LittleActivity vs SplashLearn
Game-led maths and early reading practice, free for teachers and sold to families.
Last updated: 23 August 2026
SplashLearn is a games-and-practice product for Pre-K to Grade 5 maths and early reading. LittleActivity covers Pre-K to Grade 10 in every subject, prints, and keeps records. If your child is inside SplashLearn's range and you only want maths practice, it is a reasonable product; the reason families leave is that it runs out at Grade 5.
Which one is right for you
Choose SplashLearn if
Pre-K to Grade 5 maths practice, especially in a classroom where the teacher licence is free.
Choose LittleActivity if
A family that wants one place their child does not age out of, and a teacher who wants a class running without collecting emails.
What each one actually is
What is SplashLearn?
Also known as: Splash Learn, SplashLearn Math, StudyPad
SplashLearn is game-led maths and early reading practice, free for teachers and sold to families.
Related: Adaptive practice and skills · K-12 education · Homeschool resources
What is LittleActivity?
Also known as: Little Activity, littleactivity.com
LittleActivity is a free educational platform for children from Pre-K to Grade 10, combining sequenced lessons in ten subjects, thousands of printable worksheets, games, and a homeschool system whose attendance, report cards, portfolio and transcript build themselves from the work a child actually completes.
Related: Homeschool curriculum · Printable worksheets · K-12 education · Common Core Standards
SplashLearn vs LittleActivity, feature by feature
Twenty-four features in five groups. A dash means we have not established that row from their own public pages — it is not a “no”, and we would rather show the gap than guess at it.
Getting started and cost
What it takes to see the thing before you pay for it.
| Feature | SplashLearn | LittleActivity |
|---|---|---|
| Usable free, with no accountCan a parent open it and use real content without signing up? | No | Yes |
| Card required to startA card taken up front turns a trial into an opt-out subscription. | Not established | No |
| Price published on their own siteA price you have to reach checkout to see is a price you cannot compare. | No | Yes |
| Charged per childDecides whether a second or third child doubles the bill. | Yes | No |
| Adverts shown to childrenIncluding house ads and upsell interstitials mid-activity. | No | No |
What it covers
How far it goes before your child ages out of it.
| Feature | SplashLearn | LittleActivity |
|---|---|---|
| Grade rangeThe span the vendor claims on its own site. | Pre-K to Grade 5 maths, Pre-K to Grade 2 reading | Pre-K to Grade 10 |
| SubjectsWhat is actually taught, not what is mentioned. | Maths and early reading | Maths, reading, writing, science, social studies, art, music, coding, languages, critical thinking, money |
| Real Pre-K contentActivities a child who cannot yet read can do alone. | Yes | Yes |
| Grade 6 and aboveThe point most early-learning products stop. | No | Yes |
| Standards alignment publishedMatters for reporting in most US states. | Yes | Yes |
How it teaches
Whether it decides what happens today, or hands you a catalogue.
| Feature | SplashLearn | LittleActivity |
|---|---|---|
| Plans the school day for youThe difference between a curriculum and a content library. | No | Yes |
| Sequenced, not browse-it-yourselfLessons that build on each other in a fixed order. | Yes | Yes |
| Per-subject placementA child ahead in reading and behind in maths is the normal case. | Yes | Yes |
| Video instructionA person explaining, rather than a screen of practice items. | Not established | No |
| Live human teachingScheduled classes with a real teacher. | No | No |
Off the screen
What is left on the days the tablet is not the answer.
| Feature | SplashLearn | LittleActivity |
|---|---|---|
| Printable worksheetsReal PDFs, not a web page you send to a printer. | Web-page worksheets | 5,947 free PDFs |
| Off-screen work for every school dayAn authored task per day, not an occasional printable. | No | 2,160 authored days |
| Printable wall chartsReference material for the wall behind the desk. | No | 600 wall charts |
| A full day can run on paperFor a broken tablet, a car journey, or a screen-time limit. | No | Yes |
Records and classroom
The paperwork, and whether it writes itself.
