ABC MAGIC PHONICS 2 vs Learning Patterns
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- Master lowercase letter sounds
- Science of Reading based
- Engaging phonetic visuals
- Multi-sensory learning
- Repetition and rhythm
- Distraction-free environment
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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!
Learning Patterns
This interactive game helps children develop critical thinking and mental reasoning skills by teaching them to recognize and complete various patterns. It offers two learning modes with adjustable difficulty and a wide variety of objects for engaging, long-term learning.
- Pattern recognition and completion
- Two learning modes
- Adjustable difficulty levels
- Variety of object collections
- Automatic session summaries
- Supports 8 unique patterns
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"This app is the gold standard if you want to help your little one learn how to have fun while learning patterns." Sonja - mom and teacher Learning Patterns helps your child develop critical thinking and mental reasoning skills thus expanding a very important part of their mind. Plus, even adults will have fun playing with this app at the more advanced levels. :-) Approved by parents, teachers, and kids the world over. Learning Patterns is an exciting interactive game that helps you learn how to recognize and complete patterns all with just the touch of your finger. Pattern recognition and completion represents an important developmental skill for kids of all ages. The interface is so easy to use that even a toddler will delight in moving their first objects around the page. The app supports two modes to learning patterns. In the first mode, you decide the type of objects you want to use to learn to recognize patterns such as numbers, letters, images, etc. Once you start, the app will start with the most basic patterns such as ABABAB and it automatically increases the difficulty based on the users skills. The difficulty increases in two ways. First, the patterns get increasingly difficulty. Second, the missing tile moves from the last place to the second place and later the last two tiles are missing. The second mode allows you to zero in on specific patterns and lets students master that pattern with a huge variety of different images. The patterns included in this app are: ABABAB AABBAA ABBABB AABAAB AAABBB ABCABC ABCDAB ABCCBA IF there are other types of patterns you would like us to add please let us know and we can easily get them added. In total, the app focuses on 8 unique patterns and includes 3 levels of difficulty for each pattern like this: ABABA? A?ABAB ABAB?? The app also comes with over 25 unique collections of items to learn patterns. This way you can learn patterns by letters, numbers, colors, shapes, dots, balloons, hats, fruits, vegetables, animals, vehicles, etc. The huge variety of patterns and collections means that there are almost an infinite way of learning patterns which ensures to keep kids excited and engaged vs. getting bored by always staring at the same content. Not only that, at the end of every session you automatically get a beautiful summary to see exactly how your little one did. HEROIC SUPPORT Heroic Support is not just what we do. It's really what makes us, well, us. It's that drive to make a difference in your life - no matter how big or small. Really, it's our way of life because we want you to be our customer for a lifetime of fun and learning. Have questions? We are here to help. Email us at support@alligatorapps.com
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ratings volume: ABC MAGIC PHONICS 2 at 717 against Learning Patterns's 174. Learning Patterns's advantage is iOS requirement (8.0 vs 12.0). On price, rating, review sentiment and update cadence 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. ABC MAGIC PHONICS 2 sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Learning Patterns sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.3 for ABC MAGIC PHONICS 2 against 4.3 for Learning Patterns. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 717 and 174 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 72% of ABC MAGIC PHONICS 2's written reviews are positive against 78% of Learning Patterns's.
ABC MAGIC PHONICS 2 ships an update every 12 months, Learning Patterns every 22 months. Both last shipped on November 6, 2026.
| Parameter | ABC MAGIC PHONICS 2 | Learning Patterns |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (717 ratings) — better | 4.3 (174 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 72.2% of reviews | 78.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 717 — better | 174 |
| Update frequency | Every 12 months — better | Every 22 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 | 8.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 109 MB | 20 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | PRESCHOOL UNIVERSITY | Innovative Mobile Apps |
Customer experience
ABC MAGIC PHONICS 2
Learning Patterns
User reviews
ABC MAGIC PHONICS 2
From 717 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🎓 Effective phonetic sound learning method
- 👍 User-friendly and intuitive interface
- 🎨 Helpful visual imagery with realistic pictures
- 🔤 Uses lowercase letters for better reading preparation
- 👧 Engaging for young children with cute voice narration
Room to improve
- 🐛 Frequent app crashes when selecting letters
- ❓ Unclear functionality for some users
- 🤔 Pedagogical debate over lowercase vs uppercase letter priority
Learning Patterns
From 174 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Great for learning patterns
- 👍 Visually appealing interface
- 👍 User-friendly for young children
- 👍 Good for special needs students
- 👍 Educational and engaging
Room to improve
- 😞 App stopped working suddenly
- 😞 Too easy and too little content
- 😞 Paid version doesn't transfer to new devices
- 😞 Micro-transactions/subscriptions disliked
- 😞 In-app purchases not supported by VPP
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
Learning Patterns
Reported bugs
4 issues- App suddenly stopped working
- Screen bounces when scrolling
- Incompatible with older iPads (requires iOS 6+)
- App will not allow object selection/movement at times
Requested features
9 requests- More patterns on paid version
- Option to permanently own the app
- Educational version for schools (VPP compatible)
- Option to keep completed pattern visible
- Longer patterns with three repeats
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- Option to choose specific pattern types (e.g., ABAB)
- Easier/medium/harder difficulty levels
- Option to choose pictures for patterns
- Slide and drop selection instead of immediate selection
In-app purchases
ABC MAGIC PHONICS 2
- Full Version$1.99
Learning Patterns
- ABC - Hard Game$0.99
- Shapes - Easy Game$0.99
- Shapes - Hard Game$0.99
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- Colors - Easy Game$0.99
- Animals - Easy Game$0.99
- Animals - Hard Game$0.99
- Food - Hard Game$0.99
- Pattern 8 Game$0.99
- Food - Easy Game$0.99
- Unlock All Games$1.99
Questions
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