine seasonal themes: Apples, Pumpkins, Fall Leaves, Snowflakes, Snowmen, Hearts, Shamrocks, Rain and Flowers. Players can watch in suspense as their name stays in the running – or is eliminated – until the final random name is left. Choosing the random name is part of the fun – a great attention-getting device. And you can adjust the speed so that your random name is selected very quickly… or you can draw out the suspense and fun by slowing it down. You can also use Random Name Picker to choose a random answer or review term for students to identify: how about creating a list with the numbers "9" "12" "18" "21" "24" – and asking students to identify factors for the chosen number? Or how about creating a list with "triangle" "square" "rectangle" "rhombus" "pentagon" "parallelogram" – and asking students to identify a property of the selected polygon? Example: "Who can answer this question about our reading text? I'm going to call on this student… (sports balls with class names on them are kicked away until only the name "Ethan" is left) …Ethan!" Example: "I want you to think of two factors for the number 12. Now I'm going to call on… (balloons with class names pop one at a time until only the name "Madison" is left) …Madison!" Example: "If this student is sitting nicely, he/she will be my helper… It's… (fish with class names are caught one at a time until only the name "Aidan" is left) …Aidan!" Example: "Look at the words that are on the screen and think about which ones are nouns and which are verbs… Here's the final word… (pop corn kernals, some with nouns and some with verbs, pop one at a time until only the word "car" is left) …CAR. Noun or verb? Tell your partner how you know." You can add as many groups of words or numbers as you want to the Random Name Picker. How about a list of… Students in first period, The Marketing Team, Students on Team 1, Chores for the week, Science review terms, State capitals, Math facts, Nouns and verbs, Factors and multiples, Shapes to draw, Polygons to identify, Presidents, Review terms for any subject… the possibilities are endless!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: UK at 5.0 against Random Name Picker's 4.0. UK also leads on iOS requirement (9.0 vs 11.0). Random Name Picker's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2) and price ($1.99 vs $4.99). On update cadence, ads, monetization model 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
UK costs $4.99 and Random Name Picker $1.99 up front. UK sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Random Name Picker asks for nothing beyond the download.
UK holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 4 respectively.
UK ships an update every 21 months, Random Name Picker every 22 months. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 1, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | UK | Random Name Picker |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $4.99 | $1.99 — better |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | 4.0 (4 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 50.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 4 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 21 months — better | Every 22 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Paid | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 — better | 11.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 154 MB | 463 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Wanderful, LLC | FIZZBRAIN LLC |
Customer experience
UK
Random Name Picker
In-app purchases
UK
- German Upgrade$1.99
- Premium Upgrade$2.99
Random Name Picker
No in-app purchases
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