Comparison

SENTENCE READING MAGIC vs CPH Costume Maker 2

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

Head to head
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

CPH Costume Maker 2

Features
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Costume Maker is an app that allows you to select an actor (or two) and place them against a backdrop and configure their costume in an almost infinite number of combinations. We don't exaggerate when we say an almost infinite number of combinations. Each actor can be either a boy or a girl and one of 6 different races. For each of the 6 items of clothing there are 9 variations (plus an option not to include it), and in addition to its original color it can be re-colored in one of 24 different ways. The actors can then be arranged on one of 11 different backdrops resulting in a possible 52,764,985,218,122,496 (fifty-two quadrillion, seven hundred sixty-four trillion, nine hundred eighty-five billion, two hundred eighteen million, one hundred twenty-two thousand, four hundred ninety-six) outcomes in the Costume Maker app! -- Developed for the Cleveland Play House in Partnership with the United States Department of Education.

Screenshots

SENTENCE READING MAGIC4 screens
CPH Costume Maker 24 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: CPH Costume Maker 2 at none against SENTENCE READING MAGIC's 2. CPH Costume Maker 2 also leads on update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 10 months). On price, ads, device support 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. SENTENCE READING MAGIC sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. CPH Costume Maker 2 asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

SENTENCE READING MAGIC ships an update every 10 months, CPH Costume Maker 2 every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 24, 2026 and May 17, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
SENTENCE READING MAGIC versus CPH Costume Maker 2: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSENTENCE READING MAGICCPH Costume Maker 2
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.4 (113 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews74.7% of reviews—
Number of ratings113 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 10 monthsEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS12.012.0
Further details — not scored
Size310 MB18 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPRESCHOOL UNIVERSITYATBOSH Media Ltd.

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

CPH Costume Maker 2

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

CPH Costume Maker 2

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is SENTENCE READING MAGIC free?
SENTENCE READING MAGIC is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is CPH Costume Maker 2 free?
CPH Costume Maker 2 is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do SENTENCE READING MAGIC or CPH Costume Maker 2 have ads?
Neither SENTENCE READING MAGIC nor CPH Costume Maker 2 shows ads.
Which is updated more often, SENTENCE READING MAGIC or CPH Costume Maker 2?
SENTENCE READING MAGIC ships an update every 10 months, and CPH Costume Maker 2 every 3 weeks. Most recently, SENTENCE READING MAGIC was updated on September 24, 2026 and CPH Costume Maker 2 on May 17, 2026.

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