Comparison

Animal School 1st Grade Games vs Learn Patterns

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

Head to head
About

Animal School 1st Grade Games

This app offers over 100 first-grade math challenges with engaging animal characters and professional narration. It covers counting, algebraic thinking, addition, and subtraction, aligning with Common Core Standards. Designed by parents and teachers, it provides a fun and encouraging learning experience for young children.

Highlights
  • 100+ first-grade math challenges
  • Counting by 2s, 5s, and 10s
  • Algebraic thinking exercises
  • Addition and subtraction practice
  • Professional narration and music
  • Parental controls
Features
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Take on the wild safari and meet new characters as you explore the plains and flatlands of Africa! Through 40+ lessons and hundreds of challenges, you'll build numbers, conquer place value, solve word problems, complete complex equations, and test your skills in several reviews and quizzes-all designed by a team of teachers specifically for first grade! Tailored for first grade students using a variety of teaching systems, here are just a few of the things you'll learn: • Number sentences • Place value • True or false statements • Finding the missing sign • Determining the unknown number • Word problems • Fluently add and subtract within 100 • Greater than, less than, equal to • Even & odd • Finding the missing sign • Understanding the equal sign And here's a few bonus features that encourage regular practice: • Daily challenges • Calendar tracks daily usage Join the millions of families using Animal School for daily practice and math readiness! Terms of Use (EULA) https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Learn Patterns

This educational app helps children learn and practice various pattern types through engaging, theme-based activities. It offers a variety of games and exercises suitable for different learning levels, making it a fun way to reinforce math concepts.

Highlights
  • Theme-based learning for fall
  • Supports AB, ABB, AAB, AABB, ABC, ABCD patterns
  • Multiple pattern activities and games
  • Differentiated learning levels
  • Progress monitoring for users
  • Cute graphics and interactive design
Features
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"Love using this app at our math center to review patterns! Lovely theme and cute graphics. So worth it" Emily D. - Kindergarten teacher WHY TEACHERS LOVE THIS APP? - Kids love theme based apps and this is perfect for fall - Includes AB, ABB, AAB, AABB, ABC, and ABCD patterns - Includes many pattern activities and games - Variety keeps kids engaged - Easy to differentiate - Can focus on any pattern or mix it up - Can select easy or hard levels - Great for all ages - Can monitor user progress WHY KIDS LOVE IT - Lovely themes and graphics - Fun, simple, and interactive - Anything on an iPad is 'cool' compared to paper sheets - Huge variety of activities and patterns HEROIC SUPPORT Heroic Support is not just what we do. It's really what makes us, well, us. It's that drive to make a difference in your life - no matter how big or small. Really, it's our way of life because we want you to be our customer for a lifetime of fun and learning. Have questions? We are here to help. Email us at support@alligatorapps.com

Screenshots

Animal School 1st Grade Games3 screens
Learn Patterns4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ratings volume: Animal School 1st Grade Games at 249 against Learn Patterns's 12. Learn Patterns's advantage is review sentiment (70% vs 57%) and iOS requirement (6.1 vs 11.0). On price, rating, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Animal School 1st Grade Games sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month and Learn Patterns sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.0 for Animal School 1st Grade Games against 4.1 for Learn Patterns. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Animal School 1st Grade Games has 249 ratings behind it against 12, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 57% of Animal School 1st Grade Games's written reviews are positive against 70% of Learn Patterns's.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Animal School 1st Grade Games versus Learn Patterns: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAnimal School 1st Grade GamesLearn Patterns
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.0 (249 ratings)4.1 (12 ratings) — better
Positive reviews56.7% of reviews70.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings249 — better12
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeks—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple TV — betteriPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS11.06.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size100 MB14 MB
Age rating4++4
DeveloperEggroll Games LLCInnovative Mobile Apps

Customer experience

Animal School 1st Grade Games

All ratings249 ratings
Positive74.7%
Neutral4.0%
Negative21.3%
Written reviews60 reviews
Positive56.7%
Neutral6.7%
Negative36.7%

Learn Patterns

All ratings12 ratings
Positive66.7%
Neutral25.0%
Negative8.3%
Written reviews10 reviews
Positive70.0%
Neutral20.0%
Negative10.0%

In-app purchases

10 purchases

Animal School 1st Grade Games

Subscriptions1
  • Monthly Pass$4.991 Month
One-time9
  • Phineas Sequence Number Patterns: Missing numbers in logical order$0.99
  • Albert Zebra's Even and Odd: Operations, algebraic thinking, number sense$0.99
  • Kicheko's the Hyena's Basic Addition: Objects, word problems, equations$0.99
Show 6 more
  • Pria's Advanced Addition: Add up, equations, true false, find unknown value$0.99
  • Louie Lion's Flash Card Match: Matching equations to answers, memory tests$0.99
  • Manny's Counting Warm Up: How many, touch in order, group counting$0.99
  • Hans the Hedgehog's Place Value Games: 100s Tables, Ones, Tens, Hundreds$0.99
  • Unlock Everything$7.99
  • All first grade math lessons$9.99
10 purchases

Learn Patterns

One-time10
  • Level 03$0.99
  • Level 06$0.99
  • Level 07$0.99
Show 7 more
  • Level 13$0.99
  • Level 14$0.99
  • Level 25$0.99
  • Level 26$0.99
  • Level 27$0.99
  • Level 05$0.99
  • Unlock All Levels$2.99

Questions

Is Animal School 1st Grade Games free?
Animal School 1st Grade Games is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Learn Patterns free?
Learn Patterns is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Animal School 1st Grade Games or Learn Patterns?
Learn Patterns is rated higher. Animal School 1st Grade Games averages 4.0 out of 5 from 249 ratings, while Learn Patterns averages 4.1 from 12 ratings.
Do Animal School 1st Grade Games or Learn Patterns have ads?
Neither Animal School 1st Grade Games nor Learn Patterns shows ads.

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