Think Bilingual Learn by Doing vs Penguin Protection
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Think Bilingual Learn by Doing
Learn a new language through immersive, real-world scenarios like driving or cooking. This app helps you think directly in the target language, accelerating fluency. It's designed for learners with some existing vocabulary.
- Immersive real-world scenarios
- Think in the new language
- Spanish, French, English support
- High beginner to low intermediate level
- iPad only
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Drive a car, cook in a real kitchen, or fix up the house- all in a new language! Are you translating everything when you study a language? Is this slowing you down? Immersion will help you THINK in the new language, the first step to real fluency. This version is Level 2, for students who know some words of the new language. For younger students, try the beginner version. -Spanish, French, English included -High beginner to low intermediate level -iPad only
Penguin Protection
Experience life as a rockhopper penguin and nurture your chicks in this educational simulation. It's designed to align with first-grade life science modules focused on safety and growth.
- Raise penguin chicks
- Simulate rockhopper penguin life
- Educational content
- Aligned with science curriculum
- Interactive learning
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This simulation allows users to take the role of an adult rockhopper penguin helping to raise its young. This resource is aligned with the Smithsonian Science for the Classroom grade 1 life science module, "How Do Living Things Stay Safe and Grow?"
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Think Bilingual Learn by Doing at 4.2 against Penguin Protection's 3.7. Think Bilingual Learn by Doing also leads on update cadence (every 2 months vs every 34 months) and ratings volume (15 vs 3). Penguin Protection's advantage is device support (3 vs 1). On price, review sentiment, ads and in-app purchases 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.
Think Bilingual Learn by Doing holds the better App Store score, 4.2 against 3.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Think Bilingual Learn by Doing has 15 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 96% of Think Bilingual Learn by Doing's written reviews are positive against 100% of Penguin Protection's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Think Bilingual Learn by Doing ships an update every 2 months, Penguin Protection every 34 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Think Bilingual Learn by Doing | Penguin Protection |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.2 (15 ratings) — better | 3.7 (3 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 95.7% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 15 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 34 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 7.0 — better | 12.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 448 MB | 63 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Interact and Immerse | Smithsonian Institution |
Customer experience
Think Bilingual Learn by Doing
Penguin Protection
In-app purchases
Think Bilingual Learn by Doing
No in-app purchases
Penguin Protection
No in-app purchases
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