Comparison

Osmo Newton vs ABC Workbook

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

Head to head
About

Osmo Newton

Engage with creative physics puzzles by drawing or placing physical objects. Guide falling balls into target zones using everyday items. Experience a blend of physical and digital play.

Highlights
  • Draw lines to solve puzzles
  • Place physical objects to interact
  • Guide falling balls into targets
  • Works with everyday items
  • Hands-on learning experience
  • Promotes creativity and problem-solving
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Solve creative physics puzzles by drawing lines or placing items in front of the screen. Play your favourite Osmo Newton on both iPhone and iPad! Use your iPhone with the "Osmo Base for iPad" which can be found at playosmo.com. * Please see our device compatibility list here: https://support.playosmo.com/hc/articles/115010156067 "..games that interact with just about any physical object—pen, paper, blocks, even toys your kids already own. - The Wall Street Journal "This interplay between the physical and digital realms looks and feels like magic." - Forbes "Osmo has been a revolution in our family." - Wired Awarded: **Best Design** - Good Design, 2016 **Best Product Designs** - Fast Company Finalist, 2016 **Innovative Toy of the Year** - TOTY Finalist, 2015 **Best Inventions** - TIME, 2014 Works with any object or drawing – Mom’s keys, hand-drawn basket, even toys you already own. Simply place the object/drawing in front of the screen and manipulate it to guide the falling balls into the target zones. About Osmo Osmo is using the screen to create a new healthy, hands-on learning experience that promotes creativity, problem-solving and social interaction. We do this with our reflective artificial intelligent technology.

About

ABC Workbook

This app helps young children learn to trace lines, uppercase and lowercase letters, and numbers. It uses interactive graphics and sounds to make learning fun and engaging, promoting early literacy skills.

Highlights
  • Line tracing (standing, sleeping, slanting)
  • Uppercase and lowercase letter tracing
  • Number tracing
  • Interactive graphics and sounds
  • Phonics sounds
  • English pronunciation learning
Features
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ABC Workbook App is for learning to trace Line, Alphabets, Numbers and Small Alphabets. It's very easily with funny sound and interactive graphics. Features: - Line Tracing (Standing line, Sleeping line, Slanting line) - Uppercase and lowercase letters to trace, listen to. - Numbers letters to trace, listen to. - Just pure educational fun! Benefit: - Free preschool line, alphabet, number learning toddler game. - Awesome phonics sounds of alphabets. - Kids will learn English pronunciation from A to Z. - Simple and easy way to learn A to Z alphabets. - Kids ABC Learning and Writing game help your toddler learn the alphabet quick and with amazing sound quality. - A colourful early educational school that helps children learn the English ABC. This app does not test for accuracy, as it will help teach kids with repetition and free flow letter tracing activities. Learning the basic skills such as the alphabet by tracing the letters of the alphabet will help kids be better spellers and better readers. Happy Parenting !!

Screenshots

Osmo Newton4 screens
ABC Workbook4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Osmo Newton at none against ABC Workbook's 1. Osmo Newton also leads on ratings volume (384 vs 34). ABC Workbook's advantage is rating (4.4 vs 4.1) and iOS requirement (9.0 vs 15.0). On price, ads, monetization model 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. ABC Workbook sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Osmo Newton asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

ABC Workbook holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 4.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Osmo Newton has 384 ratings behind it against 34, so its average is the more settled of the two.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Osmo Newton versus ABC Workbook: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterOsmo NewtonABC Workbook
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.1 (384 ratings)4.4 (34 ratings) — better
Positive reviews65.1% of reviews—
Number of ratings384 — better34
Update frequencyEvery 2 months—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.09.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size453 MB113 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTangible PlayRAYO INNOVATIONS PRIVATE LIMITED

Customer experience

Osmo Newton

All ratings384 ratings
Positive75.5%
Neutral6.8%
Negative17.7%
Written reviews83 reviews
Positive65.1%
Neutral9.6%
Negative25.3%

ABC Workbook

All ratings34 ratings
Positive85.3%
Neutral11.8%
Negative2.9%

Bugs and requests

Osmo Newton

Reported bugs

10 issues
  • App crashes on launch or during gameplay
  • Unresponsive app after recent updates
  • Lorem Ipsum placeholder text stuck on screen
  • Achievement page frozen preventing gameplay
  • App incompatible with iPad Air 2 and 11-inch iPad
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  • Camera permission prompt issues on newer iOS
  • Line detection fails to recognize drawings
  • Game slows down significantly with multiple balls
  • App fails to load or gets stuck on loading screen
  • Whiteboard compatibility issues

Requested features

8 requests
  • Back/front camera option for better positioning
  • Pause menu functionality
  • More levels beyond the current 61
  • Grid screen option for better line detection
  • Adjustable camera sensitivity settings
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  • Better instructions and tutorial for beginners
  • Start button before gameplay begins
  • Support for older iPad models

ABC Workbook

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Osmo Newton

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

ABC Workbook

One-time1
  • Remove Ads$0.99

Questions

Is Osmo Newton free?
Osmo Newton is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is ABC Workbook free?
ABC Workbook is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Osmo Newton or ABC Workbook?
ABC Workbook is rated higher. Osmo Newton averages 4.1 out of 5 from 384 ratings, while ABC Workbook averages 4.4 from 34 ratings.
Do Osmo Newton or ABC Workbook have ads?
Neither Osmo Newton nor ABC Workbook shows ads.

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