Comparison

Action Matrix vs Word Reading Magic Deluxe

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

Head to head
About

Action Matrix

This educational app presents actions in a visual row. Tapping an action's image triggers a related animation in the top display area. Each action features three distinct pictures and animations to explore.

Highlights
  • Visual action display
  • Interactive animations
  • Multiple animations per action
  • Simple tap interface
  • Educational content
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Actions are displayed in a row. When the user taps on an action's picture, an animation related to that action plays in the box at the top of the screen. In this program, there are three pictures and animations for each action. Click on a picture to view the next picture and animation.

About

Word Reading Magic Deluxe

This application helps children develop proficiency in reading simple CVC (consonant-vowel-consonant) words. It focuses on the essential skill of decoding single short-vowel words by combining letter sounds into a cohesive word. Early reading games provide practice to build confidence in word recognition.

Highlights
  • Teaches CVC word reading
  • Focuses on single short-vowel words
  • Develops decoding skills
  • Includes early reading games
  • Lesson tracking for progress
Features
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This app will help your child become proficient at reading CVC words. Word Reading Magic helps your child gain practice and proficiency in decoding (reading) words. This app focuses on the skill of learning to read single short-vowel words with three phonemes. This app focuses on CVC (consonant - vowel - consonant) words, such as cat, leg, pig, box, and sun. Word decoding is what most people call “reading.” This app will help your child become proficient at reading CVC words. Decoding is the child’s ability to use their skill of letter/sound connections (the alphabetic principle) along with the ability to combine the distinct and separate sounds into a single word (blending). Seeing the letters c and a and t on the page, the child must first be able to sound out each individual sound of each letter. Then the child needs to transform the /c/ and the /a/ and the /t/ from three distinct and separate sounds into the single word cat. Words are the building blocks of sentences. If your child is having a difficult time reading words, then your child will have a difficult time reading sentences. Fluent and effortless word reading comes with practice. This app is part of a children’s reading series that starts with simple words and progresses to words with more complex phonics rules. This app has early reading games that are ideal for teaching beginning reading skills. This word reading app gives your child practice with the essential step of single CVC word reading to help your child become a confident word reader. This app has lesson tracking to guide your child through all of its words and games.

Screenshots

Action Matrix4 screens
Word Reading Magic Deluxe4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Action Matrix at Free against Word Reading Magic Deluxe's $2.99. Action Matrix also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.3). Word Reading Magic Deluxe's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and ratings volume (13 vs 1). On update cadence, 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

Action Matrix is free to download; Word Reading Magic Deluxe costs $2.99 up front. Action Matrix sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Word Reading Magic Deluxe asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Action Matrix holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Word Reading Magic Deluxe has 13 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Action Matrix ships an update every 14 months, Word Reading Magic Deluxe every 8 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 2, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Action Matrix versus Word Reading Magic Deluxe: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAction MatrixWord Reading Magic Deluxe
PriceFree — better$2.99
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better4.3 (13 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings113 — better
Update frequencyEvery 14 monthsEvery 8 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS12.010.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size133 MB198 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBlooming Kids Software LLCPRESCHOOL UNIVERSITY

Customer experience

Action Matrix

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Word Reading Magic Deluxe

All ratings11 ratings
Positive81.8%
Neutral0.0%
Negative18.2%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Action Matrix

One-time1
  • ActionMatrix$3.99
None

Word Reading Magic Deluxe

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Action Matrix free?
Action Matrix is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Word Reading Magic Deluxe free?
Word Reading Magic Deluxe costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Action Matrix or Word Reading Magic Deluxe?
Action Matrix is rated higher. Action Matrix averages 5.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while Word Reading Magic Deluxe averages 4.3 from 13 ratings.
Do Action Matrix or Word Reading Magic Deluxe have ads?
Neither Action Matrix nor Word Reading Magic Deluxe shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Action Matrix or Word Reading Magic Deluxe?
Action Matrix ships an update every 14 months, and Word Reading Magic Deluxe every 8 months. Most recently, Action Matrix was updated on November 1, 2026 and Word Reading Magic Deluxe on November 2, 2026.

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