Keyboarding Without Tears vs Ladibug
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Keyboarding Without Tears
This app provides touch-typing practice for K-5 students using a game-based curriculum. Licensed users can log in to access assigned activities and develop essential computer skills. An educator account is required for access.
- Game-based touch-typing activities
- Pre-keyboarding lessons
- Developmentally appropriate lessons
- Online progress monitoring
- Digital citizenship training
- Cross-curricular connections
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Access the Keyboarding Without Tears K-5 student curriculum. This app is available for licensed students of Keyboarding Without Tears web-based program and serve as a companion app for touch-typing practice on mobile devices. Students can login and access their Keyboarding Without Tears activities assigned to them by their educator. An existing educator account in +Live Insights educator dashboard is required to access the app. The Keyboarding Without Tears K-5 curriculum features: • Effective, game-based activities • Pre-keyboarding and touch-typing lessons • Developmentally appropriate lessons by grade • Easy online progress monitoring • Digital citizenship and general computer readiness activities • Strong English Language & Arts and other Cross-Curricular connections
Ladibug
This educational tool enables users to connect an iPad with a document camera. It offers features for annotation, image capture, and direct broadcasting to cloud storage services.
- Live image preview from document camera
- Image annotation with text, arrows, and drawing
- Capture and save images to internal gallery
- Time-lapse image capture
- Playback and manage photos
- Direct cloud sharing to Google Drive and Dropbox
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The new Lumens Ladibug app supports iOS! This app is a new educational tool that allows users to use iPad with Lumens document camera. User can annotate, capture images, save images, and directly broadcast to different cloud platforms like GoogleDrive and Dropbox. The Ladibug App’s key features include the ability to: • Preview live images from the document camera or Wireless document camera. • Freeze images • Annotate with different tools: Text, arrow, and hands-free drawing • Capture images to an internal gallery • Time lapse works by auto-shooting an image at a preconfigured interval • Playback and manage photos • Easily share files
Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Ladibug at 100% against Keyboarding Without Tears's 4%. Ladibug also leads on iOS requirement (8.0 vs 13.0). 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.
Keyboarding Without Tears ships an update every 2 months, Ladibug every 3 months. Both last shipped on November 1, 2026.
| Parameter | Keyboarding Without Tears | Ladibug |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.7 (6 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 4.1% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 6 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPad | iPad |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 | 8.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 83 MB | 33 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Handwriting Without Tears & Get Set for School | Lumens |
Customer experience
Keyboarding Without Tears
Ladibug
Bugs and requests
Keyboarding Without Tears
Reported bugs
10 issues- App crashes frequently
- App freezes during use
- External keyboards are not recognized
- Progress is deleted without warning
- Puzzle pieces do not work correctly
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- Screen does not rotate
- No sound after sign-in
- Login issues (PIN required, invalid email)
- Inconsistent skipping of review content
- Grammar errors in the app
Requested features
11 requests- Make the app more fun and engaging
- Fix the keyboard recognition issue
- Improve app performance and stability
- Allow skipping of review content
- Ensure puzzle pieces work correctly
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- Fix screen rotation issues
- Add sound to tutorials and lessons
- Clarify PIN/license requirements
- Make the app available to the general public
- Improve grammar and spelling
- Use the default iOS keyboard
Ladibug
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Keyboarding Without Tears
No in-app purchases
Ladibug
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Keyboarding Without Tears free?
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Do Keyboarding Without Tears or Ladibug have ads?
Which is updated more often, Keyboarding Without Tears or Ladibug?
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