Comparison

Starfall Learn to Read vs ezPDF CLEAR

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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.

About

ezPDF CLEAR

This app transforms static PDF documents into interactive learning experiences. It allows users to engage with embedded multimedia, annotate directly on pages, and take quizzes and tests within the PDF itself. Ideal for flipped learning, it makes educational content more dynamic and responsive.

Highlights
  • Interactive PDF quizzes and tests
  • Embedded audio and video playback
  • Annotation tools (highlight, draw, type)
  • Fillable PDF forms
  • Flash card player
  • Support for various test types
Features
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ezPDF CLEAR is the world's first innovative PDF content strategy for flipped learning with the digital textbooks, worksheets, workbooks, and tests & quizzes all combined in one single file. It's a PDF reader. It's a PDF viewer. No~ It's the Interactive PDF Quiz and Test Player! ezPDF CLEAR is an acronym for "Connected Learning Easy As Read, Respond, and Repeat." It provides a pleasant reading experience with PDF documents. Combining with touch technology, reading is no longer limited as a book replacement. It creates a new way of productivity tools for users to act under work or study environments on their devices - marking, writing, typing, drawing, and adding images. However, ezPDF CLEAR now adds additional new experience - Interactivity! The World's first introduction of PDF-based educational tool and test and quiz taking mobile application. ezPDF CLEAR is the perfect solution for Flipped Learning as teachers can easily create interesting and interactive teaching materials for Flipped Classroom. Mimicking Books and notes are now face of the past. Learning should be more fun and responsive to attract the users' attention. Our new approach brings a passive PDF becomes live in action. Our authoring tool programs (currently available for PC only) can easily make the plain PDF files to video embedded books, audio embedded books, flash cards, OX, True/False, multiple choices, short answer, and matching lines quizzes and tests. ezPDF CLEAR magically turns these contents to live interactively on mobile devices. Hope our app helps you to CLEAR your learning and training obstacles. ● FEATURES - Listen and watch embedded audio and video in PDF - Play animated GIF - Slideshow with Zipped images - Highlight, underline on PDF text - Write, draw, type, and add images on PDF - Fill-out PDF form - Take a quiz and test in PDF, and check answers within the same PDF for self-learning practice ● STUDY TOOL - Interactive Flash Card Player ● SUPPORTED TEST TYPES - Multiple Choice - Multiple Answers - True / False - Fill in the Blank - Fill in the Multiple Blanks (no order) - Fill in the Multiple Blanks (in order) - Short Answer - Matching (Connecting) Please leave your comments, reviews, bug reports, suggestions, volume sales, and other business inquiries to info(at)unidocs.com twitter.com/ezpdf facebook.com/ezpdf ● Other Apps 1. "Cup PDF" - PDF Clipping PDF & Share 2. "ezPDF Reader" - The best selling PDF app for iOS

Screenshots

Starfall Learn to Read4 screens
ezPDF CLEAR4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: ezPDF CLEAR at 5.0 against Starfall Learn to Read's 4.2. ezPDF CLEAR also leads on update cadence (every 2 months vs every 9 months) and review sentiment (88% vs 71%). Starfall Learn to Read's advantage is ratings volume (228 vs 2). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

ezPDF CLEAR holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Starfall Learn to Read has 228 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 71% of Starfall Learn to Read's written reviews are positive against 88% of ezPDF CLEAR's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Starfall Learn to Read ships an update every 9 months, ezPDF CLEAR every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 10, 2026 and November 1, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Starfall Learn to Read versus ezPDF CLEAR: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterStarfall Learn to ReadezPDF CLEAR
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.2 (228 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews71.3% of reviews87.5% of reviews — better
Number of ratings228 — better2
Update frequencyEvery 9 monthsEvery 2 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.06.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size91 MB40 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperStarfall Education FoundationUnidocs Inc.

Customer experience

Starfall Learn to Read

All ratings228 ratings
Positive77.2%
Neutral7.0%
Negative15.8%
Written reviews87 reviews
Positive71.3%
Neutral3.4%
Negative25.3%

ezPDF CLEAR

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews8 reviews
Positive87.5%
Neutral0.0%
Negative12.5%

Bugs and requests

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

ezPDF CLEAR

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Starfall Learn to Read

No in-app purchases

None

ezPDF CLEAR

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Starfall Learn to Read free?
Starfall Learn to Read is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is ezPDF CLEAR free?
ezPDF CLEAR is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Starfall Learn to Read or ezPDF CLEAR?
ezPDF CLEAR is rated higher. Starfall Learn to Read averages 4.2 out of 5 from 228 ratings, while ezPDF CLEAR averages 5.0 from 2 ratings.
Do Starfall Learn to Read or ezPDF CLEAR have ads?
Neither Starfall Learn to Read nor ezPDF CLEAR shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Starfall Learn to Read or ezPDF CLEAR?
Starfall Learn to Read ships an update every 9 months, and ezPDF CLEAR every 2 months. Most recently, Starfall Learn to Read was updated on November 10, 2026 and ezPDF CLEAR on November 1, 2026.

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