# PBPhonics 1 to 3 — user reviews

> 5 indexed App Store user reviews of PBPhonics 1 to 3 by Michael Horton, rated 3.30/5 from 3 ratings.

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/pbphonics-1-to-3/id448032923/reviews
- App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/pbphonics-1-to-3/id448032923.md
- Rating breakdown: 5★ 1 · 4★ 0 · 3★ 1 · 2★ 1 · 1★ 0

## Most critical reviews (5 lowest-rated)

### 1/5 — It's broken

*2015-02-28*

This app crashes as it opens. It is totally useless.

### 1/5 — Didn't like

*2012-11-12*

Sounds in isolation did not match their production at word level. 

I also didn't like that the individual sounds were produced with the schwa after it - this makes it confusing for children as they tend to put the schwa in the word. For example- sound "t" produced in isolation "tuh". Put in word "tap" becomes "tuh-ap". Sounds in isolation should be strictly the sound -no schwa. 

I like the idea and activities.

### 2/5 — Could be great

*2024-12-02*

Seemed like a great idea but the pronunciation is clearly non-native the “a” was slight proof but the “i” was more obvious proof. Sounds like typical non-native “ee” but shortened. I’ve trained over a hundred native and non native trainers, I’m sure

### 3/5 — Helpful for esl

*2025-05-11*

But only on Apple. All students have Samsung.

### 4/5 — G'day and こんにちは！

*2012-10-06*

Wow. This is the first English phonics and latin-alphabet (a-z) app, of the dozen or so I've tried, to consistently use the standard handwritten lower-case 'a' (script a, i.e. like an 'o' with a vertical bar on the right-hand-side) rather than the typographic ("two-storey") version thereof in the user-interface.  It's also the first of those that I've tried, to use multiple (I've counted at least four) speakers rather than the usual single voice.  Finally, non-American-English AND with a bit of bonus Aussie twang.  Cultural diversity, what's the world coming to?

Nice work, and thanks... great app. :)

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