Старые Сказки vs Nicola
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Старые Сказки
Explore a collection of 252 Russian folk tales from the 19th century, compiled by Afanasyev. This app offers customizable reading options like font size, background color, and text style, along with convenient navigation and reading progress saving.
- 252 Russian folk tales
- Customizable font size and style
- Background color options
- Easy navigation
- Reading progress saving
- Includes scary tales and anecdotes
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Русские народные сказки в обработке Афанасьева А.Н. 1873 г. 252 сказки. Представляем вашему вниманию приложение Старые Сказки. Это 252 русские народные сказки первой половины 19 века, систематизированные Афанасьевым Александром Николаевичем и снабженные им обширными научными комментариями. Казалось бы, на первый взгляд сказки - это придуманные рассказы для развлечения, но старые сказки хранят в себе великую народную мудрость в зашифрованном "сказочном" виде для передачи этих знаний потомкам. Есть несколько смысловых рядов, которые раскрываются при вникании в сказку. Важно и воспитательное значение сказок для детей. Как писал сам Афанасьев: "Дети слушают их охотнее всех нравственных рассказов и повестей". Кроме того, присутствуют страшные сказки, народные анекдоты, прибаутки и докучные сказки. В приложении удобное управление и меню. Есть возможность выбрать цвет фона, изменить размер шрифта, вид шрифта, а также перелистывать сказки. Можно включить вывод полосы с названием сказки вверху. Кроме того, запоминается последнее место чтения при закрытии приложения. Можно открыть приложение и продолжить чтение. Все ваши пожелания будут приняты во внимание. Не забудьте посмотреть другие мои приложения. Приятного пользования!
Nicola
This app encourages children to learn by locking other apps until daily educational goals are met. It offers math exercises, quizzes, reading tracking, and a digital library, motivating kids with rewards and character growth.
- Daily learning goals
- Math exercises
- Educational quizzes
- Reading detection with eye-tracking
- Digital library
- Character growth and rewards
- Progress statistics
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Do you want your child to love learning? Use leading-edge technology to make learning easy and exciting for your children! It’s simple! Just set a daily goal for your kid, and all apps will be locked until the goal is achieved. Features: Math We'll show your child that math is cool and not boring! Simple math exercises for everyday practice with funny characters - dino Kroxy, monster Brokko, and unicorn Zuba! Quiz game Math, Logic, History, Animals, Geography, Space, and even Cartoons — tricky educational questions to become a little genius! Encouraging, motivating and so much fun! Reading detection An eye-tracking algorithm uses a camera to determine whether the child is reading (the camera has to be switched ON in Settings). Thanks to this feature you can set a custom reading goal and block all other apps until it’s achieved - the app will know. Library Keep all your books within easy reach. Add your collection of e-books or choose one of the books selected by our team. Character growth Pick one of our cute characters and help it grow by achieving learning goals. Stats Track your kid’s progress with a variety of reading statistics: Reading streaks Books completed Pages read Reading time Daily, weekly, monthly Motivate kids with a Bonus Play Some kids are really hard to trick into learning. We know how to do it: reward for learning with additional playtime. Achievements Fun achievement badges will help your kid stay engaged and motivated. We’ve prepared multiple reading challenges and each one comes with its own reward - soon enough your kid will build their wall of fame and share it with their friends. Emotion recognition (coming soon) Track emotional feedback throughout the reading process. Select books based on emotional feedback from the community of Read2Play users. Become a keen reader yourself and get your kids reading daily and with pleasure! Install now for free! SUBSCRIPTION PRICING AND TERMS Read2Play offers auto-renewing subscription options for "Premium Read2Play Features": $9.99 - per month (with a 7-days trial period) The "Premium Read2Play Features" subscription allows you to get access to all extended statistics and insights how your kid reads with the Nicola Read2Play app. These prices are for United States customers. Pricing in other countries may vary and actual charges may be converted to your local currency depending on the country of residence. Payment will be charged to iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase. Subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current period. Account will be charged for renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period, and identify the cost of the renewal. Subscriptions may be managed by the user and auto-renewal may be turned off by going to the user’s Account Settings after purchase. Any unused portion of a free trial period, if offered, will be forfeited when the user purchases a subscription to that publication, where applicable. Read more about our terms and conditions here: https://readtoplay.io/terms/ https://readtoplay.io/policy/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Nicola at Free against Старые Сказки's $0.99. Nicola also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 7 months). Старые Сказки's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2) and review sentiment (100% vs 67%). On ads, device support and iOS requirement 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
Nicola is free to download; Старые Сказки costs $0.99 up front. Nicola sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month. Старые Сказки asks for nothing beyond the download.
Старые Сказки ships an update every 7 months, Nicola weekly. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 2, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Старые Сказки | Nicola |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | — | 4.7 (332 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 66.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | — | 332 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 7 months | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Paid — better | Subscription |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 | 11.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 13 MB | 449 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Vladimir Bovykin | Banuba (Cyprus) Limited |
Customer experience
Старые Сказки
Nicola
In-app purchases
Старые Сказки
No in-app purchases
Nicola
- Premium 1 Month7 Days trial$9.991 Month
- 30 Days Premium$9.99









