We could probably run a standalone website just about alphabet-animal apps, since there are so many available. Alphabeasties is the latest, and thankfully it’s got much to recommend it.

Based on a book of the same name, this offers 26 beasties – one for each letter of the alphabet – with activities, digital colouring, dot-to-dot and stickers to ensure 3-6 year-olds have fun while practising their letters.

What we like about Alphabeasties is its strong typographical element – see the elephant made of E’s (and e’s – the app covers lower and upper case) in the image above for an example.

Alphabeasties costs £2.49 on the App Store for iPad-only, with the promise of no additional in-app purchases or advertisements.