# Teen & Adult Phonics Library — user reviews

> 8 indexed App Store user reviews of Teen & Adult Phonics Library by Gregory McDonald, rated 4.30/5 from 100 ratings.

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/teen-and-adult-phonics-library/id1189152100/reviews
- App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/teen-and-adult-phonics-library/id1189152100.md
- Rating breakdown: 5★ 77 · 4★ 5 · 3★ 2 · 2★ 2 · 1★ 14

## Most critical reviews (8 lowest-rated)

### 1/5 — Charged for sample

*2019-03-07, version 2.2.2*

My account was charged to download sample books. 🙁

### 3/5 — Issues

*2026-04-27*

I got this app to help someone out. I had to review it first, and I am glad I did. The first sample has grammatical/linguistic errors. I give this 3 stars. Please edit all stories on this app and republish them.

### 5/5 — 关于英语故事的app

*2025-12-01*

赞，Mark一下

### 5/5 — Long overdue

*2020-10-12*

What a great app for teachers & parents of older struggling readers. I can carry every decidable title on my iPad and add another whenever a new skill set comes up in my instructional rotation.

### 5/5 — Exceptional

*2020-05-22, version 2.4*

Older struggling students and adults have complex needs and secondary problems such as learned helplessness. TAP books in their app format take away the negative association with reading and present books on a platform that engages the older reader. 

At any age struggling readers can exhibit deficiencies in phonological processing and reading speed and accuracy issues at the word level. Tap books allow students and adults to practise decoding in age appropriate stories improving their phonological processing, fluency, accuracy, vocabulary and reading comprehension. 

There is such a gap in what is available for struggling readers. It is never too late to learn to read! Very reasonably priced too!

### 5/5 — Stories teens want to and enjoy reading

*2018-11-02*

I use these ebooks with my year 7 and year 9 students who have hit a plateau with there reading due to lack of phonic teaching.

They enjoy reading these stories and always tell me the reading is their favourite part of our sessions. These are the only decodable books I have found which are aimed at teens and adults. They are super value for money, engaging and at a level which is just right for confidence building.
Thank you for filling the void which needed filling.

### 5/5 — Great

*2018-09-26*

This is exactly what I have been looking for! I  needed age appropriate material for my older kids who are struggling to read- this is perfect!!Thank you so much!

**Developer response:** That's wonderful.  Thanks for taking the time to write this.  I encourages us to keep growing the collection.  On that note, you can look forward to more stories coming to TAP this fall!

### 5/5 — Great app for adults who struggle with reading!

*2018-04-24*

A few weeks ago my young adult grandson, who has cognitive impairments, came to live with us. Reading has always been a struggle for him, but he wants to improve. We discovered that he reads on a kindergarten level and has low compression. We wanted to help him but didn’t want to humiliate him with childish apps or children’s books. We found this app and it has been amazing! Even though he struggles with even a phonics level 2, the words are not beyond his ability to sound the out. The stories are mature and meaningful to him. My only concern is that there are only five novels and we will be through them in about 6 weeks. I’m not sure what we will do then as this has been highly effective for him. I am just hoping for more titles by then.

**Developer response:** Thank-you for taking the time to share this with us.  You **are** an Awesome Great Grandma to have found TAP for your grandson and we're so glad you did.  New titles are indeed in the works.  With your encouragement, hopefully they'll be ready even sooner.  Best regards to you and your grandson!  Greg and Victoria

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