# Magic Spell Phonics — Augmented Reality spelling

> Augmented Reality spelling (iPhone/iPad app by Martyn Broadhead.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/magic-spell-phonics/id1661458473 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Martyn Broadhead](https://appshunter.io/developer/1657722149)
- Category: Education
- Price: Free
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 11.0 · 228 MB
- Languages: English
- Released: 2023-01-01
- Data updated: 2026-05-19
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/magic-spell-phonics/id1661458473/reviews.md

## What is Magic Spell Phonics?

Learning to read is the foundation of children’s early year's education, it is essential in supporting learning throughout a child’s education and improves employment prospects in later life.

The app forms part of a research project investigating the potential of augmented reality to support alphabetic decoding (phonics). Working with teachers and other educational professionals the study used a focus group to identify requirements for the application. It targets areas covered by the UK Government Phonics programme.


## Version history (last 5 releases)

### 2.0.19 — 2023-03-07

Minor bug fix on loss of AR marker.

### 2.0.18 — 2023-03-06

Minor bug fix on grapheme.

### 2.0.8 — 2023-02-27

Minor bug fix.

### 2.0.7 — 2023-02-24

Phoneme audio replaced on "r" sound.

### 2.0.3 — 2023-01-29

Resize of models, improved phoneme audio.

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