Comparison

ABC MAGIC PHONICS 6 vs ABC

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

Head to head
About

ABC MAGIC PHONICS 6

This app helps young children develop foundational reading skills by focusing on letter sounds and their relationships to words. It uses engaging matching games to reinforce phonemic awareness and letter-sound correspondence, building upon previous learning.

Highlights
  • Develops phonemic awareness
  • Teaches letter-sound correspondence
  • Reinforces alphabet sound recognition
  • Uses matching games
  • Includes a preview feature
  • Offers tiered learning system
Features
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This app helps give your child foundational reading skills. This app helps beginning readers gain mastery with the alphabetic principle. This app will help your child understand the relationship between sounds and letters.
 Learn The Alphabetic Principle. Develop Phonemic Awareness. Learn How Sounds Relate to Words. Learn Letter-Sound Correspondence. Learn How to APPLY Letter-Sound Correspondence. Gain proficiency in the use of the sounds of the letters. Gain Proficiency in Auditory Discrimination.
 This app is the classic matching game with a phonics twist. This app helps to reinforce alphabet sound recognition by matching beginning letter sounds to the familiar phonetic pictures from the previous apps in this series.
 The second option is to match pictures with the same beginning sounds, such as "sun" and "sailboat." This app has a preview feature for the matching games to help train the mind to remember images and image placement.
 What is the purpose of this app? ABC MAGIC PHONICS 6 gives your child practice with beginning phonics skills. This app focuses on the most common sound that each letter makes. This app builds on the skills learned in the four apps of this series. Those apps were about teaching letter/sound associations. This app continues this process by testing letter sound recognition. In this app, the default is for the letters to be silent and not to make their sounds when touched. The child's knowledge of the sounds is used in this app.
 How does this app work? This app uses four different games to help your child learn and reinforce their knowledge of which sound each letter makes. When appropriate, the games are programmed with a built-in tiered learning system that gets slightly more challenging with correct answers. Incorrect answers will make the games slightly less challenging. There is another built-in feature that reintroduces incorrectly guessed letters to give the child another chance to get those letters right.
 Why do you focus on the sounds of letters rather than the names of letters? It is a much better use of time to focus on letter sounds rather than letter names. A child can actually read without knowing the letters' common names, but a child only knowing the names of the letters cannot phonetically read. The ubiquitousness of the ABC song both at home and at school will surely give children the ability to name the letters. However, many children are not given the much-needed explicit instruction of the SOUNDS that the letters make. In this app, only the SOUNDS of the letters are used and NEVER the names of the letters. This app is dedicated to helping children learn the sounds and functions of letters.
 These games are designed so that children can do them independently after being given the basic instructions on how to play the games. The app has built-in feedback mechanisms to help the child to work independently. These mechanisms allow the child to learn at their own pace and in their own way. The child does not need to be constantly supervised and told what the right answer is. This frees up the adult to be an observer of their child's learning and assist them when invited.

About

ABC

This educational app helps children learn the English alphabet through interactive games and activities. It covers letter writing, pronunciation, and vocabulary building in a fun and engaging way.

Highlights
  • Learn to write and pronounce letters
  • Distinguish between capital and lowercase letters
  • Interactive quizzes
  • Logic puzzles
  • Review mini-games
  • Color by letter activities
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Study the English alphabet with our cheerful Raccoon: practice writing and pronouncing letters, tell the difference between capitals and lowercase, and learn new words! This educational app is designed to help kids learn the English alphabet in fun and engaging way. The app features many interactive tasks: • Learning Letters – your kid will be introduced to each alphabet letter and learn how to write them • Quiz Time – test your alphabet knowledge with fun and educational quizzes • Logic Games – use critical thinking skills to solve puzzles • Letters Review – а set of fun interactive mini-games to review what your child learned • Color by Letter – color cute pictures using letters as a guide Access 20+ educational apps for kids with an Amaya Plus subscription! Ignite your child's imagination and develop their essential skills with our game collection. Play offline, anytime, anywhere. Connect up to 3 devices for seamless fun. Join now and embark on an exciting learning journey for your little ones! We love to make kids happy, and we also like to read your emails! If you need help, have questions, or want to say “hi,” please get in touch at info@amayasoft.com Terms of Use: http://amayakids.com/terms.html

