Comparison

Komodo™ vs Read with Phonics Games

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

Head to head
About

Komodo™

This app offers personalized math and literacy lessons for children aged 5-11, focusing on building foundational skills. It adapts to each child's pace and includes progress tracking with options for real-life rewards to encourage learning.

Highlights
  • Personalized learning paths
  • Mathematics fluency development
  • Literacy skills (grammar, spelling, comprehension)
  • Progress tracking and reporting
  • Real-life reward system
  • Adaptive difficulty levels
Features
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For ages 5 to 11, Komodo tailors the learning experience to the needs of each child, adjusting as they go along. Komodo’s focus is on developing mathematics-fluency, the key foundation for future success in mathematics. It includes counting, addition, subtraction, multiplication, times tables, division, fractions, decimals, percentages and many more essential topics. •Komodo now includes literacy (English, Language Arts) including grammar, spelling, vocabulary, punctuation, comprehension and much more. •Komodo is not a game – it’s designed to be effective without keeping children at the screen too long. •Komodo reports back on your child's progress as often as you'd like, and allows you to set real-life rewards to motivate them along the way •One of the most important parts of a child's learning is your involvement. Komodo helps you support your child's learning in a way that you'll both find quick, fun and rewarding too. •Komodo's adaptive system allows kids to skip to an appropriate level once they have mastered a topic, so even the most able should find it constantly rewarding and challenging. Komodo is winner of the prestigious BETT Award for Best Home and Family Educational Resource. It is also winner of the Samsung Digital Media Award and the DANI Award.

About

Read with Phonics Games

This interactive app helps children learn phonics sounds through engaging games. It focuses on letter sound recognition and word blending, serving as a foundation for reading. With over 1,200 words and 100+ games, it offers a fun and effective way to build early literacy skills.

Highlights
  • Learn phonics sounds
  • Letter sound recognition
  • Word sounding and blending
  • Over 1,200 words and pictures
  • Over 100+ games
  • Positive scoring system
  • No ads
Features
Read full description

Read with Phonics is a colourful and interactive way for your child to learn their phonics sounds! It improves letter sounds recognition and is a great stepping stone to help your little ones on their reading journey! Features: - NO ADS! - One off payment, no subscription! - The only educational kids app with positive scoring! - Over 1,200+ words and pictures - Colourful graphics and great animations - Sounding and blending of each word - Play anytime, anywhere! - Over 100+ games - Clear instructions - Made by teachers! - Albee the alien will guide your little ones on their journey As your child systematically works through the Read with Phonics program, unlocking new sounds as they go, they quickly learn how to break down and read even the most complicated looking words, all by themselves! Start learning to Read with Phonics today. 'I was amazed at how quickly my 4 year old son started to improve with his reading using the Read with Phonics app.' - Dan J 'I would be lost without Read with Phonics and have no idea how schools cope without it.' - Mrs Gent 'It is simple, so many apps these days are bold and noisy. Whilst that is sometimes great I find the girls get very distracted from any task they need to complete. Plus after a while I get fed up of hearing the same piece of music for the 4,657,590 time. With no music and no unnecessary graphics Ellie focused on this for a long time! Thank you Read with Phonics!'- Kirsty W Play phonics games, answer questions, score points and improve your level! Read with Phonics simplifies how children learn to read by breaking the English language down into it's 44 phonics sounds. No need to memorise 1,000's of words individually, learn your phonics sounds instead! Learn to read 1,200+ words with Read with Phonics. NOTE TO PARENTS: As parents you can do a lot to help your child learn to read. Our app is designed to be played independently but there is nothing like having parental guidance and support by their side while they play. We also cannot endorse strongly enough the importance of reading real books with your children! We are a team of just two here at Read with Phonics so please help us spread the word about Read with Phonics, we rely on the support of parents so please share this app with friends, family, daycares, non profit orgaizations, or simply post about it on Facebook, Twitter or Instagram. If you have any feedback on how we can improve our app for you and your child please email us at: support@readwithphonics.com Or please leave a review on the app store! Get in contact with us at: www.facebook.com/readwithphonics www.twitter.com/ReadWPhonics www.readwithphonics.com

