Comparison

CountOnForest vs AbC School (UPPER

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

Head to head
About

CountOnForest

This educational app uses animal characters to help children aged 3 and up develop numerical skills through engaging tasks. Parents can track their child's progress and learning in a dedicated section.

Highlights
  • Animal-themed number games
  • Develops cognitive functions
  • Progress tracking for parents
  • Exercises with varying difficulty
  • Focuses on quantity cognition
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*** FREE to download from Nov 20th to Nov 27th !! *** In CountOnForest the animals play with numbers! The frog counts how many flies it can eat, the squirrel must choose the right den and the fox is ready for a bike ride! CountOnForest is the first of a series of apps dedicated to children and to enhancing their intelligence. Designed for children aged 3 years and up, CountOnForest is the first App of the series Little Smiling Minds dedicated to the world of numbers, an educational project developed by Focus, Digital Accademia and Daniela Lucangeli. Even parents are protagonists of the app, available for iPad and iPhone: a dedicated area allows them to learn how to follow their child's progress, what he is learning, and how to help him further improve his intelligence. The many exercises at varying degrees of difficulty lead to a discovery and consolidation of the child's numerical skills. Guided by the animals of CountOnForest, children face fun little tasks, designed to enhance the basic mechanisms of cognition of quantity. By playing the child learns and develops his cognitive functions. No third-party advertising. No in-app purchases.

About

AbC School (UPPER

This app uses a classic memory game to help children learn uppercase and lowercase letters. Players flip cards to hear letters, match them, and unlock rewards. It offers a fun and engaging way to build focus and early literacy skills.

Highlights
  • Uppercase and lowercase letter recognition
  • Classic memory card matching
  • Professionally recorded audio in 8 languages
  • Reward system for engagement
  • Develops focus and problem-solving skills
Features
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Learn to recognize combinations of uppercase and lowercase letters Children can discover the joy of learning letters through a classic memory game! Flip cards to hear letters read aloud, match them, and unlock fun bonuses along the way. Praise and a playful mix of sound, images, and rewards make learning exciting, engaging, and easy. Start playing and make learning letters an adventure! Professionally recorded voices in English, Danish, Spanish, German, Norwegian, Swedish, French, and Italian. Memory games do more than entertain – they build focus, problem-solving, and pattern recognition skills, making them a great way to boost early literacy and cognitive development. Discover more fun educational games at memoryschool.org.

Screenshots

CountOnForest4 screens
AbC School (UPPER3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: AbC School (UPPER at $1.99 against CountOnForest's $2.99. CountOnForest's advantage is iOS requirement (8.0 vs 15.6). On update cadence, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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

CountOnForest costs $2.99 and AbC School (UPPER $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

CountOnForest ships an update every 2 months, AbC School (UPPER every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 9, 2026 and October 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
CountOnForest versus AbC School (UPPER: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCountOnForestAbC School (UPPER
Price$2.99$1.99 — better
Rating—5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews36.5% of reviews—
Number of ratings—2 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 months — betterEvery 3 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS8.0 — better15.6
Further details — not scored
Size204 MB23 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperArnoldo Mondadori Editore S.p.A.Anders Peter Amsnaes

Customer experience

CountOnForest

Written reviews52 reviews
Positive36.5%
Neutral11.5%
Negative51.9%

AbC School (UPPER

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

CountOnForest

No in-app purchases

None

AbC School (UPPER

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is CountOnForest free?
CountOnForest costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is AbC School (UPPER free?
AbC School (UPPER costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do CountOnForest or AbC School (UPPER have ads?
Neither CountOnForest nor AbC School (UPPER shows ads.
Which is updated more often, CountOnForest or AbC School (UPPER?
CountOnForest ships an update every 2 months, and AbC School (UPPER every 3 months. Most recently, CountOnForest was updated on October 9, 2026 and AbC School (UPPER on October 3, 2026.

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