Comparison

Bluster! vs SENTENCE READING MAGIC

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

Head to head
About

Bluster!

This word matching game enhances vocabulary and word comprehension for school-aged children and adults. Engage in single-player practice, team collaboration, or competitive head-to-head battles with weather-themed attacks. It offers over 800 words and various skill-building activities.

Highlights
  • Vocabulary building
  • Word matching
  • Single-player mode
  • Two-player collaboration
  • Head-to-head versus mode
  • Over 800 vocabulary words
  • Grade-level appropriate content
Features
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Breeze through vocabulary building with Bluster! This word matching game develops vocabulary and word understanding for school-aged children, or anyone brave enough to battle the elements. Shine bright in single-player mode as you learn and practice important word skills. Match rhyming words, prefixes and suffixes, synonyms, homophones, adjectives, and more. Collaborate with a friend in team mode. The multi-touch iPad screen allows both players to play simultaneously, so you can work together to weather the vocabulary storm. Switch to versus mode and play head-to-head for the ultimate test of your lightning quickness. Disrupt your opponent with weather attacks like tornadoes and blizzards - it’s thunderous fun and just might give you the edge you need to reign supreme! Bluster includes over 800 vocabulary words. Players choose a skill to practice and then try to make matches of three. Ten matches wins a round. Features: • Three different play modes - including two-player action. • A variety of grade level appropriate content. • Engaging animated gameplay with sound effects. • Head-to-head and High Scores tables. • Plays on the iPad in both landscape and portrait mode. • In app purchases for additional vocabulary. ***** Want to get all the vocabulary packs? Consider Bluster Deluxe! *****

About

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.

Highlights
  • Sentence reading practice
  • High-frequency word games
  • Phonemic awareness activities
  • Phonics and blending
  • Vocabulary building
  • Fluency and comprehension focus
Features
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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!

Screenshots

SENTENCE READING MAGIC4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ratings volume: SENTENCE READING MAGIC at 123 against Bluster!'s 8. SENTENCE READING MAGIC also leads on device support (3 vs 1). Bluster!'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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Bluster! sells 7 one-off in-app purchases and SENTENCE READING MAGIC sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.5 for Bluster! against 4.4 for SENTENCE READING MAGIC. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: SENTENCE READING MAGIC has 123 ratings behind it against 8, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 73% of Bluster!'s written reviews are positive against 75% of SENTENCE READING MAGIC's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Bluster! ships an update every 13 months, SENTENCE READING MAGIC every 10 months. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 1, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Bluster! versus SENTENCE READING MAGIC: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBluster!SENTENCE READING MAGIC
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (8 ratings) — better4.4 (123 ratings)
Positive reviews72.7% of reviews74.7% of reviews — better
Number of ratings8123 — better
Update frequencyEvery 13 monthsEvery 10 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS8.0 — better12.0
Further details — not scored
Size21 MB310 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMcGraw-Hill School Education GroupPRESCHOOL UNIVERSITY

Customer experience

Bluster!

All ratings8 ratings
Positive87.5%
Neutral12.5%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews22 reviews
Positive72.7%
Neutral18.2%
Negative9.1%

SENTENCE READING MAGIC

All ratings113 ratings
Positive84.1%
Neutral8.8%
Negative7.1%
Written reviews75 reviews
Positive74.7%
Neutral20.0%
Negative5.3%

Bugs and requests

Bluster!

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
Show 3 more
  • App for the next stage
  • Switch accessible features
  • Four or five word sentences

In-app purchases

7 purchases

Bluster!

One-time7
  • Base Words$0.99
  • Extra Rhyming Words2 variants$0.99
  • Extra Prefixes$0.99
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  • Extra Synonyms$0.99
  • Extra Words2 variants$0.99
  • Extra Word Roots$0.99
  • Extra Adjectives$0.99
2 purchases

SENTENCE READING MAGIC

One-time2
  • Deluxe Upgrade$2.99
  • More Sentences for Learning$4.99

Questions

Is Bluster! free?
Bluster! is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is SENTENCE READING MAGIC free?
SENTENCE READING MAGIC is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Bluster! or SENTENCE READING MAGIC?
Bluster! is rated higher. Bluster! averages 4.5 out of 5 from 8 ratings, while SENTENCE READING MAGIC averages 4.4 from 123 ratings.
Do Bluster! or SENTENCE READING MAGIC have ads?
Neither Bluster! nor SENTENCE READING MAGIC shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Bluster! or SENTENCE READING MAGIC?
Bluster! ships an update every 13 months, and SENTENCE READING MAGIC every 10 months. Most recently, Bluster! was updated on November 6, 2026 and SENTENCE READING MAGIC on November 1, 2026.

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