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Mobile game · 2008

First Words Animals

* Now with French, German, Japanese, Spanish, plus British and American English* More than just a game, First Words Animals is a powerful educational tool for the toddlers and kids in your life. It provides hours of fun, laughter and learning. If your child is old enough to ask for your phone, they're old enough for First Words Animals! First Words Animals will help your child: * Develop fine motor skills * Learn to recognize and match letters * Learn the names of letters * Learn the sounds English letters make (phonics) * Learn how to spell words Of course, they won't just be learning, they'll also be laughing and having fun with 45 of their favorite animal friends, beautifully illustrated and matched with entertaining animal sounds. First Words Animals is toddler-tested and approved, with a user-interface designed specifically for the littlest of fingers. More than just a game, it is a sophisticated learning tool that engages your child, encourages exploration, and helps them begin building a deep understanding of the relationships between letters and words. A variety of options let you adjust the difficulty level to match the abilities of your younger or older kids. In addition to English, your child can now learn the names of their favorite animals in French, German, Japanese and Spanish. Kids can play First Words by themselves, but they also enjoy bringing their grownups along, talking about the animals, saying the names of the letters, and watching the animals spin around and sound off. If your child is old enough to ask for your phone, they're old enough for First Words Animals! * If you like First Words Animals, make sure to check out the other games for kids from Learning Touch. * We love getting feedback and hearing stories about the kids who use our apps! Share your stories in a review on iTunes or by leaving feedback at learningtouch.com. Let us know how your kids use First Words, and what you'd like to see us do next.

Estimated daily players

~960.0% no change vs one week ago

Range 10580

Estimated total players

~1,9000.0% no change vs one week ago

Range 9603.8K

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Estimates, not counts — nobody publishes real player numbers for mobile games, so these are modelled from public signals. How we work them out

Oct 24, 2008iOS

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Player estimates

Nobody publishes how many people play First Words Animals, so these figures are modelled from the public counts on App Store, Twitch. Each count stands in a roughly known ratio to a population — one Play rating per ~45 players, one Steam review per ~35 owners — and the estimates below combine those readings, weighted by how much each source can be trusted to speak for the whole game. Read the range as the answer and the headline as its middle.

Estimated daily players

~96

0.0% no change vs one week ago

Range 10580

No source reports a live count for this game, so this is a share of the total player base — a genre assumption rather than an observation, which is why the range is wide.

Estimated total players

~1,900

0.0% no change vs one week ago

Range 9603.8K

Everyone who has ever played, from the cumulative counts: store ratings and installs, Steam reviews, members and subscribers.

Estimated total players over time

2 readings · last 2 days

Average estimated players per month

Mean estimated total players for First Words Animals per calendar month, newest first
MonthEstimated total playersChange
August 2026~1,900

Community activity

Last checked Aug 9, 2026

Store signals

How many people have rated, reviewed or installed First Words Animals where it is sold.

App Store ratings

32

0.0% no change vs Aug 8, 2026
Average rating
4.4

Ratings left on the iOS listing, read from Apple’s public lookup endpoint.

Community signals

How many people gather around First Words Animals outside the stores — members, subscribers and live viewers.

Twitch viewers

0

Live channels
0

First reading taken Aug 9, 2026 — the chart appears once there are two.

People watching this game on Twitch right now, summed across every live channel in its category.

Not tracked for First Words Animals: Google Play, Steam, Discord, Reddit, YouTube. A platform appears here once the game has a link to it — most mobile games have no Steam port or subreddit, so a gap is normal rather than a sign the game is small.

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Frequently asked questions

How many people play First Words Animals?

We estimate that about 1,900 people have played First Words Animals — plausibly between 960 and 3.8K. Around 96 of them play on a given day, in a range of 10 and 580. Both figures are modelled from public counts on App Store and Twitch rather than published by the developer, so read them as a scale rather than as a headcount.

Is First Words Animals still active?

Yes. First Words Animals is holding steady — it measured within a percent of where it was a week ago. We recheck every source daily, and the charts on this page show each platform's readings over time.

How are the First Words Animals player estimates worked out?

Nobody publishes player counts for mobile games, so we infer them. Each public count we can read is converted into a population using a documented ratio — roughly one Google Play rating per 45 people who played, one Steam review per 35 owners, one Discord member per 40 players — and the live counts (Steam concurrents, members online, Twitch viewers) are converted the same way into a daily figure. Those separate estimates are then averaged in proportion to how much each source can be trusted, which is why sources that disagree widen the published range instead of cancelling out. This page is built on 2 readings taken since August 8, 2026.

When was First Words Animals released?

First Words Animals was released on October 24, 2008 for iOS.

What platforms is First Words Animals available on?

First Words Animals is available on iOS. You can get it from App Store (iPhone).

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