Eggy 100 vs Starfall Learn to Read
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Eggy 100
This free app helps children aged 3+ learn essential sight words through a fun, game-based approach. It introduces high-frequency words with a multisensory method and offers different accents. Earn rewards and unlock new levels as children master reading fundamentals.
- 100 sight words across 4 levels
- Fun and motivating game for ages 3+
- Multisensory approach (voice and text)
- Choice of accents (Australia, US, UK)
- Interactive gameplay with rewards
- Introduces high-frequency words first
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Reading Eggs Eggy Words 100 is a FREE application designed to help children recognise and learn sight words. Sight words are words that readers should know automatically “at sight”, such as he, the, was and where. This is a sample version of what is featured in Eggy Words 250. You will receive access to the first 100 of 250 sight words using a fun and motivating game to keep kids learning. Also available in the app store - Reading Eggs Eggy Words 250 includes 10 levels with 25 words each, making a total of 250 sight words. Learning to read is an important milestone in every child’s life. Knowing these sight words makes fluent reading easier, which lets the brain focus on the real enjoyment of reading – comprehension – understanding and enjoying what you read. Eggs Words is brought to you by the team behind the popular educational website Reading Eggs. Developed by educators with more than 20 years experience, the program comes highly recommended by parents and teachers worldwide. Key features: - 4 levels with 25 words in each, making a total of 100 sight words. - Fun and motivating game suitable for children aged 3+ years - Most common, highest frequency words are introduced first - Multisensory approach - combining voice and written words - Choice of accents – Australia, English, United States - Flying eggs with the correct word to be swiped - 3 lives per level - Lives are lost when bad eggs, distractions and wrong words are swiped - Mini eggs provide extra lives - Jigsaw eggs build a surprise jigsaw - The word is spelt at the end of each lesson - Egg ratings to be earned for every level - Egg critters with unique animations hatch at the end of a level - Bonus level with 100 golden eggs - Trophies earned for completing 25 levels “This is a wonderful app for learning sight words. My daughter loves it!” “ Just like with Reading Eggs, my son uses this app independently all the time and finds it fun to play.” “A motivational game to help your child remember their sight words.”
Starfall Learn to Read
This free app offers engaging books, games, and movies to help children learn to read. It focuses on vowel sounds and spelling through interactive activities, songs, and movies, fostering a love for language and reading.
- Interactive reading activities
- Engaging games and movies
- Focus on vowel sounds and spelling
- Songs and positive reinforcement
- Suitable for emerging readers
- Supports English language learners
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Starfall® Learn to Read is the second step of Starfall’s Learn to Read phonics sequence, which teaches the foundational skills for learning to read. Step 1: ABCs Step 2: Learn to Read Step 3: It’s Fun to Read Step 4: I’m Reading! In Starfall Learn to Read, children explore early phonics in a sequential, stress-free environment. Each step of the learning journey comes to life with help from the Vowel Pals—delightful characters that add depth and personality to each vowel sound. Children develop their phonics skills through the use of CVC (consonant-vowel-consonant) words, sight words, and vowel teams. Mastering the skills taught in Starfall Learn to Read helps children become confident, independent readers. Travel-ready. No internet connection required. Find Starfall Learn to Read, along with 700+ additional activities and counting across reading, math, music, and more in the Starfall app. The Starfall website and applications are program services of Starfall Education Foundation, a 501(c)(3) publicly supported nonprofit organization. Starfall® and Starfall.com® are registered trademarks in the US, the European Union, and various other countries. Copyright © 2002–2026 by Starfall Education. All rights reserved. Starfall apps are inclusively designed to support all children, including English Language Learners (ELLs). Starfall also provides an Enhanced Accessible Index for children with visual, hearing, or mobility impairments. For more information, please contact Customer Service at (+1) 303-417-6414.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Starfall Learn to Read at 75% against Eggy 100's 39%. Starfall Learn to Read also leads on update cadence (every 9 months vs every 30 months) and ratings volume (229 vs 17). Eggy 100's advantage is rating (4.4 vs 4.2) and iOS requirement (9.0 vs 15.0). On price, 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Eggy 100 holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 4.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Starfall Learn to Read has 229 ratings behind it against 17, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 39% of Eggy 100's written reviews are positive against 75% of Starfall Learn to Read's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Eggy 100 ships an update every 30 months, Starfall Learn to Read every 9 months. The most recent releases landed on October 7, 2026 and October 9, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Eggy 100 | Starfall Learn to Read |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (17 ratings) — better | 4.2 (229 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 38.9% of reviews | 74.7% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 17 | 229 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 30 months | Every 9 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 57 MB | 91 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Blake eLearning | Starfall Education Foundation |
Customer experience
Eggy 100
Starfall Learn to Read
User reviews
Eggy 100
From 17 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Great for learning
- 👍 Makes reading fun
- 👍 Helps toddlers learn
- 👍 Good free app
- 👍 Kids love it
Room to improve
- 🐛 Too much fun to get wrong
- 🐛 Rewards wrong answers
- 🐛 Boring gameplay
- 🐛 Slow and dull
- 🐛 Gets too hard quickly
Starfall Learn to Read
From 229 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 📚 Excellent phonics and reading instruction method
- 🎵 Engaging songs and catchy tunes that maintain interest
- 🎨 Well-designed animations and interactive stories
- 👶 Effective for children with learning difficulties (dyslexia, ADHD, special needs)
- 💰 Free version available with substantial content
Room to improve
- 🐛 App crashes and fails to load on some devices
- ❌ Math games incompatible with certain iOS versions
- 📱 Technical issues with black/green screens on launch
- 🔄 Requires multiple restarts to function properly
- 💳 Misleading pricing - paid version converted to free
Bugs and requests
Eggy 100
Reported bugs
10 issues- App will not load
- Does not open
- Blank black screen
- Won't open in iOS 7
- Doesn't work on iOS7
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- Deleted
- Loading sequence flickering
- Overlapping eggs register as wrong
- Constantly crashing on iPhone
- Fuzzy on iPad with 2x
Requested features
10 requests- Make it more fun to get right
- Adjustable egg speed
- Option for multiple users
- Tie into online progress
- Math version (Math Eggs)
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- Universal app
- Update for iPhone 5 screen size
- More variety in games
- Slow down egg speed
- Add more bells and whistles for correct answers
Starfall Learn to Read
Reported bugs
8 issues- App won't load beyond launch screen (black or green screen)
- Math games incompatible with iPhone updates
- Sound not playing in some instances
- App requires deletion and reinstallation to function
- Crashes on iOS 9.2.1 and older versions
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- Glitches when pressing letter machine words
- App needs to be opened twice each time to run
- Compatibility issues with various iOS versions
Requested features
10 requests- Reward/star system for motivation and progress tracking
- Lesson progression markers showing mastery of modules
- Writing and spelling exercises to reinforce learning
- More stories and content variety
- UK English version option
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- Settings to control word pronunciation features
- More word-building exercises
- Sight vocabulary games for common words
- Additional phonics rules (ng, tch, ck, tion, sion)
- Level progression system to track advancement
In-app purchases
Eggy 100
No in-app purchases
Starfall Learn to Read
No in-app purchases
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