# What's Changed? Skill Builder - AU version

> Educational app for phonemic awareness, reading readiness, and auditory discrimination. (iPhone/iPad app by Accessible Publishing Systems Pty Limited.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/whats-changed-skill-builder-au-version/id943362434 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Accessible Publishing Systems Pty Limited](https://appshunter.io/developer/919855899)
- Category: Education, Games, Word
- Price: Free with in-app purchases
- Rating: 4.30/5 from 3 App Store ratings · 1 written reviews indexed
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 7.0 · 272 MB
- Languages: American English
- Released: 2015-03-10
- Data updated: 2026-06-10
- Monetization: free with in-app purchases
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/whats-changed-skill-builder-au-version/id943362434/reviews.md

## What is What's Changed? Skill Builder?

The What’s Changed? skill builder has been specifically designed to develop students’ phonemic awareness - the ability to discern the sounds, and the sequence of sounds, within a word. Phonemic awareness is a critical skill for learning to read and can be improved with practice.  
 
What’s Changed? focuses on developing phonemic awareness with vowel sounds and consonant blends through exercises that require students to listen to two non-words and identify what changed between the two words. 

Students develop the core foundational skills that make up phonemic awareness by identifying the type of change that occurred, including: 
-	identifying the sound that changed (‘zat’ to ‘zad’) 
-	substituting a new letter for the sound that changed (‘feld’ to ‘fald’)
-	specifying the letter for a sound that was added or omitted (‘strek’ to ‘stek’)
-	switching two letters for sounds that were switched (‘blist’ to ‘blits’) 
Students with poor phonemic awareness skills often make these types of errors when reading. 
 
What’s Changed? also develops segmentation and blending skills - the ability to segment a word into its individual sounds and then blend the sounds together for whole word reading. These skills are also essential for successfully learning how to read, as they enable students to blends sounds together in order to recognise whole words when reading. 
 
What’s Changed? is suitable for students of all ages, particularly emerging readers and struggling readers. It is also good for English language learners wanting to improve their auditory discrimination and pronunciation of English. Parents or teachers can monitor students’ progress, and pinpoint weaker areas by looking at the results for each skill type. 

There are three different categories in What’s Changed?, each with four increasing levels of difficulty. Within each game, the words build from VC (e.g. ‘ob’) to CCVCC (e.g. ‘brisp’). The Standard English category develops letter-sound knowledge for the most common sounds of letters (for example, the /k/ sound of the letter ‘c’ as in ‘cat’).
 
The Readable English category builds on from the Standard English category, including the non-standard sounds of letters (for example, the other sounds the letter ‘c’ can make such as in ‘cell’, ‘ocean’ and ‘cello’). In Readable English when a letter makes a sound other than its usual sound, it is marked with a glyph, enabling all the sounds of English to be represented by distinct characters (e.g. the different sounds of the letter ‘o’ in ‘cove’, ‘love’ and ‘move’ are clearly reflected with different glyphs).

The Colour category uses only colours to represent sounds, which requires users to strictly focus on auditory discrimination rather than sound-symbol association.
 
Readable English: Read It | Speak It | Know It.

## Key features

- Develops phonemic awareness
- Improves sound discrimination
- Enhances segmentation and blending skills
- Progress monitoring for students
- Multiple difficulty levels
- Three distinct learning categories

## Pricing and in-app purchases

Base price: Free.

**One-time purchases**

| Purchase | Price | Type |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Buy All Games | $3.99 | one-time |


## Recent user reviews (1 of 1)

All indexed reviews: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/whats-changed-skill-builder-au-version/id943362434/reviews.md

### 5/5 — Like it!

*2019-01-09*

It is difficult to find true phonemic awareness activities especially for older students. I like this app very much!

## Frequently asked questions about What's Changed? Skill Builder

### What is the main focus of What's Changed? Skill Builder?

What's Changed? Skill Builder focuses on developing phonemic awareness, which is the ability to discern the sounds and their sequence within words. This is a critical skill for learning to read.

### What specific reading skills does What's Changed? Skill Builder help with?

The app helps develop phonemic awareness through exercises on vowel sounds and consonant blends. It also aids in segmentation and blending skills, essential for whole-word reading.

### Who is the target audience for What's Changed? Skill Builder?

This app is suitable for students of all ages, particularly emerging readers and struggling readers. It is also beneficial for English language learners aiming to improve their auditory discrimination and pronunciation.

### How does What's Changed? Skill Builder track student progress?

Parents or teachers can monitor students' progress and identify weaker areas by reviewing the results for each skill type within the app.

### What are the different learning categories in What's Changed? Skill Builder?

There are three categories: Standard English for common letter sounds, Readable English for non-standard sounds with glyphs, and Colour for auditory discrimination without sound-symbol association.

### What is the age rating for What's Changed? Skill Builder?

What's Changed? Skill Builder has an age rating of 4+, making it appropriate for young children and emerging readers.

### Does What's Changed? Skill Builder have ads?

No, What's Changed? Skill Builder does not contain advertisements, providing an uninterrupted learning experience for users.

### What devices is What's Changed? Skill Builder available on?

What's Changed? Skill Builder is available on iPhones, iPads, and iPods, offering flexibility for users across Apple devices.

## Version history (last 2 releases)

### 1.3 — 2015-09-17

This app has been updated by Apple to display the Apple Watch app icon.

Minor Improvements and Bug Fixes.

### 1.0 — 2015-03-10

No release notes.

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