Comparison

SPELLING MAGIC 2 vs Friendly Puzzles

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

Head to head
About

SPELLING MAGIC 2

This app teaches children to read by focusing on consonant blend words. It uses interactive activities to help build words and understand letter sounds, aligning with Science of Reading principles. Two versions are available, offering different word counts and customization options.

Highlights
  • Teaches CVCC and CCVC words
  • Focuses on letter sounds and word construction
  • Word Building section
  • Moveable Alphabet section
  • Two levels of challenge
  • Developed with educators and Montessori principles
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Introducing SPELLING MAGIC 2, a key to your child's future reading success. SPELLING MAGIC 2 incorporates the main principles of the Science of Reading. SPELLING MAGIC 2 is tailored to focus on CVCC (consonant-vowel-consonant-consonant) words like "hand," "sent," and "gift," as well as CCVC (consonant-consonant-vowel-consonant) words such as "spin," "flap," and "stop." These types of words are also known as "consonant blend words" and are categorized into themes for enhanced learning. This app is designed to teach children the sounds of letters and how to construct words. It emphasizes the skill of building CCVC/CVCC words with four phonemes using short vowel words, indirectly imparting the essential reading skill of segmenting. With two levels of challenge, it offers a comprehensive learning experience. In the "Word Building" section of the app, only the components (letters) of the word are used for building, while the "Moveable Alphabet" section utilizes the entire alphabet for word construction. Please note that the purpose of this app is to provide ample opportunities for practicing building CCVC & CVCC words, presenting a chance to expand vocabulary. When tapped, the pictures always pronounce the sound of the word that the app prompts the child to build. The free version of SPELLING MAGIC 2 includes 72 words, while the DELUXE version offers 235 words and provides several choices in the options menu, including two types of voices, three font styles, two letter color options, a special feature to connect letters, and over 160 additional words from the free version. Developed by a team of educators using accelerated learning techniques and Montessori principles, this app has been tested and approved by preschoolers, who found it enjoyable and beneficial for learning letter sounds. We eagerly await your feedback and suggestions as we strive to provide a rewarding educational experience for young learners.

About

Friendly Puzzles

This interactive puzzle game uses basic shapes to create animals and toys. Children can complete tangram puzzles and watch their creations come to life with fun animations and sounds. It helps develop shape recognition and fine motor skills.

Highlights
  • 20 Tangram puzzle games
  • Learn basic shapes
  • Interactive creations
  • Develop fine motor skills
  • Improve visual perception
  • Fun animations and sounds
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--> 20 fantastic Tangram puzzle games for children --> Use basic shapes to make animals, toys, vehicles and more! --> Fully interactive - Complete each puzzle to see it come to life! Do your kids like Puzzles? This great puzzle app offers a fantastic collection of everyday objects, lovely illustrations, special effects and sounds... and it's waiting to be discovered now! Toy Tangram is a fun, interactive, engaging and valuable puzzle game guaranteed to entertain and educate your children! Carefully designed for young ages, this puzzle game is filled with exciting, playful activities throughout all stages. Get ready for some great fun interacting with the adorable puzzle items. When a puzzle is completed players are rewarded with a variety of "celebrations" and interactions. The fun matching activities help improve visual perception, knowledge of shapes & develop fine motor skills by dragging and dropping puzzle pieces to match their holes. Features: --> 20 Different tangrams, each includes up to a 6 parts puzzle game. --> Watch the items come to life and play with them --> Fun interactive activities on all Tangram pages. --> All objects are made out of shapes – great way to learn basic shapes. ABOUT TabTale With over 1.5 billion downloads and growing, TabTale has established itself as the creator of pioneering virtual adventures that kids and parents love. TabTale’s apps spark children’s imaginations and inspire them to think creatively while having fun! Visit us: http://www.tabtale.com/ Like us: http://www.facebook.com/TabTale Follow us:@TabTale Watch us: http://www.youtube.com/Tabtale CONTACT US Let us know what you think! Questions? Suggestions? Technical Support? Contact us 24/7 at: WeCare@TabTale.com. FOR PARENTS The app is free to play but certain in-game items may require payment. You may restrict in-app purchases by disabling them on this device. The app may include advertising for TabTale and certain third parties which will redirect users to our sites, apps or third-party sites. Your privacy matters. The app may enable collection of limited user data by TabTale or its carefully selected providers (e.g. ad networks and analytics) for limited purposes described in our Privacy Policy (e.g. respond to support queries; enable, analyze and improve the app’s features and services; serve contextual ads and measure their performance). For more information (notably on the providers), please read our Privacy Policy: https://tabtale.com/privacy-policy/ . By downloading, updating or using the app you consent (in your personal capacity and for other users of your device) to this collection and use of limited device information for ad display and reporting purposes and you accept our Terms of Use: https://tabtale.com/terms-of-use/.

Screenshots

SPELLING MAGIC 24 screens
Friendly Puzzles4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: SPELLING MAGIC 2 at 63% against Friendly Puzzles's 40%. SPELLING MAGIC 2 also leads on update cadence (every 4 months vs every 11 months). Friendly Puzzles's advantage is rating (4.5 vs 4.3) and iOS requirement (9.0 vs 12.4). On price, ratings volume, 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. SPELLING MAGIC 2 sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Friendly Puzzles sells 5 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Friendly Puzzles holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 4.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 16 and 8 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 63% of SPELLING MAGIC 2's written reviews are positive against 40% of Friendly Puzzles's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

SPELLING MAGIC 2 ships an update every 4 months, Friendly Puzzles every 11 months. The most recent releases landed on November 14, 2026 and November 13, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
SPELLING MAGIC 2 versus Friendly Puzzles: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSPELLING MAGIC 2Friendly Puzzles
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.3 (16 ratings)4.5 (8 ratings) — better
Positive reviews62.5% of reviews — better40.0% of reviews
Number of ratings16 — better8
Update frequencyEvery 4 months — betterEvery 11 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS12.49.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size185 MB98 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPRESCHOOL UNIVERSITYTabTale LTD

Customer experience

SPELLING MAGIC 2

All ratings16 ratings
Positive87.5%
Neutral0.0%
Negative12.5%
Written reviews8 reviews
Positive62.5%
Neutral12.5%
Negative25.0%

Friendly Puzzles

All ratings8 ratings
Positive87.5%
Neutral0.0%
Negative12.5%
Written reviews15 reviews
Positive40.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative60.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

SPELLING MAGIC 2

One-time1
  • Deluxe Upgrade$1.99
5 purchases

Friendly Puzzles

One-time5
  • Remove Ads!$0.99
  • Unlock all animal puzzles$1.99
  • Unlock all gadget puzzles$1.99
Show 2 more
  • Unlock all vehicle puzzles$1.99
  • Super Deal!$3.99

Questions

Is SPELLING MAGIC 2 free?
SPELLING MAGIC 2 is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Friendly Puzzles free?
Friendly Puzzles is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, SPELLING MAGIC 2 or Friendly Puzzles?
Friendly Puzzles is rated higher. SPELLING MAGIC 2 averages 4.3 out of 5 from 16 ratings, while Friendly Puzzles averages 4.5 from 8 ratings.
Do SPELLING MAGIC 2 or Friendly Puzzles have ads?
Neither SPELLING MAGIC 2 nor Friendly Puzzles shows ads.
Which is updated more often, SPELLING MAGIC 2 or Friendly Puzzles?
SPELLING MAGIC 2 ships an update every 4 months, and Friendly Puzzles every 11 months. Most recently, SPELLING MAGIC 2 was updated on November 14, 2026 and Friendly Puzzles on November 13, 2026.

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