Letter Tiles for Learning vs TT Math 5
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Letter Tiles for Learning
Build words, divide them into syllables, and explore phonogram sounds. This educational tool supports specific reading and spelling programs, offering relevant letter tiles for each lesson. Ideal for interactive learning on tablets.
- Build words
- Divide words into syllables
- Hear phonogram sounds
- Supports All About Reading
- Supports All About Spelling
- Lesson-specific letter tiles
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This app is designed for tablets. It is not recommended for phones. Our Letter Tiles app lets you build words, divide words into syllables, and hear the sounds of the phonograms. Just choose your program from the menu (All About Reading or All About Spelling) and select which lesson number you are currently teaching. The appropriate letter tiles for that lesson will appear, making it easy for you to teach and easy for your child to learn. The app contains all the phonograms, suffixes, and word parts taught in the All About Reading and All About Spelling lesson plans. Suitable for all ages and learning styles! Please Note: This app does not read words aloud.
TT Math 5
This app enhances a math course, allowing students to learn independently and on the go, even offline for up to six lessons. It offers audiovisual lectures, practice problems with instant feedback, and detailed explanations for every problem. Parents can track progress with built-in controls.
- Offline learning for up to 6 lessons
- 114 audiovisual lectures
- Thousands of practice problems
- Automated grading and instant feedback
- Step-by-step audiovisual explanations
- Parental progress tracking
- Digitized textbook with search
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The Teaching Textbooks Math 5 app makes your TT course even better! Not only will your student enjoy math while learning independently, but, with the app, that learning can also take place on the go. Even when offline! Specifically, the app can be used offline for up to 6 lessons at a time. That makes it perfect for homeschool parents who need their kids to stay productive while the family is out and about during the day. The app’s other features include… • 114 audiovisual lectures that teach every core concept in the standard 5th grade curriculum • thousands of problems that give students all the practice they need to master each concept • automated grading and instant feedback for every single problem • step-by-step audiovisual explanations to every single problem so students can see exactly what they did wrong when mistakes are made (This makes the program feel as if a tutor is at the student’s side!) • parental controls that let you track your student’s progress • the digitized version of the printed Teaching Textbooks Math 5 textbook (with a search feature and a hyper-linked index) • no advertising or in-app purchase offers • Internet connectivity is required, but you can remain offline for up to 6 lessons.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: TT Math 5 at Free against Letter Tiles for Learning's $19.99. TT Math 5 also leads on review sentiment (60% vs 38%). Letter Tiles for Learning's advantage is chart position (#27 vs unranked). On rating, ratings volume, update cadence and ads 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
TT Math 5 is free to download; Letter Tiles for Learning costs $19.99 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 — 3.2 for Letter Tiles for Learning against 3.3 for TT Math 5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 93 and 162 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 38% of Letter Tiles for Learning's written reviews are positive against 60% of TT Math 5's.
Letter Tiles for Learning ships an update every 6 weeks, TT Math 5 every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 26, 2026 and October 23, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Letter Tiles for Learning | TT Math 5 |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $19.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 3.2 (93 ratings) | 3.3 (162 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 37.7% of reviews | 59.7% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 93 | 162 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Best chart rank | #27 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 43 MB | 117 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | All About Learning Press, Inc. | Teaching Textbooks, Inc. |
Customer experience
Letter Tiles for Learning
TT Math 5
User reviews
Letter Tiles for Learning
From 93 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Easier than physical tiles
- 👍 Convenient for travel
- 👍 Good for multiple children
- 👍 Works well with AAS/AAR
- 👍 Intuitive design
Room to improve
- 🐛 Frustrating to use
- 🐛 Overpriced
- 🐛 Inconsistent tile response
- 🐛 New update issues
