Tiny & Milo vs Sprout
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Tiny & Milo
This app offers animated stories and interactive mini-games designed to help children aged 3-7 develop essential life skills like empathy, focus, and kindness. It provides a calm, ad-free environment with voice prompts and gentle feedback, making screen time a positive learning experience.
- Animated short stories
- Interactive mini-games
- Skill development (empathy, kindness, focus)
- Designed for ages 3-7
- Ad-free environment
- Parental controls
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Skills, stories & games for kids New videos and mini-games every month. Helping kids ages 3–7 build empathy, focus, kindness, and confidence — one short story at a time. Open Minded Kids turns screen time into something parents feel good about. Each lesson pairs a short animated story with a matching mini-game, so kids don't just watch — they practice what they learned. 7 developmental skill categories • Critical Thinking & Problem Solving • Curiosity & Imagination • Emotional Skills & Self-Regulation • Helpfulness & Social Cooperation • Honesty & Responsibility • Independence & Confidence • Kindness & Empathy 3 ways to play • Watch — animated short stories with friendly narration • Play — colorful mini-games tied to each skill • Both — watch a story, then play a game that reinforces the lesson Designed for ages 3–7 • Big, kid-friendly tap targets • No reading required • Calm, ad-free environment • Voice prompts and gentle haptic feedback • 11 unique mini-games at launch — balloon pop, color match, memory matching, hidden objects, puzzles, sorting, and more Built for parents • Passcode-protected Parent Settings • Manage your subscription from inside the app • No third-party ads. No social features. No profile creation. • Multilingual narration and on-screen text — more languages added every release Premium Monthly Unlocks every video, every mini-game, and every new release. Auto-renews monthly until cancelled. You can cancel anytime in your Apple ID subscriptions. Privacy Policy: https://openmind.kids/privacy Terms of Use: Apple's Standard EULA — https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Sprout
This app helps children practice social and emotional skills through interactive scenarios and provides parents with scripts for difficult conversations. It offers a safe, ad-free play zone for kids with rewards for practice, and tools for parents to manage challenging situations.
- Interactive social scenario practice for children
- Parent scripts for common parenting challenges
- Kid-friendly play zone with rewards
- Customizable scripts for unique situations
- Progress tracking and gentle coaching
- PIN-protected separation of child and parent sections
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Sprout helps kids practice the words for life's tricky moments — joining a group, handling teasing, speaking up, saying no — before those moments happen. And it gives parents the words too. FOR YOUR CHILD — A PIN-FREE PLAY ZONE, SAFELY SCRIPTED • A Sprout buddy that GROWS — feed it stars by practicing, and watch it evolve through 6 stages, from tiny Seed to Blooming Sprout • Journey — story adventures where kids choose what to say next, with gentle coaching on every choice • Quick Fire — fast rounds for thinking on their feet • Say It Out Loud — rehearse real lines out loud, at their own pace (no recording, ever) • 70+ everyday scenarios across friends, school, teasing, boundaries, and more • Stars, levels, streaks, and badges that reward practice — never pressure FOR YOU — REAL WORDS, READY TO GO • Parent scripts: word-for-word lines for the moments kids bring you — meltdowns, one-word answers, friendship trouble • Your Situations: scripts for grown-up conversations too • Ask Sprout: describe what's happening and get pointed to the lesson that fits • A weekly rhythm: daily quests, real-world challenges you verify, and a simple check-in BUILT FOR FAMILIES, PRIVATE BY DESIGN • Kid Zone is separated from parent tools by a parent PIN • No open chat for kids, no ads, no social features • Your family's data stays on your device and can be deleted anytime Start with a free preview, then unlock everything with Sprout Premium: $39.99/year with a 3 days free trial or $14.99/month. Auto-renews unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the period ends; manage in your Apple Account settings. Terms of Use: https://sprout-app-bice.vercel.app/terms.html Privacy Policy: https://sprout-app-bice.vercel.app/privacy.html
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Sprout at 5.0 against Tiny & Milo's 4.0. Tiny & Milo's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and ratings volume (7 vs 2). On price, review sentiment, update cadence 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. Tiny & Milo sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month and Sprout sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $14.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Sprout holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 7 and 2 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.
Tiny & Milo ships an update every 9 days, Sprout every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on November 9, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Tiny & Milo | Sprout |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (7 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 7 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 9 days | Every 5 days — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Freemium | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 415 MB | 266 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Open Mind Studio LLC | Alenlor, LLC |
Customer experience
Tiny & Milo
Sprout
In-app purchases
Tiny & Milo
- Premium7 Days trial$4.991 Month
- Premium Yearly7 Days trial$39.991 Year
Sprout
- Sprouts Premium7 Days trial$14.991 Month
- Sprout Premium Annual7 Days trial$99.991 Year







