Body Boggle vs Phonics Playtime
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Body Boggle
This app allows young children to create and modify their own unique characters by stretching and manipulating them. It's designed to foster creativity and build self-confidence, featuring engaging animations and sound effects for early learners.
- Character stretching and manipulation
- Create unique creatures
- Modify existing creations
- Develop self-confidence
- Fun animations and sound effects
- Designed for first-time iPad users
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Excellent for very young children using an iPad for the first time. Stretch the characters to create your own crazy creatures! Young learners have the freedom to create and modify their own creations. Great for developing self-confidence. As with all Busy Things apps Body Boggle contains lots of fun animations and sound effects.
Phonics Playtime
This app offers over 10 engaging Jolly Phonics games designed to help children master phonetic sounds. With over 2000 exercises and adjustable difficulty, it enhances cognitive skills through playful learning experiences. It's optimized for iOS devices and features a child-friendly interface.
- 10 unique phonics activities
- Over 2000 exercises
- Adjustable difficulty levels
- Sticker rewards system
- Child-friendly interface
- Jolly Phonics system based
- Fully voiced pronunciation
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Explore over 10 exciting Jolly Phonics activities that turn phonics learning into a playful adventure, perfect for young learners and teachers alike. Just like our other phonics apps, Phonics Playtime is designed to help children master phonetic sounds instead of just focusing on the alphabet. By completing exercises and practicing different phonics groups, Phonics Playtime enhances your child’s cognitive skills through engaging and playful experiences. With over 2000 unique exercises carefully crafted to teach various phonics sounds and groups, Phonics Playtime allows children to complete activities within specific phonics sets or tackle randomized exercises at easy, medium, hard, or mixed difficulty levels. Phonics Playtime is optimized for iPad and iPhone devices running iOS 12.0 or higher. Features: • 10 unique phonics activities, each with 3 levels of difficulty. • Over 650 phonics pictures and 800 phonics words categorized by difficulty level. • Earn fun stickers for achievements on the sticker board. • Child-friendly interface with large buttons and simple navigation. • Choose to play by phonics group or jump into a quick play game. • Fully voiced with accurate phonics pronunciation by B.J. Rowling, cousin of J.K. Rowling. • Toggle between lowercase and uppercase phonics letters. • Based on the renowned Jolly Phonics system by Jolly Learning Ltd. • No in-app purchases, everything is included! • Vibrant graphics with support for all iOS devices running 12.0 or higher. Included Activities: • Find the Phonic. • Which Phonic Did You Hear? • Sort the Phonics Words. • Unscramble the Word. • Which Word Sounds Like ___? • Find the Odd One Out. • Match the Pictures with the Right Shadow • Find the Missing Phonic. • Pop the Phonics Balloons. • Which Word Did You Hear?
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Body Boggle at 100% against Phonics Playtime's 86%. Body Boggle also leads on iOS requirement (6.0 vs 12.0). On price, update cadence, 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Body Boggle ships an update every 27 months, Phonics Playtime every 40 months. The most recent releases landed on October 5, 2026 and September 29, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Body Boggle | Phonics Playtime |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (4 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 85.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 4 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 27 months — better | Every 40 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 6.0 — better | 12.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 35 MB | 81 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Busy Things Limited | Bram Van Damme |
Customer experience
Body Boggle
Phonics Playtime
In-app purchases
Body Boggle
No in-app purchases
Phonics Playtime
No in-app purchases
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