Comparison

GraphoGame vs LanguageScreen

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

Head to head
About

GraphoGame

This app uses engaging phonics games to help young children learn to read and spell. Developed with educational experts, it offers systematic practice for letters, syllables, and words, with progress tracking for home or school use.

Highlights
  • Systematic phonics game
  • Letter and sound practice
  • Progress tracking analytics
  • Avatar creation and customization
  • Works offline
  • Ad-free experience
Features
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Set your child or classroom up for reading success! GraphoGame helps kindergarten and primary school children learn to read and spell their first letters, syllables and words. Academically validated content and no ads! • Engaging & systematic phonics game that complements any phonics programme • Practice and build up knowledge of letters and sounds quickly with your child and keep practising to make it automatic! • Developed in collaboration with the University of Cambridge Centre for Neuroscience in Education • Designed for school and home use GraphoGame helps kids learn letters, rhymes and their sounds through a variety of engaging 3D levels – all with your child’s own unique player character that keeps them coming back for more! The player gradually moves on from graphemes and phonemes, through syllables and rhyme units, to eventually learn how to blend what they have learned into complete words. By playing just 15 minutes regularly, kids can improve their letter knowledge, phonological awareness, reading speed and overall confidence in literacy! Initially developed in Finland as a support tool to help children struggling with reading to learn the basic decoding skills, the content of GraphoGame: Kids Learn to Read was developed in collaboration with the University of Cambridge Centre for Neuroscience in Education. The effectiveness of GraphoGame was studied in an efficacy trial funded by the Education Endowment Foundation and Wellcome Trust. To learn more about the study, visit our website! FEATURES: • Synthetic phonics training app utilising onset-rime analogy • In-game literacy analytics for tracking student progress & difficulties • Suitable for ages 6-9 • Two game interfaces: Stars (for school use) and Adventure Map (for home use) • Engaging 3D graphics • Avatar creation & customisation • Works offline • NO ADVERTISEMENTS TESTIMONIALS: “I would definitely recommend the game . . . It's what's been lacking - a stretching programme for English and it does motivate them” – Primary school teacher “it's not reliant on adult support, it's easy to use as an intervention tool and you can monitor progress easily through it” – Primary school teacher “If there is a tricky word. . . we can chop it up into pieces and answer it” – Primary school student Game icon © Grapho Group Oy, Ville Mönkkönen & Mika Halttunen

About

LanguageScreen

This app helps education professionals quickly and accurately assess young children's oral language skills. It guides examiners through activities using pictures and sounds, recording responses or scores. Assessment data is uploaded for detailed individual and class reports.

Highlights
  • Oral language skills assessment
  • Picture and sound-based activities
  • Response recording
  • Examiner scoring
  • Individual and class reports
  • Free school trial registration
Features
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LanguageScreen enables education professionals to assess young children’s oral language skills accurately and quickly. LanguageScreen is the product of extensive research by a team at the University of Oxford. LanguageScreen assesses four components of oral language skills by guiding the examiner through a series of activities. In these activities the child is presented with pictures and sound clips and is asked to perform simple tasks. Depending on the activity, the app either directly records the child’s responses, or the examiner’s scoring of their responses. Assessment data is uploaded to oxedandassessment.com which generates individual and class assessment reports. In order to use LanguageScreen a school must register for a free trial on oxedandassessment.com.

Screenshots

GraphoGame4 screens
LanguageScreen4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: LanguageScreen at 100% against GraphoGame's 40%. LanguageScreen also leads on price (Free vs $3.99) and update cadence (monthly vs every 5 months). GraphoGame's advantage is iOS requirement (11.0 vs 15.1). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

LanguageScreen is free to download; GraphoGame costs $3.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

GraphoGame ships an update every 5 months, LanguageScreen monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 7, 2026 and September 18, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
GraphoGame versus LanguageScreen: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGraphoGameLanguageScreen
Price$3.99Free — better
Rating1.8 (4 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews40.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings4 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 5 monthsMonthly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS11.0 — better15.1
Further details — not scored
Size135 MB103 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperGrapho Group OyOxEd and Assessment Ltd

Customer experience

GraphoGame

All ratings4 ratings
Positive25.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative75.0%
Written reviews5 reviews
Positive40.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative60.0%

LanguageScreen

Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

GraphoGame

No in-app purchases

None

LanguageScreen

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is GraphoGame free?
GraphoGame costs $3.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is LanguageScreen free?
LanguageScreen is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do GraphoGame or LanguageScreen have ads?
Neither GraphoGame nor LanguageScreen shows ads.
Which is updated more often, GraphoGame or LanguageScreen?
GraphoGame ships an update every 5 months, and LanguageScreen monthly. Most recently, GraphoGame was updated on October 7, 2026 and LanguageScreen on September 18, 2026.

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