# Sound It Out: Phonics — Learn to read, sound by sound

> Learn to read, sound by sound (iPhone/iPad app by Donald Timpson.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/sound-it-out-phonics/id6812583311 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Donald Timpson](https://appshunter.io/developer/6804510420)
- Category: Education, Games
- Price: Free
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 18.0 · 22 MB
- Languages: American English
- Released: 2026-09-24
- Data updated: 2026-10-14

## What is Sound It Out?

Sound It Out teaches young children to read the way reading actually works: sounding words out, one letter at a time. It was built by a teacher, and it is deliberately calm — no ads, no characters shouting, no timers, and nothing that can ever tell a child they got it wrong.

A gentle path from letters to real reading:
• Letters — the 26 sounds
• Blending — two sounds together (ba, be, bi)
• Word Blending — word families (at → cat, hat)
• Words — a growing ladder from CVC to vowel teams and beyond
• Sentences — the first real sentences, decodable and in order
• By Heart — the rule-breakers (the, was, said)

Write, don't just read:
• Trace — draw each letter and number with a finger, following a dotted guide

Play with what they've learned:
• Find It, Build a Word, Rhyme Time, and Match Up — reinforcement dressed as games

Made for how children (and families) really use it:
• Vowels are always red — a real phonics cue, held across the whole app
• Several children can share one device, each with their own profile
• Themes are earned, so progress is something a child can see
• Grown-up settings (difficulty, microphone, and more) sit behind a simple gate

Private by design: Sound It Out has no network connection at all. Nothing is collected, nothing is uploaded, nothing is stored off your device — ever. If you turn on voice, speech is recognized on the device and never recorded or sent.

## Is Sound It Out safe?

Not enough ratings yet to assess Sound It Out.

## Is Sound It Out legit?

Sound It Out: Phonics has limited verification signals. The AppsHunter Legitimacy Score for Sound It Out is 58 out of 100 points across 7 verification signals from App Store and developer data.


## Version history (last 1 release)

### 1.0 — 2026-09-25

No release notes.

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## More apps by Donald Timpson

- [The Timpson Lyceum](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/the-timpson-lyceum/id6804510418)

All apps by Donald Timpson: https://appshunter.io/developer/6804510420

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