Comparison

Reading Trainer vs 26 Letters

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

Head to head
About

Reading Trainer

Enhance your reading speed, comprehension, and memory with engaging exercises. This app offers a structured approach to improve your ability to process and retain information from texts, making reading more efficient and enjoyable.

Highlights
  • Increase reading speed
  • Improve reading comprehension
  • Enhance memory retention
  • Eye exercises
  • Track progress with statistics
  • Reading speed tests
Features
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Reading Trainer improves your reading speed and reading comprehension with many challenging and fun exercises. App Store Rewind Award Winner – App of the Year DE, CH, AT - Significant increases in your reading speed - Eye-exercises and improvements in your mental capacity - Improves reading comprehension and memory This app provides everything you need to read texts of all types faster, more effectively and most of all, with better retention. The PowerReader allows you to get your daily work done while practicing important reading skills. Learning reading techniques has never been this much fun! Double your reading speed in just a few days. Trial users have used this software to increase their reading speed by an average of 143% in 10 days. Do you currently need 30 minutes to read the daily paper? Soon you will read two papers and, in addition, another chapter in an interesting non-fiction book – within the same time period. Combining the iPhone with this entirely new app provides the ideal platform to achieve measurable results with a minimum of effort. But that’s not all: You will have fun mastering the skills you need to attain effective reading techniques and significantly increase your reading speed; this means: - Rapid recognition of numbers, letters and words - Flexible eye movements - Improved ability to concentrate - Increased vision span The app guides you through the individual training steps. The software immediately recognizes your strengths and weaknesses. The statistics function lets you see and track your progress. The results of each training exercise are charted for your review. More stars mean that you are getting closer to your objective: more effective reading skills and with it extremely high reading speeds. You can check your reading speed at any time using different reading tests from a variety of topics. Questions about the text are used as a secondary test to assess your retention ability. This is the ideal combination for mastering effective reading skills and high retention rates. But beware: you might get hooked since early progress will motivate you to work on your skills regularly. It is fun and you are doing something to stay mentally fit at the same time. We recommend that you train regularly but not excessively to ensure best results. Who needs this app? - Anyone reading more than half an hour a day - Executives - Secretaries - High-School and College students - Purchasing and Sales Professionals Who can benefit from this app? - Do you often feel that you take too long to read something? - Do you return to previous passages because something was not clear? - Are you easily distracted while reading? - Do you have difficulty recalling what you read? If you answered ‘Yes’ to any of these questions, then this app is what you need. Apple Terms of Use (EULA) – https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula Terms of Service – https://readingtrainer.com/terms-of-service Privacy Policy – https://readingtrainer.com/privacy-policy

About

26 Letters

This app helps beginner readers learn letter shapes and sounds through interactive tracing and image association. It offers a structured learning path with tests and practice with everyday words, designed for all ages.

Highlights
  • Interactive letter tracing
  • Image-based sound association
  • Progressive lesson testing
  • Everyday word sound practice
  • Visually-focused design
Features
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The 26 Letters method was developed by an Adult Literacy volunteer tutor to help beginner readers quickly learn the alphabet letter shapes and their main sounds. While it was created to serve adults, 26 Letters is visually-designed for learners of all ages: LEARN LETTER SHAPES Practice writing upper and lowercase letters on-screen with your finger or stylus. A moving hand guides the direction to correctly trace each letter. LEARN LETTERS’ MAIN SOUNDS IN TWO SIMPLE STEPS 1: Learn the names of 26 images that artfully mimic letter shapes 2: Isolate the first sound in each name and see the letter shapes revealed in the same 26 images TEST UNDERSTANDING A test after each lesson ensures learners have mastered the content before unlocking the next lesson. PRACTICE WITH EVERYDAY WORDS An additional 150+ images of everyday words to practice listening for first, middle and last sounds. Images are accompanied by audio – perfect for beginner English speakers to learn simple words while learning to read. VISUALLY-FOCUSED Friendly images, video tutorials and clear icons make it simple for the non/beginner reader to understand and navigate. FREE & EASY 100% cost and ad-free. Easy and fun to use.

Screenshots

Reading Trainer4 screens
26 Letters4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: 26 Letters at none against Reading Trainer's 11. 26 Letters also leads on rating (4.8 vs 4.5) and review sentiment (100% vs 84%). Reading Trainer's advantage is update cadence (every 5 weeks vs every 22 months) and ratings volume (219 vs 5). On price, ads and device support 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. Reading Trainer sells 11 in-app purchases, starting at $6.99 per month. 26 Letters asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

26 Letters holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Reading Trainer has 219 ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 84% of Reading Trainer's written reviews are positive against 100% of 26 Letters's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Reading Trainer ships an update every 5 weeks, 26 Letters every 22 months. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 12, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Reading Trainer versus 26 Letters: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterReading Trainer26 Letters
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (219 ratings)4.8 (5 ratings) — better
Positive reviews84.2% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings219 — better5
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeks — betterEvery 22 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.610.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size156 MB104 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperHeKu IT GmbHPenny Sidik

Customer experience

Reading Trainer

All ratings214 ratings
Positive89.3%
Neutral2.8%
Negative7.9%
Written reviews273 reviews
Positive84.2%
Neutral3.7%
Negative12.1%

26 Letters

All ratings5 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Reading Trainer

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Inability to answer comprehension questions
  • Exercises getting stuck on loading screens

Requested features

4 requests
  • Allow custom text uploads for practice
  • Provide more personalized recommendations
  • Add British English spelling option
  • Offer lifetime subscription option

26 Letters

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

11 purchases

Reading Trainer

Subscriptions11
  • Synchronisation$6.991 Month
  • Premium Access$13.991 Month
  • Synchronisation$17.993 Months
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  • Synchronisation$23.496 Months
  • Synchronisation$32.991 Year
  • Premium Access$35.993 Months
  • Premium Access$45.996 Months
  • Premium Access$66.991 Year
  • 15th Anniversary Offer1 Year trial$66.991 Year
  • Premium Access1 Year trial$66.991 Year
  • Premium Access1 Year trial$69.991 Year
None

26 Letters

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Reading Trainer free?
Reading Trainer is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is 26 Letters free?
26 Letters is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Reading Trainer or 26 Letters?
26 Letters is rated higher. Reading Trainer averages 4.5 out of 5 from 219 ratings, while 26 Letters averages 4.8 from 5 ratings.
Do Reading Trainer or 26 Letters have ads?
Neither Reading Trainer nor 26 Letters shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Reading Trainer or 26 Letters?
Reading Trainer ships an update every 5 weeks, and 26 Letters every 22 months. Most recently, Reading Trainer was updated on October 24, 2026 and 26 Letters on October 12, 2026.

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