Comparison

Nanzoo Clock vs Main Idea

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

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About

Nanzoo Clock

This educational app teaches children aged 3-7 how to tell time using interactive clock activities. Users can select animal clocks and practice setting and reading time with adjustable difficulty levels.

Highlights
  • Interactive animal clocks
  • Set the time activity
  • Read the time activity
  • Adjustable difficulty levels
  • Parent gate for purchases
  • No ads or tracking
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Nanzoo Clock is a clock-learning app that helps children practice reading and setting the time in a fun way. Choose your favorite animal, and it becomes a clock. Children can learn step by step with the hour hand, minute hand, clock face, numbers, and voice guidance. Recommended for children around ages 3 to 7. Supports five languages • App text and time voice guidance are available in Japanese, English, Korean, Spanish, and Portuguese. • You can change the app display language from the settings screen. • It can be used at home or as a gentle way to experience another language. Start with your favorite animal! • Choose from a lion, frog, or rabbit. • The animal you choose appears as a clock. • Friendly animals make learning the clock feel fun and approachable. Practice with two activities! • “Set the Time” lets children adjust the clock to match the displayed time. • Move the minute hand by dragging it, or use the plus and minus buttons. • “Read the Time” lets children read the time shown by the clock hands. • Tap the time numbers or use the plus and minus buttons to change the answer. • Tap the solve button to check the answer. Step up with levels! • Easy mode is free to play. Practice with times that move in 5-minute steps. • Normal mode lets children practice more precisely with 1-minute steps. • Challenge mode hides the helper marks on the clock face for a more advanced exercise. • Normal and Challenge modes can be unlocked with a one-time in-app purchase. Designed for children and families • No ads. • No account registration. • No third-party tracking. • The purchase screen is placed behind a parental gate. • The in-app purchase is a one-time purchase that unlocks Normal and Challenge modes.

About

Main Idea

This app helps children in grades 2-5 develop reading comprehension skills by focusing on identifying the main idea of sentences. It uses a fun, game-like approach with step-by-step learning and rewards to keep kids motivated. Designed by educators, it's suitable for both typical and special needs children.

Highlights
  • Step-by-step skill building
  • Game-like environment
  • Frustration-free learning
  • Reward Center for motivation
  • Parental review and reporting
  • Over 600 examples
  • Designed by teachers and researchers
Features
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** Featured on Appolicious.com & iHeartThisApp.com ** 'Main Idea -Sentences' helps kids who have trouble with reading comprehension. Identifying the main idea is a key part of reading comprehension. 'Main Idea -Sentences' builds this comprehension skill in a fun, game-like environment. The skill is developed step-by-step until mastery. *** Happy Frog Apps is a Mom's Choice Award winner! *** ***** 5 Stars - Thank you for this app! Other software I’ve used has moved too quickly for my son. This one worked! Can’t wait for the next Main Idea app…it’s coming, right? ***** 5 Stars - This app is one the best education apps I have used with my little one. It really helps to improve his reading abilities. He is obsessed with passing the levels and it never let him disappointed. One of the few apps that worth to upgrade to premium version. 'Main Idea - Sentences' is designed for children in Grades 2-5 who can read the words, but don't understand what they read. Beginning readers in earlier grades can also benefit from the targeted skill development. 'Main Idea - Sentences' develops the skill of knowing what a sentence is about. This skill must be firmly established before a child can determine what a paragraph or page is about. Key Benefits: - Builds comprehension skills step-by-step until mastery. - Incremental learning. New levels are unlocked only when your child is ready. - Frustration-free learning. Your child will always be guided to the correct answer. - Fun and engaging Reward Center to increase motivation. - Easy parental review. Just check out the stars to see how your child is doing. - Contains over 600 examples, with content designed by professional teachers and researchers. - Advanced levels include timers to ensure fluency. Research shows fluency in the foundation skills is critical to reading comprehension. - Can be used independently (just hand it over: your child will know what to do!) or with a therapist/parent for reading intervention. - Provides extensive reporting for up to 10 students to suit the needs of parents, teachers and therapists. Our apps are designed for and tested by typical and special needs children. Testers include children with Autism and other special needs. Our apps work for them! To evaluate the app, download the free version, which has 4 free levels. Additional levels and additional players can be accessed with in-app purchase. If you prefer no in-app purchases, download the School Edition of this app. While you're thinking about reading, check out our other apps that target WH questions, inferencing and answer identification skills. Learn more about reading comprehension and research at our website www.HappyFrogApps.com. Drop us a note, we'd love to hear from you! We take customer service very seriously! If you ever have a problem or find that we've missed something, contact us at our website and we will do our best to fix the problem. We are a member of the Moms With Apps program that promotes privacy in children's apps. We collect NO private information in our apps and our apps do not allow unrestricted web access.

Screenshots

Nanzoo Clock4 screens
Main Idea4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Nanzoo Clock at every 10 days against Main Idea's every 3 months. Nanzoo Clock also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 71%). Main Idea's advantage is device support. On price, in-app purchases, monetization model and iOS requirement 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. Nanzoo Clock sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Main Idea sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Nanzoo Clock ships an update every 10 days, Main Idea every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 2, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Nanzoo Clock versus Main Idea: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterNanzoo ClockMain Idea
PriceFreeFree
Rating—3.8 (19 ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better71.4% of reviews
Number of ratings—19 — better
Update frequencyEvery 10 days — betterEvery 3 months
Ads—No
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
Devices—iPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS13.012.2 — better
Further details — not scored
Size38 MB22 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTakafumi SasakiJanine Toole

Customer experience

Nanzoo Clock

Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Main Idea

All ratings19 ratings
Positive63.2%
Neutral15.8%
Negative21.1%
Written reviews14 reviews
Positive71.4%
Neutral14.3%
Negative14.3%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Nanzoo Clock

One-time1
  • Level Unlock$0.99
3 purchases

Main Idea

One-time3
  • Upgrade to 2 Users$1.99
  • Access All Levels$2.99
  • Up to 10 Users$2.99

Questions

Is Nanzoo Clock free?
Nanzoo Clock is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Main Idea free?
Main Idea is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which is updated more often, Nanzoo Clock or Main Idea?
Nanzoo Clock ships an update every 10 days, and Main Idea every 3 months. Most recently, Nanzoo Clock was updated on November 1, 2026 and Main Idea on November 2, 2026.

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