P21 vs Sunshine Phonics
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- Audio tracks from student books
- Educational videos
- Keyword flashcards
- Phonics games
- Progress tracking
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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.
Sunshine Phonics
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Sunshine Phonics is a digital phonics package which teaches children phonics skills in a sequential and systematic way. Children learn sounds (phonemes) and the letters than represent them (graphemes) and then apply this knowledge by reading an enjoyable story. Children listen to sounds, words and the book read aloud, and then record themselves so that their teacher can check on their progress. • 100 enjoyable stories, all read aloud • Decodable vocabulary with some high-frequency words • Voice over support, sounding out and blending decodable words • Read and record feature for children to practice • Systematic progression for learning sounds (phonemes) • Full-colour illustrations to support meaning • Assessment feature • Teacher administration area • British English and American English voice over available
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: P21 at every 6 weeks against Sunshine Phonics's every 4 months. P21 also leads on iOS requirement (11.0 vs 13.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.
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Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
P21 ships an update every 6 weeks, Sunshine Phonics every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and October 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | P21 | Sunshine Phonics |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks — better | Every 4 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 226 MB | 102 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | CAVES BOOKS LTD. | WENDY PYE PUBLISHING LIMITED |
In-app purchases
P21
No in-app purchases
Sunshine Phonics
No in-app purchases
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