Comparison

Alphabet vs ABCs with BiBo

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

Head to head
About

Alphabet

This app makes learning the alphabet fun and engaging for young children. It uses animations, interactive exercises, and audio to teach letter names, shapes, and sounds, helping children develop early reading skills.

Highlights
  • Interactive letter learning
  • Audio pronunciation
  • Letter writing practice
  • Phonics and word sounds
  • Animation and games
  • Coloring and sticker activities
Features
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Alphabet Book has been specifically designed to help you learn the alphabet. Learning the alphabet is not difficult as long as it is fun. The app aims to make it fun and educational. It is important to learn the name, shape, and sound of each letter. Once this is mastered, you will be on the road to become a reader. The app displays each letter of the alphabet and associate that letter with an object or 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. An additional page will include more objects or animals starting with the letter selected with audio. 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 objects/animals beginning with the letter. When you touch the photo, the word will be read out. There is also an additional button which will take you to another screen where you can learn about fruits 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 word being read. The fifth button allows to to start/stop the animation. Once you can read or recognise the letter, there are two additional functions that show how the characters are written. One function will display the strokes to write the letter and the other function will show the strokes to do cursive writing. Additional function is Cats with a description of the cat. Audio is added to for the description. There is also a Colouring function to make learning more interesting. You can also practise writing the letters of the alphabet using this function. You can also add stickers.

About

ABCs with BiBo

Features
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Meet Billy and Bonnie - your fun friends who love the ABCs! With colorful and bright flashcards, teaching your kids the alphabet just got a whole lot more exciting! Features: EXCELLENT LEARNING TOOL Identify letters, colors and words with simple and fun flashcards PROMOTES BETTER VOCABULARY Choose from different categories featuring the entire alphabet IMPROVES VISUAL MEMORY Fun illustrations promote association of words and concepts EASY TO USE Swipe or use arrows to move from one card to the next PLAY AND TEACH Use the flash cards for a "what comes next?" challenge or memory game

Screenshots

Alphabet4 screens
ABCs with BiBo4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: ABCs with BiBo at Free against Alphabet's $2.99. ABCs with BiBo also leads on update cadence (every 2 months vs every 5 months) and iOS requirement (9.0 vs 15.6). Alphabet's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 6). On 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

ABCs with BiBo is free to download; Alphabet costs $2.99 up front. ABCs with BiBo sells 6 one-off in-app purchases. Alphabet asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Alphabet ships an update every 5 months, ABCs with BiBo every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 11, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 5 level
Alphabet versus ABCs with BiBo: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAlphabetABCs with BiBo
Price$2.99Free — better
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 5 monthsEvery 2 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaid—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.69.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size213 MB53 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJessica TunnicliffeSVEN Ingenuity, Inc.

In-app purchases

None

Alphabet

No in-app purchases

6 purchases

ABCs with BiBo

One-time6
  • Animal Alphabets$0.99
  • Color Alphabet$0.99
  • Food Alphabet$0.99
Show 3 more
  • Object Alphabet$0.99
  • People Alphabet$0.99
  • Places Alphabet$0.99

Questions

Is Alphabet free?
Alphabet costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is ABCs with BiBo free?
ABCs with BiBo is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Alphabet or ABCs with BiBo have ads?
Neither Alphabet nor ABCs with BiBo shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Alphabet or ABCs with BiBo?
Alphabet ships an update every 5 months, and ABCs with BiBo every 2 months. Most recently, Alphabet was updated on November 1, 2026 and ABCs with BiBo on November 11, 2026.

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