Comparison

SENTENCE READING MAGIC vs Sentence Maker

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

Sentence Maker

This interactive game helps young children learn to build and complete sentences by dragging and dropping words. It offers extensive customization options for parents and teachers, including adding custom photos, voices, and items, making it a versatile learning tool for ages 1 to 6.

Highlights
  • Interactive sentence building
  • Customizable photos and voice
  • Multi-sensory learning
  • Adjustable difficulty settings
  • Multi-language support
  • Create custom word lists
Features
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"This app is fantastic. I upgraded to the full version within the same day to get access to 500+ additional unique phrases and sentences." Not ready to buy…. no problem… try Sentence Maker for FREE and find out why tens of thousands of parents, teachers, and kids rave about Sentence Maker. Sentence Maker is an exciting interactive game that helps your child rapidly learn to make and complete their own sentences all with just the touch of their finger. The interface is so easy to use that even a 9 month old baby will delight in moving their first words around the page. Ideal for ages 1 to 6. Remember that for just $0.99 you can buy the complete version of Sentence Maker and gain access to 500+ additional unique phrases and sentences. WHY PARENTS AND TEACHERS THIS APP • Everything is fully customizable • Turn Tile Magnets ON or OFF from the settings page. • Add your own voice - now your toddler can learn everything in mommy's or daddy's voice • Add your own items - add your own pictures and start making sentences with the items around your home! • Uses real, crisp photographs that are carefully hand picked and selected vs. cartoonish illustrations • Multi-sensory learning tool - combining seeing, hearing, and tactile feedback • Don't like some of the existing items... no problem, just delete any item your kid does not enjoy • Multi-language support - since you can edit existing items and add new items, you can record everything in your native tongue • Add new letters - you can even add new letters that are unique to your language to make this app work in any language • You can even customize all of the game and success sounds so that your little one hears your words of appreciation • Sentence hints - if you want to learn just by sight, you can turn the sentence hints off • Visual hints - if you want to learn just by sound, you can hide the images • Word hints - if you don't want to show the letter hints in the destination tiles, you can turn them off • Sentence oder - you can go from A to Z or in random order • Word order - you can go in any order or require that words are spelled from left to right • Letter case - uppercase, lowercase, and capitalized spelling is supported • Create new lists - want to help your little one with a specific set of words? No problem, just create a new list of words • Customize items - every item is fully customizable (text, audio, and image). You can also add your own photos • Customize letters - you can change the recorded voice for each of the letters • Customize success sounds - can even customize the success sounds so that your little one hears your words of appreciation WHY KIDS LOVE IT TOO! • The app is super fun and easy to use for kids • Kids LOVE dropping words and watching them snap into place - its just fun • Gorgeous photographs keep kids engaged • Success sounds keep kids begging for more Kids LOVE variety so remember that for just $0.99 you can by Sentence Maker Pro and get instant access to 500 additional unique phrases and sentences to keep your kids engaged and asking for more. Plus, you also help support an independent app maker so we can keep creating more awesome apps for you. HEROIC SUPPORT Heroic Support is not just what we do. It's really what makes us, well, us. It's that drive to make a difference in your life - no matter how big or small. Really, it's our way of life because we want you to be our customer for a lifetime of fun and learning. Have questions? We are here to help. Email us at support@grasshopperapps.com

Screenshots

SENTENCE READING MAGIC4 screens
Sentence Maker4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Sentence Maker at none against SENTENCE READING MAGIC's 2. Sentence Maker also leads on rating (4.7 vs 4.4) and review sentiment (83% vs 75%). SENTENCE READING MAGIC's advantage is update cadence (every 10 months vs every 25 months). On price, ratings volume, ads and monetization model 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. Sentence Maker asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Sentence Maker holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.4. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 123 and 269 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 75% of SENTENCE READING MAGIC's written reviews are positive against 83% of Sentence Maker's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

SENTENCE READING MAGIC ships an update every 10 months, Sentence Maker every 25 months. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and November 1, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
SENTENCE READING MAGIC versus Sentence Maker: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSENTENCE READING MAGICSentence Maker
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.4 (123 ratings)4.7 (269 ratings) — better
Positive reviews74.7% of reviews82.8% of reviews — better
Number of ratings123269 — better
Update frequencyEvery 10 months — betterEvery 25 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS12.08.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size310 MB75 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPRESCHOOL UNIVERSITYInnovative Investments Limited

Customer experience

SENTENCE READING MAGIC

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

Sentence Maker

All ratings266 ratings
Positive93.2%
Neutral3.8%
Negative3.0%
Written reviews29 reviews
Positive82.8%
Neutral3.4%
Negative13.8%

User reviews

SENTENCE READING MAGIC

From 123 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Great for learning sentences
  • 👍 Helps with reading skills
  • 👍 Good for beginners
  • 👍 Educational content
  • 👍 Clear pronunciation

Room to improve

  • 🥱 Can be boring
  • 🐛 Inconsistent grammar
  • 🐛 Lacks capitalization
  • 🐛 Lacks punctuation
  • 🐛 Repetitive content

Sentence Maker

From 269 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Highly customizable content
  • 💡 Great for speech therapy and learning
  • 🌟 Free and valuable app
  • 🗣️ Supports custom voice recording
  • 🖼️ Allows personal picture customization

Room to improve

  • 🐛 App freezes on screen
  • 🐛 Cannot log out
  • 🐛 Recording function not working (iOS 7 issue)
  • 🤔 Blocks can be used to guess answers
  • ⏳ Personalization can be time-consuming

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 Maker

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • App freezes and cannot be closed without turning off the phone
  • Cannot log out of the app
  • Recording function broken since iOS 7

Requested features

6 requests
  • Ability to keep score
  • Larger font options
  • Ability to pick wordlist in play mode
  • Text-to-speech option
  • Option to turn off letters in destination cells
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  • Option to hide blocks

In-app purchases

2 purchases

SENTENCE READING MAGIC

One-time2
  • Deluxe Upgrade$2.99
  • More Sentences for Learning$4.99
None

Sentence Maker

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is SENTENCE READING MAGIC free?
SENTENCE READING MAGIC is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Sentence Maker free?
Sentence Maker is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, SENTENCE READING MAGIC or Sentence Maker?
Sentence Maker is rated higher. SENTENCE READING MAGIC averages 4.4 out of 5 from 123 ratings, while Sentence Maker averages 4.7 from 269 ratings.
Do SENTENCE READING MAGIC or Sentence Maker have ads?
Neither SENTENCE READING MAGIC nor Sentence Maker shows ads.
Which is updated more often, SENTENCE READING MAGIC or Sentence Maker?
SENTENCE READING MAGIC ships an update every 10 months, and Sentence Maker every 25 months. Most recently, SENTENCE READING MAGIC was updated on October 29, 2026 and Sentence Maker on November 1, 2026.

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