Barton Tiles® vs BuddyBooks
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Barton Tiles®
This app enhances the Barton Reading & Spelling System for tutors and students. It automates lesson setup, word generation, and student progress tracking, saving valuable teaching time per session. Features include student profiles, lesson notes, and direct email communication.
- Student progress tracking
- Automated lesson setup
- Digital tile manipulation
- Word generation
- Note-taking
- Email communication
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This app is only for people who own or use the Barton Reading & Spelling System. More than just tiles on an iPad, this app will save Barton tutors at least 10 minutes each session. How? Student tracking Set up each student once. This app keeps track of their current level and lesson. You can enter notes after each lesson. You can even send an email to the student and/or their parents or teacher – right from the app. Tiles appear automatically Tap on a student’s name and their lesson appears – with all the tiles needed for that lesson. Words appear automatically No need to build the words when you are teaching. Just click on the Next Word button. You will gain at least 10 minutes of teaching time per session. Never put tiles away When spelling with tiles, your student will pull down a COPY of each tile. When he is done, just click on the “Erase Screen” button. You never have to put tiles away.
BuddyBooks
This app helps struggling readers improve their vocabulary, comprehension, and fluency through fun and engaging books. It offers a supportive environment for children to develop essential reading skills.
- Engaging book content
- Vocabulary improvement
- Comprehension enhancement
- Reading fluency development
- Supports struggling readers
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BuddyBooks by ObjectiveEd helps struggling readers more easily engage in fun and engaging books, rapidly improving vocabulary, comprehension, and reading fluency. For more information, please visit us at https://www.objectiveed.com/bb-school-v5
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: BuddyBooks at none against Barton Tiles®'s 10. BuddyBooks also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 76%) and rating (4.4 vs 4.1). Barton Tiles®'s advantage is update cadence (every 2 months vs every 4 months) and ratings volume (17 vs 5). On price, ads, monetization model 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
Both are free to download. Barton Tiles® sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. BuddyBooks asks for nothing beyond the download.
BuddyBooks holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 4.1. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 17 and 5 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 76% of Barton Tiles®'s written reviews are positive against 100% of BuddyBooks's.
Barton Tiles® ships an update every 2 months, BuddyBooks every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 4, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Barton Tiles® | BuddyBooks |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.1 (17 ratings) | 4.4 (5 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 76.5% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 17 — better | 5 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 4 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPad | iPhone, iPad — better |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 30 MB | 10 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Bright Solutions for Dyslexia, Inc. | OBJECTIVE ED INC |
Customer experience
Barton Tiles®
BuddyBooks
In-app purchases
Barton Tiles®
- Phonemic Awareness$29.99
- Consonants & Short Vowels$29.99
- Closed & Unit Syllables$29.99
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- Multi-Syllable words and Vowel Teams$29.99
- Prefixes & Suffixes$29.99
- Six Reasons for Silent-E$29.99
- Vowel-R's$29.99
- Advanced Vowel Teams$29.99
- Influence of Foreign Languages$29.99
- Latin Roots and Greek Combining Forms$29.99
BuddyBooks
No in-app purchases
Questions
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