Dinosaur Letters vs discovAR
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Dinosaur Letters
This app helps children learn letter formation in both cursive and pre-cursive styles. It uses phonics to teach spelling and includes engaging games like dot-to-dots and spelling challenges to reinforce learning.
- Letter forming practice (cursive & pre-cursive)
- US/UK English phonics
- Phonics-based spelling game
- Dot-to-dot dinosaur puzzles
- Cursive style selection
- Developed by educators
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Have fun releasing the Dino's from their eggs as you learn your letters! Dinosaur Letters allows your child to practice letter forming in both cursive (joined up) and simple pre cursive form. Letters are sounded out in either US or UK English phonics to allow your child to develop skills of breaking down words. You can choose your cursive style in settings. Completion of capital letters reveals a simple phonics based spelling game. Completion of either style of lower case letters is rewarded by a dot-to-dot puzzle which reveals the dinosaur in the egg. Made By Educators, tested in schools, apps with learning at their core! The British Dyslexia association recommend that children learn the continuous cursive style. The cursive style has some significant advantages for Dyslexic students. The key advantages to this system are: * By making each letter in one movement, children’s hands develop a ‘physical memory’ of it, making it easier to produce the correct shape; * Because letters and words flow from left to right, children are less likely to reverse letters which are typically difficult (like b/d or p/q); * There is a clearer distinction between capital letters and lower case; * The continuous flow of writing ultimately improves speed and spelling.
discovAR
Coloring books come alive in 4D with this app. Point your device at your artwork to see your creations animate in the colors you chose, complete with sound effects and VR immersion. Each page also includes educational facts in multiple languages.
- 4D coloring book animation
- Customizable colors
- Realistic sound effects
- Virtual Reality (VR) feature
- Educational facts on each page
- Multi-language support
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discovAR brings your colouring to life in 4D. The Mardles aliens have landed and they need your help to explore! Grab one of our Mardles discovAR colouring books and use your favourite pens or pencils to colour in the scene. Using this free app, point your device at your page and watch it magically come to life before your eyes! Everything you coloured is alive in the colours that you chose. Enjoy magical animations, realistic sound effects and immerse yourself in your virtual world with our VR feature. Each page features 3 educational facts in your choice of 4 languages. Current language support: English, French, Spanish & German.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Dinosaur Letters at 80% against discovAR's 7%. Dinosaur Letters also leads on iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.0). discovAR's advantage is price (Free vs $2.99) and rating (2.0 vs 1.0). On update cadence, ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.
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discovAR is free to download; Dinosaur Letters costs $2.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
discovAR holds the better App Store score, 2.0 against 1.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: discovAR has 24 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 80% of Dinosaur Letters's written reviews are positive against 7% of discovAR's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Dinosaur Letters ships an update every 11 months, discovAR every 18 months. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Dinosaur Letters | discovAR |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $2.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 1.0 (1 ratings) | 2.0 (24 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 80.0% of reviews — better | 7.1% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 24 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 11 months — better | Every 18 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 13 MB | 186 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | madebyeducators | Harmony Studios Limited |
Customer experience
Dinosaur Letters
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In-app purchases
Dinosaur Letters
No in-app purchases
discovAR
No in-app purchases
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