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.
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.
- 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.
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.
- Teaches CVC word reading
- Focuses on single short-vowel words
- Develops decoding skills
- Includes early reading games
- Lesson tracking for progress
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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.
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Verdict
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
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.
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.
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.
| Parameter | Action Matrix | Word Reading Magic Deluxe |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $2.99 |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | 4.3 (13 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 13 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 14 months | Every 8 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free — better | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 | 10.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 133 MB | 198 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Blooming Kids Software LLC | PRESCHOOL UNIVERSITY |
Customer experience
Action Matrix
Word Reading Magic Deluxe
In-app purchases
Action Matrix
- ActionMatrix$3.99
Word Reading Magic Deluxe
No in-app purchases
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