Comparison

NumBee vs LetterMagic

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

Head to head
About

NumBee

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NumBee makes preschool math feel like an adventure β€” and it's the rare kids' app that keeps its promises to parents: no ads, no subscription, no tracking. One-time purchase, yours forever. Built for ages 3 to 5, NumBee is a complete preschool math curriculum wrapped inside a colorful 7-land world. Your child counts honey for hungry bees, hops a frog across the pond, builds shapes from boulders, weighs candy on a sign-shop scale, helps a royal mathematician solve story problems, learns the daily routine at the clock tower, and pops balloons in the arcade. Every activity teaches a real preschool math skill β€” but it just feels like a game. EXPLORE 7 COLORFUL LANDS Counting Meadow β€” Count, hop, build honeycomb, and quick-peek subitizing Shape Mountain β€” Match, find, and build composed shapes with boulder pieces Pattern Forest β€” Continue patterns and find what's hiding in the trail Comparison Candy β€” More vs. less, tallest vs. shortest, ribbon races, fair sharing Math Castle β€” Story problems, royal addition, treasure-chest tens, position words Clock Tower β€” Daily routines, reading the clock, telling time, day vs. night Game Arcade β€” Balloon pop, shape catch, daily-routine bubble order WHAT'S INSIDE 27 hand-drawn activities, each with its own friendly Buzzy guide 175+ unique stickers to collect β€” every win earns one Numbers 1 to 20, with teen-number practice Counting, shapes, patterns, comparison, addition, position words, measurement, fractions, and time Voice instructions in every activity β€” works whether or not your child can read Family Sharing β€” every kid in the family plays from a single purchase WHY PARENTS CHOOSE NUMBEE No ads. No tracking. No analytics on your child. One-time purchase. No surprise subscription billing. Plays offline β€” no internet needed after install. Family Sharing built in β€” siblings, no extra fee. Aligned to U.S. preschool & kindergarten Common Core math standards. MATH SKILLS COVERED K.CC β€” Counting & Cardinality (count to 20, compare numbers) K.OA β€” Operations & Algebraic Thinking (addition within 10, story problems) K.NBT β€” Number & Operations in Base Ten (teen numbers, ten-frames) K.MD β€” Measurement & Data (length, weight, classification) K.G β€” Geometry (2D shapes, composed shapes, position words) For homeschool parents, NumBee covers the full preschool math curriculum in a single app. FAIR PRICING Seven free activities β€” one in every land β€” let you try the full breadth of the app before deciding. Unlock all 27 activities with a single one-time purchase. No subscription. No upselling. No "premium" tiers later. Yours forever. ABOUT NUMBEE NumBee is built by an indie developer parent who got tired of subscription edu apps and ad-filled "free" math games. We make the kind of app we'd let our own kids play unsupervised β€” and we mean it. SUPPORT Questions or feedback? Contact us at mrrmfamily2022@gmail.com

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LetterMagic

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LetterMagic helps children aged 4 and up learn to write letters, numbers and their first words – with a finger or the Apple Pencil, guided by Josephine the mouse and Frederik the fox. How it works Josephine and Frederik show how a letter is written. Your child traces the dotted template stroke by stroke. Every matching stroke is recognized, wrong ones simply disappear – no frustration, no mess. Each completed letter earns a star and a sticker for the album. A real narrator names every letter ("A is for Apple") and cheers when it worked. Included for free β€’ All uppercase letters A–Z with stroke order and starting points β€’ Voice: letter name, learning word and praise β€’ Stars, sticker album and trophies β€’ Apple Pencil support with palm rejection on iPad LetterMagic Pro (one-time purchase) β€’ Word mode: 100 words in three levels – Easy (dog, ball), Medium (apple, crown) and Hard (rocket, turtle) – written letter by letter in lowercase on writing lines, just like in a book (capital letters only, if you prefer). The narrator sounds them out ("d – o – g … dog!"), every word earns a sticker, every finished level the Word Master trophy, and all one hundred the Word King β€’ Lowercase letters a–z in print style, on writing lines like in a school notebook and shown as a pair (β€œA a”) – with the Lowercase Master trophy β€’ Numbers 1–20 with bees to count – earn the Number Master and Number King trophies β€’ Your own words in a parent's voice: your child's name, Grandma, the pet – add them in the parents' area, record once, done. They appear in word mode as their own level β€œMy Words” β€’ All future Pro content Made for parents β€’ No ads, no tracking, no data collection – the app works offline β€’ Parents' area behind a math question: sound, reset progress, purchase & restore β€’ No outbound links a child could reach Built by a dad for his son – and tested by a real four-year-old.

Screenshots

NumBee4 screens
LetterMagic4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: LetterMagic at every 5 days against NumBee's every 6 weeks. LetterMagic also leads on iOS requirement (16.0 vs 26.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price Β· Rating Β· Positive reviews Β· Number of ratings Β· Update frequency Β· Ads Β· In-app purchases Β· Monetization Β· Best chart rank Β· Devices Β· Requires iOS

CostPrice Β· In-app purchases Β· Ads Β· Monetization

Both are free to download. NumBee sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and LetterMagic sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

NumBee ships an update every 6 weeks, LetterMagic every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 26, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences Β· 4 level
NumBee versus LetterMagic: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterNumBeeLetterMagic
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeksEvery 5 days β€” better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS26.016.0 β€” better
Further details β€” not scored
Size116 MB42 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMohan AgoramoorthyFrank Reuter

In-app purchases

1 purchases

NumBee

One-time1
  • NumBee Learning Premium$14.99
1 purchases

LetterMagic

One-time1
  • LetterMagic Pro$3.99

Questions

Is NumBee free?
NumBee is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is LetterMagic free?
LetterMagic is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do NumBee or LetterMagic have ads?
Neither NumBee nor LetterMagic shows ads.
Which is updated more often, NumBee or LetterMagic?
NumBee ships an update every 6 weeks, and LetterMagic every 5 days. Most recently, NumBee was updated on October 25, 2026 and LetterMagic on October 26, 2026.

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