Comparison

Barton Tiles® vs Reading Adventures EBLI Space

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

Head to head
About

Barton Tiles®

This app enhances the Barton Reading & Spelling System for tutors and students. It automates lesson setup, word generation, and student progress tracking, saving valuable teaching time per session. Features include student profiles, lesson notes, and direct email communication.

Highlights
  • Student progress tracking
  • Automated lesson setup
  • Digital tile manipulation
  • Word generation
  • Note-taking
  • Email communication
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This app is only for people who own or use the Barton Reading & Spelling System. More than just tiles on an iPad, this app will save Barton tutors at least 10 minutes each session. How? Student tracking Set up each student once. This app keeps track of their current level and lesson. You can enter notes after each lesson. You can even send an email to the student and/or their parents or teacher – right from the app. Tiles appear automatically Tap on a student’s name and their lesson appears – with all the tiles needed for that lesson. Words appear automatically No need to build the words when you are teaching. Just click on the Next Word button. You will gain at least 10 minutes of teaching time per session. Never put tiles away When spelling with tiles, your student will pull down a COPY of each tile. When he is done, just click on the “Erase Screen” button. You never have to put tiles away.

About

Reading Adventures EBLI Space

This app offers multi-sensory learning activities and games designed to help children and adults improve reading and handwriting skills. It utilizes a proven literacy method to build confidence and proficiency in emerging readers and English language learners.

Highlights
  • Multi-sensory learning activities
  • Proven literacy and handwriting methods
  • Builds reading and writing skills
  • Helps with ADHD and attention difficulties
  • Accommodates up to six learners
  • Phonics, spelling, and vocabulary development
Features
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Kids – and adults- everywhere are becoming great at reading and handwriting with our apps! In our second app, EBLI Space, parents and teachers will find incredible multi-sensory learning activities and games that captivate learners, while helping them grow into successful readers. Kids love our apps, and it is a joy to see them turn into proud and confident readers. This app is excellent for emerging readers and English language learners. ---BENEFITS--- -- Just 20 minutes a day builds skill and confidence -- Successfully helps kids with ADHD and attention difficulties -- Proven literacy method teaches kids to read -- Proven handwriting method teaches kids to write properly -- Learning to read is easy and fun -- Children as young as 3 are learning to read with our apps -- App accommodates up to six learners THE SCIENCE BEHIND EBLI ISLAND READING ADVENTURES Reading Adventures combines important cognitive research on how children learn to read with innovative activities in an immersive learning experience. Our app develops confident readers by helping learners to progressively build necessary reading and writing skills including: • Letter sound recognition (phonics) • Proper pronunciation of letter sounds • Beginning, middle, and ending sounds • Correct handwriting • Spelling • Blending • Sight Words • Vocabulary • Fluency • Comprehension ---Skills and Concepts For Educators--- Skills - Segmenting: pulling letter sounds apart - Blending: pushing letter sounds together - Peterson Handwriting: correct letter formation - Fluency: reading smoothly with inflection Concepts - Words are made up of sounds - Teaching the most common spelling for each sound (each 1 letter spelling has a sound that it most commonly represents) - Words must be read from left to right - Letters must be written from top to bottom, and from left to right - 1, 2, 3, or 4 letters can spell 1 sound - Repetition of what was learned in order for learner to become accurate and automatic - Progressing to reading smoothly while accurately reading all the words ---The EBLI System--- EBLI: Evidence-Based Literacy Instruction was created in 2003 and is a system that teaches learners of all ages and ability levels to reach their highest potential in reading. EBLI has been implemented in over 200 schools and has been continuously refined through training and coaching thousands of classroom teachers, community tutors, and remedial reading specialists. EBLI was developed from what research has shown to be necessary to teach anyone of any ability level to reach their highest potential in reading and writing as well as from over a decade of working individually with clients of all ages and ability levels at Ounce of Prevention Reading Center in Flushing, MI. We have helped thousands of kids learn to read, and we can help yours too. Like us: https://www.facebook.com/EBLIreads

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Barton Tiles® at Free against Reading Adventures EBLI Space's $4.99. Barton Tiles® also leads on update cadence (every 2 months vs every 4 months) and ratings volume (17 vs 3). Reading Adventures EBLI Space's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.1) and in-app purchases (none vs 10). On ads 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Barton Tiles® is free to download; Reading Adventures EBLI Space costs $4.99 up front. Barton Tiles® sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. Reading Adventures EBLI Space asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Reading Adventures EBLI Space holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Barton Tiles® has 17 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 76% of Barton Tiles®'s written reviews are positive against 100% of Reading Adventures EBLI Space's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Barton Tiles® ships an update every 2 months, Reading Adventures EBLI Space every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 20, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard8 real differences · 2 level
Barton Tiles® versus Reading Adventures EBLI Space: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBarton Tiles®Reading Adventures EBLI Space
PriceFree — better$4.99
Rating4.1 (17 ratings)5.0 (3 ratings) — better
Positive reviews76.5% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings17 — better3
Update frequencyEvery 2 months — betterEvery 4 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree — betterPaid
DevicesiPadiPad
Requires iOS15.012.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size30 MB225 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBright Solutions for Dyslexia, Inc.EBLI

Customer experience

Barton Tiles®

All ratings17 ratings
Positive76.5%
Neutral5.9%
Negative17.6%
Written reviews17 reviews
Positive76.5%
Neutral5.9%
Negative17.6%

Reading Adventures EBLI Space

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

10 purchases

Barton Tiles®

One-time10
  • Phonemic Awareness$29.99
  • Consonants & Short Vowels$29.99
  • Closed & Unit Syllables$29.99
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  • Multi-Syllable words and Vowel Teams$29.99
  • Prefixes & Suffixes$29.99
  • Six Reasons for Silent-E$29.99
  • Vowel-R's$29.99
  • Advanced Vowel Teams$29.99
  • Influence of Foreign Languages$29.99
  • Latin Roots and Greek Combining Forms$29.99
None

Reading Adventures EBLI Space

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Barton Tiles® free?
Barton Tiles® is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Reading Adventures EBLI Space free?
Reading Adventures EBLI Space costs $4.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Barton Tiles® or Reading Adventures EBLI Space?
Reading Adventures EBLI Space is rated higher. Barton Tiles® averages 4.1 out of 5 from 17 ratings, while Reading Adventures EBLI Space averages 5.0 from 3 ratings.
Do Barton Tiles® or Reading Adventures EBLI Space have ads?
Neither Barton Tiles® nor Reading Adventures EBLI Space shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Barton Tiles® or Reading Adventures EBLI Space?
Barton Tiles® ships an update every 2 months, and Reading Adventures EBLI Space every 4 months. Most recently, Barton Tiles® was updated on October 23, 2026 and Reading Adventures EBLI Space on October 20, 2026.

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