PLAY vs Coloring Fun with Fox & Sheep
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
PLAY
This app uses virtual Play-Doh to teach children the alphabet. Kids can trace letters, learn new vocabulary, and create custom Play-Doh scenes. It also includes letter matching games and progress tracking for parents.
- Virtual Play-Doh letter tracing
- Vocabulary association with letters
- Customizable Play-Doh creations
- Play-Doh scene building
- Letter matching games
- Progress tracking for parents
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“Top 20 Best Apps of the Week” - The Guardian UK “The perfect blend of nostalgia and learning opportunities” - About.com “Fun, mess free way for learning”-Yahoo Voices “Well-thought out, educationally beneficial, colorful”- The Learning Treehouse “Completely transforms the way kids interact with technology” - Appshappens.com Learn your ABCs using ‘virtual’ PLAY-DOH modeling compound with this delightfully interactive educational app! PLAY-DOH Create ABCs application is designed to help children develop the essential skills required for reading and writing. Using this app, children will learn to: recognize letters, write letters using proper stroke order and associate letters with sounds. WRITE AND CRAFT! Learn how to write letters of the alphabet by using ‘virtual’ PLAY-DOH modeling compound. Discover new vocabulary words that start with the same letter. What starts with the letter A? An alligator! But be careful, it’s ready to chomp! When you successfully complete each letter, you are rewarded with a ‘virtual’ PLAY-DOH treat that you can create and customize. Want to change the color? Go ahead! Want to squish it? You can do that, too! CREATE AND SHARE! Build your own PLAY-DOH scenes with your PLAY-DOH creations. The PLAY-DOH gallery is just a click away on the ‘create and share’ button. There you can enjoy all the animated, colorful objects you make as you work your way through the letters of the alphabet. Select your favorite background and then bring PLAY-DOH scenes to life with custom PLAY-DOH pictures. Save your creations on your phone or tablet and share them with others! LETTER MATCHING Click on the ‘match’ button and you can enjoy a new activity: matching letters with the PLAY-DOH creations. The ‘match’ feature reinforces initial letter sounds by matching letters with objects that start with the same sound. A letter select screen allows you to play the activity on any letter you choose. Can you match the letters of the alphabet to the different PLAY-DOH creations? Give it a try! PLAY-DOH Create ABCs includes: -Tracing of uppercase and lowercase letters of the alphabet -Exciting ‘virtual’ PLAY-DOH treats -Poem and animations to re-enforce learning letter sounds -‘Squishable’ PLAY-DOH animations! -A matching activity to match letters with pictures -A letter select screen that allows children to choose any letter to play -A creativity zone, the PLAY-DOH gallery, where kids design custom PLAY-DOH scenes -A save-to-camera feature where parents can save and share their child’s colorful creations -Curriculum developed and reviewed by preschool education expert s -Multiplayer profiles that allow more than one child to play and save their progress -Parental reporting to show progress PLAY-DOH Create ABCs will help children develop: -Language and pre-reading skills, including letter recognition and phonemic (sound) awareness and knowledge. - Fine motor skills and coordination -Their creativity via ‘learning by doing’ NOTE: Before you download this experience, please consider that this app contains in-app purchases that cost money. Additional content cannot be unlocked without spending money. ABOUT PLAYDATE DIGITAL PlayDate Digital Inc. is an emergent publisher of high-quality, interactive, mobile educational software for children. PlayDate Digital's products nurture children's emerging literacy and creativity skills by turning digital screens into engaging experiences. PlayDate Digital content is built in partnership with some of the world's most trusted global brands for kids. Visit us: playdatedigital.com Like us: facebook.com/playdatedigital Follow us: @playdatedigital Watch all our app trailers: youtube.com/PlayDateDigital1 HAVE QUESTIONS? We'd love to hear from you! Your questions suggestions and comments are always welcome. Contact us 24/7 at info@playdatedigital.com
Coloring Fun with Fox & Sheep
This app allows children to express their creativity through painting and drawing with a variety of brushes, colors, and patterns. It offers a calming, meditative experience with optional music and allows easy sharing of artwork. Designed for ages 4 and up, it requires no internet connection.
- Numerous brushes, colors, and patterns
- Easy correction of mistakes
- Calm, meditative music option
- Share artwork with loved ones
- Offline play capability
- Optimized for ages 4+
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CREATE INSTEAD OF CONSUME! Here, children can blow off steam by painting and self expression. Our app offers numerous brushes, colors and patterns to chose from so they will never get bored. Little mistakes can be easily corrected to keep the level of frustration low. SWITCH OFF life's distractions when coloring with this easy to use app. Even kids need to forget everyday life stresses sometimes and we offer calm, meditative music composed and produced by Christian Maier. SHARE YOUR ART with your loved ones: children can easily send their creations to grandma, grandpa or their friends. HIGHLIGHTS - Easy to use. Optimized for children ages 4+. - Lovingly illustrated by Karoline Pietrowski. - No internet or WIFI required - paint wherever you want! - No in-app purchases. About Fox & Sheep: We are a Studio in Berlin and develop high quality apps for kids at the age of 2-8 years. We are parents ourselves and work passionately and with a lot of commitment on our products. We work with the best illustrators and animators around the world to create and present the best apps possible – to enrich the lives of our and your kids.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: PLAY at Free against Coloring Fun with Fox & Sheep's $3.99. PLAY also leads on update cadence (every 2 months vs every 38 months) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). Coloring Fun with Fox & Sheep's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2) and chart position (#165 vs unranked). On rating, review sentiment, ads 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
PLAY is free to download; Coloring Fun with Fox & Sheep costs $3.99 up front. PLAY sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Coloring Fun with Fox & Sheep asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.2 for PLAY against 4.3 for Coloring Fun with Fox & Sheep. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 26 and 124 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 51% of PLAY's written reviews are positive against 50% of Coloring Fun with Fox & Sheep's.
PLAY ships an update every 2 months, Coloring Fun with Fox & Sheep every 38 months. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | PLAY | Coloring Fun with Fox & Sheep |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $3.99 |
| Rating | 4.2 (26 ratings) | 4.3 (124 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 51.2% of reviews — better | 50.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 26 | 124 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 38 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases — better | Paid |
| Best chart rank | — | #165 — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 243 MB | 176 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | PlayDate Digital Inc. | Fox and Sheep GmbH |
Customer experience
PLAY
Coloring Fun with Fox & Sheep
In-app purchases
PLAY
- Remove Ads$1.99
- Unlock All Alphabets$3.99
Coloring Fun with Fox & Sheep
No in-app purchases
Questions
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