Screenshots

ABC MAGIC PHONICS 64 screens
ABC4 screens

Verdict

The call

ABC MAGIC PHONICS 6 and ABC both sit at 4.3 stars, but that hides the real split: 100% of ABC MAGIC PHONICS 6's written reviews are positive against 44% of ABC's. ABC MAGIC PHONICS 6 also leads on monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases) and iOS requirement (8.0 vs 12.0). ABC's advantage is update cadence (every 4 months vs every 27 months) and ratings volume (3.1K vs 182). On price, rating, ads and in-app purchases 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 6 sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and ABC sells 12 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

ABC MAGIC PHONICS 6 holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 4.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: ABC has 3.1K ratings behind it against 182, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of ABC MAGIC PHONICS 6's written reviews are positive against 44% of ABC's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

ABC MAGIC PHONICS 6 ships an update every 27 months, ABC every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 27, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
ABC MAGIC PHONICS 6 versus ABC: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterABC MAGIC PHONICS 6ABC
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.3 (182 ratings) — better4.1 (3.1K ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better44.4% of reviews
Number of ratings1823.1K — better
Update frequencyEvery 27 monthsEvery 4 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better
Requires iOS8.0 — better12.0
Further details — not scored
Size387 MB275 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPRESCHOOL UNIVERSITYAmaya Soft MChJ

Customer experience

ABC MAGIC PHONICS 6

All ratings177 ratings
Positive81.4%
Neutral11.9%
Negative6.8%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

ABC

All ratings3,013 ratings
Positive77.8%
Neutral11.7%
Negative10.4%
Written reviews9 reviews
Positive44.4%
Neutral33.3%
Negative22.2%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

ABC MAGIC PHONICS 6

One-time1
  • Full Version$1.99
12 purchases

ABC

Subscriptions12
  • Amaya Plus Subscription: Week$4.997 Days
  • Amaya Plus Subscription: Week3 Days trial2 variants$4.997 Days
  • Amaya Plus Subscription: Month3 Days trial2 variants$6.991 Month
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  • Amaya Plus Subscription: Week2 variants$9.997 Days
  • Amaya Plus Subscription: Month3 Days trial$9.991 Month
  • Amaya Plus Subscription: Week3 Days trial2 variants$9.997 Days
  • Amaya Plus Subscription: Month3 Days trial$19.991 Month
  • Amaya Plus Subscription: Year$24.991 Year
  • Amaya Plus Subscription: Year3 Days trial2 variants$39.991 Year
  • Amaya Plus Subscription: Year3 Days trial$49.991 Year
  • Amaya Plus Subscription: Year$49.991 Year
  • Amaya Plus Subscription: Year3 Days trial$99.991 Year

Questions

Is ABC MAGIC PHONICS 6 free?
ABC MAGIC PHONICS 6 is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is ABC free?
ABC is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, ABC MAGIC PHONICS 6 or ABC?
ABC MAGIC PHONICS 6 is rated higher. ABC MAGIC PHONICS 6 averages 4.3 out of 5 from 182 ratings, while ABC averages 4.1 from 3.1K ratings.
Do ABC MAGIC PHONICS 6 or ABC have ads?
Neither ABC MAGIC PHONICS 6 nor ABC shows ads.
Which is updated more often, ABC MAGIC PHONICS 6 or ABC?
ABC MAGIC PHONICS 6 ships an update every 27 months, and ABC every 4 months. Most recently, ABC MAGIC PHONICS 6 was updated on October 29, 2026 and ABC on October 27, 2026.

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