SENTENCE READING MAGIC vs Sentence Constructor
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
SENTENCE READING MAGIC
This app helps children develop reading fluency and comprehension by focusing on reading sentences. It uses evidence-based methods and engaging games to build skills in phonemic awareness, phonics, vocabulary, fluency, and comprehension.
- Sentence reading practice
- High-frequency word games
- Phonemic awareness activities
- Phonics and blending
- Vocabulary building
- Fluency and comprehension focus
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Introducing "Sentence Reading Magic" – the app designed to transform your child into an excellent reader! Built on evidence-based Science of Reading principles, this app bridges the gap between reading words and reading books, focusing on the crucial skill of reading sentences. By offering a gradual and enjoyable step up from reading individual words, it instills confidence and fosters skill building in emerging readers. With its Sentence Reading Magic feature, this app empowers children to become proficient readers while familiarizing them with essential high frequency words and guiding them from reading words to reading sentences. By providing practice in decoding, blending, and comprehending complete sentences, it prepares young readers to tackle decodable sentences and books, all while boosting fluency and comprehension skills. What sets "Sentence Reading Magic" apart is its incorporation of the five pillars of reading – Phonemic Awareness, Phonics, Vocabulary, Fluency, and Comprehension. Through engaging games and activities, the app helps children recognize and manipulate individual sounds in words, understand the relationship between letters and sounds, expand their vocabulary within a sentence context, and practice reading sentences repeatedly to enhance fluency and comprehension. The app offers four captivating sentence games that aid in building, reading, and spelling out short, simple sentences. Additionally, it includes five mini-games for learning and practicing the most common high-frequency words, using a phonetic approach to help children see patterns within these words. For those seeking an even more enriching experience, the full upgradeable version of "Sentence Reading Magic" boasts 324 sentences divided into 27 lessons, multiple sound and voice options, and three font choices. However, it's important to note that the app requires children to have a prerequisite skill level of consistently and easily reading 3-letter short vowel words before use. Developed by a team of educators using accelerated learning techniques, Montessori principles, and the Science of Reading, "Sentence Reading Magic" has undergone rigorous testing and garnered approval from preschool children and their teachers in various settings. Your feedback and suggestions are highly valued as we continue to refine and enhance the app for an optimal learning experience. Don't miss this opportunity to unlock your child's reading potential with "Sentence Reading Magic" – where learning to read becomes a magical journey!
Sentence Constructor
This app helps students associate written words with spoken words by allowing them to build sentences and hear them spoken aloud. It offers a structured learning experience with words categorized by Dolch Sight Words, parts of speech, and various themes like animals, food, and science.
- Build sentences by dragging words
- Hear sentences spoken aloud
- Tap words to hear pronunciation
- Categorized word lists
- Dolch Sight Words
- Parts of Speech focus
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Have fun and learn with the ultimate sentence building app to help students associate written words with spoken words. Make sentences by dragging words to the line, and then tap the Play button to hear them spoken back to you. If you're not sure of a word you can tap on it to hear it. Your students will learn words as they play with them. In the full app there are over 1700 distinct audio words and over 100 different boards with systematically chosen combinations of words. Words are organized under the following categories: Dolch Words ● 220 Primary Sight Words. They provide a basic introduction to the English language, ordered by frequency. Learn the most commonly spoken words first and move on from there. These are graded Pre-Primer, Primer, First Grade, Second Grade, and Third Grade for your convenience. Parts of Speech ● Focus individually on Nouns, Pronouns, Adjectives, Verbs, Adverbs, Prepositions, Conjunctions, and Articles. Animals ● Start with the common animals around the home and neighborhood, and from there explore the words associated with different kinds of animals by where they live. Food ● From Kitchen Utensils to national cuisines, learn the language of food! Clothing ● Warm-weather, cold-weather, and the day to day articles. Plants & Garden ● Tools & Language, Flowers, Trees, Soil Holidays ● Various celebrations: Easter & Passover, Thanksgiving, Christmas, Hanukkah, and the Fourth of July. Sports ● Soccer, Football, Baseball, Basketball, Hockey, and Swimming. Geography ● Explore Countries, Continents, and a variety of geographical terms. Music ● Learn the language of music, the names of instruments, etc. Science ● Human Anatomy, Weather, and Astronomy. These terms permeate our daily lives. Fun! ● Be entertained by The Over-Enthusiastic Announcer! It's fun, and you learn to recognize words as you play with them and hear them spoken!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: SENTENCE READING MAGIC at 4.4 against Sentence Constructor's 1.0. SENTENCE READING MAGIC also leads on ratings volume (113 vs 1). Sentence Constructor's advantage is review sentiment (100% vs 75%) and monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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
Both are free to download. SENTENCE READING MAGIC sells 2 one-off in-app purchases and Sentence Constructor sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
SENTENCE READING MAGIC holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 1.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: SENTENCE READING MAGIC has 113 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 75% of SENTENCE READING MAGIC's written reviews are positive against 100% of Sentence Constructor's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
SENTENCE READING MAGIC ships an update every 10 months, Sentence Constructor every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and September 28, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | SENTENCE READING MAGIC | Sentence Constructor |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (113 ratings) — better | 1.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 74.7% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 113 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 10 months | Every 4 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 | 8.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 310 MB | 323 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | PRESCHOOL UNIVERSITY | John Bushnell |
Customer experience
SENTENCE READING MAGIC
Sentence Constructor
Bugs and requests
SENTENCE READING MAGIC
Reported bugs
4 issues- Errors in subject-verb agreement
- Sentences are not complete
- Missing capitalization and punctuation
- Spelling error in instructions
Requested features
8 requests- More levels and longer sentences
- Option for different vowel sounds
- Add animation effects
- Randomize sentences
- More options and sentences to buy
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- App for the next stage
- Switch accessible features
- Four or five word sentences
Sentence Constructor
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
SENTENCE READING MAGIC
- Deluxe Upgrade$2.99
- More Sentences for Learning$4.99
Sentence Constructor
- Full Access$1.99
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