Comparison

Phonic Flashcards vs Digraphs CH SH

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

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About

Phonic Flashcards

This educational app helps young children build a strong foundation for reading and spelling by teaching phonics. It uses interactive flashcards with professional voiceovers and includes engaging games to reinforce learning.

Highlights
  • Interactive phonics flashcards
  • Professional voiceovers for phonemes and words
  • Multisensory word-building game
  • Picture-word matching activity
  • Phonological awareness quiz
  • Reward arcade games
  • Multiple voice accents
Features
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We've been making educational software for twenty years, and this is by far the best educational app we have ever made. We wish every child could use it before they start school. Why are Phonic Flashcards better than regular flashcards? Because when you learn with Phonic Flashcards, the phonemes (letters and digraphs) are sounded out! The word "fish" becomes "fff" "i" "shhh", with all words and phonemes recorded by a professional voice artist, helping to build a solid phonics foundation for reading (and spelling) success! All our apps are designed to maximize learning outcomes, while also being super easy to use. Parents do not need a degree in order to use Phonic Flashcards to teach their child how to read. Phonic Flashcards makes a great classroom activity for literacy centers, as well as for one-on-one teaching and assessment, and also whole-class instruction when teaching short vowel sounds. Ages 4-7 plus remedial Includes 200+ flashcards, mainly common nouns. Each interactive card features a picture, which you can tap to hear a fun sound effect. Choose whether to have the words voiced, sounded-out, or both! Tap the letters and digraphs to hear each phoneme. Blend them together to sound-out the word. Hide the picture to administer a reading test. Begin with the sounds of the alphabet. Next learn to read CVC words, focusing on each short vowel sound. Then progress on to 4-5 letter words with blends and common digraphs. Choose a phoneme/sound from the "Digraphs Menu" which includes: ck, sh, ch, th, ng, oo, ee, oa, ou, ai, ea, oi, oy, ow, aw, ir, ar, or, and ur. Full details of all of the Word Lists can be found at: www.phonicflashcards.com As well as FLASHCARDS, there are three additional activities: SHADOWS - a multisensory word-building game which is visual and tactile, while also reinforcing phonemes. MATCH UP! - simply involves matching words with pictures. Turn off the sound cues to test word recognition. WHICH WORD? - a game-show style phonological awareness quiz, to test students on initial sounds and rimes. Upon completing each activity, children are rewarded with a simple tap-tap style arcade game of their choice, Frog Hop or Fish Food. Please refer to the PDF Guide (found at www.phonicflashcards.com) for full details of all the activities, and "How to teach your child to read using Phonic Flashcards". The Phonic Flashcards app requires no setting up, apart from choosing your voice accent the very first time you use it. There are USA, UK and Australian speech options. (You may change voice accent at any time in ‘Settings’ via the cog icon on the front screen.) We care about your child's privacy. This app contains: no ads, no in-app purchases, no sharing of data, no tracking of your location, and no links to social media. If you like our apps, please support us by reviewing and/or rating them in the app store! If you have any suggestions to make our apps better, please contact us directly via our website (www.phonicflashcards.com)

About

Digraphs CH SH

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Digraphs – SH and CH is an educational app that supports speech development, auditory skills, and early preparation for reading and writing in English. Designed as a speech therapy tool, it works perfectly both in therapy sessions and at home. Through interactive exercises, kids will: learn correct pronunciation of the SH and CH digraphs, recognize and reinforce letters and syllables, prepare for fluent reading, improve auditory and visual memory, focus, and concentration, strengthen phonemic awareness, auditory analysis, and synthesis – essential for reading and writing, develop logical thinking skills. Key features: Based on speech therapy and educational methods, Engaging graphics and interactive tasks, 100% ad-free environment, Safe and motivating learning experience. Digraphs – SH and CH combines learning with fun, helping kids build confidence in communication and preparing them for the next steps in education.

Screenshots

Phonic Flashcards4 screens
Digraphs CH SH4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Phonic Flashcards at $0.99 against Digraphs CH SH's $3.99. Phonic Flashcards also leads on iOS requirement (6.0 vs 15.0). On update cadence, ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Phonic Flashcards costs $0.99 and Digraphs CH SH $3.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Phonic Flashcards ships an update every 8 months, Digraphs CH SH every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on October 10, 2026 and October 18, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Phonic Flashcards versus Digraphs CH SH: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPhonic FlashcardsDigraphs CH SH
Price$0.99 — better$3.99
Rating4.7 (19 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews87.5% of reviews—
Number of ratings19 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 8 monthsEvery 5 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaid—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better
Requires iOS6.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size73 MB238 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMichael HarveyRafal Sadowski

In-app purchases

None

Phonic Flashcards

No in-app purchases

None

Digraphs CH SH

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Phonic Flashcards free?
Phonic Flashcards costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Digraphs CH SH free?
Digraphs CH SH costs $3.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do Phonic Flashcards or Digraphs CH SH have ads?
Neither Phonic Flashcards nor Digraphs CH SH shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Phonic Flashcards or Digraphs CH SH?
Phonic Flashcards ships an update every 8 months, and Digraphs CH SH every 5 months. Most recently, Phonic Flashcards was updated on October 10, 2026 and Digraphs CH SH on October 18, 2026.

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