Simplex Spelling Phonics CVC vs Word Reading Magic Deluxe
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Simplex Spelling Phonics CVC
This app teaches foundational reading skills for young learners, focusing on rhyming, segmenting, and blending CVC words. It uses a unique "reverse phonics" approach with interactive feedback to build phonemic awareness and improve spelling and reading.
- Teaches CVC words and short vowel sounds
- Interactive "reverse phonics" approach
- Phonics hint feature for blending
- Spelling rule hints
- Letter-by-letter feedback
- Supports up to 40 user accounts
- Progress reports and user stats
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- Earned a spot as one of the "Best Five Phonics Apps" by Teachers With Apps. Simplex Spelling CVC Words teaches rhyming, segmenting and blending of over 300 three letter CVC (consonant-vowel-consonant) words covering all five short vowel sounds. The concepts taught are aligned with many of the US Common Core Standards for Foundational Skills in Reading for Kindergarten. Children will learn phonics and the primary letter sounds and letter names for the alphabet while building the phonemic awareness skills that are critical for becoming a fluent speller and reader. Simplex Spelling Phonics improves English spelling and reading skills in a fun and interactive way by combining a unique “reverse phonics” approach with contextually relevant spelling rules that explain why words are spelled in a particular manner. It works like a personal spelling coach with every word. Recommended for ages 4+. Note: You can not create your own spelling lists in Simplex Spelling Phonics - Rhyming With CVC Words. Features: - Over 300 three letter CVC words covering all five short vowel sounds (e.g. cat, sat, pig, wig, log, bog, bug, rug, get, set). - Words are spoken and used in a sentence to establish context. - Introduction seamlessly leads a student through the application’s features by providing spoken information while having the student spell new words. - The keyboard can be customized to speak either the primary phoneme for each letter , or the letter's name as it is typed. - Powerful phonics hint feature sounds out each word by phonemes from left to right to aid with blending and phonemic awareness skills. - The hint feature also provides a mapping of all the possible graphemes that can represent each sound. - Word lists are organized by onsets, rhymes and medial vowels to allow students to understand and spell new words by changing only a single sound from other words in the same list. - Contextually relevant spelling rule hints that help explain “how to spell” English words. - Unique letter by letter feedback system that provides immediate feedback. - Guaranteed success on every word. - Support for up to 40 user accounts. - Export and email student progress reports. - User stats screen that allows you to see words that have been mastered and words that require further practice. - Remembers each user’s position and progress. - Supports both upper and lower case letters. - Supports both alphabetic and QWERTY keyboard layouts. - Supports both US, UK and Canadian English spelling. Privacy Disclosure: - Does not contain 3rd party ads - Does not share any data - Does not contain In-App purchases - Contains child protected links to "email the developer questions" and developer's website for additional information, support and teaching tips. COPPA Compliant https://pyxwise.com/privacy-policy/
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 rating: Word Reading Magic Deluxe at 4.3 against Simplex Spelling Phonics CVC's 3.7. Word Reading Magic Deluxe also leads on price ($2.99 vs $4.99) and iOS requirement (10.0 vs 15.0). On ratings volume, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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
Simplex Spelling Phonics CVC costs $4.99 and Word Reading Magic Deluxe $2.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Word Reading Magic Deluxe holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 3.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 9 and 13 respectively.
Simplex Spelling Phonics CVC ships an update every 13 months, Word Reading Magic Deluxe every 8 months. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 2, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Simplex Spelling Phonics CVC | Word Reading Magic Deluxe |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $4.99 | $2.99 — better |
| Rating | 3.7 (9 ratings) | 4.3 (13 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 9 | 13 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 13 months | Every 8 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 10.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 106 MB | 198 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Pyxwise Software Inc. | PRESCHOOL UNIVERSITY |
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Simplex Spelling Phonics CVC
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In-app purchases
Simplex Spelling Phonics CVC
No in-app purchases
Word Reading Magic Deluxe
No in-app purchases
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