# LearnEnglish Kids: Playtime

> Nurture your child's love for English through songs, stories, and games

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.BritishCouncil.playtime](https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.BritishCouncil.playtime)

## Overview

- **ID:** `com.BritishCouncil.playtime`
- **Platform:** Android
- **Type:** Android app
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** British Council
- **Category:** EDUCATION
- **Downloads:** 1,190,425
- **Rating:** 4.52 / 5 (803 ratings)
- **Version:** 1.5.4.24
- **Last updated:** 2026-03-23
- **First published:** 2019-11-14
- **Publisher country:** GB
- **Size:** 40 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-13
- **Store listing:** [Google Play Store](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.BritishCouncil.playtime)
- **Website:** [http://learnenglishkids.britishcouncil.org/apps](http://learnenglishkids.britishcouncil.org/apps)
- **Privacy policy:** [https://www.britishcouncil.org/about-us/how-we-work/policies/information-security-privacy](https://www.britishcouncil.org/about-us/how-we-work/policies/information-security-privacy)

## Description

LearnEnglish Kids: Playtime is an engaging Chrome extension designed to nurture children's love for English through fun, animated songs and stories. Suitable for ages 6 to 11, it offers over 100 quality videos featuring beloved tales like Little Red Riding Hood and classic songs such as Old MacDonald, complete with subtitles to support reading and listening skills.

The extension features interactive listen-and-record activities that build speaking confidence by allowing children to compare their pronunciation with native narrators. Additionally, it includes challenging games focusing on spelling, grammar, and understanding, all within a safe and ad-free environment. Parents can track their child's progress across videos, speaking, spelling, understanding, and grammar. Available in multiple languages, LearnEnglish Kids: Playtime provides a comprehensive, enjoyable language learning experience for young learners.

## Rankings

- #61,797 — Overall

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE`
- `android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE`
- `android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE_DATA_SYNC`
- `android.permission.INTERNET`
- `android.permission.POST_NOTIFICATIONS`
- `android.permission.READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE`
- `android.permission.RECORD_AUDIO`
- `android.permission.WAKE_LOCK`
- `android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE`
- `com.BritishCouncil.playtime.DYNAMIC_RECEIVER_NOT_EXPORTED_PERMISSION`
- `com.android.vending.BILLING`
- `com.google.android.c2dm.permission.RECEIVE`
- `com.google.android.finsky.permission.BIND_GET_INSTALL_REFERRER_SERVICE`
- `com.google.android.gms.permission.AD_ID`

## Review summary

Users appreciate the educational value, interactive videos, songs, and games that keep children engaged while learning English. However, significant downsides include subscription and purchase obstacles particularly related to parental controls, ongoing problems unlocking paid content, poor customer support response, and basic app design with limited variety or appeal in stories and sounds. The free trial functionality is also criticized for not providing content access, hindering evaluation before buying.

### Pros

- Great songs and interactive videos that are engaging for kids.
- Helpful for young learners to practice and learn English outside the classroom.
- Contains diverse and interesting games that children enjoy, including rap rhythm.
- Suitable for toddlers and children, keeping them productive and entertained.
- Recommended by educators and seen as a useful tool during lockdowns for English learning.

### Cons

- Subscription and purchase issues, especially with Google Family Link parental controls causing difficulties in subscribing or accessing content.
- Problems accessing all subscribed content or subscription unlocking videos and features as promised.
- Poor customer support or delayed response when users face issues with subscriptions or access.
- App design limitations: low budget feel, lack of background music, repetitive sound effects, and too simple or uninteresting stories and animations.
- App doesn't allow content access during free trial, making it hard to evaluate before purchase.

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.BritishCouncil.playtime)