GCompris vs Wa-Tor
Side-by-side comparison of two open source alternatives
GCompris
GCompris is a high quality educational software suite, including a large number of activities for children aged 2 to 10. Some of the activities are game orientated, but nonetheless still educational. Below you can find a list of categories with some of the activities available in that category. - computer discovery: keyboard, mouse, different mouse gestures, etc. - arithmetic: table memory, enumeration, mirror image, balance the scale, change giving, etc. - science: the canal lock, color mixing, gravity concept, etc. - games: memory, connect 4, tic tac toe, sudoku, hanoi tower, etc. - reading: reading practice, etc. - other: learn to tell time, the braille system, maze, music instruments, etc. Currently GCompris offers in excess of 100 activities and more are being developed. GCompris is free software, that means that you can adapt it to your own needs, improve it and, most importantly, share it with children everywhere.
Wa-Tor
Wa-Tor simulates a torus (or donut shaped) world with two species: shark and fish. The fish happily reproduce while the shark need to eat fish to survive. Wa-Tor was devised by Alexander Keewatin Dewdney and originally presented in the December 1984 issue of Scientific American.
| Feature | GCompris | Wa-Tor |
|---|---|---|
| License | AGPL-3.0-only | GPL-3.0-or-later |
| Install sources | F-Droid | F-DroidGitHub |
| Categories | ProductivityGames | ProductivityGames |
| Features | Ad-FreeOpen SourceNo Tracking | Ad-FreeOpen SourceNo Tracking |
| Platforms | Android | Android |
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