| Feature | SplashLearn | LittleActivity |
|---|---|---|
| Attendance logRequired by law in a number of US states. | No | Yes |
| Report cardsGenerated from work done, not typed by a parent. | No | Yes |
| Portfolio of workFor states that require an annual review. | No | Yes |
| High-school transcriptThe document a college admissions office asks for. | No | Yes |
| Run a class with no student accountsNo roster upload, no email address per child. | No | Yes |
What SplashLearn does better, and what we do instead
SplashLearn against LittleActivity
Pros
- A polished, genuinely motivating reward loop for younger children
- Free for teachers, with no seat limit — the same as us, and it is why they are in so many classrooms
- More maths practice items inside their range than we have
- A cleaner parent-facing progress view for a single-subject picture
Cons
- We do not stop at Grade 5 — every subject runs to Grade 10
- Every subject, not maths plus early reading
- Thousands of free printable PDFs plus per-child print packs, where their worksheets are web pages
- Attendance, report cards, a portfolio and a transcript that build themselves
- Our price is on our pricing page and cancelling is one click in settings
- A class starts from a six-character code — students never type an email address
The left column is what SplashLearn is genuinely better at. The right column is not a list of their faults — it is what we do that they do not attempt. A product is allowed to not do something.
Pricing
We have not been able to read SplashLearn’s current pricing from their live pages, so we are not going to quote it — see their own page. Ours is on our pricing page, before you sign up for anything.
Stay with SplashLearn if…
Your child is under Grade 5, you want maths practice specifically, and the reward loop is what keeps them coming back.
Move to LittleActivity if…
Your child has aged out of their range, you have hit their cancellation process, or you need paper for the days the devices are booked out.
The one structural difference
Most families run a content product, a separate planner, and a spreadsheet for records, and nothing in that stack is the system of record. LittleActivity is one system: the same work that teaches your child produces the attendance, the report card, the portfolio and the transcript, and every school day has an authored off-screen task so a broken tablet does not end the day.
In numbers: 5,947 free printable PDFs and 2,160 authored off-screen school days, both counted from the catalogues themselves and checked in our build rather than written by hand.
How this comparison was made
- Their claims are theirs. Grade range, subjects and product shape are taken from what SplashLearn says about itself on its own public pages, linked above.
- Prices are gated. A price appears only with the date a person read it on the vendor’s own page. Most pricing pages in this market render client-side and cannot be checked automatically, so most of these comparisons quote no price at all rather than repeat one that may be a year old.
- Our numbers are generated. Printable, poster and school-day counts come from the catalogues they describe and are verified in our build, so a marketing round number cannot creep in.
- A dash is not a cross. Where we have not established a row, the table shows a dash. We do not score a competitor down for something we did not check.
- We are not neutral. This page is written by one of the two products. That is why it leads with what SplashLearn does better and names who should stay with it — judge the page on whether those sections are real.
LittleActivity vs SplashLearn: common questions
What happens when my child outgrows SplashLearn?
That is the single most common reason families arrive here. SplashLearn's maths runs to Grade 5 and its reading to Grade 2. LittleActivity runs every subject to Grade 10, so the same account carries a child from Pre-K through to high-school work without another migration.
Can I move my class from SplashLearn to LittleActivity?
Yes, in about five minutes and with no account at any point. Our switch kit takes your roster, prints student cards, matches the topic you were on to real activities, and gives you a six-character code to read aloud. What cannot move is past scores and any coins or pets your students collected — nobody can migrate those, and it is worth telling the class before they find out.
Is LittleActivity free for teachers like SplashLearn is?
Yes, free for teachers with no seat limit, and students do not need accounts at all. Both products are free for teachers; the difference is that a LittleActivity class needs no email address per child and no roster upload.
Does LittleActivity have games like SplashLearn?
Over a thousand playable game pages across every subject and grade, free and with no account. SplashLearn's reward loop is more polished for the youngest children and we would not claim otherwise. Ours covers more subjects and does not stop at Grade 5.
Should I choose LittleActivity or SplashLearn?
Choose SplashLearn if: Pre-K to Grade 5 maths practice, especially in a classroom where the teacher licence is free. Choose LittleActivity if: A family that wants one place their child does not age out of, and a teacher who wants a class running without collecting emails. Both are real answers — the deciding question is usually whether you want one subject or one tool done well, or the whole school day planned, printed and recorded.
How much does SplashLearn cost compared with LittleActivity?
We have not been able to read SplashLearn's current pricing from their live pages and check it, so we do not quote a figure — see their own site for it. LittleActivity's price is published on our pricing page before you sign up, it is one family price rather than a charge per child, and the games, printables and lessons are free with no account.
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