Comparison

Buzz 'n' Read! (AAE version) vs Simplifying Complex Fractions

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

Head to head
About

Buzz 'n' Read! (AAE version)

This app helps beginner readers, particularly Black children, learn to read using stories that reflect their dialect and culture. It features speech recognition to listen to children read aloud and provides interactive lessons on letter sounds, word building, and story reading.

Highlights
  • Stories in African-American English
  • Speech recognition for reading practice
  • Interactive letter sound games
  • Word building exercises
  • Read-along stories with illustrations
  • Child narrator for instructions
Features
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FOR BEGINNER READERS-- Especially designed for Black children to learn to read by using stories with characters that look and sound like them so they can get excited about reading! This version of Buzz ‘n’ Read uses African-American English in the stories so that children who began speaking English with the African-American dialect don’t have to work TWICE as hard at reading by trying to sound out a word while translating the story from another dialect (Standard English). This app will help your child to learn to read faster! The simple stories are designed to be relatable and engaging. Buzz ‘n’ Read is very unique in that it listens to your child while they read. The app actually uses speech recognition to listen to your child slowly sound out each word until it is identified correctly. The instructions in Buzz Reading are spoken to your child by a human voice, that of a Black child. In most other reading apps, the instructions are written for a parent who is expected to help the child use the app to read. Having a narrator explain the reading process to your child and provide instructions for using the app not only makes learning a friendly process, but your child could even use this app to learn to read all by him- or herself! Best of all, BUZZ Reading is COMPLETELY FREE, with no in-app purchases or membership fees, unlike any other major reading app available for iPhones and iPads! There are three major sections to BUZZ Reading: learning letter sounds, including a target game to help your child identify the letter sounds in a fun and interactive way learning to string letter sounds together to make words Reading stories that contain simple words with beautiful illustrations. The words on the screen are read in part by the narrator and in part by your child, with feedback when they read their word correctly. This app was developed by Jackson Lasaga-Ivey.

About

Simplifying Complex Fractions

This interactive multimedia educational application offers a fun and engaging approach to learning science and mathematics. It provides a comprehensive curriculum for Grade 7 and Grade 8 students, covering various domains with distinct themed worlds to explore.

Highlights
  • Interactive multimedia lessons
  • Comprehensive Grade 7 & 8 curriculum
  • Science and Math domains covered
  • Themed learning worlds
  • Supplemental e-learning resource
Features
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The DOST Courseware is a locally-produced, all-original Filipino highly interactive multimedia educational application packages that are conceptualized, digitized and produced as spearheaded by the Science Education Institute (SEI-DOST) in partnership with the Advanced Science and Technology Institute (ASTI-DOST) and in cooperation with the Department of Education (DepEd), Philippine Normal University (PNU) and University of the Philippines-National Institute for Science and Mathematics Education (UP-NISMED), which aims to develop information and communication technology learning innovation to support the upgrading and improvement of science and mathematics education in the country. The DOST Courseware are provided for free to schools and are also made available online as supplemental resources for teachers and student as a fun and interactive approach to e-learning and blended learning. The Grade 7 DOST Courseware is composed of 120 lessons overall, 73 lessons in Science where it covered the domains on: Matter; Force, Motion and Energy, Living Things and Their Environment and Earth and Space while the 60 lessons in Mathematic covered the domains on: Numbers and Number Sense, Patterns and Algebra, and Geometry. The Grade 8 DOST Courseware is composed of 118 lessons overall, 61 lessons in Science where it covered the domains on: Parts and Functions, Ecosystems, Heredity: Inheritance and Variation of Traits, Structures and Functions, Biodiversity, and Evolution, while the 57 lessons in Mathematics covered the domains on: Linear Equations, Quadratic Equations, Rational Algebraic Equations, Integral Exponents, Radicals, Arithmetic Sequence and Geometric Sequence. The themes of the courseware for Grades 7 and 8, Magicademy, Freddy’s Lab and D’nayao will surely amuse the users as they explore these distinct worlds while learning at the same time.

Screenshots

Buzz 'n' Read! (AAE version)4 screens
Simplifying Complex Fractions3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ratings volume: Buzz 'n' Read! (AAE version) at 5 against Simplifying Complex Fractions's 1. Simplifying Complex Fractions's advantage is iOS requirement (12.0 vs 14.0). On price, rating, 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Buzz 'n' Read! (AAE version) against 5.0 for Simplifying Complex Fractions. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Buzz 'n' Read! (AAE version) has 5 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Buzz 'n' Read! (AAE version) versus Simplifying Complex Fractions: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBuzz 'n' Read! (AAE version)Simplifying Complex Fractions
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (5 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings5 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 4 weeks—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS14.012.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size298 MB32 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJLI AppStudio LLCScience Education Institute

Customer experience

Buzz 'n' Read! (AAE version)

All ratings5 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Simplifying Complex Fractions

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Buzz 'n' Read! (AAE version)

No in-app purchases

None

Simplifying Complex Fractions

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Buzz 'n' Read! (AAE version) free?
Buzz 'n' Read! (AAE version) is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Simplifying Complex Fractions free?
Simplifying Complex Fractions is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Buzz 'n' Read! (AAE version) or Simplifying Complex Fractions?
Buzz 'n' Read! (AAE version) and Simplifying Complex Fractions are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 5 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do Buzz 'n' Read! (AAE version) or Simplifying Complex Fractions have ads?
Neither Buzz 'n' Read! (AAE version) nor Simplifying Complex Fractions shows ads.

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