Sound It Out vs Phonogram Sounds
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Sound It Out
This educational game helps children learn foundational phonics skills through interactive word blending. It offers two levels of play with options for tracing and spelling, supported by colorful visuals and progress tracking for unlimited students.
- Phonics and word blending
- Beginning, middle, and ending sounds
- Trace and spell options
- Two difficulty levels
- Progress tracking for multiple students
- CVC word focus
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Sound It Out is a game that will help your child discover phonics. It was developed by a kindergarten teacher to promote beginning phonics. It has beginning, middle and ending sounds. It has a trace option as well as a spell option. There are two levels of play. One level for beginning spellers and the second level is for those that need an extra challenge. Sound It Out uses CVC words (consonant, vowel, consonant) to promote letter sounds and spelling. It helps children use letters and their sounds to create words. Colorful pictures are provided to show the child which word they are sounding out, spelling or identifying. You can add an unlimited number of students and every student answer is tracked and can be reviewed in results. Perfect for understanding progress and customizing learning plans for your child or student. Download your copy today and let the fun begin!
Phonogram Sounds
This interactive app provides clear audio pronunciations for letter sounds and combinations, featuring all 72 basic phonograms from a popular language arts curriculum. It's designed to support reading and spelling development for learners of all ages.
- Hear correct pronunciation of sounds
- Clear enunciation of letters and combinations
- Includes all 72 basic phonograms
- Supports reading and spelling skills
- Interactive learning experience
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Touch a button and hear the correct pronunciation! *Check that your sound is turned on!* This interactive program features clear enunciation of the sounds of the letters and letter combinations (also known as phonograms). Contains all 72 of the basic phonograms as taught in the All About Reading and All About Spelling language arts curriculum. All About Reading is a multisensory, mastery-based program that starts with essential pre-reading skills and continues on to teach all five key components of reading. All About Spelling teaches encoding skills, spelling rules, and multisensory strategies to help your student become a proficient speller for life. Our lightly scripted “open and go” lesson plans and mastery-based approach leave no gaps and make this curriculum a favorite of homeschool families everywhere. Suitable for all ages and learning styles!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Phonogram Sounds at Free against Sound It Out's $0.99. Phonogram Sounds also leads on ratings volume (84 vs 3) and review sentiment (70% vs 60%). Sound It Out's advantage is rating (4.7 vs 4.0) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). On update cadence, ads, in-app purchases 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
Phonogram Sounds is free to download; Sound It Out costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Sound It Out holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Phonogram Sounds has 84 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 60% of Sound It Out's written reviews are positive against 70% of Phonogram Sounds's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Sound It Out ships an update every 5 months, Phonogram Sounds every 6 months. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 20, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Sound It Out | Phonogram Sounds |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.7 (3 ratings) — better | 4.0 (84 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 60.0% of reviews | 69.6% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 3 | 84 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months — better | Every 6 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 16 MB | 27 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | I Teach Tiny Humans, LLC | All About Learning Press, Inc. |
Customer experience
Sound It Out
Phonogram Sounds
Bugs and requests
Sound It Out
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Phonogram Sounds
Reported bugs
7 issues- R says /er/ instead of /r/
- Sound not working
- App crashes
- No sound when tapping phonograms
- Sound only works with ringer on
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- List of phonograms cut off on iPad
- App is stick, no audio, no movement
Requested features
9 requests- Videos showing lip/tongue placement
- Interactive game app
- App for building words/movable tiles
- Level-based sound availability
- Enlarging tapped tile
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- Adding missing phonograms (Level 6, Spalding)
- Adding more sounds for /i/, /e/, /x/, /ou/, /ei/, /oe/, /wor/, /ear/
- Spelling lists for review
- All About Reading app with word reading
In-app purchases
Sound It Out
No in-app purchases
Phonogram Sounds
No in-app purchases
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