Mentava Reading vs Diggy Time
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Mentava Reading
This app guides children through the entire reading journey, from basic phonics to independent reading. It is designed to foster self-sufficiency and confidence in young learners. Contact your teacher for login details.
- Step-by-step reading guidance
- Zero to independent reading
- Fosters self-sufficient learners
- Designed for children
- iPad compatible
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Mentava is now available as an iPad app! Contact your teacher for login instructions. Mentava guides students step-by-step along the entire reading journey from zero to independent reading. It's designed from the ground up to help students become self-sufficient, independent learners.
Diggy Time
This app transforms screen time into shared family experiences with simple, joyful games. Designed for parents to control, it encourages playing together rather than solo scrolling. Enjoy colorful decks and challenges that foster connection and learning.
- Side-by-side family play
- Simple, joyful games
- Parent-controlled dashboard
- Colorful, topic-based decks
- Ad-free experience
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Diggy turns screen time into together time. Diggy is a family play app built for families to enjoy side by side. Simple, joyful games turn everyday moments into shared play — no solo scrolling, just laughing together through silly decks and challenges. A parent sets everything up and stays in control. You play the game with family, never alone. WHAT'S INSIDE - Easy-to-learn games the whole family can play together - Colorful, friendly decks with various topics - A companion parent dashboard that shows engagement and progression — gentle suggestions for what to try next - A calm, ad-free experience made for families BUILT FOR PARENTS Diggy is parent-operated by design. You sign in, you choose what to play, and you decide what happens with the data. Play together. Grow together. That's Diggy.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Diggy Time at 5.0 against Mentava Reading's 3.8. Mentava Reading's advantage is ratings volume (28 vs 2). 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Diggy Time holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Mentava Reading has 28 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Mentava Reading ships an update fortnightly, Diggy Time weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 12, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Mentava Reading | Diggy Time |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.8 (28 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 54.5% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 28 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 16.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 372 MB | 49 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Mentava | Diggy Labs, Inc. |
Customer experience
Mentava Reading
Diggy Time
In-app purchases
Mentava Reading
No in-app purchases
Diggy Time
No in-app purchases
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