Phonics Blends Game vs ABC Starter Kit
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Phonics Blends Game
This game makes learning letter blends engaging for young children. Players hear a blend sound and guess the corresponding letter combination, with correct answers unlocking fun video clips. It covers 20 basic blends taught in primary school.
- Teaches 20 basic letter blends
- Interactive sound identification
- Visual feedback with video clips
- Award-winning educational content
- Designed for preschool learners
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Meet the Blends Guessing Game makes learning to identify blends fun and easy. Two letters that come together and keep their own sounds are taught in primary school as "letter blends". Meet the Blends teaches 20 basic blends from the award-winning Meet the Phonics Blends DVD. First you will hear the blend sound, then you will guess which letter combination matches that sound. If you choose the wrong blend, it will disappear. When you select the correct blend, you will see it come to life in a fun video clip. You will soon know all 20 blends! Featuring: bl, br, cl, cr, dr, fl, fr, gl, gr, pl, pr, sc, sk, sl, sm, sn, sp, st, sw & tr. Preschool Prep Company DVDs have won over 100 awards and are used in millions of homes and schools around the world. You will be amazed at how easily you can learn digraphs!™
ABC Starter Kit
This educational game teaches children to read and write letters and words. It features interactive exercises for tracing letters, sequencing the alphabet, matching cases, and spelling simple words. The app offers phonetic pronunciation and supports learning with spoken words.
- Alphabet tracing with animations
- Letter sound and name pronunciation
- Alphabet sequencing exercises
- Capital and lowercase letter matching
- Word writing with mixed letters
- Phonetic pronunciation
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This educational game for beginners offers valuable educational functions: A) In the area THE LETTERS, the alphabet from A - Z is presented with upper case and lower case letters. The letters are displayed with an animation showing how they are written and can also be traced. You can switch between the INITIAL SOUNDS and the LETTERS' NAMES. B) Hidden under the heading THE ALPHABET are two short exercises and a table of initial sounds. • The first exercise is to put the alphabet into the right SEQUENCE. • The aim of LARGE & SMALL is to order capital letters to their lower case equivalents. • The INITIAL SOUNDS features an overview of the whole alphabet. C) The WRITE WORDS exercise trains the player to write their first words. The letters of up to 67 words are mixed up and the aim is to write the words with the letters in the correct order. There are three levels of difficulty and the words can always be heard. OVERVIEW: • Speech: "Phonetic pronunciation" or "Pronunciation with vowels" and spoken words (apple, ball, etc.) • Font: a basic font, with upper case and lower case letters • All letters from A - Z • Four educationally valuable exercises and a table of initial sounds • Protected settings and links • No ads or in-app purchases NOTE: A soft pen is recommended for tracing the letters.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Phonics Blends Game at every 3 months against ABC Starter Kit's every 20 months. Phonics Blends Game also leads on price ($0.99 vs $1.99) and iOS requirement (8.0 vs 12.0). On rating, ratings volume, ads and in-app purchases 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
Phonics Blends Game costs $0.99 and ABC Starter Kit $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.0 for Phonics Blends Game against 4.0 for ABC Starter Kit. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 1 respectively.
Phonics Blends Game ships an update every 3 months, ABC Starter Kit every 20 months. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 12, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Phonics Blends Game | ABC Starter Kit |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.99 — better | $1.99 |
| Rating | 4.0 (2 ratings) | 4.0 (1 ratings) |
| Number of ratings | 2 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months — better | Every 20 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 12.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 113 MB | 24 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Preschool Prep Company | Jan Essig |
Customer experience
Phonics Blends Game
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In-app purchases
Phonics Blends Game
No in-app purchases
ABC Starter Kit
No in-app purchases
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