Silly Spin ABC vs Brainy Words 2000
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Silly Spin ABC
An interactive alphabet game designed for young children to learn the ABCs. Features a spinning wheel with animated characters and multiple play modes that adapt to a child's learning progression. Encourages eye-hand coordination and auditory learning.
- Spinning alphabet wheel
- Multiple play modes
- Interactive letters and animations
- Hidden fun facts
- Bluetooth switch accessibility
- Original ABC song
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Silly Spin ABC is a fun, interactive alphabet app for babies, toddlers and young children. Children explore all 26 letters through colorful animations, playful characters, music and hands-on discovery. Spin the wheel and explore the alphabet while building essential early learning skills through play. Meet animated bugs, animals and other silly characters as every spin brings a new alphabet adventure. Designed to grow with your child, the app includes progressive learning levels and multiple play modes for babies, toddlers, preschoolers and children across a wide range of developmental stages. Features include: • Five play modes: Switch Accessible Play (Tablets Only), Movie, Easy Tap, Spin & Tap and Explore • Switch accessible with a compatible adaptive switch for inclusive play in Tablets Only • Early learning focus: letter recognition, beginning letter sounds, first words, cause and effect and early vocabulary • Ideal for babies and toddlers learning the alphabet • Explore all 26 letters through interactive animations, hidden surprises and engaging activities • Original ABC song to support memory, language and learning • Bright, high-contrast visuals and engaging sound effects • Supports fine motor skills and eye-hand coordination • Designed for children of all abilities, across a wide range of skills and learning styles • Privacy first with no data collection or third-party ads • Trusted by educators and therapists Made by moms, loved by kids. Recommended ages: 0–7 Connect with us: SillySpin.com LearningGiraffe.com Instagram https://www.instagram.com/LearningGiraffe Facebook https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100063928598341 TikTok https://www.tiktok.com/@learninggiraffestudios Linktree https://linktr.ee/LearningGiraffe Youtube https://www.youtube.com/@LearningGiraffe
Brainy Words 2000
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Children (and ESL adults) can learn more than 2000 vocabulary words by exploring a virtually endless scrolling street scene. (1) Touching random people, animals, or objects will cue children’s voices speaking individual words or short phrases or sentences (‘kangaroo’, ‘volcano, ‘He said we have a bear in our truck.’). Scenes designed to spark a child’s curiosity encourage children to learn words they want to learn. (2) Entering any of 33 addresses for shops (Toy, Pet, Tool, Sports, Clothing, etc.), and other locations (Zoo, Park, School, Health Center, Home, Beach, etc.) opens a scrolling series of pictures in a total of 95 specific sub-categories. The ‘School’ category, for example, contains the sub-categories: Colors, Alphabet Letters, Shapes, Numbers, Addition. Scrolling horizontally allows a child to see two pictures side by side to compare the differences between ‘rhino’ and ‘hippo’, or ‘backhoe’ and ‘excavator’, or ‘green beans’ and ‘peas’. Text for each word appears below the picture; touching the picture cues audio in a child’s voice. (3) Quizzes target words in each of the 95 sub-categories. Clicking a question mark button cues a screen with a randomly chosen word or phrase (‘frying pan’) from that sub-category spoken aloud and appearing in text above four randomly cycling pictures (for example, ‘frying pan’, ‘stew pot’, ‘toaster’, ‘refrigerator’). A correct answer on the first attempt cues a ringing sound and a praise word or phrase (‘terrific’, ‘good job’, ‘How’d you get so smart?’) and earns a gold coin. An incorrect answer cues a blumpy sound. A correct answer on the second attempt cues the ringing sound and earns a silver coin. Coins for individual quizzes are displayed on the quiz screen, and children can cue another screen to see rewards for all quizzes combined. Two silver coins = 1 gold coin, 5 gold coins = 1 stack, 5 stacks = 1 bag, 5 bags = 1 armored car, 5 armored cars = 1 bank building, 5 bank buildings and the child has totally won and the game recycles. (4) Children can play without a password, though teachers or parents have the option of signing in multiple children with separate passwords and the game will track each child’s progress individually. (5) School systems may be interested in our free data analytics platform which can be custom designed for any school system and hosted on the school system’s server or website. Developed at Georgia Tech, the secure, password-protected platform can report to teachers and/or systems individual students’ scores on all quizzes. (6) This game complements our sister literacy apps from the App Store: Brainy Phonics (and sight words) and Rhyme A Zoo.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Brainy Words 2000 at Free against Silly Spin ABC's $2.99. Brainy Words 2000 also leads on iOS requirement (9.0 vs 15.6). On ads, in-app purchases and device support 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
Brainy Words 2000 is free to download; Silly Spin ABC costs $2.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
| Parameter | Silly Spin ABC | Brainy Words 2000 |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $2.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.8 (25 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 96.7% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 25 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 13 months | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 9.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 116 MB | 283 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | LearningGiraffe | Walter Evans |
In-app purchases
Silly Spin ABC
No in-app purchases
Brainy Words 2000
No in-app purchases
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