Comparison

Spelling Balloons vs Punctuation & Capitalization

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

Head to head
About

Spelling Balloons

This game helps children learn and practice reading and spelling high-frequency words through a fun balloon-popping activity. It offers customizable word lists, voice recording, and detailed progress reports for educators.

Highlights
  • Switch-accessible gameplay
  • Customizable word lists
  • Recordable voice pronunciation
  • Detailed progress reports
  • Adjustable game speed and difficulty
  • Supports multiple languages
Features
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Want a switch-accessible app that helps teach and reinforce how to read and spell words, all while playing a game? Crazy Balloons Spelling is an engaging, fun activity that will do just that! Crazy Balloons Spelling was designed with input from kids, parents, teachers and therapists as a way for children to learn, and practice recognising, high-frequency words - all while playing a balloon-popping game that’s easy to learn but also a challenge. Testimonials from people trying Crazy Balloons - Spelling out before launch: "It is helpful, my son love the game. He said is so much fun" "My neighbor’s kids have been fighting over the game when I have gone over there for them to play with it." Why Crazy Balloons Spelling? PKCLsoft creates apps that are affordable, educational, engaging and accessible - because all children deserve to learn and become proficient communicators and readers. The benefits of playing Crazy Balloons Spelling include: • Sight word recognition skills increase • Increased proficiency and fluency in reading • Lots of audio processing practice • Game play requires the player utilise visual scanning and visual discrimination skills Educators will love being able to read a detailed report (which can be shared via eMail, Messages, or Airdrop) on each game a student plays and Crazy Balloons Spelling is also fully customisable: • Create your own word lists, and share them via eMail, Messages or Airdrop. • The app supports iOS localisation features for both language and voices. Word lists are aligned with the language of your device; supporting English, Spanish, French and Dutch. • You can record your own voice for any word in the word lists; or adjust the pronunciation if you need to. • Set up a profile for each player and tailor the game play to suit each child’s strengths and challenges. • Easily turn sounds and music on or off. • Select the speed of play, how many balloons appear on screen and how many questions there are per game. • You can adjust the speed of the audible prompts used. • The game can be played with a compatible switch interface or bluetooth keyboard and switch settings can also be customised. ***** IMPORTANT NOTE: The word lists that come with the app have all been localised for country specific spellings where possible. If you are seeing incorrect spellings (e.g. Grey instead of Gray) then it will be because your device has it's regional setting incorrectly set. Just remove the app, change the regional setting to English and reinstall the app. Regional settings may be found in the Settings app at: General->Language & Region. In here be sure that the language is English, and Region is set to United States (for example). ***** VOICES AND PRONUNCIATION NOTE: Did you know that your iOS device can speak, and that you can improve the quality of the voice? Crazy Balloons - Spelling uses the voice in your device, but if you don't do anything you may be listening to a very computerised voice. You can (for most languages) ask your device to download an "Enhanced Quality" voice by starting the Settings app, and navigating to: General->Accessibility->VoiceOver->Speech->Default Dialect. At this setting you can choose the language you want to use, and whether you want the default computerised voice, or the Enhanced Quality voice. PKCLsoft takes children’s privacy seriously. Our apps have: • a parental gate so children cannot access links outside the app • no ads • no tools for collecting or analysing user data • no social media sharing • no in-app purchases For detailed information on our privacy policy, visit http://www.pkclsoft.com/wp/privacy ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– KNOW WHAT'S INSIDE As a Know What's Inside member, we follow the "Know what's inside" best practices for kids' apps ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– At PKCLsoft we value your feedback so please email any comments or questions about Crazy Balloons Spelling to info@pkclsoft.com

About

Punctuation & Capitalization

Learn the rules of punctuation and capitalization through interactive exercises. This app uses engaging characters and puzzle-based learning to help users master grammar. It includes bonus sections on abbreviations and offers progress tracking.

Highlights
  • Interactive punctuation exercises
  • Capitalization lessons
  • Abbreviation guide
  • Progress tracking
  • Drag and drop activities
  • Increasing difficulty levels
Features
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Greetings, Cadet, and welcome to the Punctuation Department! Punctuation is the police force of Grammaropolis, keeping the sentences running smoothly and clearly. Without punctuation, there would be total chaos! Meet Officer Period, Detective Question Mark, and Sergeant Exclamation Mark and discover everything they do to add clarity to your writing. Includes bonus sections on Capitalization and Abbreviation! Track your progress through our puzzle bank, and test your knowledge with increasing levels of difficulty. Drag and drop the appropriate punctuation and capitalization to sentences and paragraphs! Grammaropolis was created and developed in the ultimate proving grounds: the classroom.

Screenshots

Spelling Balloons4 screens
Punctuation & Capitalization4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Spelling Balloons at 100% against Punctuation & Capitalization's 20%. Spelling Balloons also leads on update cadence (every 5 months vs every 18 months). Punctuation & Capitalization's advantage is iOS requirement (7.0 vs 12.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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

Spelling Balloons costs $2.99 and Punctuation & Capitalization $2.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Spelling Balloons ships an update every 5 months, Punctuation & Capitalization every 18 months. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Spelling Balloons versus Punctuation & Capitalization: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSpelling BalloonsPunctuation & Capitalization
Price$2.99$2.99
Rating—2.2 (10 ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better20.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—10 — better
Update frequencyEvery 5 months — betterEvery 18 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS12.07.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size42 MB509 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperpkclSoftGrammaropolis LLC

Customer experience

Spelling Balloons

Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Punctuation & Capitalization

All ratings10 ratings
Positive20.0%
Neutral10.0%
Negative70.0%
Written reviews10 reviews
Positive20.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative80.0%

In-app purchases

None

Spelling Balloons

No in-app purchases

None

Punctuation & Capitalization

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Spelling Balloons free?
Spelling Balloons costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Punctuation & Capitalization free?
Punctuation & Capitalization costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do Spelling Balloons or Punctuation & Capitalization have ads?
Neither Spelling Balloons nor Punctuation & Capitalization shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Spelling Balloons or Punctuation & Capitalization?
Spelling Balloons ships an update every 5 months, and Punctuation & Capitalization every 18 months. Most recently, Spelling Balloons was updated on October 21, 2026 and Punctuation & Capitalization on October 24, 2026.

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