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Hopster: ABC Games for Kids

Preschool reading & learning

Ratings

Age

4+

Category

Education

Languages

English

Hopster ABC is a premium educational app designed to give preschoolers a head start on their literacy journey. Through a curriculum-based approach, children learn letter recognition, phonics, and writing skills in a vibrant, ad-free world. Featuring the beloved Hopster characters, the app offers a blend of interactive games and high-quality educational videos that make learning the alphabet feel like play. Parents can track their child's progress and rest easy knowing the environment is 100% safe. Build a foundation for reading and writing with Hopster ABC—where learning comes to life!

Dinsun Expert Review

Our Expert Score

89/100

Hopster ABC is exactly what a preschool app should be: engaging, safe, and built on sound educational principles. Unlike many 'learning' games that are just glorified ads, Hopster feels like a premium digital classroom. The letter tracing is particularly well-implemented, with a 'gravity' effect that helps little fingers stay on track without being overly restrictive. It celebrates the attempt as much as the success, which is vital for early learners.

The variety of content is its biggest strength. Moving from a tracing exercise to a phonics-based video keeps children from getting bored. The art style is soft and inviting, and the lack of third-party ads means you can actually leave a child with the app without worrying about what they'll click on. It’s a thoughtful, high-quality tool that makes the foundational steps of literacy feel like a series of fun discoveries.

Dinsun reviewed on: Fri Feb 27 2026

Features

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Curriculum-aligned letter tracing and recognition games

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Dozens of hand-picked preschool educational videos

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100% ad-free and COPPA-compliant for maximum safety

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Detailed progress reports for parents and caregivers

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Offline mode for learning on the go

Tips & Walkthrough

Gameplays

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Q&A

Yes, it is specifically designed for children aged 2 to 6.

Ratings & Reviews

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Lifesaver
Sun Jul 14 2019 Hilary Hinson

I hesitated to pay the subscription price when there seemed to be free options, but you truly get what you pay for. My daughter has learned a lot from the different video themes, as well as benefiting from them being short with a recognizable concluding remark. That way, she doesn’t usually end up watching endless videos, and alternates between drawing, reading and growing plants during her time on the app. I prefer this over watching hundreds of unboxing vids on that other site. I love that the app sends reports about what she’s watching, and I usually know because the videos prompt her to ask me important questions from geography to social situations. I appreciate the racial diversity, and representation of different types of families as well as highlighting characters with disabilities.

Cute but don’t like that. It only has three books.
Tue Aug 19 2025 mystic 626

This app is fine but the games that it has are basically the same games as play kids. It’s basically a rip off of play kids. Even though play kids is basically a similar company or a company that works with them. Please add more books. There’s barely anything. There’s only three books. No that’s not an exaggeration. I actually looked. And for $7.99 a month you should be getting more than just three books and maybe four different shows. That or it’s the same shows you would get on play kids. Wanted to try this because PlayKids has been very glitchy but don’t think I’m gonna keep my subscription because of the fact that it only has three books and it’s a pain to navigate and I end up needing a lot of assistance. Not very disability from them. Don’t like to complain, but I feel like this needs some attention and somebody needs to say something. If you want an app that only has three books in your kids are not a fan of books and they want to play games that are above them then this is the app for you. If you like watching a variety of kids cartoons or kids videos from cartoons or other stuff like that, and this is the app for you. If you want something that’s similar to this but it’s actually for a wider age group then I recommend play kids or lingo kids. Or curious world. Although actually forget the last one. Don’t recommend this app. You’re paying 799 for basically nothing.

Disappointing
Tue Jun 04 2024 Missalux

First off let me say I am (or rather was) personally a fan of the Hopster app. My son enjoyed the free version so much I decided to pay to unlock everything on my iPhone as my information is already in my phone. I figured I would pay for the app on my phone and install the app on his tablet because I don’t feel comfortable with him on my phone. When I installed the app on his tablet it told me the subscription was inactive and asked for payment information, I didn’t feel comfortable doing this because the app is unlocked and functional on my phone. I double checked that the application was payed for from my billing information. However when I tried to sign in online on their actual website I got the same message saying the subscription was inactive. There was a q&a page were hopster does state that you can have an account on multiple devices so I tried to click on the help button on their website only for me to get a page saying the help option no longer existed. I am disappointed and at a loss what to do to resolve this issue.

