Their First Puzzles vs Firefly
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Their First Puzzles
This app offers a gentle and confidence-building puzzle experience for toddlers and preschoolers. It features five animal worlds with various matching and building activities, designed to be frustration-free and engaging.
- Five animal worlds
- Matching, building, and sorting activities
- No-fail design
- Wordless play
- Offline functionality
- Calm art and sound
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No fails. No ads. No catch. Just their first puzzles. Their First Puzzles is a calm, gentle puzzle app made for toddlers and young preschoolers — five little animal worlds to explore together. Your child brings creatures home to their shapes or babies to their grown-ups, builds animals piece by piece, and sorts who belongs where. Every creature they bring home makes the world come alive. There are no wrong answers. A piece that misses just drifts calmly back — no buzzers, no red X, no losing. If your child gets stuck, a gentle hand quietly shows the way. It's play that builds confidence, not frustration. WHAT YOU GET • Five animal worlds — Ocean, Forest, Desert, Savanna, and Jungle — each full of friendly creatures • Three gentle ways to play — bring creatures home to their shapes or grown-ups, build an animal, and sort who belongs where • Wordless play — nothing to read to play, so it works for any family, in any language • A no-fail design — wrong is never punished, and a helping hand appears if your child is stuck • A friendly companion who lights the way • Worlds that fill with life as your child plays • Calm art and soft sound — no flashing, no noise, no overstimulation • Works fully offline — every world is built in, so you can play with no wifi and no data (in the car, on a plane, at grandma's) • No account and no sign-in — just open it and play WHO IT'S FOR Their First Puzzles is made for toddlers and young preschoolers taking their first steps with tapping, matching, drag-and-drop, sorting, and building. It works the same whether a child plays alone or a grown-up plays along. • Parents who want a calm, gentle first puzzle for their child • Families looking for screen time they can feel good about • Grandparents, caregivers, and early educators • Anyone tired of noisy, ad-filled "free" apps 100% FREE. NO CATCH. No ads. No in-app purchases. No subscriptions. Nothing to unlock, nothing to buy — Their First Puzzles is completely free. No accounts, no sign-in, no tracking. It works fully offline, and everything your child does stays on your device. The app never collects or sends it anywhere. MADE BY A FAMILY. We're the family behind Their First Words and Their First Numbers. We built Puzzles as a gift — a calm, honest little app we'd want for our own child. Their First Puzzles is completely free.
Firefly
This app transforms everyday routines into short, playful activities designed to foster connection and communication with toddlers. It offers daily suggestions, simple steps, and a way to track observations, all while keeping your child's data private on your device.
- Short, 5-minute activities
- Daily personalized suggestions
- Simple step-by-step guides
- Observation tracking
- Gentle weekly planning
- Data privacy on device
- Bilingual support (English/Vietnamese)
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Firefly turns the moments you already share with your toddler — meals, bath, books, bedtime, the trip to the shops — into short, playful activities that build connection and communication. No training. No materials. No free hour required. WHAT YOU GET • 25 activities, each about five minutes, built into the routines you already have • One suggested activity a day, chosen for your child's age and what you told us matters • Simple steps, what to try if it feels hard, and what to try when you're ready for more • A place to jot what you noticed — twenty seconds is plenty • A gentle weekly plan. Miss a day and nothing scolds you • Guides on why the activities work, and how to ask for extra support if you want it BUILT FOR THE SKILLS THAT MATTER EARLY Looking and sharing attention. Taking turns. Copying sounds and actions. Pointing, waving, and first words. Every activity names the skill it builds and why it helps — before you decide whether to try it. YOUR CHILD'S DATA STAYS ON YOUR PHONE There is no account and no cloud. Your child's name, your notes, and your check-in answers never leave the device. Nothing about your child is sent to a server, ever. Export is free and always will be. Take your observations to a paediatrician or an early-intervention team as a PDF or a spreadsheet — prepared on your phone, uploaded nowhere. IN ENGLISH AND VIETNAMESE Switch language in Settings and every word changes: the activities and the guides, not just the buttons. WHAT FIREFLY IS NOT Firefly is an educational companion for families. It does not provide medical advice, diagnosis, screening, or treatment, and it is not a substitute for care from qualified professionals. Firefly never scores, rates, or measures your child.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Firefly at every 4 days against Their First Puzzles's every 2 weeks. On price, rating, ratings volume and ads 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Their First Puzzles against 5.0 for Firefly. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively.
Their First Puzzles ships an update every 2 weeks, Firefly every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Their First Puzzles | Firefly |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks | Every 4 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 16.4 | 16.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 98 MB | 55 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Their First Words LLC | John Tran |
Customer experience
Their First Puzzles
Firefly
In-app purchases
Their First Puzzles
No in-app purchases
Firefly
No in-app purchases
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