Letterland Quick Dash vs Meet the Alphablocks!
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Letterland Quick Dash
This educational tool helps children learn letter sounds and shapes through interactive cards and a 'Quick Dash' activity. It aims to build automatic letter sound recognition for early literacy development. Parental or teacher supervision is recommended for use.
- Interactive letter sound cards
- Quick Dash activity
- Consolidates letter shapes
- Develops automatic sound response
- Parent/teacher supervision recommended
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** This app is designed to be used with teacher or parent supervision. ** Use this simple tool to learn all the letter sounds with interactive cards and do a 'Quick Dash'. It will help children consolidate letter shapes and sounds and work towards a quick and automatic letter sound response to the plain letter.
Meet the Alphablocks!
Explore the alphabet and letter sounds with interactive characters. Children can tap to bring each character to life, hear their letter sounds, and sing along to catchy songs. This app uses proven phonics methods to help young learners develop reading skills.
- Interactive alphabet characters
- Learn letter sounds
- Sing along to songs
- Phonics-based learning
- Letter name mode
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Meet the Alphablocks, get to know your alphabet and letter sounds and sing along to the Alphablocks song. Alphablocks is the hit TV show that’s helping millions of children learn to read the fun way. (British English). As seen on Cbeebies. HOW TO PLAY It couldn’t be simpler: tap to bring each Alphablock to life and hear them sing their letter sound and a line from the Alphablocks song. Every Alphablock is designed to help your child remember their letters and letter sounds, so A says a! when an apple falls on her head, and so on. LETTER SOUNDS AND NAMES Listen to the Alphablocks singing their letter sounds, then change to Letter Name mode and have fun learning all the letter names too. FULL OF GOOD PHONICS Alphablocks uses best-practice phonics as taught in UK schools. It’s also part of a whole reading system that can give your child a boost in key phonics skills. Watch Alphablocks on CBeebies and find out more at www.alphablocks.tv. READY FOR MORE? If you enjoy this app, try ALPHABLOCKS LETTER FUN and really get to know the Alphablocks and the alphabet. Letter Fun has four minigames for each Alphablock (more than 100 total) to help your child master their letters and sounds, and they can sing along to the whole Alphablocks letter song.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Meet the Alphablocks! at Free against Letterland Quick Dash's $1.99. Meet the Alphablocks! also leads on rating (4.4 vs 3.0) and review sentiment (75% vs 40%). Letterland Quick Dash's advantage is iOS requirement (9.3 vs 13.0). On 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
Meet the Alphablocks! is free to download; Letterland Quick Dash costs $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Meet the Alphablocks! holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Meet the Alphablocks! has 335 ratings behind it against 8, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 40% of Letterland Quick Dash's written reviews are positive against 75% of Meet the Alphablocks!'s.
Letterland Quick Dash ships an update every 40 months, Meet the Alphablocks! every 11 months. The most recent releases landed on October 22, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Letterland Quick Dash | Meet the Alphablocks! |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $1.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 3.0 (8 ratings) | 4.4 (335 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 40.0% of reviews | 75.4% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 8 | 335 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 40 months | Every 11 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 9.3 — better | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 249 MB | 212 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Letterland | Blue-Zoo |
Customer experience
Letterland Quick Dash
Meet the Alphablocks!
Bugs and requests
Letterland Quick Dash
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Meet the Alphablocks!
Reported bugs
4 issues- App crashes when tapping on certain letters
- Some visual glitches with character animations
- Subscription/purchase issues for full app access
- Compatibility problems on older devices
Requested features
4 requests- Add more mini-games and interactive elements
- Improve stability and reduce crashes
- Provide clearer instructions on accessing all content
- Expand the app to include more advanced learning activities
In-app purchases
Letterland Quick Dash
No in-app purchases
Meet the Alphablocks!
No in-app purchases
Questions
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