MathTappers vs SENTENCE READING MAGIC
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
MathTappers
This app is a game designed to help learners understand multiplication and division with whole numbers. It aims to build fluency and accuracy through engaging gameplay and visual models. It is part of a suite of educational math games.
- Learn multiplication
- Learn division
- Develop fluency
- Improve accuracy
- Visual models
- Focused content
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MathTappers: Multiples is a simple game designed first to help learners to make sense of multiplication and division with whole numbers, and then to support them in developing fluency while maintaining accuracy. Design: Tim Pelton & Leslee Francis Pelton Programming: Mike Anderson, Joshua E. Smith & Garrett Reimer The designers of the MathTappers apps are math educators and researchers seeking to create simple games that will help learners to make sense of mathematics one concept at a time. We have designed MathTappers apps to support students in learning mathematics by providing relevant visual models, focused content linked games and helpful suggestions for parents and educators. Please check out all of our MathTappers apps (links found at MathTappers.com): MathTappers: MultiMatch--a matching app that challenges learners to match sets of cards placed on the table. This is our newest MathTappers app. Although it comes with a deck and you can download others from our website, it was really designed to encourage teachers and students make and share their own matching game decks to capture their understanding and challenge others. Please go to mathtappers.com and check out our instructions on the right to find out how to make your own decks MathTappers: Clock Master--learn to tell time MathTappers: Estimate Fractions--make sense of fraction sums and differences MathTappers: Find Sums--learn basic facts for addition and subtraction MathTappers: Multiples--learn basic facts for multiplication and division MathTappers: Equivalents--equivalent fractions, decimals and percents MathTappers: Numberline--find relative positions of numbers on a numberline, MathTappers: Carbon Choices--help students explore their carbon footprint.
SENTENCE READING MAGIC
This app helps children develop reading fluency and comprehension by focusing on reading sentences. It uses evidence-based methods and engaging games to build skills in phonemic awareness, phonics, vocabulary, fluency, and comprehension.
- Sentence reading practice
- High-frequency word games
- Phonemic awareness activities
- Phonics and blending
- Vocabulary building
- Fluency and comprehension focus
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Introducing "Sentence Reading Magic" – the app designed to transform your child into an excellent reader! Built on evidence-based Science of Reading principles, this app bridges the gap between reading words and reading books, focusing on the crucial skill of reading sentences. By offering a gradual and enjoyable step up from reading individual words, it instills confidence and fosters skill building in emerging readers. With its Sentence Reading Magic feature, this app empowers children to become proficient readers while familiarizing them with essential high frequency words and guiding them from reading words to reading sentences. By providing practice in decoding, blending, and comprehending complete sentences, it prepares young readers to tackle decodable sentences and books, all while boosting fluency and comprehension skills. What sets "Sentence Reading Magic" apart is its incorporation of the five pillars of reading – Phonemic Awareness, Phonics, Vocabulary, Fluency, and Comprehension. Through engaging games and activities, the app helps children recognize and manipulate individual sounds in words, understand the relationship between letters and sounds, expand their vocabulary within a sentence context, and practice reading sentences repeatedly to enhance fluency and comprehension. The app offers four captivating sentence games that aid in building, reading, and spelling out short, simple sentences. Additionally, it includes five mini-games for learning and practicing the most common high-frequency words, using a phonetic approach to help children see patterns within these words. For those seeking an even more enriching experience, the full upgradeable version of "Sentence Reading Magic" boasts 324 sentences divided into 27 lessons, multiple sound and voice options, and three font choices. However, it's important to note that the app requires children to have a prerequisite skill level of consistently and easily reading 3-letter short vowel words before use. Developed by a team of educators using accelerated learning techniques, Montessori principles, and the Science of Reading, "Sentence Reading Magic" has undergone rigorous testing and garnered approval from preschool children and their teachers in various settings. Your feedback and suggestions are highly valued as we continue to refine and enhance the app for an optimal learning experience. Don't miss this opportunity to unlock your child's reading potential with "Sentence Reading Magic" – where learning to read becomes a magical journey!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: SENTENCE READING MAGIC at 4.4 against MathTappers's 3.4. SENTENCE READING MAGIC also leads on update cadence (every 10 months vs every 61 months). MathTappers's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2). On price, review sentiment, ratings volume and ads 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
Both are free to download. SENTENCE READING MAGIC sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. MathTappers asks for nothing beyond the download.
SENTENCE READING MAGIC holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 3.4. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 118 and 123 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 71% of MathTappers's written reviews are positive against 75% of SENTENCE READING MAGIC's.
MathTappers ships an update every 61 months, SENTENCE READING MAGIC every 10 months. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 1, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | MathTappers | SENTENCE READING MAGIC |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.4 (118 ratings) | 4.4 (123 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 71.4% of reviews | 74.7% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 118 | 123 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 61 months | Every 10 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 11 MB | 310 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Joshua Smith | PRESCHOOL UNIVERSITY |
Customer experience
MathTappers
SENTENCE READING MAGIC
Bugs and requests
MathTappers
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
SENTENCE READING MAGIC
Reported bugs
4 issues- Errors in subject-verb agreement
- Sentences are not complete
- Missing capitalization and punctuation
- Spelling error in instructions
Requested features
8 requests- More levels and longer sentences
- Option for different vowel sounds
- Add animation effects
- Randomize sentences
- More options and sentences to buy
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- App for the next stage
- Switch accessible features
- Four or five word sentences
In-app purchases
MathTappers
No in-app purchases
SENTENCE READING MAGIC
- Deluxe Upgrade$2.99
- More Sentences for Learning$4.99
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