Meet the Alphablocks! vs Teacher Tapp
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
Teacher Tapp
This app provides educators with a daily platform to voice their opinions through quick, multiple-choice questions. It offers insights into school operations and teacher sentiment nationwide, alongside daily teaching tips and articles.
- Daily multiple-choice questions
- Nationwide teacher insights
- Daily teaching tips and articles
- Earn badges and streaks
- View previous results
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“Teaching is often talked about, but teachers often don’t get a say. So, Teacher Tapp was created to give teachers a voice.” Teacher Tapp is a simple, fun app that asks three multiple-choice questions daily. Results from the questions give an insight into how schools work and what teachers nationwide really think. - Get notified every day at 3:30pm to answer three quick questions - Earn badges and build up a streak for every day you complete - Read new teaching tips and articles daily - View yesterday's results and learn new things about your profession
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Meet the Alphablocks! at none against Teacher Tapp's shown. Meet the Alphablocks! also leads on ratings volume (336 vs 2) and monetization model (free vs ad-supported). Teacher Tapp's advantage is update cadence (every 4 weeks vs every 11 months). On price, rating, 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.4 for Meet the Alphablocks! against 4.5 for Teacher Tapp. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Meet the Alphablocks! has 336 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 75% of Meet the Alphablocks!'s written reviews are positive against 67% of Teacher Tapp's.
Meet the Alphablocks! ships an update every 11 months, Teacher Tapp every 4 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and November 2, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Meet the Alphablocks! | Teacher Tapp |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (336 ratings) | 4.5 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 75.4% of reviews — better | 66.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 336 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 11 months | Every 4 weeks — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 212 MB | 47 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Blue-Zoo | Education Intelligence |
Customer experience
Meet the Alphablocks!
Teacher Tapp
Bugs and 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
Teacher Tapp
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Meet the Alphablocks!
No in-app purchases
Teacher Tapp
No in-app purchases
Questions
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