# ABC MAGIC PHONICS 2 — user reviews > 18 indexed App Store user reviews of ABC MAGIC PHONICS 2 by PRESCHOOL UNIVERSITY, rated 4.30/5 from 707 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/abc-magic-phonics-2/id411576364/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/abc-magic-phonics-2/id411576364.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 435 · 4★ 149 · 3★ 65 · 2★ 31 · 1★ 27 ## What do users think of ABC MAGIC PHONICS 2? Overall sentiment: positive **Pros** - 🎓 Effective phonetic sound learning method - 👍 User-friendly and intuitive interface - 🎨 Helpful visual imagery with realistic pictures - 🔤 Uses lowercase letters for better reading preparation - 👧 Engaging for young children with cute voice narration - 📚 Multiple learning game types (matching pictures to letters) - 🧠 Supports proper brain development through visual learning - ⏱️ Allows children to learn at their own pace **Cons** - 🐛 Frequent app crashes when selecting letters - ❓ Unclear functionality for some users - 🤔 Pedagogical debate over lowercase vs uppercase letter priority **Commonly reported bugs** - App crashes immediately when tapping on letters - App crashes upon opening and selecting content **Most requested features** - Display both uppercase and lowercase letters - Correct the color of the letter 'h' to red - Ensure letter pronunciation audio is clear and functional ## Newest reviews (3 of 18) ### 5/5 — a *2010-12-28* a ### 5/5 — Great Extension! *2010-12-27* Great job! Works well, like the pictures and sounds. ### 5/5 — Great for sounding out letters *2010-12-27* My son likes the child's voice. It is great for learning to sound out letters. ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Strongly Disagree *2012-05-23* As an early childhood educator, I strongly disagree with teaching lowercase letters first. Uppercase letters are easier for a child to learn to write for many reasons. All but U and J are made from 4 strokes: big line, little line, big curve, and little curve. They all start at the top, as opposed to lowercase letters that have multiple starting positions that are difficult for a young child to remember. At the very least this app could show both upper and lowercase letters so children can learn to recognize both. **Developer response:** Our team of early childhood educators considered what you mentioned in the creation of our apps. In the end, we went with research-based early childhood educational methods. This app is not about teaching writing skills, nor about teaching children how to write letters. This app focuses on the functions of the letters. 95% of the letters in common written texts are lowercase letters, even in children's books. It, therefore, makes sense to teach lowercase letters to children first. Some of our later apps include capital letters. ### 1/5 — Might be good if it wouldn't crash *2011-04-06* When I open the app and tap on a letter it crashes immediately. **Developer response:** Thank you for your concern. This app has been upgraded to eliminate all such problems. ### 1/5 — Doesn't work *2011-04-01* This app crashes as soon as I hit a letter. Unusable. **Developer response:** Thank you for your concern. This app has been upgraded to eliminate all such problems. ### 3/5 — Lsslss has been the best game in my life *2020-05-16, version 2.8* I’m going to be old enough to have a Twitter night for ### 3/5 — It doesn't say the letter! *2011-01-17* If it did, I would have kept this app. I guess it's more aimed for kids who already know the letters and not their sounds. **Developer response:** Yes, that is by design. This app does not focus on letter names but on the sounds the letters make. This app teaches children the function of letters which is their sound rather than just the name of the letter. A child knowing the sounds that letters make is well on their way to reading. A child who only knows the names of the letters has no reading skills. The previous app in this series, ABC MAGIC PHONICS, has an option for letter names. ### 5/5 — Helpful *2017-12-04* This app has been very helpful teaching my son the correct sound hearing the sound of the letters over and over again and seeing the pictures that go along with it have been a big help. ### 5/5 — Learning Games for Letter Learning *2016-05-18* This app helps children learn the sounds of the letters and how to use them using pictures, letters and sounds. This app has an alphabet photo library where children can learn which sound each letter makes. There are pictures with every letter to help children learn this. This app has two types of matching games. Children can match pictures to letters or letters to pictures. Thanks for upgrading this app, which is helping the children in my class master their letters in preparation for reading. ### 5/5 — excellent app *2013-10-10* This is an excellent app for children learning alphabet sounds. Very simple to use. ### 5/5 — The "h" should be in red *2012-11-28* Please correct the color of "h.". Thanks! Finally an app that uses lower case and the phonetic sounds! ### 5/5 — excellent app *2012-09-21* This app uses all the proper learning methods. Research shows using lower-case letters instead of upper case are preferred. I read this is true partly because the written word is primarily in lower case letters and children need to learn to recognize and understand lower case letters first. The app also uses realistic imagery. This is important for children to have an actual visual of the object for proper brain development. For example, I've read that some children who've seen the popular Sesame Street Big Bird as a very young child think it's a real bird. "o" for ostrich is correct. This is a very good app and I highly recommend it. ## Most praised reviews (5 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Great apps *2011-04-28* My son just got accepted to preschool and he is 2 and 1/2 years old. He loves this application. He is just learning how to talk and this is a great tool for him to learn in his own time how to pronounce the words. As a result, he is developing great diction. ### 5/5 — helpful! *2011-02-07* Super App!! My daughter just loves this! ### 5/5 — Absolutely Fabulous for my Child! *2011-01-01* I watched my child work with this App with very little direction from me. He caught right on and really enjoyed himself! I am very impressed with this easy and fun App My Child really 'Got It!" ### 5/5 — fun and easy *2010-12-30* wow...a child should be able to learn to read in record time. What a great idea. Awesome! ### 5/5 — Great App!!! *2010-12-29* This app is perfect for children who are beginning to read! The children's voices are cute and encourage other children to take an interest in reading. This app makes reading fun for kids! --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). 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