Comparison

A Text A Day vs The Bedtime Express

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

A Text A Day

Discover English literature daily with curated excerpts and historical context. Engage with daily quizzes and games to test your knowledge. Save and share favorite texts, and explore top recommendations for a literary experience on your device.

Highlights
  • Daily literary excerpts
  • Author context and explanations
  • Daily quizzes and games
  • Save and share favorite texts
  • Top recommended texts
  • Exam preparation aid
Features
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“A Text A Day”, enjoy literature day by day! Following the principles of the two French apps “Un Texte Un Jour” and “Un Poème Un Jour”, “A Text A Day” invites you to (re)discover English literature in an original and playful form. Every day, you will have an excerpt from the work of a major English writer and its context. You can also: - Test your cultural knowledge with “The Question of the Day” and the game of the "hidden portrait". - Save and Share your favorite texts. - See the top 5 most recommended texts. - Prepare for your exams and your General Knowledge Tests. We hope you will like the diversity of the authors and texts and the comments and explanations made around them. On the bus or at home, enjoy a moment of tranquility and have a literary pleasure every day: with your smartphone or your tablet, you will be part of a state-of-the-art literary salon!

About

The Bedtime Express

Embark on a nightly adventure with animated bedtime stories featuring unique characters and interactive elements. Help passengers on their journey home and tuck them into bed with calming activities. Discover new stories and locations each night for a relaxing end to the day.

Highlights
  • Animated bedtime stories
  • Interactive passenger journeys
  • Calming narration and illustrations
  • Nightly changing stories
  • Variety of characters and locations
  • Interactive bedtime routines
Features
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"The Bedtime Express by Unit11 is a stunning and delightful app for your kids at bedtime! The perfect app to create a relaxing time and help your kids to go to bed!" 5/5 funeducationalapps.com "This app has delightful illustrations, animation and calming narration. Beautifully done!" 5/5 Reading Buddies Board the "Bedtime Express" for the perfect animated bedtime story. Meet the unusual passengers on their way home at the end of the day and visit them in their homes to say goodnight. Each night, the train stops at different locations and picks up different passengers. One night you could be making Badger a hot chocolate and playing "I-Spy" with the fox family. The next night, you could be helping the Mouse family find their lost tickets and waking a sleeping Polar Bear! Once you have stamped all the passengers' tickets, the train pulls into the last station and you are taken to each of the passengers' homes to put them to bed. To send them off to sleep, you'll need to do things like switching off lights, closing curtains or lighting a log fire. Children will love meeting the adorable characters and helping them on their journey. There are 6 different groups of passengers, from meerkats to polar bears, and 5 different locations to visit, from the city to the arctic. The story is packed with highly detailed illustration and animation and the gentle pace of the story provides a calm atmosphere at bedtime. Climb aboard the Bedtime Express and discover who has boarded the train tonight! www.unit11apps.com | facebook.com/unit11apps

Screenshots

A Text A Day4 screens
The Bedtime Express4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: The Bedtime Express at none against A Text A Day's 3. A Text A Day's advantage is price ($0.99 vs $1.99). On review sentiment, update cadence, ads and monetization model 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

A Text A Day costs $0.99 and The Bedtime Express $1.99 up front. A Text A Day sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. The Bedtime Express asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

A Text A Day ships an update every 10 months, The Bedtime Express every 11 months. Both last shipped on November 1, 2026.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
A Text A Day versus The Bedtime Express: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterA Text A DayThe Bedtime Express
Price$0.99 — better$1.99
Rating—4.8 (24 ratings) — better
Positive reviews88.9% of reviews — better86.7% of reviews
Number of ratings—24 — better
Update frequencyEvery 10 months — betterEvery 11 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationPaidPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS12.0 — better13.0
Further details — not scored
Size5 MB125 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperIt's Sauquet.comUnit11

Customer experience

A Text A Day

Written reviews9 reviews
Positive88.9%
Neutral11.1%
Negative0.0%

The Bedtime Express

All ratings24 ratings
Positive95.8%
Neutral0.0%
Negative4.2%
Written reviews30 reviews
Positive86.7%
Neutral3.3%
Negative10.0%

In-app purchases

3 purchases

A Text A Day

One-time3
  • Silver Member$4.99
  • Gold Member$10.99
  • Platinium Member$19.99
None

The Bedtime Express

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is A Text A Day free?
A Text A Day costs $0.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Is The Bedtime Express free?
The Bedtime Express costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do A Text A Day or The Bedtime Express have ads?
Neither A Text A Day nor The Bedtime Express shows ads.
Which is updated more often, A Text A Day or The Bedtime Express?
A Text A Day ships an update every 10 months, and The Bedtime Express every 11 months. Most recently, A Text A Day was updated on November 1, 2026 and The Bedtime Express on November 1, 2026.

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