# READING MAGIC 2 Deluxe — Reading Consonant Blends > Educational app for children to learn and practice consonant blends in reading. (iPhone/iPad app by PRESCHOOL UNIVERSITY.) - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/reading-magic-2-deluxe/id585136014 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`) - Developer: [PRESCHOOL UNIVERSITY](https://appshunter.io/developer/404048727) - Category: Education, Games, Family - Price: $3.99 - Rating: 3.00/5 from 3 App Store ratings · 11 written reviews indexed - Age rating: 4+ - Requires: iOS 13.7 · 232 MB - Languages: American English - Released: 2012-12-14 - Data updated: 2026-08-18 - Monetization: paid - User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/reading-magic-2-deluxe/id585136014/reviews.md ## What is READING MAGIC 2 Deluxe? Unlock the Magic of Reading with READING MAGIC 2! Transform your child into a confident reader with READING MAGIC 2! This app makes learning to read an exciting adventure with interactive activities focused on CCVC (Consonant-Consonant-Vowel-Consonant) and CVCC short-vowel blend words. Meticulously designed to provide an advanced boost to your child’s phonemic awareness, this app combines three foundational pillars of literacy science into one powerful, interactive ecosystem: Blending (Listening), Segmenting (Speaking), and Decoding (Reading). Grounded firmly in Science of Reading principles and utilizing University of Florida Literacy Institute (UFLI) guidelines, READING MAGIC provides specific, precise training with extensive repetitions to help young brains bridge the gap between spoken sound units and complete words. IDEAL FOR BOTH BEGINNING PRE-READERS AND STRUGGLING READERS For Beginning Pre-Readers: A stress-free launchpad. By practicing words through pure sound sequences first, your child masters the internal mechanics of reading without cognitive overload. This keeps them from being frustrated by trying to learn separate, difficult skills at the same time. For Struggling or Remedial Readers: If your child's reading is hesitant or choppy, or if they guess at words, this app provides the targeted intervention recommended by modern reading science to help young brains bridge the gap. THREE CRITICAL SKILL-BUILDING PILLARS While many phonics programs completely overlook the auditory mechanics of reading, our program systematically guides your child through the complete progression of decoding: Skill 1: Blending (Listening): Interactive listening activities train your child’s neural processing ability to hear isolated sounds in words and join them together mentally. This builds the vital auditory runway required for future fluency. Skill 2: Segmenting (Speaking): True spelling and reading independence require the ability to pull spoken words apart into their individual sound units. These exercises build explicit awareness of the acoustic structure of language. Skill 3: Decoding (Reading): The ultimate bridge to literacy. Your child applies their mastery of blending and segmenting directly to text, smoothly moving from spoken sounds to visual words. STRUCTURAL SPACING & INSTRUCTION (Science-Backed Layout) Our app builds the actual findings of reading science directly into the user interface for maximum visual clarity: Anti-Crowding Design: Peer-reviewed research, including Marinus et al. (2016) and Wery & Diliberto (2017), demonstrates that generous letter spacing is critical for early decoding. By placing each letter on its own isolated card with distinct physical gaps, our layout eliminates visual crowding, allowing your child to isolate each sound unit cleanly. True Comprehension: The app strictly discourages picture guessing, forcing children to rely purely on their decoding skills to foster true comprehension and build lasting confidence. INDEPENDENT LEARNING & AESTHETIC SIMPLICITY Distraction-Free: Our minimalist design eliminates overstimulating audio-visual clutter, excessive sound effects, and animations to keep your child entirely focused on the mechanics of reading. Stress-Free Growth: Built-in natural feedback loops offer gentle corrections, nurturing self-discovery and independent learning at your child's own pace. EXPERT RESEARCH BACKING "Before a child can read fluently with their eyes, they must be able to blend fluently with their ears. Weakness in auditory blending is one of the strongest early predictors of later reading failure." — Dr. Joseph Torgesen, Florida State University. "Teaching students to blend and segment benefited their reading much more than did a multiple-skills approach... and teaching phonemic awareness with letters created effect sizes almost twice as large as teaching children without letters." — The National Reading Panel (NRP) Meta-Analysis ## Key features - Blending Mode for sound blending - Segmenting Mode for word segmentation - Reading Mode for independent word reading - Focus on CCVC and CVCC words - Advanced consonant blends section - Over 300 words with male/female voices - Lesson tracking and sequenced curriculum ## Recent user reviews (10 of 11) All indexed reviews: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/reading-magic-2-deluxe/id585136014/reviews.md ### 5/5 — Consonant Blend Helper *2016-03-23* This app focuses on words that use consonant blends. The app uses about 300 words broken down into 23 categories. This app is all about showing how words are made up of sounds. This app shows how to construct words from sounds and how to deconstruct words into sounds. This app has three different reading games as advertised. The first game involves, what reading experts call blending. Children take separate individual sounds and blend them together into a single word. The second game is what reading experts call segmenting. Children take a word and break it down into its individual separate sounds. The third game is a straightforward reading activity. For both the reading and the blending games, the picture is hidden, which I really like. In my years of working with children on beginning reading skills, I have seen children relying a lot on picture guessing. This app helps children practice the basic reading skills with the pictures being used to help the children check their work, rather than distracting them into picture guessing. I like how the pictures will say what word they are when touched. This eliminates any confusion as to what the word is. This app has had an update to its interface since I first used it. The interface is nice and friendly. This app has helped my children build their word reading skills. It has helped them to understand the concept of consonant blends. ### 2/5 — Misleading *2015-01-22* I was looking for an app to help my child with blends. All this app does is provide practice for individual sounds. For a child that already knows the sounds that letters make, this does help with blends. Also, the three sections of this app are all the same, despite being its own "category"--click the square, it makes a letter sound. I am mostly annoyed because I paid money for this. This app is not sophisticated enough to have to pay for it. **Developer response:** The instructions and directions for the app have been upgraded to avoid misunderstandings about what this app is trying to teach. Sounds are the building blocks of words. This app teaches children how to recognize the individual sounds within words and how to put them together to make words. This app focuses on blends. In reality, consonant blends are not actually blends but two sounds put together. Teaching a child lists of the "st" words is ineffective on several accounts. The biggest reason is that these two letters together make no unique nor different sounds. Teaching words with "sh" is different because these two letters together make a unique sound. Secondly, most of these lists introduce advanced spellings beyond the scope of the list lesson. For "st" words, state, star, stapler, and stay all are more advanced concepts than the blend "st" that they are learning. This app has three separate sections. The first section focuses on blending. The second section focuses on segmenting. The third section focuses on reading. These are the key steps to reading mastery. This app is simple in its delivery of advanced concepts that have been proven to help children become excellent readers. ### 4/5 — Good *2013-01-04* It's a good app for kids, I think it can be very useful, but it needs a better interface. It's very interactive. ### 5/5 — excellent *2013-01-04* I have purchased 4 paid apps and 3 free app of Preschool University and I completely satisfied with it. Very helpful education app! ### 3/5 — Good concept. *2013-01-03* The concept of this app is superb. The approach is good, the app is well set out with very clear instructions. My reservation in giving this more stars is the clarity of the recordings. Some words do not sound particularly clear when replayed. This app would be truly enhanced if the words were written on screen, and there was the ability to replay a whole word as well as the broken word sound bites. **Developer response:** The instructions and directions for the app have been upgraded to avoid misunderstandings about what this app is trying to teach. The clarity of the recordings has been improved with the most recent updates. The word is not supposed to be on the screen for the first game until after the children have recognized the word. This is intentional and essential for children to not see the word at first so that they can practice blending the sounds of the word into the word. The word and picture appear after the child has blended the sounds together into a word. For the second game, the word must not be written on the screen because the child is spelling out the word auditorially. In the third game, the word is on the screen. ### 4/5 — a very informative app *2013-01-03* a very informative app. a good app for kids to learn the reading of words. this one concentrates on consonant blends, and there are many words included. but the interface is not very attractive, and I think some words are too complicated for kids. ### 5/5 — Jdubya300 *2013-01-03* Very nice reading app. It really helps my young niece. It is well done. ### 5/5 — Great *2013-01-03* This app is very good education tool that teach kids a lot of useful skills. Nice work! ### 5/5 — Another wonderful app *2013-01-02* This is