Comparison

ABC MAGIC PHONICS 2 vs DocLexi

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

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About

ABC MAGIC PHONICS 2

This app teaches early readers the essential sounds of lowercase letters, a foundational skill for reading success. It uses science-backed phonics, engaging visuals, and multi-sensory learning to help children decode words and build a strong reading foundation.

Highlights
  • Master lowercase letter sounds
  • Science of Reading based
  • Engaging phonetic visuals
  • Multi-sensory learning
  • Repetition and rhythm
  • Distraction-free environment
Features
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ABC MAGIC PHONICS 2 - Learn Letter Sounds the Right Way! Science-Backed Phonics for Early Reading Success! Unlock your child's reading journey with ABC MAGIC PHONICS 2! Built on the foundational Science of Reading, this engaging app focuses on the crucial alphabetic principle, teaching your child the essential sounds of lowercase letters – the key to unlocking reading success. Give your child the fundamental tools they need to become a confident reader. Just as numbers form the basis of math, understanding letter sounds is the cornerstone of reading. By mastering these sounds, your child gains the power to decode words and build a strong reading foundation. ABC Magic Phonics 2 directly addresses the alphabetic principle – the understanding that letters represent sounds and that these sounds can be blended together to form words. Grounded in the Science of Reading, our app prioritizes teaching letter sounds, the most effective way to initiate reading skills. *Master Letter Sounds: Learn the primary sounds of all lowercase letters – the building blocks of 95% of printed text. *Scientifically Sound: Based on the Science of Reading, focusing on the proven method of teaching letter sounds first. *Engaging Visuals: Each letter is paired with four phonetic photo images that clearly represent its sound. *Multi-Sensory Learning: Combines visual (colored letters, photos), auditory (letter sounds, photo names), and kinesthetic (touching to hear) learning. *Repetition & Rhythm: The app's design incorporates repetition and rhythm to aid memorization of letter sounds. *Lowercase Focus: Smartly prioritizes lowercase letters, which make up the vast majority of written words. *Distraction-Free Learning: All unnecessary elements are removed, allowing your child to concentrate on letter-sound associations. *Builds on Prior Learning: A natural progression for children who may have used previous apps in the series. *Prepares for Future Reading: Lays a solid foundation for more advanced phonics skills and reading fluency. Give your child a smart start! Unlike traditional methods, ABC Magic Phonics 2 focuses on lowercase letters first. Why? Because 95% of the words in books and periodicals are in lowercase. By prioritizing these essential letters, you're maximizing your child's learning efficiency. Children actively engage by touching letters to hear their sounds and touching photos to hear their names. This auditory reinforcement, combined with clear visual associations, makes learning fun and effective. Young learners will enjoy repeating the sounds they hear, solidifying their understanding. Created by a team of experienced educators using accelerated learning techniques and Montessori principles, ABC Magic Phonics 2 has been rigorously tested and loved by preschool children. Help us make learning even better! Please share your feedback and suggestions as we continue to improve ABC Magic Phonics 2. Give your child the magic of phonics! Download ABC Magic Phonics 2 today and set them on the path to reading success!

About

DocLexi

This app helps children aged 5-7 improve reading and spelling skills through engaging games and activities. Developed by dyslexia specialists, it uses proven therapeutic concepts to assist struggling readers and those with early signs of dyslexia. A professional version is also available for therapists and teachers to customize and track progress.