Great app, great info
Thu May 04 2023 manasdad1234

This app gives kids opportunities to learn about multiple things and things that are Kind of difficult to take care of on your own and do you by yourself so letting them Learn by app to help them understand easier instead of doing it by yourself or your own And Not be able to describe The Way you say it to a four year old child. This app also helps children read hard things like good night and other things. Four Year olds and three year olds can’t read easily so this app also helps them read and learn how to say things. This way the app teaches things helps kids so much. I really appreciate the way this app was created and how you could help.

Love is Love
Sun Jun 30 2019 Needsleepyghosts

Got this to say thank you for adding LGBT+ things to this app. You may get a lot of hate from it and for that I apologize, but people don’t enjoy change, sadly. They complain that kids are too young to be taught about different relationships other than straight. Which if that’s true then kids shouldn’t be exposed to any type relationships at all. Teaching kids about other identities and such will teach them that it’s okay to be different, that change is normal, and to overall be more accepting, kind people. I’ve been bi since 3rd grade or earlier (I had crushes on both girls and boys ) and am proud to be me. I feel bad for all children who are in bi/trans/homophobic environments as they’ll either grow up to regurgitate they’re parents teachings and hurt others and they’re future or never feeling like they can be themselves which can result in an untimely end (LGBT+ communities have a high rate when it comes to mental illnesses and suicide) Please keep spreading love and not hate, thank you.

Great potential, Needs work
Tue May 06 2025 MMNM94

Pros: The visuals are nice, bright colors and semi interactive. Variety of things to do but not to many that it’s overwhelming. The app ask of you want to do something else after you’ve watched a certain amount of videos. Cons: Some of the games have bugs that need to be fixed. Example, the baking game has items (like the cupcakes) that disappear when you tap them and that’s not suppose to happen, so when the monster shows up to eat them you can’t advance because he only ate two instead of six. It leaves the game in limbo and upsets my toddler when we have to restart it. (Point of an app for me is to help me distract toddler for a couple minutes while I get things done not be there sitting with him to fix a game). The sounds goes out all of a sudden (in the middle of playing) and I need to close out and restart app. The books are little quantity. Only one is to read and two are a video and you still have to download it then it expires after two weeks (more clicking around and my toddler having to bring me the iPad to help) I want to love this app so much because it does have great potential but the cons are out weighing the reasons why I even have an the app for my toddler

Amazing App
Sun Jan 12 2020 ready2learn

I’ve been letting my little guy use this app for over a year - when he started using it, he was 4 (almost 5) and it was amazing for learning technology and watching shows about positive character traits, science, math, and literature. Now that he is 6 and a half, he is still engaged with new shows and activities about diversity, compassion, and positive self identity and self worth. He has old favorites and loves to see what’s new. He’s now using alphabet hotel for phonics and phonemic awareness and enjoys everything science and nature that is interwoven. I can see him using this app for at least another year and a half, maybe more.

Number Block Episodes a MESS
Sun Apr 20 2025 Javsbdjdb

Only got this for the show Number Blocks, and will be canceling because the app doesn’t offer any shows in order of season or episode… It’s a mixed bag of disorganized mind numbing distraction, while feigning as if it’s an educational app. Each episode of Number Blocks is intended to build off a previous episode’s lesson, but this is loaded in a way that jumps all around season’s and episodes. Lazy! Even brain candy entertainment like Pingu has a story arc, where new characters are introduced, and this app again, doesn’t want to load any season & it’s episodes in order. While it may not impact kid’s enjoyment of Pingu, when parents download this app specifically for it’s advertised educational content, this mixed bag approach is a complete bait & switch.

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