Starfall It's Fun to Read vs Preschool Math Basic Skills
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Starfall It's Fun to Read
This app offers a free selection of reading activities designed to teach foundational reading skills. It features interactive games, stories, and creative exercises that make learning to read enjoyable for young children. The app requires no internet connection and can model fluent reading with an optional AutoRead feature.
- Interactive reading games
- Creative activities
- Poetry and tongue twisters
- Riddle solving
- Optional AutoRead feature
- Offline access
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Starfall® Fun to Read is the third step of Starfall’s Learn to Read phonics sequence, which teaches the foundational skills for learning to read. Step 1: ABCs Step 2: Learn to Read Step 3: It’s Fun to Read Step 4: I’m Reading! With a basic understanding of letter-sound relationships from ABCs and Learn to Read steps, children are ready to explore a variety of genres and topics that will expand their vocabulary, comprehension, and world knowledge. In Starfall Fun to Read, children can learn about famous artists, experiment with mixing colors, discover the lives of famous musicians, and engage with literary forms like poetry, tongue twisters, and riddles. By connecting these interactive experiences with written words, young readers build the confidence and curiosity necessary to become lifelong learners. Travel-ready. No internet connection required. Find Starfall It’s Fun to Read, along with 700+ additional activities and counting across reading, math, music, and more in the Starfall app. The Starfall website and applications are program services of Starfall Education Foundation, a 501(c)(3) publicly supported nonprofit organization. Starfall® and Starfall.com® are registered trademarks in the US, the European Union, and various other countries. Copyright © 2002–2026 by Starfall Education. All rights reserved. Starfall apps are inclusively designed to support all children, including English Language Learners (ELLs). Starfall also provides an Enhanced Accessible Index for children with visual, hearing, or mobility impairments. For more information, please contact Customer Service at (+1) 303-417-6414.
Preschool Math Basic Skills
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Children can practice to Learn Counting and test math skills. This is an ancient way to teach kids how to start Learning counting and is known to be most effective and proficient way. EnvoySoft are dedicated to updating our games and apps regularly to make sure they deliver the very best gaming experience. If you have any issues to report or suggestions to make, please email the device you’re using, iOS version, and a detailed description of the problem to: info@envoysoft.com Love the app? Please take a minute out to write us a good review or if you are unhappy with anything, please leave feedback for us. We cannot have you unhappy. Can we?
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Verdict
The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Preschool Math Basic Skills at 8.0 against Starfall It's Fun to Read's 15.0. On price, update cadence, 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.
Starfall It's Fun to Read ships an update every 21 months, Preschool Math Basic Skills every 37 months. The most recent releases landed on October 17, 2026 and October 15, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Starfall It's Fun to Read | Preschool Math Basic Skills |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (49 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 70.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 49 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 21 months — better | Every 37 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 8.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 74 MB | 29 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Starfall Education Foundation | Hafiz Umar Ziad |
In-app purchases
Starfall It's Fun to Read
No in-app purchases
Preschool Math Basic Skills
No in-app purchases
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