Comparison

READING MAGIC 2 vs Multiplication

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

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About

READING MAGIC 2

This app helps children master consonant blends, a key skill for reading success. It offers interactive modes for blending sounds, segmenting words, and independent reading practice with over 300 words and engaging themes.

Highlights
  • Blending Mode for sound practice
  • Segmenting Mode for word breakdown
  • Reading Mode for independent word reading
  • Focus on CCVC and CVCC words
  • Advanced consonant blend practice
  • Over 300 words with male/female voices
  • Themed lessons for engagement
Features
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Unlock the Magic of Reading with READING MAGIC 2! Transform your child into a confident reader with READING MAGIC 2! This app makes learning to read an exciting adventure with interactive activities focused on CCVC (Consonant-Consonant-Vowel-Consonant) and CVCC short-vowel blend words. Meticulously designed to provide an advanced boost to your child’s phonemic awareness, this app combines three foundational pillars of literacy science into one powerful, interactive ecosystem: Blending (Listening), Segmenting (Speaking), and Decoding (Reading). Grounded firmly in Science of Reading principles and utilizing University of Florida Literacy Institute (UFLI) guidelines, READING MAGIC provides specific, precise training with extensive repetitions to help young brains bridge the gap between spoken sound units and complete words. IDEAL FOR BOTH BEGINNING PRE-READERS AND STRUGGLING READERS For Beginning Pre-Readers: A stress-free launchpad. By practicing words through pure sound sequences first, your child masters the internal mechanics of reading without cognitive overload. This keeps them from being frustrated by trying to learn separate, difficult skills at the same time. For Struggling or Remedial Readers: If your child's reading is hesitant or choppy, or if they guess at words, this app provides the targeted intervention recommended by modern reading science to help young brains bridge the gap. THREE CRITICAL SKILL-BUILDING PILLARS While many phonics programs completely overlook the auditory mechanics of reading, our program systematically guides your child through the complete progression of decoding: Skill 1: Blending (Listening): Interactive listening activities train your child’s neural processing ability to hear isolated sounds in words and join them together mentally. This builds the vital auditory runway required for future fluency. Skill 2: Segmenting (Speaking): True spelling and reading independence require the ability to pull spoken words apart into their individual sound units. These exercises build explicit awareness of the acoustic structure of language. Skill 3: Decoding (Reading): The ultimate bridge to literacy. Your child applies their mastery of blending and segmenting directly to text, smoothly moving from spoken sounds to visual words. STRUCTURAL SPACING & INSTRUCTION (Science-Backed Layout) Our app builds the actual findings of reading science directly into the user interface for maximum visual clarity: Anti-Crowding Design: Peer-reviewed research, including Marinus et al. (2016) and Wery & Diliberto (2017), demonstrates that generous letter spacing is critical for early decoding. By placing each letter on its own isolated card with distinct physical gaps, our layout eliminates visual crowding, allowing your child to isolate each sound unit cleanly. True Comprehension: The app strictly discourages picture guessing, forcing children to rely purely on their decoding skills to foster true comprehension and build lasting confidence. INDEPENDENT LEARNING & AESTHETIC SIMPLICITY Distraction-Free: Our minimalist design eliminates overstimulating audio-visual clutter, excessive sound effects, and animations to keep your child entirely focused on the mechanics of reading. Stress-Free Growth: Built-in natural feedback loops offer gentle corrections, nurturing self-discovery and independent learning at your child's own pace. EXPERT RESEARCH BACKING "Before a child can read fluently with their eyes, they must be able to blend fluently with their ears. Weakness in auditory blending is one of the strongest early predictors of later reading failure." — Dr. Joseph Torgesen, Florida State University. "Teaching students to blend and segment benefited their reading much more than did a multiple-skills approach... and teaching phonemic awareness with letters created effect sizes almost twice as large as teaching children without letters." — The National Reading Panel (NRP) Meta-Analysis

About

Multiplication

This app helps children learn multiplication tables through focused practice or random quizzes. It offers a trophy system for motivation and a review page to identify areas for improvement, all without any advertisements.

Highlights
  • Learn multiplication tables individually
  • Randomized quizzes for tables 1-12
  • No timer or time limits
  • Earn trophies for achievements
  • Review page for incorrect answers
  • Customizable test order
Features
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Easy navigation for children. Learn your multiplication tables by focusing on one table at a time or by taking a quiz that tests in random order from tables 1 through 12. There is no timer or time limit. Earn trophies for each table or for 10, 15 or 25 in a row. See which ones you got wrong with a review page at the end. Use the settings to test yourself in numerical or random order. Never any advertisements.

Screenshots

READING MAGIC 24 screens
Multiplication4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: READING MAGIC 2 at Free against Multiplication's $0.99. READING MAGIC 2 also leads on rating (4.8 vs 4.2) and ratings volume (21 vs 6). Multiplication's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and update cadence (fortnightly vs every 19 months). On 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

READING MAGIC 2 is free to download; Multiplication costs $0.99 up front. READING MAGIC 2 sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Multiplication asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

READING MAGIC 2 holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.2. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 21 and 6 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 81% of READING MAGIC 2's written reviews are positive against 100% of Multiplication's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

READING MAGIC 2 ships an update every 19 months, Multiplication fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 26, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard8 real differences · 2 level
READING MAGIC 2 versus Multiplication: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterREADING MAGIC 2Multiplication
PriceFree — better$0.99
Rating4.8 (21 ratings) — better4.2 (6 ratings)
Positive reviews81.3% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings21 — better6
Update frequencyEvery 19 monthsFortnightly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS13.7 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size258 MB4 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPRESCHOOL UNIVERSITYBanana Brains Media, LLC

Customer experience

READING MAGIC 2

All ratings21 ratings
Positive90.5%
Neutral9.5%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews32 reviews
Positive81.3%
Neutral6.3%
Negative12.5%

Multiplication

All ratings6 ratings
Positive83.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative16.7%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

READING MAGIC 2

One-time1
  • Deluxe Upgrade$3.99
None

Multiplication

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is READING MAGIC 2 free?
READING MAGIC 2 is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Multiplication free?
Multiplication costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, READING MAGIC 2 or Multiplication?
READING MAGIC 2 is rated higher. READING MAGIC 2 averages 4.8 out of 5 from 21 ratings, while Multiplication averages 4.2 from 6 ratings.
Do READING MAGIC 2 or Multiplication have ads?
Neither READING MAGIC 2 nor Multiplication shows ads.
Which is updated more often, READING MAGIC 2 or Multiplication?
READING MAGIC 2 ships an update every 19 months, and Multiplication fortnightly. Most recently, READING MAGIC 2 was updated on October 26, 2026 and Multiplication on October 14, 2026.

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