My First Numberjacks App vs Alphablocks
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
My First Numberjacks App
This app brings the popular educational TV show characters to life for young children. Through interactive play, it helps toddlers and preschoolers develop foundational number recognition, counting skills, and familiarity with number names. It's designed for the youngest fans to have fun while learning basic math concepts.
- Animated number interactions
- Number recognition
- Number name familiarity
- Counting practice
- Based on award-winning TV series
- Develops basic mathematical knowledge
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An app for the very youngest Numberjacks fans. If they love the Numberjacks they will love playing with this app where animated interactions make numbers come alive. While they're playing, children will also be getting lots of practice with their numbers. They will be recognising the Numberjacks (and therefore recognising numbers), becoming familiar with number names and the order of numbers and doing lots of counting along with the Numberjacks. This app is based on the award-winning educational TV series shown on CBeebies and around the world. Itís a great way for children to have fun playing with the Numberjacks while helping them to develop the basics of some key areas of their mathematical knowledge.
Alphablocks
This app uses interactive games and songs to teach preschoolers letter sounds and names through phonics. Children can engage with characters from a popular TV show to develop early reading skills in a fun, multisensory way.
- Phonics mini-games
- Singalong letter song
- Letter sound and name learning
- Progress tracking with stars
- Interactive character learning
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From the BAFTA nominated pre-school learning TV shows Alphablocks and Numberblocks, we bring you Alphablocks Letter Fun! Your little ones are going to LOVE interacting with the Alphablocks in this amazing App. It’s hugely entertaining to play and makes a real difference to their reading through fun, multisensory learning. Alphablocks has been on TV for nearly a decade, helping millions of children learn to read the fun way. Now your little ones can meet all the Alphablocks from A to Z, learning letters and sounds with four great phonics mini-games and a fantastic singalong song. "Alphablock A says a! when an apple lands on her head! " Every Alphablock is designed to make their letter and sound easy to learn, encouraging kids to interact with the characters and really get to know the alphabet. They’ll have great fun getting hands-on with letters and sounds. * No in-app purchases * ▸ MINIGAMES There are four minigames per Alphablock — that’s over 100 great activities for kids to enjoy! ◆ Bubble pop! — match letters to sounds by popping the bubbles that match the sounds you hear. ◆ Paint me — listen to letter sounds as you paint each Alphablock with your finger. ◆ Favourite things — listen out for words that begin with each letter sound and add them to the Alphablock’s collection of favourite things. ◆ Hide and seek — listen carefully to tell letter sounds apart, and see if you can spot where the Alphablock is hiding. ▸ ALPHABLOCKS LETTER SONG Sing along with the Alphablocks as they all get together to sing their letter sounds in a mnemonic song that kids will love and remember! ▸ LETTER SOUNDS AND NAMES When your child has mastered their letters and sounds, change to Letter Name mode and have fun learning all the letter names too. ▸ EARN STARS Every minigame earns a star. Collect all four stars to watch the Alphablock sing their line from the Alphablocks letter song. Can you light up all the stars for all your Alphablocks? (The app keeps your progress between visits. You can reset it if you want to start again or to let a friend or sibling play.) ▸ FULL OF FABULOUS PHONICS Alphablocks is made by teachers and reading experts. It’s built around systematic synthetic phonics, as taught in UK schools. Alphablocks is a step-by-step reading system with episodes, books and more that has helped over a million children learn to read the fun way. Alphablocks Letter Fun was created by Blue Zoo Animation, the multi-award winning studio who are passionate about creating fantastic content for kids tv and games. Blue Zoo has produced many hit pre-school shows including Go Jetters, Digby Dragon, Miffy, Tree Fu Tom, Mac & Izzy, and more. www.blue-zoo.co.uk
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Alphablocks at 60% against My First Numberjacks App's 13%. Alphablocks also leads on rating (4.4 vs 3.2) and update cadence (every 2 months vs every 55 months). My First Numberjacks App's advantage is price ($1.99 vs $2.99) and iOS requirement (6.0 vs 13.0). On ads, in-app purchases and device support 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
My First Numberjacks App costs $1.99 and Alphablocks $2.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Alphablocks holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 3.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Alphablocks has 91 ratings behind it against 6, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 13% of My First Numberjacks App's written reviews are positive against 60% of Alphablocks's.
My First Numberjacks App ships an update every 55 months, Alphablocks every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | My First Numberjacks App | Alphablocks |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $1.99 — better | $2.99 |
| Rating | 3.2 (6 ratings) | 4.4 (91 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 12.5% of reviews | 59.7% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 6 | 91 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 55 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 6.0 — better | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 24 MB | 208 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Pete Crawford | Blue-Zoo |
Customer experience
My First Numberjacks App
Alphablocks
Bugs and requests
My First Numberjacks App
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Alphablocks
Reported bugs
11 issues- Games not appearing for several letters
- App crashes on launch
- App gets stuck on loading screen
- Letters after 'M' or 'L' do not work
- App won't load, shuts down
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- Ad pop-up from invisible button
- Blank pop-up to download another game
- T always has one eyebrow
- U has eyelashes
- Repetitive letter sound in coloring
- Invisible button triggers ad/download pop-up
Requested features
12 requests- Fix graphical glitches (eyelashes on 'U', eyebrows on 'T')
- Unlock all letters/games
- Add uppercase letters
- Include word blending/reading
- Add more content/games
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- Make parent security questions harder
- Add phonics for Phase 2 and 3 sounds
- Incorporate both letter sounds and names
- Improve navigation
- Add word building games
- Make coloring game a letter writing exercise
- Add a password for parent section
In-app purchases
My First Numberjacks App
No in-app purchases
Alphablocks
No in-app purchases
Questions
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