Comparison

Dragons! Dragons! Dragons! vs Te Puna Hāpai

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

Head to head
About

Dragons! Dragons! Dragons!

An interactive digital book designed for shared reading, featuring four dragons learning to make friends. It incorporates New Zealand Sign Language resources and offers engaging features for young learners.

Highlights
  • Swipe-to-Read™
  • Touch-to-Hear™
  • Touch-to-Spell™
  • Read-to-me and read-it-yourself options
  • Record narration
  • Color illustrations
  • Animation and sound effects
Features
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by Feana Tu‘akoi illustrated by Donovan Bixley In this lively, humorous, interactive book for shared reading, four fiery dragons are having trouble making friends. This app is intended as a New Zealand Sign Language resource. FEATURES: - Swipe-to-Read™ - Touch-to-Hear™ - Touch-to-Spell™ - Read-to-me and read-it-myself options - Record your narration - Colour in the illustrations - Animation and sound effects - A child-friendly user interface -Parents/Teachers Notes This digital book contains text and audio in English and a video readthrough and vocabulary in NZSL NEED HELP? Contact us: support@kiwadigital.com KIWA® is the world’s leading production house for experiential digital books. We partner with publishers and other content owners, using our patented technology to bring content to life in revolutionary new digital formats that deepen your child’s engagement and understanding. Check out our website: www.kiwadigital.com Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/KiwaDigital

About

Te Puna Hāpai

Features
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Whatungarongaro te tangata toitū te whenua - People come and go but the land remains. This whakatauki inspires us to appreciate the importance of whenua, and our responsibility to understand, develop and care for whenua, moana and arawai. Nau mai, haere mai. Te Puna Hāpai is an educational resource for Toitū Te Whenua Land Information NZ staff to learn about basic Tikanga and te reo Māori to support their day-to-day mahi (work) and their engagement with Māori. Interactive features within the app include pronunciation of Māori words, maps with Māori place names and iwi groups, mihimihi/pepeha (introductions), ngā mihi (greetings), poroporoaki (farewells), whakataukī (proverbs), waiata (songs) and links to key LINZ documents that support effective engagement with Māori. One of the app’s key features is that staff can self-populate their own personal pepeha information. It also includes: • Audio for te reo Māori words (Touch-to-Hear™) • PDF resources to key LINZ documents FEATURES: 1. Synchronised audio (blend of te reo Māori and English) 2. Swipe to read 3. Record yourself; 4. Aself-populating function for composing own pepeha 5. PDF resources 6. Quiz modules 7. Advanced share functionality This app was produced by world leading Cultural Services agency Kiwa Digital. For more www.kiwadigital.com NEED HELP? Contact us: support@kiwadigital.com

Screenshots

Dragons! Dragons! Dragons!4 screens
Te Puna Hāpai4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Te Puna Hāpai at every 5 months against Dragons! Dragons! Dragons!'s every 36 months. On price, ads, in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Dragons! Dragons! Dragons! ships an update every 36 months, Te Puna Hāpai every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on October 10, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 7 level
Dragons! Dragons! Dragons! versus Te Puna Hāpai: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDragons! Dragons! Dragons!Te Puna Hāpai
PriceFreeFree
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews—
Update frequencyEvery 36 monthsEvery 5 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.013.0
Further details — not scored
Size198 MB83 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperMinistry of EducationKiwa Digital Limited

In-app purchases

None

Dragons! Dragons! Dragons!

No in-app purchases

None

Te Puna Hāpai

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Dragons! Dragons! Dragons! free?
Dragons! Dragons! Dragons! is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Te Puna Hāpai free?
Te Puna Hāpai is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Dragons! Dragons! Dragons! or Te Puna Hāpai have ads?
Neither Dragons! Dragons! Dragons! nor Te Puna Hāpai shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Dragons! Dragons! Dragons! or Te Puna Hāpai?
Dragons! Dragons! Dragons! ships an update every 36 months, and Te Puna Hāpai every 5 months. Most recently, Dragons! Dragons! Dragons! was updated on October 10, 2026 and Te Puna Hāpai on October 25, 2026.

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