1000 Books Before Kindergarten vs Beanstalk Learning
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
1000 Books Before Kindergarten
Encourage early literacy by tracking reading progress towards a goal of 1,000 books before kindergarten. Easily scan books, manage multiple readers, and monitor your journey to this significant milestone.
- Scan books into library
- Track reading for multiple children
- Monitor progress to 1000 books
- Simple and easy to use
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The concept is simple, the rewards are priceless. Read a book (any book) to your newborn, infant, and/or toddler. The goal is to have read 1,000 books (yes you can repeat books) before your precious one starts kindergarten. Does it sound hard? Not really if you think about it. If you read just 1 book a night, you will have read about 365 books in a year. That is 730 books in two years and 1,095 books in three years. If you consider that most children start kindergarten at around 5 years of age, you have more time than you think (so get started). The 1000 Books Before Kindergarten app lets you keep track of your reading activity quickly and easily. - Scan books into your library - Keep track of reading activity for multiple readers - Track your progress to 1000 books!
Beanstalk Learning
This interactive eBook reader allows students to download and access their digital textbooks offline. Users can customize their reading experience with portrait or landscape views and easily navigate through content. The app also provides tools for making notes and highlighting text for effective study and review.
- Offline eBook access
- Portrait and landscape view
- Thumbnail navigation
- Note-taking
- Text highlighting
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Beanstalk is an interactive eBook reader app for Students. With Beanstalk Reader you can: 1) Download your Beanstalk eBooks and access them offline, where and when you choose 2) Select portrait or landscape view with thumbnail-based navigation 3) Make notes and highlight text as you go, or view all for convenient review
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: 1000 Books Before Kindergarten at 4.4 against Beanstalk Learning's 2.5. 1000 Books Before Kindergarten also leads on update cadence (monthly vs every 9 months) and ratings volume (1.8K vs 10). Beanstalk Learning's advantage is iOS requirement (11.0 vs 16.6). 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
1000 Books Before Kindergarten holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 2.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: 1000 Books Before Kindergarten has 1.8K ratings behind it against 10, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 12% of 1000 Books Before Kindergarten's written reviews are positive against 14% of Beanstalk Learning's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
1000 Books Before Kindergarten ships an update monthly, Beanstalk Learning every 9 months. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 1, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | 1000 Books Before Kindergarten | Beanstalk Learning |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (1.8K ratings) — better | 2.5 (10 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 12.3% of reviews | 14.3% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 1.8K — better | 10 |
| Update frequency | Monthly — better | Every 9 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.6 | 11.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 28 MB | 88 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 1000 Books Foundation | Beanstalk Learning |
Customer experience
1000 Books Before Kindergarten
Beanstalk Learning
Bugs and requests
1000 Books Before Kindergarten
Reported bugs
3 issues- Books not showing up in reader's list after adding
- Unable to add a reader, app gets stuck
- Books disappearing from library after updates
Requested features
5 requests- Allow adding books not in the database
- Ability to edit book information after adding
- Option to sort library by most recently read
- Search function to find books by any word in title
- Batch add/mark books as read for multiple readers
Beanstalk Learning
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
1000 Books Before Kindergarten
No in-app purchases
Beanstalk Learning
No in-app purchases
Questions
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