Comparison

Instruments vs Busy Bundle

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 55 interactive musical instruments
  • Real sounds and spoken names
  • Supports 78 languages
  • Offline functionality
  • Adjustable slideshow mode
  • Parental gate for settings
Features
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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

About

Busy Bundle

A collection of six educational games designed for preschoolers aged 3-5. Children can engage in activities like rescuing cows, dressing babies, building scenes, solving math problems, and identifying sounds. Parents can customize settings for age and ability.

Highlights
  • Helicopter rescue game
  • Dress-up activities
  • Animated scene creation
  • Math problem solving
  • Sound discrimination practice
  • Shape matching puzzles
  • Adjustable difficulty settings
Features
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Six educational games from Busythings Ltd for very young children aged between 3 to 5. Navigate the helicopter to rescue cows from the trees and place them in the matching baths. At later levels you will need to cage the monster first! Five further games include creating crazy outfits for the baby, making animated street scenes, answering simple sums with a bungee jumping pink man, practising sound discrimination and plugging a hole in the road with the correct shape! Parents can adjust settings to make the games suitable for different ages and abilities.

Screenshots

Instruments4 screens
Busy Bundle4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Instruments at every 6 months against Busy Bundle's every 46 months. Busy Bundle's advantage is iOS requirement (6.0 vs 17.6). On price, review sentiment, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Instruments costs $1.99 and Busy Bundle $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Instruments ships an update every 6 months, Busy Bundle every 46 months. The most recent releases landed on October 4, 2026 and October 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Instruments versus Busy Bundle: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterInstrumentsBusy Bundle
Price$1.99$1.99
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 6 months — betterEvery 46 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.66.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size24 MB38 MB
Age rating+44+
DeveloperChristophe BurdinBusy Things Limited

Customer experience

Instruments

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews13 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Busy Bundle

Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Instruments

No in-app purchases

None

Busy Bundle

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Instruments free?
Instruments costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Busy Bundle free?
Busy Bundle costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do Instruments or Busy Bundle have ads?
Neither Instruments nor Busy Bundle shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Instruments or Busy Bundle?
Instruments ships an update every 6 months, and Busy Bundle every 46 months. Most recently, Instruments was updated on October 4, 2026 and Busy Bundle on October 5, 2026.

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