Here are the 5 Best Phonics Apps For Kids For Android & iOS (Free Apps).
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5 Best Phonics Apps For Kids For Android & iOS (Free Apps)
1. Wonster Words
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FUN WITH LEARNING
Kids play and don’t even know they are learning! In Wonster Words, kids and toddlers put together words through interactive word puzzles. As the child drags a letter puzzle, the name of the letter and the phonics sounds will play. Once the words are completed, children will enjoy silly videos head-lined by the lovable Wonsters. Mini-games and activities help your child stay engaged. Additionally, whole-piece puzzle games introduce even more vocabulary.
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PREPARE FOR SCHOOL
Help your children prepare for preschool, kindergarten, and elementary schools by helping them learn more than the basic alphabets and phonics. Wonster Words includes vowels, consonant blends, word families, diphthongs, digraphs, CVC word structure, and spelling. 95% of parents say Wonster Words has helped their children gain reading skills.
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SPEECH THERAPY & SPECIAL NEEDS
For kids with speech delay, Wonster Words can help them practice hearing and speaking word sounds. It doubles as a good reinforcer/motivator for SLP services the child may already be receiving. Wonster Words covers the 44 most common phonemes, including: phonics, consonant blends, word families, diphthongs, and digraphs.
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AWARDS
• Parent’s Choice
• Dr. Toy’s Best Picks
• Kidscreen iKids Finalist
• Mom’s Choice Gold
• Academic’s Choice
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KEY FEATURES
• No Ads
• Offline play
• Includes ABC, phonics, blends, complex vowels, digraphs, and more.
• Teach kids CVC words and spelling in order.
• Silly animations that show the definition of words
• Fun puzzle games that introduce vocabulary
• Mini-games to encourage replay
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SUBSCRIPTION DETAILS
Wonster Words is a subscription product that comes with a 7-day free trial. After the free trial, the subscription auto-renews monthly for $7.99/month. You can use the subscription on any Android device registered with your Google Play Account. Subscriptions may be managed by the user and automatic renewal may be turned off anytime by going to the user’s Account Settings. Cancellation will not go into effect until the end of the monthly billing cycle.
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CONTACT US
If you run into issues with the app on your device, please email us at support@77sparx.com.”
2. Reading eggs – Learn to read
Reading Eggs has already helped over 20 million children worldwide learn to read. The monthly subscription includes full access to:
• Reading Eggs Junior (ages 2–4): Toddlers build pre-reading skills such as phonemic awareness and alphabet knowledge with fun activities, games, videos, and read-aloud books.
• Reading Eggs (ages 3-7): Children take their first steps in learning to read, covering phonics, sight words, spelling, vocabulary, and comprehension.
• Fast Phonics (ages 5–10): A systematic, synthetic phonics program to help emergent and struggling readers build key phonics skills.
• Reading Eggspress (ages 7-13): Continues the learning journey by helping children learn to read for meaning and enjoyment.
• Mathseeds (ages 3–9): Develops essential early numeracy skills, covering numbers, measurement, shapes, patterns, and more.
ABOUT THE READING EGGS LEARN TO READ APP
TRUSTED: used in over 12,000 schools and trusted by elementary educators.
SELF-PACED: children are matched to the perfect level and progress with self-paced, one-on-one lessons.
HIGHLY MOTIVATING: the reward system consists of golden eggs, collectable pets, and games, motivating children to keep learning.
RESEARCH-BASED: based on scientific research and the most up-to-date learning principles on the most effective way children learn to read.
COMPREHENSIVE: Reading Eggs is a complete learn to read system for children aged 2–13 and covers the five essential components of reading: phonics, phonemic awareness, vocabulary, fluency, and comprehension.
PROVEN RESULTS: 91% of parents report a noticeable improvement within weeks!
SEE REAL PROGRESS: see instant results and receive detailed progress reports, which show you exactly how your child is improving.
Users must log in with their account details to access Reading Eggs.
Min requirements:
• Wireless internet connection
• An active trial or subscription
• OS Version – Android 6.0+
Recommended Device Specifications:
• OS Version – Latest Android OS
Example devices meeting recommended specifications:
• Phone – Samsung Galaxy S7+ or Google Pixel
• Small Tablet – Samsung Galaxy Tab A 7.0″+
• Large Tablet – Samsung Galaxy Tab A 10.1″+ or Google Pixel C
Example devices meeting minimum specs:
• Phone – Samsung Galaxy S6
• Small Tablet – Samsung Galaxy Tab 4 8.0″
• Large Tablet – Samsung Galaxy Tab E
Not recommended for low-performance tablets. Also, not recommended for Leapfrog, Thomson or Pendo tablets.
Note: Teacher accounts are currently not supported
For assistance or feedback email: info@readingeggs.com
MORE INFO
• Each subscription provides access to Reading Eggs Junior, Reading Eggs, Fast Phonics, Reading Eggspress and Mathseeds
• The first month of your subscription is free. After the first month, a monthly cost is charged to your Google Play Store account
• Subscriptions renew automatically; your Google Play Store account will be charged unless you cancel at least 24 hours before the end of the current period
• Cancel anytime in your Google Play Store account settings
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3. Read with Phonics
Read with Phonics games are a colourful and interactive way for your child to learn their phonics sounds through fun games! Our phonics games improve letter and sound recognition and is a great stepping stone to help your little ones on their reading journey!
Features:
– NO ADS!
– The only educational kids app with positive scoring!