Screenshots

Komodo™4 screens
Read with Phonics Games4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Komodo™ at none against Read with Phonics Games's 5. Komodo™ also leads on rating (4.6 vs 4.2) and ratings volume (169 vs 9). On price, review sentiment, 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. Read with Phonics Games sells 5 one-off in-app purchases. Komodo™ asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Komodo™ holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Komodo™ has 169 ratings behind it against 9, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 64% of Komodo™'s written reviews are positive against 70% of Read with Phonics Games's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Komodo™ ships an update every 3 weeks, Read with Phonics Games every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 22, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Komodo™ versus Read with Phonics Games: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterKomodo™Read with Phonics Games
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (169 ratings) — better4.2 (9 ratings)
Positive reviews63.6% of reviews70.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings169 — better9
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks — betterEvery 6 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS12.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size55 MB272 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperKomodomath.comWay We Learn

Customer experience

Komodo™

All ratings109 ratings
Positive89.0%
Neutral3.7%
Negative7.3%
Written reviews44 reviews
Positive63.6%
Neutral9.1%
Negative27.3%

Read with Phonics Games

All ratings9 ratings
Positive77.8%
Neutral11.1%
Negative11.1%
Written reviews70 reviews
Positive70.0%
Neutral7.1%
Negative22.9%

User reviews

Komodo™

From 169 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Fun and engaging for kids
  • 🧠 Effective learning tool
  • 🌟 Highly motivating
  • 👨‍🏫 Helps build strong foundation
  • 💡 Streamlined and not chaotic

Room to improve

  • ⚠️ Not challenging enough for gifted children
  • 🥱 Can become boring quickly
  • 🤷‍♀️ Lacks variety in exercises
  • 🚫 No immediate feedback on wrong answers
  • 💰 Expensive subscription

Read with Phonics Games

From 9 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Great for learning phonics
  • 👍 Kids love the games
  • 👍 Engaging and fun
  • 👍 Visually appealing graphics
  • 👍 Good for independent learning

Room to improve

  • 🐛 App doesn't fit iPad screen
  • 🐛 Dragging letters causes context change
  • 🐛 Audio prompts missing
  • 🐛 Glitches with dragging letters
  • 🐛 Obnoxious alien sound effect

Bugs and requests

Komodo™

Reported bugs

6 issues
  • Login issues / No way to sign up
  • Screen freezes after saving
  • Setup video doesn't play
  • App does not remember passwords
  • Bug in the rewards section
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  • Inconsistent reward system functionality

Requested features

8 requests
  • Add a 12+ age option for older kids
  • Update app for iOS 13 and newer devices
  • Improve password memory functionality
  • Fix bug in the rewards section
  • Provide more variety in exercises
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  • Introduce concepts and explain why answers are wrong
  • Provide immediate feedback to wrong answers
  • Offer a more upfront explanation of subscription costs

Read with Phonics Games

Reported bugs

13 issues
  • Failed to download error message
  • Dragging letters causes context change to other background apps
  • Letter disappears when dragging
  • App doesn’t display properly on iPad screen
  • Cannot click on a letter at the bottom of the screen
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  • App won't load (after updates or for older devices)
  • Game freezes when a level has been reached
  • Sound problems (cannot get sound to work)
  • Game freezes at end of each level, cannot progress
  • Cannot get into settings area
  • Cannot go past letter p, 'hold down for 3 seconds' doesn't work
  • Last two phonics sound's boxes can not be seen in 2nd stage
  • App blocked after purchase

Requested features

12 requests
  • Parent control for specific sounds
  • Fix obnoxious alien sound
  • Improve clarity of some sounds
  • Adjust pronunciation of 'a'
  • More varied activities
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  • More control over sound effects
  • Improve user-friendliness of interface
  • Option to move drag and drop items away from edge
  • Font similar to comic sans
  • Unlock sounds individually
  • Fix bug where last two sounds in stage 2 are not visible
  • Option to buy full version on website

In-app purchases

None

Komodo™

No in-app purchases

5 purchases

Read with Phonics Games

One-time5
  • Stage 1$3.99
  • Stage 2$3.99
  • Stage 3$3.99
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  • Stage 4$4.99
  • All stages$9.99

Questions

Is Komodo™ free?
Komodo™ is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Read with Phonics Games free?
Read with Phonics Games is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Komodo™ or Read with Phonics Games?
Komodo™ is rated higher. Komodo™ averages 4.6 out of 5 from 169 ratings, while Read with Phonics Games averages 4.2 from 9 ratings.
Do Komodo™ or Read with Phonics Games have ads?
Neither Komodo™ nor Read with Phonics Games shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Komodo™ or Read with Phonics Games?
Komodo™ ships an update every 3 weeks, and Read with Phonics Games every 6 weeks. Most recently, Komodo™ was updated on October 23, 2026 and Read with Phonics Games on October 22, 2026.

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