# ABC phonics: phonics for kids — user reviews > 39 indexed App Store user reviews of ABC phonics by Early Start Co. Ltd, rated 2.60/5 from 54 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/abc-phonics-phonics-for-kids/id949319441/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/abc-phonics-phonics-for-kids/id949319441.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 17 · 4★ 3 · 3★ 4 · 2★ 2 · 1★ 28 ## Newest reviews (18 of 39) ### 3/5 — Lừa đảo *2021-09-16, version 9.0* Mua thêm trong ứng dụng mà không tải về dùng được. Mọi người tuyệt đối không nên mua! ### 1/5 — Chương trình không hoạt động đúng *2019-03-14, version 9.0* Trừ âm A có sẵn, còn lại không tải về được âm khác. Mong nhóm giúp khắc phục lỗi này ### 1/5 — App Not Working *2019-02-27* The games will not download. No response from customer support. I want my money back. ### 1/5 — Fail *2019-02-01, version 9.0* Also purchased all the sets and they do not download/open. A waste of money and with no communication despite my request for help with this. Choose some other app! ### 1/5 — Waste of money *2019-01-20* Paid for all letters but can’t download beyond letter A don’t waste your money ### 1/5 — Don’t Bother *2019-01-02, version 9.0* Purchased full set of sounds in the in-app purchases - they do not download, it’s a waste of money ### 1/5 — App not working. *2019-01-02* App not working! Downloaded and paid but it doesn’t come up. Need my money back! ### 1/5 — Very slow to download *2018-11-29* My daughter and I tried usingbthis app and the downloading process was very time consuming! Inwish inwould have read the other reviews apparantly I’m not the only one. ### 1/5 — Lost money *2018-10-21* Paid for in app upgrades and nothing will download ### 1/5 — Useless app don’t waste your money *2018-10-19* paid my hard end money for the full content and nothing will download. Useless piece of garbage!! It doesn’t work!! Don’t Waste your money!! ### 1/5 — Bỏ tiền mua nội dung nhưng không hoạt động *2018-09-21, version 9.0* Dear Team phát triển, tôi đã mua nội dung bài học của ứng dụng, thành tiền là 129.000VND. Nhưng tôi không thể nào tải được các nội dung bài học về. Luôn trong tình trạng downloading và không bao giờ tải được. Mong nhận được phản hồi có trách nhiệm từ các bạn. Vì dù sao, vì tin tưởng uy tín công ty early start mà tôi đã mua monkey junior và ứng dụng này. Chưa nói về giá trị, đây là một trải nghiệm cực kỳ không dễ chịu chút nào. ### 1/5 — Not working *2018-06-10* I look through a lot of the phonics apps and choose this one. Bought it and downloaded the games and none of them will work! I have emailed them twice and haven’t gotten a response. Very angry considering I have to watch every penny! ### 1/5 — Don't buy! Doesn't work *2018-05-01, version 9.0* Paid for all the alphabets and it won't work. Says Downloading and successfully installed.but nothing but A shows up. I want my money back!! ### 1/5 — Abc phonics *2018-04-18* Rip off. Cannot download the library even though I paid for it all. I want my money back. ### 1/5 — Inappropriate! *2018-03-10* What a shame that this app uses negative social portrayals (eg of people who are fat and/or developmentally delayed) and aggression! My children played this in front of me, but I did not see these images - my children pointed it out to me and I then watched it and was highly disgusted. This is inappropriate for children and highly problematic. Such a disappointment! ### 1/5 — Terrible customer service *2018-01-27* Paid for this app and unable to load additional content. ### 1/5 — Just purchased app and not working *2018-01-24* I just purchased this app and it's not working. The letters are showing paid but I can't download them. So disappointed. I haven't heard anything from customer support and it looks like the last update was in 2015. ### 1/5 — Pathetic.. don't like it at all *2017-06-15* Bad ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Not working *2023-11-06, version 9.0* I purchased the app but still not able to use ### 1/5 — DOESNT WORK *2022-03-24* Do not purchase this app, I purchased it to be able to access more phonetic sounds for my daughter. None of the new sounds will load, or will allow you to play for them. This is a scam! ### 1/5 — Doesn’t work *2021-05-19* We’ve had this app awhile and was hoping it would be fixed. Cannot download any letters even though it is paid for . I’d rate it a zero if I could. We should be refunded. Very frustrating. ### 1/5 — Never received content I paid for *2020-08-23* I bought this in 2018 and still cannot download the content that I paid for. The support email is blocked. I want a refund. Seems like many others dealt with this too. Terrible. ### 1/5 — Useless *2020-07-16, version 9.0* All the paid ones can’t even download!!! Don’t waste your money on this ### 1/5 — Not work properly *2020-04-05, version 9.0* App can’t work with other sound except “a”. I paid 129k for full but why does not it work? Only downloading always. Please let us know ### 1/5 — Don’t waste your money *2020-03-27, version 9.0* Waste of money, downloading sounds but doesn’t work!!! ### 1/5 — I want a refund *2019-11-29* Paid for more and nothing will download. I’d like my money back ### 1/5 — Paid package doesn’t work *2019-07-16* I have paid for all packages but it doesn’t work, i tried to downloaded other letters, it said that it has been downloaded but it hasn’t occurred in library. Please fix it ### 1/5 — không có tiếng *2019-06-02, version 9.0* không biết app này có ai dùng bị lỗi tiếng không? mình down về không có tiếng, xoá đi down lại vẫn bị lỗi mạc dù đã vào cài đặt để bật tiếng rồi ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — App *2025-02-09* I want it to work tomorrow at 4:30am. ### 5/5 — Fun *2017-02-05, version 9.0* Fun app ### 5/5 — Great app *2016-10-02* This app has really helped my 5 year old daughter understand phonics better. ### 5/5 — Love it *2016-06-15* I love this app, it's really great! ### 5/5 — Working for my son *2016-06-06* My autistic 5 year old son loves this app and is really learning from it. For the first time he is trying to pronounce words phonetically, even difficult ones like U.S. states! ### 5/5 — Nice animations *2015-04-25, version 8.0* I love the animations of the words and machines. My boy reads along each time the word is displayed. Very nice indeed! ### 5/5 — Fun way to learn phonics *2015-04-25, version 8.0* Variety of phonics rules for kids to learn and practice. ### 5/5 — A really useful phonics program *2015-02-19, version 6.0* So many phonics sounds and animations to help children to learn. Well done ### 5/5 — My kid loves it *2015-02-18, version 6.0* The machines are impresive. Very educational! ### 5/5 — One of best phonics app *2015-01-12* This app makes the whole process a lot easier for children to learn phonics. I see my kids sit there for more than 30 minutes with this app and read along the words. Big thank you. --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. Ratings, prices and chart positions refresh continuously; this snapshot is from 2026-08-31.*