# Phonics Play & Learn — Kids Phonics & Reading Games > Kids Phonics & Reading Games (iPhone/iPad app by Phillip Makusha.) - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/phonics-play-and-learn/id6760246236 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`) - Developer: [Phillip Makusha](https://appshunter.io/developer/1883447503) - Category: Education, Productivity - Price: Free with in-app purchases - Age rating: 4+ - Requires: iOS 15.5 · 114 MB - Languages: American English - Released: 2026-04-13 - Data updated: 2026-09-01 - User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/phonics-play-and-learn/id6760246236/reviews.md ## What is Phonics Play & Learn? Phonics Play & Read makes learning to read fun and easy for young children. Designed for ages 3-8, the app teaches phonics through interactive lessons, hands-on games, and delightful stories, all in a safe, ad-free environment. PRIVACY No adverts. No analytics. No accounts, no sign-up, no data collection of any kind. Nothing your child does leaves the iPad. There is no third-party software in this app at all. It starts with the sound each letter makes and helps your child read get on the path to whole stories on their own. In between there is a path: one clear next thing to do, every time they open the app, so nobody has to decide what to practise. A GUIDED PATH 16 stages, from the alphabet to the first 100 words. Each stage mixes lessons, games and a story, and finishes with a short checkpoint so you can see the learning has stuck. Nothing is timed and nothing is ever lost a checkpoint that does not go well can be tried again straight away. WHAT IS INSIDE - 173 lessons: every letter sound, short vowel words, digraphs, blends, long vowels, and the 100 words that make up half of everything your child will read - 60 stories in six levels, every one read aloud in a warm human voice - 12 games, including tracing letters in the night sky, catching falling sounds in a bucket, and building words from bubbles - Comprehension questions after every story, because reading the words is only half of reading BUILT FOR SMALL CHILDREN FOR THE GROWN-UPS A parent area behind a simple gate shows which sounds your child is finding tricky, not just how many stars they have. You can open the whole path if your child already knows their letters, set the difficulty, switch on a dyslexia-friendly typeface, and save a copy of everything they have earned so a new iPad never loses it. WHAT IS FREE The whole first stage all 26 letters and their sounds is free, along with the first three stories and every game. A subscription opens the rest of the path, all 60 stories and unlimited play. Monthly and annual subscriptions are available. Payment is charged to your Apple ID at confirmation. Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the period; manage or cancel in Settings > Apple ID > Subscriptions. Terms: https://phillipmakusha-ops.github.io/phonicsplay-legal/terms.html Privacy: https://phillipmakusha-ops.github.io/phonicsplay-legal/privacy.html ## Pricing and in-app purchases Base price: Free. **Subscriptions** | Subscription | Price | Period | | --- | --- | --- | | Monthly Premium | $2.99 | per month | | Annual Premium | $19.99 | per year | ## Version history (last 5 releases) ### 2.0.3 — 2026-08-25 A brand-new My Path map: follow the winding road, see how far you've come, and find Koda waiting at your next adventure ### 2.0.2 — 2026-08-11 Content update :) Happy learning ### 2.0.1 — 2026-08-06 Minor bug fix :) Happy learning. ### 2.0.0 — 2026-08-06 A guided path One clear next thing to do every time your child opens the app, instead of a screen full of choices. Sixteen stages, from the alphabet to reading whole sentences, each ending in a short checkpoint so you can see the learning has stuck. Nothing is timed and a checkpoint can always be tried again. Six new games Fly a comet along the stars to write a letter. Catch falling sounds in a bucket. Float words down a river to the boat they rhyme with, build words out of bubbles, load a train with the words of a sentence, and knock the right letter off a wall. 28 new stories, 60 in total Six levels that grow with your child, from five-word pages to real chapters. The last five are Koda's Adventures, a story in five parts for children reading on their own. Every story is read aloud, word by word, in a warm human voice, and every one now ends with questions about what happened. The first 100 words The words that make up half of everything your child will read: the, and, said, there, people. Most cannot be sounded out, so they are learned by sight, and now they have their own place in the app. A brand new look Every menu, story and stage has its own illustration. You will notice it the moment you open the app. Save your progress New in the parent area: save a copy of everything your child has earned, so a new iPad or a reset never loses it. Also in this update - Every game and Story Time are on the home screen from the start - The free part of the app is now the whole first stage all 26 letters and their sounds rather than a few lessons from each section - See exactly which sounds your child is finding tricky, in the parent area - Games respond when an answer is wrong, and quietly help after two tries - A grown-up can open the whole path at once, for a child who already reads ### 1.3.0 — 2026-07-28 A brand-new phonemic-awareness game where kids tap two illustrated words that rhyme. Cat & bat! Cake & lake! Rhyming is one of the strongest predictors of reading success, and this playful format makes it feel like a game, not a drill. Every story now ends with three friendly questions to check that your child understood what they read — narrated by our Dorothy voice with illustrated multiple-choice answers. Kids see stars based on how many they get right on the first try. You'll finally know if they were paying attention. ## Related topics [learn to read phonics](https://appshunter.io/ios/topics/learn-to-read-phonics) · [hooked on phonics learning](https://appshunter.io/ios/topics/hooked-on-phonics-learning) · [phonics hero](https://appshunter.io/ios/topics/phonics-hero) · [early reader phonics](https://appshunter.io/ios/topics/early-reader-phonics) · [pheme](https://appshunter.io/ios/topics/pheme) · [uptosix phonics plus](https://appshunter.io/ios/topics/uptosix-phonics-plus) · [kindergarten phonics island](https://appshunter.io/ios/topics/kindergarten-phonics-island) --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. 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