Comparison

Shapes vs CreateCards

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

Head to head
About

Shapes

Features
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The App is in Arabic Language. Basic Shapes help building the memory and cognitive skills as the brain starts to relate real world objects with the basic shapes. Memorizing the 2D Shapes and 3D shapes helps the young minds to relate the real world objects with shapes that develops communication skills, basic cognition and cognitive abilities and also helps in mathematics and geometry later in their age. Shapes Flashcards & Activities is teaches the young minds about basic 2D shapes and 3D shapes using fun to learn interactive educational activities. The app is baked with three activities that provides an ideal amount of knowledge about shapes. It helps to memorize the basic shapes (square, rectangle, circle, etc), advanced shapes (pentagon, hexagon etc) and 3D shapes (sphere, cylinder, cube, pyramid, prism etc) using mini games that keeps motivated to repeatedly use the app. The first of them is a Shape Flashcard activity that uses spaced repetition technique. This technique teaches the shapes subconsciously in 8 months to 2 years. It presents the shapes in an adequate size on the screen and helps the parents and teachers to easily present basic shapes in the homes and in the classroom. The app also has a drag and match shapes activity. It is a fun activity that not only teaches the basic shapes but also develops hand-eye coordination. This is suitable for 2 years to 4 years of age. Touch the Shape is a fun and adaptive shapes quiz that keep asking to touch the required shape. The app works as an interactive first book of shapes that proves its value over time. It is far better to provide educational activity apps rather than uncontrolled youtube streaming. The app is an educational resource and is ideal to be used as a reinforcement tool to teach the shapes in Montessori, PreK, Nursery, kindergarten students. —— Activities —— Shape Flashcard Drag and Match Shapes Touch the Shape —— Features —— - Carefully selected shapes and colors - Shapes Quiz - Carefully designed user interface. - High Quality Pictures - Animations and Sound We at Holiday Educationist have a team of certified teachers onboard to consult and proof-read the apps' content for the optimum quality assurance. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

CreateCards

Design and create virtual flashcards with image uploads. Organize your study materials into decks and sets for efficient learning. This tool is inspired by the need to aid speech impediment development.

Highlights
  • Virtual flashcard creation
  • Image uploads for cards
  • Deck and set organization
  • Speech impediment aid tool
  • Intuitive design
Features
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CreateCards is a Flashcard Creator by SNAC APP. This app is the design and developed by Jonathan Concepcion. The inspiration behind this app is dedicated to my son, that is diagnosed with a speech impediment. CreateCards is your all-in-one tool for creating virtual flashcards. It includes image uploads, creation of decks and sets for organizing your cards.

Screenshots

Shapes3 screens
CreateCards4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: CreateCards at none against Shapes's 3. CreateCards also leads on ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 9 days vs every 14 months). On price 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Shapes sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. CreateCards asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Shapes ships an update every 14 months, CreateCards every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on October 11, 2026 and October 4, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 5 level
Shapes versus CreateCards: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterShapesCreateCards
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (5 ratings) — better
Number of ratings—5 — better
Update frequencyEvery 14 monthsEvery 9 days — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
Monetization—Free
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.611.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size13 MB27 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperNaveed AbbasR5iot LLC

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Shapes

Subscriptions2
  • No Ads$0.991 Month
  • No Ads$4.991 Year
One-time1
  • الأشكال للأطفال$8.99
None

CreateCards

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Shapes free?
Shapes is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is CreateCards free?
CreateCards is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Shapes or CreateCards have ads?
Shapes shows ads; CreateCards does not.
Which is updated more often, Shapes or CreateCards?
Shapes ships an update every 14 months, and CreateCards every 9 days. Most recently, Shapes was updated on October 11, 2026 and CreateCards on October 4, 2026.

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