# Bridging Phonics — Phonics practice and progress

> Phonics practice and progress (iPhone/iPad app by Simon Feltham.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/bridging-phonics/id6754897123 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Simon Feltham](https://appshunter.io/developer/1850836191)
- Category: Education
- Price: Free with in-app purchases
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 15.1 · 76 MB
- Languages: American English
- Released: 2026-06-30
- Data updated: 2026-10-01
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/bridging-phonics/id6754897123/reviews.md

## What is Bridging Phonics?

Bridging Phonics helps parents and private tutors record and explain early reading progress through phonics. It supports the phonics a child is already learning at school—complementing, not replacing, the school’s systematic synthetic phonics programme.
Create pupil profiles, record adult judgements about letter–sound correspondences, see what is being practised and what may need checking, and generate clear progress summaries. Parents can practise with and track up to two children for free.
Designed primarily for children in Reception to Year 2 (EYFS/KS1). It can also support older pupils who need additional help with decoding and children learning English as an additional language (EAL), when used as part of an appropriate teaching approach.
Tutor Access is a subscription that adds tools for managing multiple pupils, establishing starting points, linking with parents, logging sessions, organising cohorts, planning what to practise next and exporting progress records.
Progress records reflect judgements made by the adult who recorded them. They are not standardised, accredited or school assessments, and Bridging Phonics does not certify that a child has mastered a correspondence.
Tutor Access is an auto-renewable subscription. Payment is charged to your Apple Account when you confirm your purchase. The subscription renews automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current subscription period. You can manage or cancel your subscription at any time in your App Store account settings.
Privacy Policy: https://feltpro.co.uk/bridging-phonics/privacy/
Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

## Pricing and in-app purchases

Base price: Free.

**Subscriptions**

| Subscription | Price | Period |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Tutor Access | $3.99 | per month |



## Version history (last 5 releases)

### 1.17.0 — 2026-08-22

Bridging Phonics 1.17 introduces a more complete workflow for tutors:

• Establish and continue a pupil’s starting point across multiple sittings
• See the last session, current position, sounds needing attention and recommended practice in one summary
• Review and confirm progress updates after logging a session
• Preview and export a dated Tutor Progress Record for parents
• Improved report date selection and clearer PDF formatting
• Updated short “a” and short “oo” recordings
• Reliability, accessibility and performance improvements

### 1.14.0 — 2026-08-06

Phonics practice is now clearer and more engaging:
Hear pronunciation audio for 44 phonemes
Use new picture cues to connect sounds with spellings
See clearer examples when a spelling can represent different sounds
Accessibility, privacy and subscription reliability improvements

### 1.13.3 — 2026-07-21

New Phase 4 and Phase 5 guides with practical advice for supporting children at home.
Clearer, more parent-friendly phonics guidance throughout the app.
Improved flashcard help, with information tailored to the phase being practised.

### 1.11.5 — 2026-07-10

Improved account sign-in reliability, tutor-parent syncing, and progress tracking. Updated phonics guidance and terminology for clearer UK SSP alignment. Strengthened privacy disclosures, external-link safeguards, and error handling throughout the app.

### 1.11.4 — 2026-07-03

Link fix for phonics pdf tracker

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