Letter Tiles for Learning vs First Grade Learning Adventure
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.
First Grade Learning Adventure
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Make first grade skills stick with 16 joyful mini-games designed around real learning science — spaced review, second chances, and adaptive difficulty that keeps kids challenged but never overwhelmed. LEARN & PRACTICE • Sight Words & Letter Sounds • Rhyme Time, Opposites, Syllable Claps • Finish the Sentence & Sort It Out • Counting, Skip Counting, Tens & Ones • Addition & Subtraction to 20 • Compare Numbers & Missing Numbers • Telling Time & Counting Money • Shapes, Patterns & Word Problems KIDS LOVE IT • Earn coins and XP with every correct answer • Unlock avatars, color themes & power-ups in the Reward Shop • Daily gifts, streaks, achievements & a friendly weekly leaderboard • Cheerful voice reads every question out loud PARENTS LOVE IT • 100% offline — no internet used, ever • No ads, no purchases, no accounts, no data collected • Parent dashboard shows progress by skill (behind a parent gate) • Gentle, encouraging feedback — mistakes become learning moments Designed for ages 5–8. Perfect for daily 10-minute practice sessions.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: First Grade Learning Adventure at $0.99 against Letter Tiles for Learning's $19.99. Letter Tiles for Learning's advantage is chart position (#42 vs unranked) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 16.6). On 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
Letter Tiles for Learning costs $19.99 and First Grade Learning Adventure $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
| Parameter | Letter Tiles for Learning | First Grade Learning Adventure |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $19.99 | $0.99 — better |
| Rating | 3.2 (93 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 37.7% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 93 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Best chart rank | #42 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 16.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 43 MB | 3 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | All About Learning Press, Inc. | Kevin Fitzgerald |
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
First Grade Learning Adventure
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Letter Tiles for Learning
No in-app purchases
First Grade Learning Adventure
No in-app purchases
Questions
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