Comparison

ABC Reading vs Learn to Read

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

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About

ABC Reading

This app offers a vast library of original American English picture books for children to improve their reading skills. It features authentic pronunciation, voice recording for practice, and interactive games to enhance learning and family engagement.

Highlights
  • Exclusive Reading A-Z (RAZ) library
  • Authentic American English pronunciation
  • Voice recording and scoring
  • Interactive family games
  • 27 graded reading levels
  • Diverse video content
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【经典绘本正版授权】 熊猫博士斥资数千万独家引进美国原版Reading A-Z(RAZ)。 RAZ被誉为美国分级阅读的鼻祖,获奖无数,全球正在使用RAZ绘本的用户有超过800万,分别来自超过170个国家,总计阅读文章超过80亿次。 【核心特色】 美国纯正发音,沉浸式体验。 在RAZ阅读系统中,每一篇文章都有纯正美音发音,非常适合用户跟着原版音频磨耳朵。熟悉以后,还可以自己配音。通过配音回放,用户可以发现哪些发音标准、哪些地方还需要提高。 【内容特点】 海量原版:拥有近2000本美国原版RAZ绘本资源,涵盖二十多个话题和科目。 科学进阶:ABC Reading从aa-Z划分了27个阶段,科学专业的进阶阅读体系适合不同能力不同阶段的用户,让用户尽可能的找到适合自己的内容并自主完成! 【功能特色】 配音打分:ABC Reading拥有国际水平的语音识别功能,附带地道的美式配音,以及卓越的语音识别技术,通过用户自己进行绘本配音,培养地道表达能力。 家庭互动:每个绘本均自带有趣的家庭游戏,不仅可以和机器对战巩固对绘本的掌握,还可以和家庭成员对战形成家庭互动的积极的语言氛围。 电影院:多元化的视频内容,包括:社会科学、人文地理、卡通人物等各个方面,激发用户探索兴趣,给用户带来“沉浸式”的环境体验。 --------------------------------------------------------------- 联系我们 微信公众号搜索【ABC Reading美国图书馆】,获取ABC Reading最新动态,更有0元福利、绘本干货等你来参与! 「自动订阅会员说明」 1、连续包月用户权益:内容特权【畅读27个级别2000+绘本、电影院影片内容播放】 2、名称:连续包月订阅VIP 3、价格:以IAP申请信息为准,例如VIP订阅月卡产品48元/月 4、购买自动订阅会员的账号,会在每个月订阅期到期前24小时,从您的iTunes账户中扣费,扣费成功后顺延一个订阅周期。 5、如需取消订阅,请手动打开苹果手机/iPad "iTunes/Apple ID",设置管理中关闭自动续订功能。如未在订阅期结束的至少24小时前关闭订阅的,将视为您同意继续授权,此订阅将会自动续订 自动订阅续费协议:https://abctime.com/autorenew_white.html

About

Learn to Read

This app offers a guided, co-play experience for parents and children aged 3-8 to learn reading skills. It uses research-backed phonics lessons, interactive storybooks, videos, and games to build foundational reading abilities.

Highlights
  • 99 step-by-step phonics lessons
  • 67 interactive digital storybooks
  • 42 educational videos
  • 3 expert-designed reading games
  • Printable offline activities
  • Family subscription with 3 profiles
  • Ad-free experience
Features
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Teach your child how to read! Ages 3-8. Reading.com is a fun, co-play experience designed by education experts for you to teach your child to read — with the love, care, and joy only a parent and child can share. RESEARCH-BACKED No cape? No problem. Our program gives you supercharged superparent powers! Reading.com’s research-backed, phonics-based lessons are fully scripted so they don’t require any special training or knowledge for you to become the most powerful teacher your child will ever have. FROM LETTER RECOGNITION TO CONFIDENT READING As your child masters more letters, sounds, and words, they'll unlock a playful world of reading activities including interactive storybooks, videos, digital games, and printable activities. THE MOST MEANINGFUL (TEAM)WORK OF YOUR LIFE Each lesson takes just 15 - 20 minutes to complete and they’re designed for you and your child to go at your own pace. Lessons cover letters, letter blends, long vowel sounds, and digraphs, taking your child from basic alphabetic knowledge to reading at a late 1st grade level. This is the easiest head start you’ll ever give your child! KEY FEATURES - 120 step-by-step phonics lessons for a grownup & child to do together - 84 interactive, decodable, digital storybooks - 42 videos featuring letters, letter sounds, and an exclusive alphabet song - 5 expertly-designed reading games for independent play that practice skills in: letter recognition, letter-phoneme correlation, beginning sounds, vocabulary, letter-writing, spelling - Access to printable games & activities for fun offline reinforcement - One subscription for the whole family with up to 3 profiles - Ad-free Download the app today, help your child learn to read and join other parents raising readers! Privacy Policy: https://www.reading.com/privacy-policy/ Terms and Conditions: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

ABC Reading4 screens
Learn to Read4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ratings volume: Learn to Read at 71K against ABC Reading's 732. Learn to Read also leads on update cadence (every 5 days vs fortnightly) and chart position (#13 vs unranked). ABC Reading's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). On price, rating, review sentiment 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. ABC Reading sells 31 in-app purchases, starting at $14.99 per month and Learn to Read sells 9 in-app purchases, starting at $12.49 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.8 for ABC Reading against 4.7 for Learn to Read. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Learn to Read has 71K ratings behind it against 732, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 87% of ABC Reading's written reviews are positive against 81% of Learn to Read's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