my second purchase. Those who like reading magic 1, this app will be their second choice. It's layout still the same, but their content are getting more advanced. I suggest to add some sound effect and explanation to those flash card. Beside in learning the correct pronunciation, children must appreciate the meaning of those words. ### 4/5 — ABC READING MAGIC *2013-01-02* I liked this app. I showed it to my children and they loved it so much. I like the graphics and they like the interface. ## Frequently asked questions about READING MAGIC 2 Deluxe ### What is READING MAGIC 2 Deluxe? READING MAGIC 2 Deluxe is an educational app designed to help children master consonant blends, a crucial skill for reading success. It offers interactive modes for blending, segmenting, and reading words. ### How does READING MAGIC 2 Deluxe teach reading? It uses three modes: Blending Mode to combine sounds, Segmenting Mode to break down words, and Reading Mode for independent practice. The app focuses on CCVC and CVCC words, with advanced blends available. ### What age group is READING MAGIC 2 Deluxe for? The app is suitable for children aged 4 and up, as indicated by its age rating. It was developed by educators and tested with preschoolers. ### How many words are included in READING MAGIC 2 Deluxe? The app features over 300 words to help children learn blending, segmenting, and reading with consonant blends. It includes both male and female voices for each word. ### Does READING MAGIC 2 Deluxe have ads? No, READING MAGIC 2 Deluxe does not contain advertisements. It is a paid application designed for an uninterrupted learning experience. ### What devices is READING MAGIC 2 Deluxe available on? READING MAGIC 2 Deluxe is available on iPhones, iPads, and iPods. It offers a sequenced curriculum perfect for home or classroom use. ### How often is READING MAGIC 2 Deluxe updated? The app was last updated on September 24, 2024, with version 2.4. Updates often introduce sequential lessons to enhance the learning journey. ### What is the cost of READING MAGIC 2 Deluxe? READING MAGIC 2 Deluxe is available for a one-time purchase of $3.99. This provides full access to all features and content without additional in-app purchases. ## Version history (last 5 releases) ### 2.6 — 2026-07-10 BIG USER INTERFACE UPGRADE The layout has been completely refreshed for maximum visual clarity, ensuring a cleaner, distraction-free environment that helps early readers focus entirely on learning. The Navigation system has been clarified and simplified for easier navigation. CRITICAL PERFORMANCE & SOUND FIXES We heard your feedback and have completely resolved the crashing and silencing bugs reported in previous versions. This build delivers rock-solid performance, steady system stability, and completely reliable audio playback so your child can practice their letter sounds entirely interruption-free. NEW 4-CHOICE GAME OPTIONS Both the Blending and Decoding games now feature an expanded four-choice mode. This gives children more variety and repetitive practice opportunities to build robust phonemic awareness. CUSTOM BLENDING SPEEDS You now have direct control over playback. New speed options let you slow down or speed up the sound blending delivery to match your child's exact learning pace. If you love these new features and seeing your child thrive, please take a moment to leave us a review! Reviews REALLY help small developers, and your feedback is much APPRECIATED. ### 2.5 — 2026-07-08 BIG USER INTERFACE UPGRADE The layout has been completely refreshed for maximum visual clarity, ensuring a cleaner, distraction-free environment that helps early readers focus entirely on learning. The Navigation system has been clarified and simplified for easier navigation. CRITICAL PERFORMANCE & SOUND FIXES We heard your feedback and have completely resolved the crashing and silencing bugs reported in previous versions. This build delivers rock-solid performance, steady system stability, and completely reliable audio playback so your child can practice their letter sounds entirely interruption-free. NEW 4-CHOICE GAME OPTIONS Both the Blending and Decoding games now feature an expanded four-choice mode. This gives children more variety and repetitive practice opportunities to build robust phonemic awareness. CUSTOM BLENDING SPEEDS You now have direct control over playback. New speed options let you slow down or speed up the sound blending delivery to match your child's exact learning pace. If you love these new features and seeing your child thrive, please take a moment to leave us a review! Reviews REALLY help small developers, and your feedback is much APPRECIATED. ### 2.4 — 2024-09-24 User interface has been upgraded. If you like this app, please leave a review. Reviews REALLY help. Reviews are much APPRECIATED. ### 2.0 — 2016-01-22 This app has been updated by Apple to display the Apple Watch app icon. Upgraded User Interface. Upgraded App flow. Clearer Concept Implementation. 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User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. Ratings, prices and chart positions refresh continuously; this snapshot is from 2026-08-18.*