Comparison

Breathe, Think, Do with Sesame vs A

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

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About

Breathe, Think, Do with Sesame

This bilingual app helps young children develop essential life skills like problem-solving, self-control, and planning. Through interactive activities and playful animations, children learn a "Breathe, Think, Do" strategy to manage everyday challenges and emotions.

Highlights
  • Problem-solving activities
  • Self-control techniques
  • Planning and task persistence
  • Bilingual (English/Spanish)
  • Interactive animations
  • Parent resources
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This is a resource app for you to share with your child to help teach skills such as problem solving, self-control, planning, and task persistence. Laugh and learn as you help a Sesame Street monster friend calm down and solve everyday challenges. This bilingual (English and Spanish), research-based app helps your child learn Sesame’s “Breathe, Think, Do” strategy for problem-solving. Tap and touch to help the monster friend take deep breaths, think of plans, and try them out! Your child will enjoy silly animations and playful interactions as she is exposed to important emotional vocabulary, a calm breathing technique, personalized encouragements, and more! Features: • Explore five interactive activities with a unique, everyday challenge • Tap, pop bubbles, and more to help the monster breathe, think, and do to solve problems and feel better • Personalize encouraging phrases that your child will hear as they help the monster think of a plan • ”Breathe with the Monster” activity to help children practice taking deep breaths to calm down • Robust Parent Section with great resources for navigating everyday challenges with your young child Breathe, Think, Do with Sesame is intended for parents and caregivers to use with their young children (ages 2-5). This app is part of Sesame Street’s Little Children, Big Challenges initiative, which aims to provide tools to help children build skills for resilience, and overcome everyday challenges and more stressful situations and transitions. You can access other Sesame Street resilience materials online at sesamestreet.org/challenges About Us: Sesame Workshop is the nonprofit educational organization that revolutionized children’s media with the landmark Sesame Street. Learn more at www.sesameworkshop.org

About

A

Prepare for A-Level Biology exams with over 1000 practice questions covering all topics. Track your progress, identify areas for improvement, and take chapter-based tests and full mock quizzes to assess your readiness.

Highlights
  • 1000+ practice questions
  • Covers all course topics
  • Chapter-based tests
  • Pop and Mock quizzes
  • Progress monitoring
  • Topic-specific improvement tracking
Features
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The A-Level Biology App. This app helps you revise and monitor your progress for the A-Level biology examination. The app contain 1000+ questions from all topics and sub topics which are covered in the official course. App covers all the topics where you can practice and learn. There are test based on each chapter in the end to practice your concepts. You can then take Pop or Mock quizzes on the complete course to see where you stand. The app also helps you to monitor your progress and scores and shows your improvement by topic so that you can focus more or less on topics as required. Any feedback you have on the content or the user interface would be warmly received - please email us at aerion.labs@gmail.com. We wish you all the best for your examinations. The A-Level Biology App-AQA subscription "A-Level Biology Subscription" The A-Level Biology App-AQA plans: Monthly: GBP 1.99 Payments and Renewal: Monthly Payment will be charged to iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase. Subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current period. Account will be charged for renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period. You can manage or turn off auto-renew in your Account settings at any time after purchase No cancellation of the current subscription is allowed during the active period. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://sites.google.com/view/aerionlabs/home/PrivacyPolicy Contact Us: https://sites.google.com/view/aerionlabs/home/about-us

Screenshots

Breathe, Think, Do with Sesame4 screens
A4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Breathe, Think, Do with Sesame at 43% against A's 0%. Breathe, Think, Do with Sesame also leads on rating (3.8 vs 1.0) and in-app purchases (none vs 3). On price, update cadence, ads 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. A sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Breathe, Think, Do with Sesame asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Breathe, Think, Do with Sesame holds the better App Store score, 3.8 against 1.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Breathe, Think, Do with Sesame has 149 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 43% of Breathe, Think, Do with Sesame's written reviews are positive against 0% of A's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 8 months. The most recent releases landed on September 6, 2026 and June 11, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Breathe, Think, Do with Sesame versus A: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBreathe, Think, Do with SesameA
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.8 (149 ratings) — better1.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews43.0% of reviews — better0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings149 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 8 monthsEvery 8 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS10.0 — better13.0
Further details — not scored
Size383 MB179 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSesame Workshop (Apps)Aerion Design Labs Ltd.

Customer experience

Breathe, Think, Do with Sesame

All ratings149 ratings
Positive67.1%
Neutral7.4%
Negative25.5%
Written reviews107 reviews
Positive43.0%
Neutral9.3%
Negative47.7%

A

Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

Bugs and requests

Breathe, Think, Do with Sesame

Reported bugs

10 issues
  • Constant crashing
  • App freezes
  • App won't start
  • App closes spontaneously
  • Volume issues (too low or not working)
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  • Stuck on loading screen
  • App not working on certain devices
  • Buttons not locking, causing crashes
  • App stops working after updates
  • Refuses to download updates or re-download

Requested features

8 requests
  • More levels or scenarios
  • More content and updates
  • Fix bugs and improve stability
  • Improve volume levels
  • Add dark mode
Show 3 more
  • More examples of monster getting upset and finding solutions
  • Less 'ask an adult for help' prompts, more child-led solutions
  • Content adjustment for teacher-child interactions (hugs)

A

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Breathe, Think, Do with Sesame

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

A

Subscriptions3
  • ALevel Biology Subscription7 Days trial$1.991 Month
  • ALevel Biology Subscription7 Days trial$7.996 Months
  • ALevel Biology Subscription7 Days trial$9.991 Year

Questions

Is Breathe, Think, Do with Sesame free?
Breathe, Think, Do with Sesame is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is A free?
A is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Breathe, Think, Do with Sesame or A?
Breathe, Think, Do with Sesame is rated higher. Breathe, Think, Do with Sesame averages 3.8 out of 5 from 149 ratings, while A averages 1.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Breathe, Think, Do with Sesame or A have ads?
Neither Breathe, Think, Do with Sesame nor A shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Breathe, Think, Do with Sesame or A?
Breathe, Think, Do with Sesame ships an update every 8 months, and A every 8 months. Most recently, Breathe, Think, Do with Sesame was updated on September 6, 2026 and A on June 11, 2026.

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