PocketPhonics (basic edition) App Reviews

This has been a very helpful tool to teach my grandchild to read.

Very helpful and my boy loves it.

Wonderful app for teaching kids how to read and write! My daughter thinks its fun and I love it as well! Great teaching tool, glad I found it!!

I really like this app for helping teach my 6 year old daughter to write in cursive! The only complaint I have is that the letters do not show how they "join up" when writing more than one letter. Considering that cursive is meant to be used to write more quickly and as a teacher, I think that should be demonstrated when joining letters in cursive into words. Otherwise, for beginners, it is an excellent app with options for writing in Dnealian or cursive. :)

Useful and fun practice for son and daughter who are 3 and 5.

This program was great for introducing phonics, spelling and handwriting to my child. With a stylus, we could do a more advanced handwriting after getting the basics mastered. The best part is that the program has both major handwriting styles built in. I have recommended this program to other parents that wanted a good educational game for their early elementary children. Works well on both iPhone and iPad.

This is the only app I know of that focuses on letter SOUNDS, not names. There are plenty of apps that name the letters, but getting the SOUNDS right is critical for learning to read. Granted, the sounds arent always voiced the same when said alone as they would be in a word, (and here they pronounce the s as an s, but then it sounds like a z at the end of the word) but at least this app moves through the process: the individual sounds separately, then said one right after the other, and then blurred together. Not perfect, but closer than many other letter apps out there. 5 stars for being unique.

My kids are always harassing me, wanting to play on my iPhone and once I got this app they love it and so do I!! I believe it really helps.. I have a set of 4 year old twins and it helps them. I hear them always sounding out the sounds with the app when they play it!!

This is one of the absolute BEST apps out there. Both myself and my son love it!

Thoughtful app for letters introduction in per schoolers. Pls do one for Maths!

My son has a speech delay and hearing loss. I cant talk enough how this app has helped him. Its been about a year since he started using this app, and his improvement is remarkable!

I purchased this for my 2 and 3-yr olds. They like it and its effective. I really like how they teach phonics.

Our 5 year old son is becoming more confident by the day. He was reluctant to even try sounding out words, no matter the reassurances we offered that he should just try his best. This app gives them the chance to practice the target sounds, write the letters and sound out words, but it is also forgiving of handwriting, and offers guided practice that builds confidence and success. We love it!

Love that this app teaches letters, phonics, and words. The characters could be a little sillier to keep children engaged longer.

I have never come across anything this fabulous in the learning area. The attention to detail! This is not only entertaining but I believe, the next level in supporting children with autism spectrum disorder in learning to write, speak and visualize their language. School systems across our nation should make this a part of the standard curriculum. Thanks

This is a wonderful app. The students love this program. A little girl told me could read duck because the "iPad" taught her /ck/. I allow students to use this program as a center in my room of students needing support in learning to read.

My 6 year old has a learning disability and we have been trying everything to help him read. After only a few days he was blending sounds together and sounding out words. We have been using Pocket Phonics for 2 months and he is now reading more words and I love that the app lets you know their progress and what they have mastered. I am a special educator an I recently reviewed this app with fellow educators a great tool for all kids.

My son has Down Syndrome and his speech therapist showed us this app when he started reading. We love it and so does his resource teacher! Works on fine motor for writing at the same time so that is a super bonus! I love the reports too and they will be helpful to chart progress. Great job!

This really works!!!

This app is great! I am a first grade teacher and use it for reading intervention with my low student who are still struggling to read and I have seen great improvement in them. I am very impressed. Highly recommended!