Picture Packets vs ObjectiveEd Games
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Picture Packets
This app is part of a comprehensive reading and writing curriculum designed for beginning readers or those who have struggled with literacy. It focuses on matching words to pictures to reinforce reading comprehension and vocabulary. The program aims to help children read and write creatively within a structured learning environment.
- Word-to-picture matching
- Reinforces reading comprehension
- Vocabulary building
- Part of a 14-app curriculum
- No audio hints
- Progressive learning levels
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Center for Innovation in Education Picture Packets - Words Dekodiphukan Description The seventh of the fourteen apps that comprise the Baratta-Lorton Reading Program. The Reading Program is a reading and writing curriculum for beginning readers and any child who has already experienced difficulty in learning to read. 99% unique – 100% effective - 100% free Background for the fourteen apps The Baratta-Lorton Reading Program also known as Dekodiphukan (pronounced decode if you can) was developed by the Center for Innovation in Education whose many other offerings include Mathematics Their Way, the first non-traditional math curriculum adopted in by the State of California. Dekodiphukan has been in use in classrooms across the United States and Canada since 1985. The Program has been used to teach thousands of children to read and to write regardless of background or supposed lack of reading readiness. To date, no child using the program in a classroom setting has ever failed to learn to read or to write. This Dekodiphukan reading and writing curriculum is now a series of fourteen apps plus a parent-guide for the iPad that, within a period of six months to a year (or occasionally a bit longer for some special needs children), will enable every child using it to read and to write. Reading with enjoyment. Writing creatively. Dekodiphukan is a full fledged curriculum. It is a set of specific learning activities, not a set of games. The curriculum’s fourteen apps are all free with no ads - popup or otherwise - included. While the apps may be downloaded all at once and stored in a folder on the iPad, no more than two or three of the apps are used at any one time by the child. Picture Packets - Words The seventh of the Fourteen Apps There are 24 Picture Packets pages at the two-sound level and 20 Picture Packets pages at the three-sound level. Each Picture Packets page corresponds to a prerequisite Booklet. Picture Packets have sets of ten different words and ten different pictures on each page. When the child can read a booklet without using audio hints, the child is ready for the corresponding Picture Packets page. The ten words and ten pictures in each Booklet teach the child which picture represents which word for the Booklet’s corresponding Picture Packets page. Picture Packets contain no audio hints. Children at this level must read each word and match it to its meaning based on their own unaided blending of the sounds into words. The child places his or her finger on a word in the left-hand column and slides it over to the picture in the right-hand column that represents the meaning of that word. If the child selects the correct picture, the word stays where it is placed. If an incorrect picture is selected, the word bounces back to its starting point in the words column. A page is complete when ten words are matched to ten pictures. The child may continue to read and reread the words on one page as long as he or she wishes. Each time all the words on a page are matched to all the pictures, pressing the curved arrow in the upper right-hand corner moves all the words to their starting point in a different order. Every time the curved arrow is pressed, the words are randomly distributed once again. Picture Packets - Words The child’s first try at reading sounds with no audio hints 24 two-sound pages and 20 three-sound pages Each Picture Packet has a prerequisite Booklet at the same level
ObjectiveEd Games
This app offers a collection of games designed to help blind and visually impaired students develop essential skills. It's utilized by educators and specialists to support learning in areas crucial for visually impaired individuals.
- Games for visually impaired students
- Expanded Core Curriculum practice
- Used by TVIs and O&M Specialists
- Assistive technology integration
- Free to download and use
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ObjectiveEd Games is the first pack of games for blind and visually impaired students to practice Expanded Core Curriculum skills. These games are used by Teachers of Visually Impaired Students, Orientation and Mobility Specialists, and Assistive Technology Specialists.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Picture Packets at 100% against ObjectiveEd Games's 36%. Picture Packets also leads on rating (5.0 vs 3.7). ObjectiveEd Games's advantage is update cadence (every 5 weeks vs every 68 months) and ratings volume (17 vs 3). On ads, in-app purchases 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
Picture Packets holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: ObjectiveEd Games has 17 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of Picture Packets's written reviews are positive against 36% of ObjectiveEd Games's.
Picture Packets ships an update every 68 months, ObjectiveEd Games every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Picture Packets | ObjectiveEd Games |
|---|---|---|
| Price | — | Free — better |
| Rating | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better | 3.7 (17 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 36.4% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 3 | 17 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 68 months | Every 5 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 31 MB | 731 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Bob Baratta-Lorton | OBJECTIVE ED INC |
Customer experience
Picture Packets
ObjectiveEd Games
In-app purchases
Picture Packets
No in-app purchases
ObjectiveEd Games
No in-app purchases
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