Comparison

School Phonics vs Bricks Phonics

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

Head to head
About

School Phonics

This educational app complements a phonics book series, offering audio playback for teachers and interactive review for students. It features sound and word flashcards, engaging games, and animated stories to build foundational reading and writing skills.

Highlights
  • Audio playback for lessons
  • Sound flashcards
  • Word flashcards
  • Sound and word games
  • Animated stories
  • Independent review material
Features
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The School Phonics App is designed to be used along with the School Phonics series to allow teachers to play audio files during class and to let students review covered material independently. The app’s contents are identical to that of the Hybrid CDs accompanying the Student Books, containing both audio tracks and digital content that consists of sound flashcards, sound chants, a toy crane-styled sound game, word flashcards, word chants, a car racing word game, unit story animations, and Readers story animations. With the School Phonics App, students will acquire phonics skills in an effective way and find enjoyment in their English learning. School Phonics is a four-level phonics series designed to make phonics both easy for teachers to teach and enjoyable for EFL students to learn. The systematic curriculum works to establish a solid foundation of phonics skills for students, providing them with effective tools for basic reading and writing. School Phonics also takes students on a spectacular journey through a series of stories graded specifically for their level, helping them to further develop their knowledge of phonics and become independent readers in the process.

About

Bricks Phonics

Features
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Bricks Phonics ■ Overview From learning the alphabet letters to reading stories! Bricks Phonics, a program designed for children studying English for the first time, makes it easy and fun to study phonics. With chants, stories, practices, games and a variety of other components, children can study phonics in ways which cater to a multitude of learning styles. * Visit the Bricks website below for further information. http://www.ebricks.co.kr/ ■ Features - Sound: Learning the alphabet letter sounds - Flashcard: Learning phonics words through sounds and images - Practice: Building phonics skills through various activities, exercises, and practices - Story: Learning the alphabet letter sounds through animations - Game: Playing games to review letters and sounds - Alphabet Song: Learning the alphabet letters and sounds through videos - Alphabet Tracing: Learning to write each letter of the alphabet through tracing

Screenshots

School Phonics4 screens
Bricks Phonics4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: School Phonics at every 7 months against Bricks Phonics's every 36 months. School Phonics also leads on iOS requirement (10.0 vs 13.0). On price, 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

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

School Phonics ships an update every 7 months, Bricks Phonics every 36 months. The most recent releases landed on June 1, 2026 and June 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
School Phonics versus Bricks Phonics: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSchool PhonicsBricks Phonics
PriceFreeFree
Rating1.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews60.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 7 months — betterEvery 36 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS10.0 — better13.0
Further details — not scored
Size804 MB481 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developere-future Co., Ltd.Bricks Education

In-app purchases

None

School Phonics

No in-app purchases

None

Bricks Phonics

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is School Phonics free?
School Phonics is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Bricks Phonics free?
Bricks Phonics is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do School Phonics or Bricks Phonics have ads?
Neither School Phonics nor Bricks Phonics shows ads.
Which is updated more often, School Phonics or Bricks Phonics?
School Phonics ships an update every 7 months, and Bricks Phonics every 36 months. Most recently, School Phonics was updated on June 1, 2026 and Bricks Phonics on June 5, 2026.

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