Come Learn Spellings vs Starfall I'm Reading
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Come Learn Spellings
This app uses simple flashcards to help users learn common spellings. It features over 150 words across 8 categories, ranging from easy words for young children to more challenging ones. The design allows for independent learning.
- Simple flashcard interface
- Over 150 words
- 8 different categories
- Spells words aloud
- Repetitive learning method
- Suitable for young children
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Come Learn Spellings, simple flash cards that help learn some common spellings. These flashcards spells the word as you watch them. Repetition helps to memorize these words. Over 150 words in 8 different categories. Kids get early exposure to, easy spellings like car, dog, cat to tough ones like 'thursday', november, zebra, pizza. Simple and easy to use App, allows small kids to engage in learning activity without any parents involvement.
Starfall I'm Reading
This app helps young children transition from learning to read to reading to learn. It offers a selection of stories and activities designed to build comprehension and fluency using high-frequency words in context. An AutoRead feature models fluent reading and can be toggled off for independent readers.
- Stories and activities for reading comprehension
- Controlled vocabulary with high-frequency words
- AutoRead feature to model fluent reading
- Plays, fiction, non-fiction, comics, and fables
- Audio support for fluency practice
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Starfall® I’m Reading is the fourth step of Starfall’s Learn to Read phonics sequence, which teaches the foundational skills for learning to read. Step 1: ABCs Step 2: Learn to Read Step 3: It’s Fun to Read Step 4: I’m Reading! Starfall I’m Reading is the final step of Starfall’s free early learn-to-read sequence. I’m Reading! focuses on bridging the gap between basic phonics and true reading mastery. The program expands fluency and comprehension through exercise with words from the Dolch and Fry sight word lists. These words are challenging to sound out phonetically, but represent the majority of words found in children’s texts. Familiarity with these words builds confidence and natural ease with reading. The texts cover a wide range of multicultural fiction and nonfiction stories, with clickable words and sentences for fluency assistance throughout. Travel-ready. No internet connection required. Find Starfall I’m Reading, along with 700+ additional activities and counting across reading, math, music, and more in the Starfall app. The Starfall website and applications are program services of Starfall Education Foundation, a 501(c)(3) publicly supported nonprofit organization. Starfall® and Starfall.com® are registered trademarks in the US, the European Union, and various other countries. Copyright © 2002–2026 by Starfall Education. All rights reserved. Starfall apps are inclusively designed to support all children, including English Language Learners (ELLs). Starfall also provides an Enhanced Accessible Index for children with visual, hearing, or mobility impairments. For more information, please contact Customer Service at (+1) 303-417-6414.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Starfall I'm Reading at 100% against Come Learn Spellings's 47%. Starfall I'm Reading also leads on rating (4.2 vs 3.9) and ratings volume (46 vs 7). Come Learn Spellings's advantage is update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 10 months) and iOS requirement (9.3 vs 15.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Starfall I'm Reading holds the better App Store score, 4.2 against 3.9. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Starfall I'm Reading has 46 ratings behind it against 7, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 47% of Come Learn Spellings's written reviews are positive against 100% of Starfall I'm Reading's.
Come Learn Spellings ships an update every 3 weeks, Starfall I'm Reading every 10 months. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and October 9, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Come Learn Spellings | Starfall I'm Reading |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.9 (7 ratings) | 4.2 (46 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 47.2% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 7 | 46 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Every 10 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 9.3 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 68 MB | 102 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Power Math Apps LLC | Starfall Education Foundation |
Customer experience
Come Learn Spellings
Starfall I'm Reading
In-app purchases
Come Learn Spellings
No in-app purchases
Starfall I'm Reading
No in-app purchases
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