Comparison

Patterns & Shapes vs Dungeons & Digraphs

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

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About

Patterns & Shapes

This preschool matching game helps children learn pattern sequences and problem-solving skills. With colorful characters guiding them, kids can progress at their own pace or race against the clock to earn rewards.

Highlights
  • Learn pattern sequences
  • Develop problem-solving skills
  • Progress at own pace
  • Optional timer for challenges
  • Collect rewards
  • Multiple choice answers
  • 7 difficulty levels
Features
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Winner of the People's Choice Award for Best Application at the Creativepool Awards 2016. Patterns with Ibbleobble is an exciting preschool shape matching game that helps children learn pattern sequences. This app will help them to decipher sequence problem-solving, understand repetition and familiarity, allowing them to recognise order and make predictions. By joining their new friends in Ibbleobble, each child can choose a cute character companion who will guide them along their journey of learning. Each character represents a different level of difficulty: Mr. Mousey shows beginners the way, whilst Florence the Fox is there to guide more advanced learners. At Ibbleobble, we understand that everyone’s different, so our app allows young learners to progress at their own pace, or take a challenge against the clock! The friendly, easy-to-use interface presents a range of simplistic sequence of images on-screen, allowing children to choose answers from a multiple-choice list. To recognise their hard work and achievement, children will collect their character’s favourite objects as a reward. Whether it’s cheese for Mr. Mousey, or chocolate coins for Lola the Chicken, the more they achieve, the happier their companion will be! • Match the Patterns • Simple gameplay • Multiple choice • Repetition to aid learning • 7 levels • Optional timer • Fantastic sounds and voice-over • Colourful characters • Vibrant graphics • No in-app purchases • No third-party advertising • 100% ALWAYS ad-free • Includes Kelly animated iMessage stickers • Universal purchase (Available for iPhone, iPad, iPod and Apple TV) We also offer some great low cost app bundles too, so be sure to check out Ibbleobble Clever clogs, Brainbox, Brainiac & Wiz Kids to cherry pick the right educational bundle for your child. www.ibbleobble.com www.facebook.com/iblobl www.instagram.com/iblobl www.twitter.com/_iblobl Are you enjoying Patterns with Ibbleobble? Help us make more fun games like this by rating and reviewing it! If you experience any problems with the application or would just like to get in touch we'd like to hear from you. Please email us with full details at: apps@kidd.co Remember to search Ibbleobble in the AppStore for more fun and games!

About

Dungeons & Digraphs

Features
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Dungeons & Digraphs turns spelling practice into a real adventure. Your hero hears a word, spells it by tapping letter tiles into place, and lands a hit on the monster in front of them. Get it right, and the beast falls. Get it wrong, and you simply try again — no stress, no red crosses, just another go. FOR KIDS • Choose a Fighter, Wizard or Ranger, each with their own special power that charges up as you spell correctly • Battle through 50 monsters and 50 quests, from goblins to dragons • Hatch pets from eggs dropped by tricky bosses • Earn gold and spend it on hats, tails, colours and weapon looks for your hero • Hear every word and clue read aloud, as many times as you like FOR PARENTS AND TEACHERS • Covers the full UK National Curriculum spelling lists, Reception through Year 6 (age 4-11) • Automatically gives extra practice on the words a child finds tricky, until they've got them • Type in this week's spelling list from school, with your own clues if you like • One setting switches the whole word bank between UK and US spelling • See real progress: words attempted, accuracy, and which spelling patterns need more work • Everything that matters for grown-ups — settings, backup and purchases — sits behind a simple maths question, so little hands can't change them by accident NO ADS. NO ACCOUNTS. NO TRACKING. There's no sign-up, no social features, and nothing for a child to type that anyone else will ever see. No advertising and no analytics of any kind. If you choose to back up your hero's progress, it goes to your own cloud storage, in a hidden folder only this app can open - we never see it. The game itself is completely free, and there's no "pay to win" or microtransactions available - accessing the upgrades uses the gold that the hero earns in-game, not something that can be bought with real money. There is a one-time premium option which unlocks deeper parent metrics, more hero slots and longer word lists, but this is a completely optional purchase and the game is fully functional without it.

Screenshots

Patterns & Shapes4 screens
Dungeons & Digraphs4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Dungeons & Digraphs at Free against Patterns & Shapes's $1.99. Dungeons & Digraphs also leads on update cadence (every 3 days vs every 3 months). Patterns & Shapes's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and device support (5 vs 3). On ads 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Dungeons & Digraphs is free to download; Patterns & Shapes costs $1.99 up front. Dungeons & Digraphs sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Patterns & Shapes asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Patterns & Shapes ships an update every 3 months, Dungeons & Digraphs every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 8, 2026 and October 13, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Patterns & Shapes versus Dungeons & Digraphs: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPatterns & ShapesDungeons & Digraphs
Price$1.99Free — better
Rating4.2 (10 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews87.5% of reviews—
Number of ratings10 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 3 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaid—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac, Apple TV — betteriPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.015.0
Further details — not scored
Size63 MB13 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperKidDotCoDavid Rimmer

In-app purchases

None

Patterns & Shapes

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Dungeons & Digraphs

One-time1
  • Full unlock$4.99

Questions

Is Patterns & Shapes free?
Patterns & Shapes costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Dungeons & Digraphs free?
Dungeons & Digraphs is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Patterns & Shapes or Dungeons & Digraphs have ads?
Neither Patterns & Shapes nor Dungeons & Digraphs shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Patterns & Shapes or Dungeons & Digraphs?
Patterns & Shapes ships an update every 3 months, and Dungeons & Digraphs every 3 days. Most recently, Patterns & Shapes was updated on October 8, 2026 and Dungeons & Digraphs on October 13, 2026.

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