ABC Reading ships an update fortnightly, Learn to Read every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on September 22, 2026 and September 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 7 level
ABC Reading versus Learn to Read: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterABC ReadingLearn to Read
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (732 ratings) — better4.7 (71K ratings)
Positive reviews86.7% of reviews — better81.0% of reviews
Number of ratings73271K — better
Update frequencyFortnightlyEvery 5 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
Best chart rank#13 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size377 MB252 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDr. Panda LtdTeaching.com

Customer experience

ABC Reading

All ratings732 ratings
Positive95.2%
Neutral2.3%
Negative2.5%
Written reviews60 reviews
Positive86.7%
Neutral3.3%
Negative10.0%

Learn to Read

All ratings70,642 ratings
Positive92.7%
Neutral3.3%
Negative4.1%
Written reviews704 reviews
Positive81.0%
Neutral3.7%
Negative15.3%

User reviews

ABC Reading

From 732 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 😊 Engaging and fun learning experience
  • ⭐ Effective English learning tool
  • 🎮 Gamification with PK and game features
  • 📚 Comprehensive leveled reading library
  • 🎨 Beautiful illustrations and design

Room to improve

  • 💰 Expensive membership pricing with frequent price drops
  • 🐢 Slow app performance and responsiveness
  • 🎮 PK feature encourages excessive screen time
  • ⏱️ No parental controls on daily PK limits
  • 🔤 Scoring system inconsistency

Learn to Read

From 71K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Engaging and fun for kids
  • 🚀 Effective at teaching reading skills
  • 💡 Structured, step-by-step approach
  • 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Promotes parent-child bonding
  • 🎨 Colorful and visually appealing

Room to improve

  • 🤑 Expensive subscription model
  • 🐢 Slow progression for more advanced learners
  • 🤖 Lack of flexibility to customize or skip lessons
  • 🤔 Placement assessment not accurate for all levels
  • 🤯 Frustrating when app crashes or logs out

Bugs and requests

ABC Reading

Reported bugs

6 issues
  • App fails to load content
  • Continuous loading screens
  • Taiwan account connection issues
  • Scoring system gives inconsistent results
  • Language switching doesn't change audio language
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  • App crashes and displays nothing

Requested features

8 requests
  • Configurable repetition settings per page
  • Clear reading history/progress records
  • Adjustable listening frequency options
  • Hide Chinese translations option
  • Audio pronunciation for Chinese translations
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  • Parental controls for daily activity limits
  • Monthly reading streak rewards
  • Remove or limit PK feature

Learn to Read

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Occasional app crashes or freezes
  • User data loss after app updates
  • Inability to redeem promo codes

Requested features

5 requests
  • Option to learn cursive writing
  • More independent practice games and activities
  • Ability to jump to appropriate lesson level
  • Support for multiple languages or accents
  • Printable resources like flashcards or worksheets

In-app purchases

31 purchases

ABC Reading

Subscriptions6
  • 连续包月订阅VIP$14.991 Month
  • ABC Reading连续订阅年卡3 Days trial$59.991 Year
  • raz会员年订阅$69.991 Year
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  • 金牌会员+小学英语重难点连续包年3 Days trial$79.991 Year
  • 金牌会员+自拼连续包年3 Days trial$79.991 Year
  • 金牌会员+伴读营4期连续订阅3 Days trial$99.991 Year
One-time25
  • AI复习1年卡$12.99
  • 自然拼读1年卡$17.99
  • VIP Level 年卡$19.99
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  • 自然拼读2年$29.99
  • 小学重难点2年卡$29.99
  • 小学英语重难点互动课$29.99
  • VIP半年卡$34.99
  • raz会员半年卡$39.99
  • VIP学霸升级包$49.99
  • 一年使用权限$59.99
  • VIP年卡12个月$59.99
  • 校内同步学1年卡$59.99
  • 口语+自拼1年卡$59.99
  • AI口语单年卡$59.99
  • raz会员1年卡$69.99
  • 口语+小学重难点1年$69.99
  • 2年超级会员$79.99
  • SVIP权益12个月$79.99
  • 校内同步学2年卡$79.99
  • SVIP年卡$89.99
  • 口语一对一VIP双年卡$89.99
  • PLUS年卡$99.99
  • SVIP双年卡2 variants$129.99
  • raz会员2年卡$129.99
  • 学霸一卡通$199.99
9 purchases

Learn to Read

Subscriptions9
  • Learn to Read (Monthly)7 Days trial5 variants$12.491 Month
  • Learn to Read (Monthly)2 variants$12.491 Month
  • Monthly (With Free Trial)$12.491 Month
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  • Monthly Subscription$12.491 Month
  • Learn to Read (Monthly)7 Days trial$12.991 Month
  • Learn to Read (Monthly)7 Days trial$14.991 Month
  • Learn to Read (Monthly)7 Days trial$17.991 Month
  • Learn to Read (Yearly)7 Days trial$66.991 Year
  • Learn to Read (Yearly)7 Days trial2 variants$74.991 Year

Questions

Is ABC Reading free?
ABC Reading is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Learn to Read free?
Learn to Read is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, ABC Reading or Learn to Read?
ABC Reading is rated higher. ABC Reading averages 4.8 out of 5 from 732 ratings, while Learn to Read averages 4.7 from 71K ratings.
Do ABC Reading or Learn to Read have ads?
Neither ABC Reading nor Learn to Read shows ads.
Which is updated more often, ABC Reading or Learn to Read?
ABC Reading ships an update fortnightly, and Learn to Read every 5 days. Most recently, ABC Reading was updated on September 22, 2026 and Learn to Read on September 24, 2026.

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