Comparison

SENTENCE READING MAGIC vs Word Wizard

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

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About

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.

Highlights
  • Sentence reading practice
  • High-frequency word games
  • Phonemic awareness activities
  • Phonics and blending
  • Vocabulary building
  • Fluency and comprehension focus
Features
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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!

About

Word Wizard

This app helps children aged 4-10 learn to read and spell through interactive word-building and spelling activities. It features a talking movable alphabet, customizable word lists, and progress reports for parents and educators.

Highlights
  • Talking movable alphabet for phonics and word building
  • Customizable word lists with own words and images
  • Multiple spelling activities with increasing difficulty
  • Progress reports for tracking child's development
  • Adaptable settings for letter size, voices, and contrast modes
  • Supports multiple keyboard layouts and letter sizes
Features
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• "Speak ‘N Spell for the iPad Generation" - The New York Times • Word Wizard is an award-winning app used in schools which offers several unique reading and spelling activities for children ages four to 10. -- Learn to Read by Building Words -- • The Talking Movable Alphabet activity allows kids to experiment with word building and phonics thanks to the advanced text to speech engine (first step in learning to read) • Any text can be written and spoken • 2 child voices + 4 adult voices (US, UK & Australian voices) • Uppercase & lowercase letters, numbers, digraphs, ABC or QWERTY keyboard • Many, many settings to adapt the activities to the child’s needs (letter size, assign images to words, high contrast modes for kids with visual impairment,...) -- Learn to Spell using the Talking Movable Alphabet and your word lists -- • 3 spelling activities that increase in difficulty • 200 built-in word lists (about 2000 words) • Add your own words to create unique spelling quizzes! • Add your own images to illustrate your word lists • Keep tabs on your children’s progress with detailed reports ______ • Used in Schools (140K units sold to schools) • "This is an important breakthrough in reading instruction" - The New York Times • "This is a fantastic app for young children, right through to children in later elementary school " - Wired's GeekDad • Editor's Choice Award for Excellence in Design - Children's Technology Review • Winner of a Parents’ Choice Award • More than 290K units sold! _______ Talking Movable Alphabet Activity _______ • Pronounce and spell-check any word, number or sentence • Natural Sounding Voice - 2 child and 2 adult American voices + 1 British voice + 1 Australian voice • Letter sound (phonic) or name when a letter is touched in the alphabet • 4 keyboards available: letters (ABC or QWERTY, uppercase or lowercase), numbers, consonant digraphs (like “th”) and vowels digraphs (like “oo”) • Keyboard emulation option • 4 letter sizes available (allowing for more or fewer letters on the board) • Customized word pronunciation, if necessary • 4 high contrast modes for kids with vision impairments _______ Fun Spelling Activities _______ 3 spelling activities of increasing difficulty are provided to adapt the activity to the child’s spelling level. You can use the built-in word lists or create your own. 1 - "Word Practice" says and displays the word to spell, and asks the child to spell it 2 - "Scrambled Letters" says the word and displays the letters needed to build the word or sentence, and asks the child to reorder the letters. 3 - “Spelling Quizzes” is a standard spelling test, but the app won’t move onto the next word until the child has correctly spelled the word, helping them to remember its correct spelling. • 200 built-in word lists: Words for beginners (CVC, CCVC, CVCC), Dolch Words, 1,000 most frequently used words, body parts and more • Create custom word lists by entering your own words and sentences • Import and export word lists • Hints are available should kids not know how to spell a word • Once a quiz is completed, interactive animations are available as a reward -- Users & Reports -- • Unlimited number of users • Detailed Spelling Test Reports per user _______ Try it for free, and if you like it, buy the app forever or subscribe monthly for a low fee. Payment will be charged to your Apple ID account at the confirmation of purchase. Subscription automatically renews unless it is canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Your account will be charged for renewal within 24 hours prior to the end of the current period. You can manage and cancel your subscriptions by going to your account settings on the App Store after purchase. Privacy Policy: https://lescapadou.com/en/privacy-policy Terms of Use: https://lescapadou.com/tos/tos-en.html Please send any suggestions to support@lescapadou.com. We listen to our users to improve our products!

Screenshots

SENTENCE READING MAGIC4 screens
Word Wizard4 screens

Verdict

The call

SENTENCE READING MAGIC and Word Wizard both sit at 4.4 stars, but that hides the real split: 88% of Word Wizard's written reviews are positive against 75% of SENTENCE READING MAGIC's. SENTENCE READING MAGIC's advantage is iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.6). On price, rating, ratings volume and update cadence 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. SENTENCE READING MAGIC sells 2 one-off in-app purchases and Word Wizard sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

SENTENCE READING MAGIC holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 4.2. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 123 and 101 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 75% of SENTENCE READING MAGIC's written reviews are positive against 88% of Word Wizard's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

SENTENCE READING MAGIC ships an update every 10 months, Word Wizard every 8 months. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
SENTENCE READING MAGIC versus Word Wizard: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSENTENCE READING MAGICWord Wizard
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.4 (123 ratings) — better4.2 (101 ratings)
Positive reviews74.7% of reviews87.5% of reviews — better
Number of ratings123 — better101
Update frequencyEvery 10 monthsEvery 8 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS12.0 — better15.6
Further details — not scored
Size310 MB113 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPRESCHOOL UNIVERSITYPierre Abel

Customer experience

SENTENCE READING MAGIC

All ratings113 ratings
Positive84.1%
Neutral8.8%
Negative7.1%
Written reviews75 reviews
Positive74.7%
Neutral20.0%
Negative5.3%

Word Wizard

All ratings101 ratings
Positive82.2%
Neutral1.0%
Negative16.8%
Written reviews8 reviews
Positive87.5%
Neutral0.0%
Negative12.5%

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
Show 3 more
  • App for the next stage
  • Switch accessible features
  • Four or five word sentences

Word Wizard

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

2 purchases

SENTENCE READING MAGIC

One-time2
  • Deluxe Upgrade$2.99
  • More Sentences for Learning$4.99
2 purchases

Word Wizard

Subscriptions1
  • Monthly Subscription$0.991 Month
One-time1
  • Unlock Forever$7.99

Questions

Is SENTENCE READING MAGIC free?
SENTENCE READING MAGIC is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Word Wizard free?
Word Wizard is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, SENTENCE READING MAGIC or Word Wizard?
SENTENCE READING MAGIC is rated higher. SENTENCE READING MAGIC averages 4.4 out of 5 from 123 ratings, while Word Wizard averages 4.2 from 101 ratings.
Do SENTENCE READING MAGIC or Word Wizard have ads?
Neither SENTENCE READING MAGIC nor Word Wizard shows ads.
Which is updated more often, SENTENCE READING MAGIC or Word Wizard?
SENTENCE READING MAGIC ships an update every 10 months, and Word Wizard every 8 months. Most recently, SENTENCE READING MAGIC was updated on October 29, 2026 and Word Wizard on October 24, 2026.

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