Forestpals Winter vs Bead Tower
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Forestpals Winter
An educational game designed for children aged 2-5, featuring stories, games, and music focused on animals, nature, and seasons. It offers interactive exercises and creative tools to support preschool development goals.
- Interactive stories and music
- Six educational games
- Multi-touch support for co-play
- Intuitive symbol-based navigation
- Focus on child development skills
- Progressive difficulty levels
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Forestpals is a series of four apps for children between 2 and 5 years old. To create this High Quality Educational Series we worked closely with a major educational publisher for content validation. The result? A nice mix of story, games and music, cute animals and the seasons. For endless tablet fun, at home or in the classroom. Information for parents and teachers Forestpals is made for use in nursery schools and kindergartens, but can also be used in a home environment. Your kids will learn about animals, nature and the seasons with stories, fun and educational exercises, games and creative tools. Story and music Exercises are good for learning skills, but some values can only be taught by stories. Emotions and feelings like friendship and happiness are portrayed by a recognisable story. A catchy song acts as reward and a reminder at the end of the story. Games for fun and learning In this secondForestpals app we have integrated six games. The games focus on several skills like puzzles, motor skills, pattern recognition, connecting pairs and creativity. Every game has 9 unlockable levels, starting very easy and gradually increasing difficulty with each new level. FEATURES Developing quality apps for toddlers, isn’t childsplay. All content, graphics and technical choices were thoroughly weighed up. The result is a beautiful, intuitive, fun and safe environment for you kids to learn in. • MULTI-TOUCH TECHNOLOGY Use more than one finger at a time or play play together. Parents, teachers of friends can join in the fun. • RECOGNISABLE CHARACTERS The Forestpals are a bunch of cute little friends. Deer, Owl and Rabbit guide the preschoolers through the woods and the changing of the seasons. • NAVIGATION WITH SYMBOLS An intuitive, universal navigation let’s kids navigate the app independently. Hardly any help is needed from mom, dad or teacher. • RICH STORY The rich story and colorful characters guide the children through the seasons. Every game integrates with the story, but you can also play the games without following the story. • CHILD DEVELOPMENT Forestpals has been developed preschool development goals in mind. Color and shape recognition, motorskills, memory training, counting and creativity are the base game mechanics. • SINGALONG MELODIES Apart from the story, Forestpals also provides relief for young musical talent. A catchy singalong song about the season enriches the audiovisual experience. • USER GENERATED CONTENT The artistic creations are instantly integrated in the story, providing a nice surprize for the young artists. • LEVEL PROGRESSION Every minigame has 9 unlockable levels, starting very easy and gradually increasing difficulty with each new level. A guaranteed challenge.
Bead Tower
Construct a towering structure by merging colorful beads and sending them down slides. Aim to build the highest tower possible for endless entertainment and satisfying gameplay.
- Build bead towers
- Unlock colorful slides
- Merge beads
- Send beads rolling
- Stack higher
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Build the ultimate Bead Tower! Unlock colorful slides, merge beads, and send beads rolling for endless fun. Aim high, stack higher, and watch your tower grow!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Forestpals Winter at 75% against Bead Tower's 11%. Forestpals Winter also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 18) and ads (none vs shown). Bead Tower's advantage is price (Free vs $1.99) and rating (4.7 vs 3.3). On 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
Bead Tower is free to download; Forestpals Winter costs $1.99 up front. Bead Tower sells 18 one-off in-app purchases. Forestpals Winter asks for nothing beyond the download.
Bead Tower holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 3.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Bead Tower has 1.4K ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 75% of Forestpals Winter's written reviews are positive against 11% of Bead Tower's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Forestpals Winter ships an update every 3 months, Bead Tower every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on October 12, 2026 and October 19, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Forestpals Winter | Bead Tower |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $1.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 3.3 (3 ratings) | 4.7 (1.4K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 75.0% of reviews — better | 11.1% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 3 | 1.4K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 10 days — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Paid | Free with in-app purchases — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 8.1 — better | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 170 MB | 153 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | HI10 BVBA | Upperpik Oyun Yazilim ve Pazarlama Ticaret Anonim Sirketi |
Customer experience
Forestpals Winter
Bead Tower
Bugs and requests
Forestpals Winter
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Bead Tower
Reported bugs
2 issues- Crashes/doesn't load
- Compatibility issues
Requested features
2 requests- Offline mode
- Reduce ads
In-app purchases
Forestpals Winter
No in-app purchases
Bead Tower
- Cash Kickstart Pack$1.99
- 10 Tickets$1.99
- Manager$2.99
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- Financier$2.99
- Engineer$2.99
- Money Fountain Pack!$2.99
- 20 Tickets$2.99
- Royal Treasury Pack$4.99
- 50 Tickets$4.99
- No Ads$4.99
- Bundle Pack$5.99
- 30 Tickets & No Ads$5.99
- Treasury Trove Pack$6.99
- Treasury Trove Pack$7.99
- Mega Bundle$8.99
- Big Vault Pack$8.99
- Big Vault Pack$11.99
- Ultra Bundle$12.99
Questions
Is Forestpals Winter free?
Is Bead Tower free?
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Do Forestpals Winter or Bead Tower have ads?
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