CotBot City vs Colored Letters
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
CotBot City
Explore a virtual city on a digital play mat, choosing buildings and vehicles. Engage in mini-games and fun events tailored to your chosen vehicle, with no pressure of winning or losing. Designed for open-ended exploration and learning.
- Virtual car play mat exploration
- Customizable city buildings
- Multiple vehicle choices
- Vehicle-specific mini-games
- Infinite, no-fail gameplay
- Child-friendly interface
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*** Winner of the NAPPA award 2016 *** *** Winner of the Family Choice Award 2016 *** *** Winner of a Parents' Choice Silver Honor 2016 *** *** Editor's Favorite by AppySmarts 2015 *** *** Editor's Choice Award by Children's Technology Review 2014 *** Drive through the city on your virtual car play mat! In CotBot City you can explore the city on a virtual car play mat. You can select buildings for the city yourself, and then you get to pick a vehicle of your choice - fire truck, ice cream truck, garbage truck, school bus or an ordinary car. There are several mini games and fun events to explore as you drive along, all depending on which vehicle you are driving. Sell ice-cream with the ice-cream van, drive to the city dump with the garbage truck and put the garbage in the right can, or extinguish fires with the fire truck! There are no failures - only fun! Gameplay is infinite, you cannot win, you cannot lose, but you are free to explore the city for as long as you choose. There are no in-app purchases or advertisements inside the app, and it is safe for small children to enjoy. The game is mainly aimed at 3-6 year old children, but can be entertaining for older and younger gamers alike! It contains advanced 3D graphics, and is optimized to run well on older devices, such as an iPad 1. The game was produced and developed in Sweden by parents of three year old twins. www.facebook.com/cotbotgames - 9 different buildings to choose from when populating the city - 7 different vehicles that can be driven around the city - 5 mini-games inside the game, and lots of fun features to discover - Original 3D graphics - Fun sounds and animations - Easy to use child-friendly interface - Infinite game play, no rules or points - Produced by parents of small children - Made in Sweden - No third-party advertising - No in-app purchases "Cotbot City is a fun and pedagogical digital play mat that will help toddlers and young children to learn how to navigate the world in an engaging game-like setting." Ph.D Marita Ljungqvist, Educational Developer at Lund University
Colored Letters
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Make Learning to Read a Joyful Experience Colored Letters is a learning app focused on early reading and number recognition. Each digital book includes a free preview of the first few pages. To access the full story, in-app purchase is required. Explore Early Literacy Content Engaging stories and activities designed to support foundational reading and counting skills. Start with a free sample - unlock full content with a purchase. Available in Multiple Languages Books currently offered in English and Swedish. More languages (Spanish, French, German, Italian, Polish) coming soon. Secure and Ad-Free Experience No advertisements or pop-ups - just a focused and distraction-free learning environment.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Colored Letters at Free against CotBot City's $0.99. Colored Letters also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 2 months). CotBot City's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 10) and iOS requirement (7.0 vs 15.1). On ads and device support there is nothing between them.
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Colored Letters is free to download; CotBot City costs $0.99 up front. Colored Letters sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. CotBot City asks for nothing beyond the download.
CotBot City ships an update every 2 months, Colored Letters weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 17, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | CotBot City | Colored Letters |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Paid | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 7.0 — better | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 98 MB | 53 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Divine Robot | Alegor AB |
In-app purchases
CotBot City
No in-app purchases
Colored Letters
- Premium monthly$3.991 Month
- Premium yearly$19.991 Year
- Fånga ballonger$0.99
- A Little House$1.99
- Träna ljudkartan$2.99
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- Träna ord$2.99
- Countings is Easy$7.99
- Learn to read in English - 2$7.99
- Räkna är Lätt$7.99
- Learn to read in English$7.99
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