- 🐛 Not phone compatible
TT Math 5
From 162 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Great for homeschooling
- 👍 Clear and easy lessons
- 👍 Interactive lessons
- 👍 Reads lessons aloud
- 👍 Affordable
Room to improve
- 🐛 Glitches and freezing
- 🐛 App is laggy
- 🐛 Sometimes counts correct answers wrong
- 🐛 Custom keyboard issues
- 🐛 Content can be too easy/repetitive
Bugs and requests
Letter Tiles for Learning
Reported bugs
50 issues- Drop-down menu not staying down
- Blank white screen
- App crashes constantly
- Tiles go missing when splitting syllables
- Spaces appear randomly in words
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- Replacing letters moves them to end
- Cannot drag tiles to top
- App crashes on opening after update
- App not working after update
- New version not compatible with curriculum
- Letters freeze up constantly
- Cannot clear tiles easily
- Tapping letters to appear on screen not working
- Sound stopped working
- Difficulty downloading app components
- Dragging syllable tags is difficult
- Cannot get syllable tags to move
- App orientation locked
- Cannot put two separate words on same line
- Cannot play 'change the word' activity
- Drop-down for picking lesson not working
- Hardly ever works, difficult to select level/lesson
- Stuck on white screen
- App freezes
- Can't see all letters on screen, cut off
- Let you switch out letters fluidly
- Word building area cut off by letter tiles
- Child cannot hold on a letter blend to hear sound
- Child cannot hold built word to see spelling
- Interface difficult to use
- Tiles don't always respond to touch
- Tiles go missing
- Clears for no reason
- Cannot find sounds, don't fit on screen
- Letters too large
- Constantly have to swipe to get to vowel teams
- Cannot drag them up there, have to fling
- App unusable for many activities
- App keeps closing itself
- Letters freeze up
- Cannot get any of it to work
- Too sensitive to clear tiles
- Tapping letters doesn't work
- Cannot divide syllables easily
- Cannot put divided syllables back together
- Difficult to slide screen to access syllable tags
- Cannot drag tiles on iPad
- Issues dragging tiles
- Cannot get tiles to respond
- Words popping up on screen within lessons
Requested features
14 requests- Undo feature
- Tile scramble mode
- Apple Pencil/stylus support
- Card quiz feature
- Option to adjust tile size
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- Ability to write on whiteboard
- Sound out words in lessons
- Add end mark punctuation
- Add 'q' tile for advanced learners
- Fix /r/ and /er/ sound issue
- Add 'are you sure?' for deleting tiles
- Allow multiple words on one line
- Fix first line bug
- Allow user to adjust keyboard area size
TT Math 5
Reported bugs
44 issues- App freezes and glitches when giving hints
- Touch screen not registering numbers
- App freezes up
- App is very laggy
- Sometimes kicks me out of the app
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- Error code A-4 preventing app from opening
- Cannot paste
- Carrying makes you put the second digit in first
- Typing digits the opposite way
- App counts correct answers wrong
- App glitches
- Issues with loading lessons
- App won't load a lesson
- App not working at all
- Syncing info issues
- Password was wrong when it was right
- Lectures are very confusing
- Lost progress
- Custom keyboard is difficult to use
- Buttons don't work
- App boots me out frequently
- App is constantly freezing
- Bluetooth keyboard not working on the app
- Won't let me go into one of the lessons
- Reviewing things done in 2nd grade
- Stickers are freaky
- Hard to access stickers
- Audio is outdated and hard to hear
- Doesn't let me past quiz 2
- When I type a answer it doesn’t let me type it correctly
- App glitches out and kicks me off
- Don't explain it good
- Issues with loading lessons on iPad
- Won't let us use the Bluetooth keyboard
- Won't let me go into one of the lessons
- Syncing info issues
- Missed one day of math
- Stickers are really freaky
- Very hard to access my stickers
- Said my password was wrong when i knew it was right
- Lectures are very confusing
- Keep on loosing my progress
- Lost all progress once
- Custom keyboard is quite difficult to use
Requested features
12 requests- Add a redo button
- Add sound effects to stickers
- More problems on each particular math subject
- Focus practice problems on new lessons first
- Improve review of concepts like Roman Numerals and time
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- Option to use standard keyboard
- Fix issues with Bluetooth keyboard
- Allow access to website version if app freezes
- Add cool congratulations at the end of a grade
- Make stickers less freaky
- Improve audio quality and clarity
- Treat older students appropriately
In-app purchases
Letter Tiles for Learning
No in-app purchases
TT Math 5
No in-app purchases
Questions
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