Comparison

P21 vs Smart Phonics Readers3

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

Head to head
About

P21

This educational app supports a four-level phonics series for young learners. It offers audio tracks, videos, flashcards, and games to help children build foundational skills in phonological awareness, reading, and spelling.

Highlights
  • Audio tracks from student books
  • Educational videos
  • Keyword flashcards
  • Phonics games
  • Progress tracking
Features
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P21 is a four-level phonics series for young learners. With the P21 App, you can listen to audio tracks from the P21 student books, watch videos in each unit, review keywords with flashcards, and play interesting phonics games. It contains all of the resources you need when learning phonics using the P21 series. Through the P21 series, children are able to build solid foundations in phonological awareness, oral language, phonics, reading, and spelling. The Alphabet, Short Vowels and Special Letters, Long Vowels and Blends, and Controlled Vowels and Digraphs are covered in the series. With P21 and the P21 App, your 21st century kids will become experts in the sounds of English.

About

Smart Phonics Readers3

Features
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The Smart Phonics Readers App is designed to be used along with the Smart Phonics Readers series. The app contains various digital contents such as animations, audio tracks, flashcards, and word games. Smart Phonics Readers is a five-level phonics readers series made in company with Smart Phonics. The series is designed to make students review phonics rules through fun stories. Each story contains entertaining topics, vivid illustrations, and level-appropriate words and sentence structures.

Screenshots

P214 screens
Smart Phonics Readers34 screens

Verdict

The call

P21 and Smart Phonics Readers3 are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters — price, ads, in-app purchases and device support among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
P21 versus Smart Phonics Readers3: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterP21Smart Phonics Readers3
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeks—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS11.011.0
Further details — not scored
Size226 MB215 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperCAVES BOOKS LTD.e-future Co., Ltd.

In-app purchases

None

P21

No in-app purchases

None

Smart Phonics Readers3

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is P21 free?
P21 is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Smart Phonics Readers3 free?
Smart Phonics Readers3 is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do P21 or Smart Phonics Readers3 have ads?
Neither P21 nor Smart Phonics Readers3 shows ads.

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