– Over 1,200+ words and pictures
– Colourful graphics and great animations
– Sounding and blending of each word
– Play anytime, anywhere!
– Over 100+ phonics games
– Clear instructions
– Made by teachers!
– Albee the alien will guide your little ones on their journey
As your child systematically works through the Read with Phonics games, unlocking new phonics sounds to learn as they go, they quickly learn how to break down and read even the most complicated looking words, all by themselves! Start learning to Read with Phonics games today.
Play phonics games, answer questions, score points and improve your level!
Read with Phonics games simplify how children learn to read by breaking the English language down into it’s 44 phonics sounds. No need to memorise 1,000’s of words individually, learn your phonics sounds instead! Learn to read 1,200+ words with Read with Phonics games.
AVAILABLE ON ALL PLATFORMS
Learn how to read anytime, anywhere. Whether on the way home from school, or on the sofa at the weekends. Read with Phonics games are available on all the main app stores as well as online via our website ReadwithPhonics.com.
NOTE TO PARENTS:
As parents you can do a lot to help your child learn to read. Our phonics games are designed to be played independently but there is nothing like having parental guidance and support by their side while they play. We also cannot endorse strongly enough the importance of reading real books with your children!
We are a team of just two here at Read with Phonics games so please help us spread the word about our Read with Phonics games. We offer a completely free Phonics Program for schools, so why not let your school know about us? To keep our website and phonics games free for schools where we can have the biggest impact we rely on the support of parents. Please share this app with friends, family, daycares, non profit orgaizations, or simply post about it on Facebook, Twitter or Instagram. Sharing the word of Read with Phonics Games can help keep us stay free for schools and make such a huge difference to children all around the world!
READING MADE EASY
Read with Phonics games teach non readers their very first words and takes them all the way to being able to read their first book. Read with Phonics makes learning to read more efficient by breaking the English language into just 44 sounds, using the method of synthetic phonics .
Don’t memorise 1,000’s of words individually, learn to read with Read with Phonics. Learning to read has never been so easy!
LEARNING TO READ HAS NEVER BEEN SO MUCH FUN!
By turning lessons into phonics games, children learn their phonics sounds without even realising. Making learning to read fun with phonics games!
At Read with Phonics games every student starts on 0 and gains points for every correct answer. Points add up to increase their level which is always shown visually to them within the games. This creates a desire to succeed instead of a fear of failure, which is hugely important when discovering something new.
UNLOCK YOUR CHILD’S EDUCATION
‘The ability to read is the foundation of all education, you cannot progress without it. I wanted to make learning to read as easy as possible, to give every child around the world the best possible start in life.’ Read with Phonics Games Founder, Sophie Cooper.
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4. Endless Alphabet
Features:
– 100 words to explore and learn. Please note that this app comes free with 7 word puzzles and animations. A one-time in-app purchase will unlock the rest.
– Delightful animations teach children the definitions of the words in a fun and engaging way.
– Word game teaches children letters.
– Endless Alphabet was designed with your children in mind. There are no high scores, failures, limits or stress. Your child can interact with the app at their own pace.”
5. Teach your Monster to Read
Teach Your Monster to Read is an award-winning phonics and reading game that’s helped millions of children learn to read.
• Parents have seen significant improvements in their children’s literacy within weeks.
• Teachers claim it’s a wonderful and captivating classroom tool that helps their students learn to read.
• Kids love making their monster and teaching it read. They learn through play.
Children create a monster and take it on a magical journey over three extensive games – meeting a host of colourful characters along the way and improving their reading skills as they progress.
• Covers the first two years of learning to read, from matching letters and sounds to enjoying little books.
• Designed in collaboration with leading academics and game designers.
• Complements all synthetic phonics programmes used in schools.
• Suitable for school and home use.
• Includes all 3 educational games! First Steps, Fun With Words and Champion Reader!
The game is rigorous and works with any phonics scheme so it’s perfect for use in school and at home. It’s developed in collaboration with leading academics at the University of Roehampton and has been approved by the UK government as part of the Hungry Little Minds campaign.
This educational app is commonly used in preschool, primary school, kindergarten and first grade as an interactive teaching resource.
PROCEEDS GO TO THE USBORNE FOUNDATION CHARITY
Teach Your Monster to Read has been created by Teach Monster Games Ltd. which is a subsidiary of The Usborne Foundation. The Usborne Foundation is a charity founded by children’s publisher, Peter Usborne MBE. Harnessing research, design and technology, we create playful media addressing issues from literacy to health. Funds raised from the game go back into the charity, to help us become sustainable and build new projects.
TOP FEATURES
• Complements Phases 2-5 of UK Government-approved Letters and Sounds and other major systematic synthetic phonics programmes.
• Absolutely no in-app purchases, hidden costs or in-game adverts. Perfect for kids!
• Suitable for ages 3-6.
• Designed in collaboration with reading experts from Roehampton University.
REVIEWS FROM TEACHERS AND PARENTS
“This game is the absolute best quality phonics game I have come across for educational and fun value.”
Marie Lewis, Rochdale
“My class have reaped loads of benefits from using the programme and the difference in some of their reading skills has been dramatic.”
Maria Andrews, Foundation Phase Teacher
“This is a fabulous game. I’m not kidding when I say that my daughter essentially learned all her letter sounds using First steps, with relatively minimal input from me! Great for parents to practise their letter sounds too.”
Eleanor Jones
Teach Monster Games Ltd is a subsidiary of The Usborne Foundation, a registered charity in England and Wales, charity number 1121957.”