Comparison

Lola vs Practice reading

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

Head to head
About

Lola

This app helps children learn to read by generating syllables from custom character sets. It focuses on vowel-consonant patterns and allows for the addition of new characters from any language. It's designed for offline use and is completely free of ads and in-app purchases.

Highlights
  • Customizable character sets
  • Syllable generation with vowel-consonant patterns
  • Supports characters from all languages
  • Offline functionality
  • Ad-free and no in-app purchases
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Lola-Read generates syllables for children, who learn reading. With Lola-Read you can set desired characters, that will be used to generate syllables. Each word contain 4 characters and 2 syllables where vowels always follow after consonants and conversely. The child should try to join different letters to a common syllables and pronounce them correctly. If new characters are learnt, you can add them in Lola-Read.ย  You can put any characters of all languages. Lola-Read contains nether advertising nor in-App purchases. It is also completely offline.

About

Practice reading

Features
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When children start learning to read, consistent practice is the key to success. To motivate beginning readers, it's ideal if it's fun and does not feel like work. In this game, a story is told that gives the child a sense of progress. This ensures that your child wants to continue. The game offers: - practice reading words (randomly selected from over 1000) - a story that motivates your child - the story and all explanations are told by a narrator - high score list for replayability and additional motivation - playable in english and german This game is child-friendly as it is ad-free, contains no in-app purchases and requires no special permissions on the device.

Screenshots

Lola4 screens
Practice reading4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Practice reading at every 5 weeks against Lola's every 16 months. Practice reading also leads on iOS requirement (10.0 vs 15.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price ยท Rating ยท Positive reviews ยท Number of ratings ยท Update frequency ยท Ads ยท In-app purchases ยท Monetization ยท Best chart rank ยท Devices ยท Requires iOS

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

Lola costs $0.99 and Practice reading $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Lola ships an update every 16 months, Practice reading every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 27, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences ยท 5 level
Lola versus Practice reading: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLolaPractice reading
Price$0.99$0.99
Update frequencyEvery 16 monthsEvery 5 weeks โ€” better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidโ€”
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac โ€” betteriPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.010.0 โ€” better
Further details โ€” not scored
Size4 MB126 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAleksandr KurdiukovNikola Kuzmic

In-app purchases

None

Lola

No in-app purchases

None

Practice reading

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Lola free?
Lola costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Practice reading free?
Practice reading costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do Lola or Practice reading have ads?
Neither Lola nor Practice reading shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Lola or Practice reading?
Lola ships an update every 16 months, and Practice reading every 5 weeks. Most recently, Lola was updated on October 24, 2026 and Practice reading on October 27, 2026.

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