Comparison

PlayKids Learning Games vs taptido!

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

Head to head
About

PlayKids Learning Games

This app offers a safe, ad-free environment with over 18,000 videos and 150 games for children aged 0-8. It covers alphabet, numbers, logic, creativity, and social-emotional learning, with offline access and parental controls.

Highlights
  • 18,000+ educational videos
  • 150+ learning games
  • Offline access
  • Parental controls
  • Ad-free experience
  • Creative activities
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Learning games, educational videos and creative activities for kids aged 0-8. 100% ad-free, works offline, trusted by over 70 million families since 2014. PlayKids Learning brings 18,000+ videos and 150+ learning games into one safe, ad-free app. Your child learns the alphabet, counts, solves puzzles, draws, paints, listens to stories and watches educational cartoons - while you get parental controls, screen-time limits and complete peace of mind. WHAT YOUR CHILD LEARNS - Alphabet and phonics: letters, sounds and first words - Numbers and math: counting, shapes and early problem solving - Logic and focus: puzzles, memory games and challenges - Drawing and coloring: creative activities that build fine motor skills - Stories and reading: interactive books that grow with your child - Kindness and teamwork: social-emotional learning in every episode WHY PARENTS CHOOSE PLAYKIDS - 100% ad-free: no ads, no pop-ups, no links out of the app - kidSAFE certified and COPPA compliant - Offline access: download videos and games for the car, the plane or anywhere without Wi-Fi - Parental controls for content filters and screen time - Works on every device in the house, for every child in the family - Built by specialists in early-childhood education and pedagogy - Recognized by Parents' Choice, NAPPA Awards and the Michael Cohen Group MADE FOR EVERY AGE - Babies and toddlers (0-2): songs, colors, first words and simple touch games - Preschool (3-5): alphabet, numbers, shapes, drawing and early reading - Kindergarten and up (5-8): math, logic, reading and creative projects SHOWS AND CHARACTERS KIDS LOVE Original PlayKids series including I Love to Learn, Junior on the Job, Kantala, SuperHands, ABC, Tiny Balloon and Lupi Club, plus favorite characters: Baby Shark, Talking Tom, Pocoyo, Masha and the Bear, Numberblocks, Hot Wheels and Bob Zoom. BEYOND THE SCREEN PlayKids encourages off-screen play too, with DIY projects, dancing and family activities, so learning does not stop when the app closes. SUBSCRIPTION DETAILS PlayKids Learning is a subscription that unlocks every video, game and activity. - Choose a monthly or annual plan - Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase - Subscriptions renew automatically unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period - Manage or cancel anytime in your Apple Account settings - Any unused portion of a free trial is forfeited when a subscription is purchased Privacy Policy: policies.playkidsapp.com/en/privacy Terms of Service: policies.playkidsapp.com/en/tos Help Center: help.playkids.com Content availability may vary by country.

About

taptido!

Features
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Learn to read and play rhythms with taptido! Learn how to turn rhythms into words and then perform them in the tap level. Identify the correct rhythm in the listen level and then graduate up to constructing a rhythm based on what you hear in listen +. This educational app teaches young music students to perform and identify rhythms in a structured way. Focus your child's study by learning about simple rhythms all the way up to some of the most complicated that you'd find in a piece. This app is designed to compliment eartido!, our ear training app, and eyetido!, our sight reading app, to provide a comprehensive foundation to your child's musical studies. For our EULA, please refer to Apple's Standard Terms of Use, here: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

PlayKids Learning Games4 screens
taptido!4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: taptido! at 13.0 against PlayKids Learning Games's 15.0. 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. PlayKids Learning Games sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month and taptido! sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

PlayKids Learning Games ships an update weekly, taptido! every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on November 12, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
PlayKids Learning Games versus taptido!: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPlayKids Learning Gamestaptido!
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.2 (19K ratings) — better—
Positive reviews51.7% of reviews—
Number of ratings19K — better—
Update frequencyWeekly — betterEvery 10 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple TV — betteriPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.013.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size208 MB93 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSandBox GroupFaug Productions Ltd

Bugs and requests

PlayKids Learning Games

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Crashing on startup
  • Echoing audio
  • Tiny screen and controls in Voxel
  • Subscription issues

Requested features

5 requests
  • Bring back old features
  • More free content
  • Family sharing option
  • Improved parental controls
  • Better customer support

taptido!

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

10 purchases

PlayKids Learning Games

Subscriptions10
  • PlayKids Club$3.991 Month
  • PlayKids Club7 Days trial$3.991 Month
  • PlayKids Club$4.991 Month
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  • PlayKids Club7 Days trial$5.991 Month
  • Monthly Membership7 Days trial$6.991 Month
  • PlayKids Premium - UNLIMITED access to content across four apps7 Days trial$6.991 Month
  • Monthly Membership14 Days trial$7.991 Month
  • PlayKids Premium - Monthly3 Days trial$7.991 Month
  • PlayKids Premium - Monthly3 Days trial$8.991 Month
  • PlayKids Club7 Days trial$9.991 Month
2 purchases

taptido!

Subscriptions2
  • taptido! monthly$1.991 Month
  • taptido! yearly$19.991 Year

Questions

Is PlayKids Learning Games free?
PlayKids Learning Games is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is taptido! free?
taptido! is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do PlayKids Learning Games or taptido! have ads?
Neither PlayKids Learning Games nor taptido! shows ads.
Which is updated more often, PlayKids Learning Games or taptido!?
PlayKids Learning Games ships an update weekly, and taptido! every 10 days. Most recently, PlayKids Learning Games was updated on November 12, 2026 and taptido! on October 30, 2026.

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