Instruments vs First Words
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Instruments
Explore a vibrant collection of 55 musical instruments with interactive sound and visuals. Learn instrument names and sounds in 78 languages, perfect for young children and language learners. This offline app offers a safe, ad-free, and engaging musical discovery experience.
- 55 interactive musical instruments
- Real sounds and spoken names
- Supports 78 languages
- Offline functionality
- Adjustable slideshow mode
- Parental gate for settings
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Instruments is the best interactive sound picture book featuring 55 musical instruments: tap the image to hear the instrument and see its name in your chosen language (78 languages). Large images, real sounds, spoken names. Who is it for? Ages 1–5 for the picture-book experience. Ages 3–15 for language learning and instrument vocabulary. How it works The interface lets a child, alone or with an adult, discover each instrument and its sound. Images can advance automatically like a slideshow (adjustable speed) or manually by swiping the screen. The display order is configurable (random or sequential). A long-press on the instrument name lets you choose another display/spoken language. Multilingual (78 languages) Spoken names and interface available in your language of choice, to build vocabulary and train the ear from an early age. Tip: in your device settings, download Apple’s premium voices (higher-quality voices provided by iOS). Why you’ll love Instruments? Clear, reassuring musical discovery for young children. Natural pronunciations and authentic sounds. Multilingual (78) to support early learning, vocabulary, and listening. Works anywhere Works offline and in airplane mode: all images and sounds are stored on device No connection required. Orientation Portrait and landscape on iPhone and iPad. Parents and schools – Parental gate (settings protected by a random math question). – Schools reminder: 50% off via Apple School Manager. Privacy – No ads – No in-app purchases – No tracking – No data collection – No analytics – Privacy Nutrition Label: “No data collected” Contact us contact@iburgerapps.com Instruments accordion, acoustic guitar, bagpipes, balalaika, bandoneon, banjo, barrel organ, bass drum, bass guitar, bassoon, bugle, castanets, cello, clarinet, claves, congas, crash cymbal, didgeridoo, djembe, double bass, drum kit, duduk, electric guitar, flute, french horn, gong, grand piano, handbell, harmonica, harp, harpsichord, lute, mandolin, maracas, oboe, pan flute, piccolo, pipe organ, recorder, saxophone, sitar, snare drum, synthesizer, tambourine, tenor drum, timpani, triangle, trombone, trumpet, ukulele, upright piano, viola, violin, xylophone Supported languages (displayed and spoken) Afrikaans, Albanian, German, Amharic, English, Arabic, Armenian, Azerbaijani, Basque, Bengali, Belarusian, Burmese, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Catalan, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Korean, Croatian, Danish, Spanish, Estonian, Filipino/Tagalog, Finnish, French, Galician, Welsh, Georgian, Greek, Gujarati, Hausa, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Indonesian, Irish, Icelandic, Italian, Japanese, Kannada, Kazakh, Khmer, Lao, Latvian, Lithuanian, Macedonian, Malay, Malayalam, Maltese, Marathi, Dutch, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, Uzbek, Persian/Farsi, Polish, Portuguese (Brazil), Portuguese (Portugal), Punjabi, Romanian, Russian, Serbian (Cyrillic), Serbian (Latin), Sinhala, Slovak, Slovenian, Swedish, Swahili, Tamil, Czech, Telugu, Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian, Urdu, Vietnamese, Yoruba, Zulu
First Words
Introduce animals to young children with interactive flashcards. Features colorful images, professional pronunciations, and real animal sounds across 8 categories. Designed for educational fun anywhere, anytime.
- 90 animal flashcards
- 8 animal categories
- High-quality colorful pictures
- Professional pronunciation
- Real animal sounds
- Simple navigation
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- More than 250 thousand downloads and hundreds of 5 Star Ratings! Do you want to introduce animals to your toddler, kid or baby? Developed by Androbaby, this app is great to teach animals to your babies, toddlers and kids! Animal flashcards will help them to learn many of the animals. It includes 90 carefully selected animals. - There are 8 animal flashcard categories and 90 animals(Baby Animals, In the Forest, Pets, Creepy Crawlies, Safari Animals, Water Lovers, Birds, Farm Animals). - Colorful high quality pictures keep your babies' interest level high. - Professional pronunciation of words for child's correct learning. - Nice animations and real sounds of animals! - Baby first animals has a simple and intuitive navigation. - This app is designed for kids educational purposes. - Animal flashcards can keep your kids entertained anywhere, anytime! This game is ideal for parents and children to play and enjoy together. Playing is so easy that even a baby can do it without the help of an adult.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Instruments at every 6 months against First Words's every 106 months. Instruments also leads on price ($1.99 vs $4.99). First Words's advantage is ratings volume (4 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.6 vs 17.6). On rating, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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
Instruments costs $1.99 and First Words $4.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Instruments against 5.0 for First Words. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 4 respectively.
Instruments ships an update every 6 months, First Words every 106 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Instruments | First Words |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $1.99 — better | $4.99 |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (4 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 4 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 6 months — better | Every 106 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.6 | 15.6 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 24 MB | 14 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Christophe Burdin | erkay uzun |
Customer experience
Instruments
First Words
In-app purchases
Instruments
No in-app purchases
First Words
No in-app purchases
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