Highlights
  • Reading and spelling games
  • Activities for struggling readers
  • Dyslexia support
  • Progress tracking for professionals
  • Avatar customization
  • Sequencing tasks
  • Letter and number identification
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DocLexi™ is an app, inclusive of an option and web based access for therapists and teachers, with the objective of helping children learn how to read and write with fun, help struggling readers and those with early signs of dyslexia. The games and activities are currently aimed at 5-7 year olds (up to grade 2 reading/writing skills). For the professionals amongst you, the program utilises visual scanning and tracking, visual spatial, recall, sequencing, phonological processing and phonics (encoding and decoding). DocLexi™ is built based on proven therapeutic concepts and delivers a comprehensive software to improve children’s spelling, reading, and writing skills. It was developed by dyslexia specialists based on their extensive experience and continuously tested with children during development. There is a consumer version available for children and their parents, as well as a professional version for specialists, therapists, and teachers. The professional version provides for a seamless integration with a therapist by allowing them to customize the app to meets the child's needs and track progress by logging into the administration tool in their browser. The DocLexi™ team developed a machine that helped children learn to read, spell, & write. The Outer Space Mixer Monsters stole the machine, broke it apart and hid the pieces all over the world. The DocLexi™ Team is traveling and completing tasks to find the parts to the machine. On all your missions, you are accompanied by DocLexi™ and his friends. In each game, you can also earn coins to customize your own avatar friend, give him a name and change his looks and outfits. It's seriously fun! The free version of DocLexi™ offers access to all exercises and functionality for a trial period of 4 days. The In-App Purchase of the auto-renewing Premium subscription allows that access for 1 month or 1 year, as per the membership selected. • Auto-renewable subscription • Your subscription will be charged to your iTunes account at confirmation of purchase and will automatically renew (at the duration selected) unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. • Current subscription may not be cancelled during the active subscription period; however, you can manage your subscription and/or turn off auto-renewal by visiting your iTunes Account settings after purchase. • Terms of Service and Privacy Policy: https://doclexi.com/en/privacypolicy DocLexi™ covers a broad array of skills to help children learn reading and writing, that covers the following areas: Sequencing tasks (letters and numbers) Identifying letters and numbers Syllables (number of syllables creating a word) Find words (by sound or picture) Build words (with individual letters) SEQUENCING Putting letters and numbers in the correct order A1) Numbers: sequence the numbers 1 through 20 A2) ABC Upper Case: sequence A through Z A3) abc Lower Case: sequence a through z LETTERS AND NUMBERS Identifying letters and numbers B1) Find letter by it's Name: a to z in random order (lower case) B2) Find letter by it's Sound: a to z (lower case) B3) Find Letter by Name: Mixed in with similar shaped letters B4) Find all the "same" #'s B5) Find #'s one at a time randomly. Find "1". Find "8". Find "3". (1-20) SYLLABLES Syllables (number of syllables creating a word) C1) Tap Out # sounds/beats heard C2) Words built from 1 syllable to 4 syllables. C3) Words built from 1 syllable to 4 syllables - click on correct number C4) Words built from 1 syllable to 4 syllables - click on picture FIND WORDS Find words (by sound or picture) D1) Find picture of word by sound D2) Find a written word by sound BUILD WORDS Build words (with individual letters) Word Building Machine DocLexi™ is a trademark of neuroCare Group GmbH registered in the EU and other countries.

Screenshots

ABC MAGIC PHONICS 24 screens
DocLexi4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: DocLexi at every 3 months against ABC MAGIC PHONICS 2's every 12 months. DocLexi also leads on iOS requirement (10.0 vs 12.0). ABC MAGIC PHONICS 2's advantage is ratings volume (717 vs 32). On price, rating, review sentiment 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. ABC MAGIC PHONICS 2 sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and DocLexi sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $8.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

ABC MAGIC PHONICS 2 holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 4.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: ABC MAGIC PHONICS 2 has 717 ratings behind it against 32, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 72% of ABC MAGIC PHONICS 2's written reviews are positive against 67% of DocLexi's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

ABC MAGIC PHONICS 2 ships an update every 12 months, DocLexi every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 2, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
ABC MAGIC PHONICS 2 versus DocLexi: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterABC MAGIC PHONICS 2DocLexi
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.3 (717 ratings) — better4.1 (32 ratings)
Positive reviews72.2% of reviews — better66.7% of reviews
Number of ratings717 — better32
Update frequencyEvery 12 monthsEvery 3 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS12.010.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size109 MB680 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPRESCHOOL UNIVERSITYBBG Entertainment GmbH

Customer experience

ABC MAGIC PHONICS 2

All ratings707 ratings
Positive82.6%
Neutral9.2%
Negative8.2%
Written reviews18 reviews
Positive72.2%
Neutral11.1%
Negative16.7%

DocLexi

All ratings32 ratings
Positive78.1%
Neutral0.0%
Negative21.9%
Written reviews27 reviews
Positive66.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative33.3%

Bugs and requests

ABC MAGIC PHONICS 2

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • App crashes immediately when tapping on letters
  • App crashes upon opening and selecting content

Requested features

3 requests
  • Display both uppercase and lowercase letters
  • Correct the color of the letter 'h' to red
  • Ensure letter pronunciation audio is clear and functional

DocLexi

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

1 purchases

ABC MAGIC PHONICS 2

One-time1
  • Full Version$1.99
2 purchases

DocLexi

Subscriptions2
  • Dislexia Therapy for 1 month$8.991 Month
  • Dislexie Therapy for 1 year$98.991 Year

Questions

Is ABC MAGIC PHONICS 2 free?
ABC MAGIC PHONICS 2 is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is DocLexi free?
DocLexi is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, ABC MAGIC PHONICS 2 or DocLexi?
ABC MAGIC PHONICS 2 is rated higher. ABC MAGIC PHONICS 2 averages 4.3 out of 5 from 717 ratings, while DocLexi averages 4.1 from 32 ratings.
Do ABC MAGIC PHONICS 2 or DocLexi have ads?
Neither ABC MAGIC PHONICS 2 nor DocLexi shows ads.
Which is updated more often, ABC MAGIC PHONICS 2 or DocLexi?
ABC MAGIC PHONICS 2 ships an update every 12 months, and DocLexi every 3 months. Most recently, ABC MAGIC PHONICS 2 was updated on November 6, 2026 and DocLexi on November 2, 2026.

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