Silly Spin ABC vs Animal
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
Animal
This app makes learning the alphabet fun and engaging for young children. It combines letter recognition, animal associations, and interactive activities like writing practice and coloring. Audio and animations enhance the educational experience.
- Alphabet learning with animal associations
- Letter shape and sound recognition
- Interactive writing practice (print and cursive)
- Animal fun facts with audio
- Coloring pages and animal stickers
- Phonics and word pronunciation
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Animal Alphabet Book has been specifically designed to help learn the alphabet. Learning the alphabet is not difficult as long as it is fun. It is important to learn the name, shape, and sound of each letter. The app displays each letter of the alphabet and associate that letter with an animal. There will be animation to making learning fun and entertaining. In addition to the alphabet, there will be a sentence made using the letter to describe what the animation is about. To make learning even more interesting, there will be fun facts on more animals beginning with the letter selected with audio included. There are also five buttons at the top of the screen. When the first button is pressed, you will be taken to another screen which will display animals beginning with the letter. When you touch the photo, the fun fact(s) will be read out. There is also an additional button which will take you to another screen where you can learn about more animals beginning with that letter. When the second button its pressed, you will be taken to a screen that teaches how to write the letter. When the third button is pressed, you will hear the letter, phonic and the word. When the fourth button is pressed, you will hear the sentence being read. The fifth button allows to to start/stop the animation. Two additional functions have been added to show how the characters are written. The first function will show the strokes to write the letter and the second function will show how to do cursive writing. Another option is Dogs A-Z that shows the name of a dog starting with that letter and a description of that dog. Audio is included. A colouring option is included to make learning even more interesting. You can select an animal to colour, learn to write the letters of the alphabet or practise cursive writing. You can also add animal stickers.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is monetization model: Silly Spin ABC at free against Animal's paid. Silly Spin ABC also leads on rating (4.8 vs 4.3) and ratings volume (25 vs 3). Animal's advantage is update cadence (every 4 months vs every 13 months) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.6). On price, review sentiment, ads 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
Silly Spin ABC costs $2.99 and Animal $2.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Silly Spin ABC holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Silly Spin ABC has 25 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 97% of Silly Spin ABC's written reviews are positive against 100% of Animal's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Silly Spin ABC ships an update every 13 months, Animal every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on September 5, 2026 and September 17, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Silly Spin ABC | Animal |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $2.99 | $2.99 |
| Rating | 4.8 (25 ratings) — better | 4.3 (3 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 96.7% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 25 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 13 months | Every 4 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 116 MB | 366 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | LearningGiraffe | Jessica Tunnicliffe |
Customer experience
Silly Spin ABC
Animal
In-app purchases
Silly Spin ABC
No in-app purchases
Animal
No in-app purchases
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