Comparison

Sight Words | with Word Bingo vs Decoding Chart

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

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About

Sight Words | with Word Bingo

This app offers interactive flashcards and five engaging games designed to help preschoolers and kindergarteners learn essential sight words. It features professional voiceovers and adjustable difficulty levels to enhance vocabulary and memory through playful repetition.

Highlights
  • Interactive flashcards
  • Five built-in learning games
  • Professional voiceovers
  • Adjustable difficulty levels
  • Word practice feature
  • Memory building games
Features
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The most comprehensive Sight Words app with interactive flash cards and 5 games for Pre-Schoolers and Kindergarteners by EFlashApps, developers of Baby Flash Cards with over 10 million downloads. Used by schools, parents and teachers worldwide! FEATURES INCLUDE: - Pre-Primary and Primary grades - Professional voiceovers for excellent auditory learning - 5 built-in games for playful learning - Hard and easy levels of difficulty for games - Practice Words feature for repeat learning of difficult words - Superb memory building with memory game! Learning Sight Words has never been so much fun! Using all touch features which kids love with playful sounds and professionally recorded voiceovers, this is a complete learning experience for any child who is beginning to learn Sight Words or looking to enhance vocabulary and memory. 5 built-in game activities make is seem like a play act the whole time while the child is learning each word with repetition.

About

Decoding Chart

This app is part of a reading and writing curriculum designed for beginning readers or those who have struggled with literacy. It helps children transition from understanding sounds to recognizing letters and their spellings, aiding in reading and creative writing.

Highlights
  • Sound-to-letter conversion
  • Color-coded spellings
  • Multiple learning levels
  • Supports beginning readers
  • Aids creative writing
Features
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Center for Innovation in Education Decoding Chart - Levels Dekodiphukan Description The ninth of the fourteen apps that comprise the Baratta-Lorton Reading Program. The Reading Program is a reading and writing curriculum for beginning readers and any child who has already experienced difficulty in learning to read. 99% unique – 100% effective - 100% free Background for the fourteen apps The Baratta-Lorton Reading Program also known as Dekodiphukan (pronounced decode if you can) was developed by the Center for Innovation in Education whose many other offerings include Mathematics Their Way, the first non-traditional math curriculum adopted in by the State of California. Dekodiphukan has been in use in classrooms across the United States and Canada since 1985. The Program has been used to teach thousands of children to read and to write regardless of background or supposed lack of reading readiness. To date, no child using the program in a classroom setting has ever failed to learn to read or to write. This Dekodiphukan reading and writing curriculum is now a series of fourteen apps plus a parent-guide for the iPad that, within a period of six months to a year (or occasionally a bit longer for some special needs children), will enable every child using it to read and to write. Reading with enjoyment. Writing creatively. Decoding Chart - LEVELS The ninth of the Fourteen Apps The Decoding Chart converts words written in sounds to words written in letters.  It is the vehicle for transitioning the child from sounds to letters.  Its use is introduced once the child can comfortably read and write phrases. The Chart contains the pictures of all forty-four sounds arranged in the same rows and in the same order within each row as they are in the Stamping app.  Beneath each sound picture are various ways that sound may be spelled.  The spellings listed beneath each sound appear in order of frequency of occurrence in the words which beginning readers are most likely to encounter. Each of the spellings that appear beneath the sound pictures are color coded.  The first spelling of each sound is coded white.  If a second spelling is listed, it is coded yellow.  Third spellings are red, fourth spellings are blue, fifth are green, sixth are brown, and seventh are purple.  The color codings indicate to the child which spelling is to be used to write the letters for a word. The Decoding Chart does not contain all possible spellings for each sound.  It does, however, contain the spellings that appear in ninety-five to ninety-eight percent of the words the child will encounter while learning to read and write. A parent guide to how to use the Decoding Chart is included in The Guide instructions for the Writing Worksheets. Two Apps and the Decoding Chart Download Chart – Levels The Decoding Chart-Levels app displays the chart in five different levels, each level matching one of the five levels of the Reading Program. Chart - Flip The Decoding Chart-Flip app displays half the chart on one side and half on the other side of a flip view. Download While the Decoding Chart is available in two app formats and moving between apps is possible with a double-click of the Home button on the iPad, the double-clicking process may not be easily managed by the child. A more child-accessible version of the Decoding Chart can be downloaded from the Center’s website and printed out. Decoding Chart Converts words in sounds to words in letters Introduced once the child can comfortably read phrases Available in two different app forms Also downloadable from the Center’s website Instructions for its use are included in The Guide’s Writing Worksheet instructions

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Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Decoding Chart at 100% against Sight Words | with Word Bingo's 45%. Decoding Chart also leads on rating (4.0 vs 1.0) and in-app purchases (none vs 3). Sight Words | with Word Bingo's advantage is update cadence (every 5 months vs every 36 months) and device support (3 vs 1). On price, ratings volume and iOS requirement 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. Sight Words | with Word Bingo sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Decoding Chart asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Decoding Chart holds the better App Store score, 4.0 against 1.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 2 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 45% of Sight Words | with Word Bingo's written reviews are positive against 100% of Decoding Chart's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Sight Words | with Word Bingo ships an update every 5 months, Decoding Chart every 36 months. Both last shipped on November 1, 2026.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Sight Words | with Word Bingo versus Decoding Chart: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSight Words | with Word BingoDecoding Chart
PriceFreeFree
Rating1.0 (3 ratings)4.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews45.5% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings3 — better2
Update frequencyEvery 5 months — betterEvery 36 months
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPad
Requires iOS15.1 — better15.6
Further details — not scored
Size54 MB73 MB
Age rating4+4+
DevelopereFlashApps, LLCBob Baratta-Lorton

Customer experience

Sight Words | with Word Bingo

All ratings3 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%
Written reviews11 reviews
Positive45.5%
Neutral0.0%
Negative54.5%

Decoding Chart

All ratings2 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral50.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Sight Words | with Word Bingo

One-time3
  • Bingo Game$0.99
  • Unlock all words + Bingo Game + Ad-Free$2.99
  • Sight Words 1 full version$4.99
None

Decoding Chart

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Sight Words | with Word Bingo free?
Sight Words | with Word Bingo is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Decoding Chart free?
Decoding Chart is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Sight Words | with Word Bingo or Decoding Chart?
Decoding Chart is rated higher. Sight Words | with Word Bingo averages 1.0 out of 5 from 3 ratings, while Decoding Chart averages 4.0 from 2 ratings.
Do Sight Words | with Word Bingo or Decoding Chart have ads?
Sight Words | with Word Bingo shows ads; Decoding Chart does not.
Which is updated more often, Sight Words | with Word Bingo or Decoding Chart?
Sight Words | with Word Bingo ships an update every 5 months, and Decoding Chart every 36 months. Most recently, Sight Words | with Word Bingo was updated on November 1, 2026 and Decoding Chart on November 1, 2026.

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