Comparison

SENTENCE READING MAGIC vs Maths Basic Facts

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

Maths Basic Facts

This interactive app helps children aged 4 and up practice essential math skills like addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division. It offers timed challenges and detailed reports to track progress, making learning fun and engaging for kids.

Highlights
  • Addition, subtraction, multiplication, division practice
  • Timed challenges
  • Randomly generated questions
  • Detailed progress reports
  • Self-testing for incorrect answers
  • Customizable time limits
Features
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Make maths fun with Maths Basic Facts. Maths Basic Facts is an interactive app that helps kids practice and develop their basic maths skills including addition, subtraction, multiplication and division. Kids can test themselves and race the clock to answer as many questions as they can within a set time limit. Parents: Having trouble getting your kids off mobile devices? As the saying goes - if you can’t beat them, join them! Break up the Angry Birds sessions with an educational app your kids will benefit from and keep an eye on their mathematical progress. Teachers: make tests more fun for your students and less work for you. There’s no need to print out pages of tests and no need to spend hours marking them – Maths Basic Facts does it for you. Features: - 100 questions generated in random order - Ability to skip questions to come back to later - Finishes with a detailed report card to help kids learn from their results - Kids can try and improve with a self-test for up to four incorrectly answered questions - Comes ready to go or you can customize time limits (great for classroom use) or personalize with your child's name and time limit (perfect for home use). Suitable for kids aged 4+ Note: Addition: 25 questions, up to 16 + 11. Subtraction: 25 questions, up to 16 - 11 Multiplication: 25 questions, up to 10 × 10 Division: 25 questions, up to 100 ÷ 10 ----------------------------- PRIVACY DISCLOSURE "Maths Basic Facts": - does not contain any third-party ads; - does not include any In-App purchases; - does not collect personal information; - does not use analytics or other data collection tools; - does not integrate with social networks; - does not contain links that navigate users outside of the app; ---------------------------

Screenshots

SENTENCE READING MAGIC4 screens
Maths Basic Facts4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: SENTENCE READING MAGIC at 4.4 against Maths Basic Facts's 3.0. SENTENCE READING MAGIC also leads on review sentiment (75% vs 50%) and ratings volume (123 vs 2). Maths Basic Facts's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2) and update cadence (every 2 months vs every 10 months). On price, ads 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. SENTENCE READING MAGIC sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Maths Basic Facts asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

SENTENCE READING MAGIC holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: SENTENCE READING MAGIC has 123 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 75% of SENTENCE READING MAGIC's written reviews are positive against 50% of Maths Basic Facts's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

SENTENCE READING MAGIC ships an update every 10 months, Maths Basic Facts every 2 months. Both last shipped on October 29, 2026.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
SENTENCE READING MAGIC versus Maths Basic Facts: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSENTENCE READING MAGICMaths Basic Facts
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.4 (123 ratings) — better3.0 (2 ratings)
Positive reviews74.7% of reviews — better50.0% of reviews
Number of ratings123 — better2
Update frequencyEvery 10 monthsEvery 2 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS12.04.3 — better
Further details — not scored
Size310 MB21 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPRESCHOOL UNIVERSITYAndrew Rowatt

Customer experience

SENTENCE READING MAGIC

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

Maths Basic Facts

All ratings2 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%
Written reviews6 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral16.7%
Negative33.3%

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

Maths Basic Facts

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
None

Maths Basic Facts

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is SENTENCE READING MAGIC free?
SENTENCE READING MAGIC is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Maths Basic Facts free?
Maths Basic Facts is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, SENTENCE READING MAGIC or Maths Basic Facts?
SENTENCE READING MAGIC is rated higher. SENTENCE READING MAGIC averages 4.4 out of 5 from 123 ratings, while Maths Basic Facts averages 3.0 from 2 ratings.
Do SENTENCE READING MAGIC or Maths Basic Facts have ads?
Neither SENTENCE READING MAGIC nor Maths Basic Facts shows ads.
Which is updated more often, SENTENCE READING MAGIC or Maths Basic Facts?
SENTENCE READING MAGIC ships an update every 10 months, and Maths Basic Facts every 2 months. Most recently, SENTENCE READING MAGIC was updated on October 29, 2026 and Maths Basic Facts on October 29, 2026.

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