Phonemo vs Blocks
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Phonemo
This app offers engaging activities to develop children's phonological and syllabic awareness. It helps in learning letters, sounds, and syllables through various games and an interactive picture dictionary. Ideal for children, parents, teachers, and speech therapists.
- Letter and sound identification
- Syllable recognition and counting
- Rhyming memory and domino games
- Interactive imagier for words and letters
- Word machine for creating imaginary words
- User and progress management
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PHONEMO est avant tout destiné : Aux enfants de manière autonome, avec l’accompagnement de l’adulte en atelier ou dans le cadre des activités de soutien personnalisé. Aux parents désirant développer les connaissances et la conscience de l'enfant, Aux enseignants cherchant l'outil idéal d'activités simple, ludique et instructif. Aux Orthophoniste désireux(se) de proposer aux enfants une remédiation ludique aux difficultés de perception des sons et des syllabes. Phonémo est une application reconnu du monde de l'enseignement pour son caractère Phonemo propose d'étudier 225 mots, 30 sons et 197 syllabes au travers de 8 activités différentes en 3 séries de 10 jeux de difficultés croissantes : - Mémory des lettres - Identifier une lettre - Identifier un son - Identifier une syllabe - Localiser une syllabe - Compter les syllabes - Mémory des rimes - Domino des rimes Phonemo offre 240 possibilités de jeux et d'exercices : - Sur la connaissance des lettres et de leurs graphies différentes. - Sur la conscience phonologique en apprenant à distinguer les sons. - Sur la conscience syllabique en apprenant à distinguer les syllabes d'un mot prononcé. Un imagier interactif permet de revoir et réentendre les mots, les syllabes et les lettres de l’alphabet en écriture scripte et cursive. En bonus : une machine à mots permet de créer de manière ludique des mots imaginaires de 3 syllabes, avec la possibilité de tirer aléatoirement l’un des 16 mots prédéfinis. Une infinité de joueur et une interface de gestion qui permet : - de gérer les utilisateurs : création, modification, suppression - de gérer les bilans par utilisateur et par activité : visualisation, impression, réinitialisation.
Blocks
Engage in a classic block puzzle game that offers hundreds of unique levels. This addictive and free experience helps train your brain and keep it mentally fit with its easy-to-learn mechanics.
- Classic block puzzle gameplay
- Hundreds of unique levels
- Easy and fun to play
- Brain training exercises
- Fill shapes with colored blocks
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Enjoy this new and exciting puzzle game! It's addictive and free! * Easy and fun to play: move the coloured blocks to fill up the shapes. * Unique levels: hundreds of amazing levels are waiting for you. * Train your brain: keep yourself mentally fit every day! Do you accept the challenge? Download now!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Blocks at 87% against Phonemo's 33%. Blocks also leads on ratings volume (4.3K vs 1) and update cadence (every 2 months vs every 9 months). Phonemo's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases). On price 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
Both are free to download. Phonemo sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Blocks sells 6 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Phonemo holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Blocks has 4.3K ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 33% of Phonemo's written reviews are positive against 87% of Blocks's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Phonemo ships an update every 9 months, Blocks every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 4, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Phonemo | Blocks |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | 4.7 (4.3K ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 33.3% of reviews | 86.9% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 4.3K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 9 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 5.1 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 36 MB | 81 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Jeulin | Smart Games Studios |
Customer experience
Phonemo
Blocks
Bugs and requests
Phonemo
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Blocks
Reported bugs
3 issues- Bottom right piece often stuck or inaccessible
- App crashes or freezes on some devices
- Inconsistent performance on older devices
Requested features
4 requests- More levels and level variety
- Option to disable ads or pay to remove them
- Ability to replay completed levels
- Multiplayer or competitive modes
In-app purchases
Phonemo
- Phonemo Full Version$1.99
Blocks
- 10 hints (promo)$0.99
- 10 hints$1.99
- 30 hints (promo)$3.99
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- 30 hints$4.99
- 70 hints (promo)$5.99
- 70 hints$9.99









