Comparison

Sentence Reading Magic vs First Sentence Speech Therapy

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

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About

Sentence Reading Magic

This app helps emerging readers transition from reading individual words to reading full sentences. It uses evidence-based reading principles and engaging games to build phonemic awareness, phonics, vocabulary, fluency, and comprehension.

Highlights
  • Sentence reading practice
  • High-frequency word games
  • Phonemic awareness activities
  • Phonics and blending
  • Vocabulary building
  • Fluency and comprehension practice
  • Decodable sentences and books
Features
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Introducing "Sentence Reading Magic" – the app designed to transform your child into an excellent reader! Built on evidence-based Science of Reading principles, this app bridges the gap between reading words and reading books, focusing on the crucial skill of reading sentences. By offering a gradual and enjoyable step up from reading individual words, it instills confidence and fosters skill building in emerging readers. With its Sentence Reading Magic feature, this app empowers children to become proficient readers while familiarizing them with essential high frequency words and guiding them from reading words to reading sentences. By providing practice in decoding, blending, and comprehending complete sentences, it prepares young readers to tackle decodable sentences and books, all while boosting fluency and comprehension skills. What sets "Sentence Reading Magic" apart is its incorporation of the five pillars of reading – Phonemic Awareness, Phonics, Vocabulary, Fluency, and Comprehension. Through engaging games and activities, the app helps children recognize and manipulate individual sounds in words, understand the relationship between letters and sounds, expand their vocabulary within a sentence context, and practice reading sentences repeatedly to enhance fluency and comprehension. The app offers four captivating sentence games that aid in building, reading, and spelling out short, simple sentences. Additionally, it includes five mini-games for learning and practicing the most common high-frequency words, using a phonetic approach to help children see patterns within these words. "Sentence Reading Magic" boasts 324 sentences divided into 27 lessons, multiple sound and voice options, and three font choices. However, it's important to note that the app requires children to have a prerequisite skill level of consistently and easily reading 3-letter short vowel words before use. Developed by a team of educators using accelerated learning techniques, Montessori principles, and the Science of Reading, "Sentence Reading Magic" has undergone rigorous testing and garnered approval from preschool children and their teachers in various settings. Your feedback and suggestions are highly valued as we continue to refine and enhance the app for an optimal learning experience. Don't miss this opportunity to unlock your child's reading potential with "Sentence Reading Magic" – where learning to read becomes a magical journey!

About

First Sentence Speech Therapy

This app provides an interactive game designed to teach children sentence building and speech development. It uses visual aids, engaging sounds, and a speech pathologist's voice to make learning fun and effective for early communicators.

Highlights
  • Interactive sentence building with word blocks
  • Visual symbols for word meaning
  • Speech pathologist's voice modeling
  • Progressive learning levels
  • Fun sound effects for engagement
  • Vocabulary expansion
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This is a speech therapy session in your hands. Explore a captivating game filled with interactive design, delightful voice & articulation sounds, and an array of fun and silly sound effects that make learning a joyous experience for your child. Key Features: Interactive Gameplay: First Sentences Adventure offers an interactive learning experience where children assemble word blocks into complete sentences . Children will engage with colorful pictures, each with a tap to move feature essential to teach sentence-building skills. Speech & Language Modelling: My First Sentences is designed with the principles of Speech Therapy to support a developing child’s language learning experience. The modeling of each word and sentence along with the visual symbols of each word help children learn the meaning and use of different words and sentences. Visual sentences: In My First Sentences, each word that makes up the sentence is visualized using universal picture symbols that are often seen in AAC devices. Because of this, words are clearer, meaningful and consistent across all learning materials. Therefore it is also great to be used with non-speaking autistic kids to help their sentence making ability. Progressive Learning: The game has carefully designed levels to ensure a gradual increase in difficulty and cover the 4 types of sentences children learn to communicate at their developing age. Voice Articulation Sounds: Our game comes equipped with a Speech Pathologist’s voice to bring pictures to life. The voice is designed to be cheerful, engaging, rich in intonation and slow to allow time for your child’s language processing. Kids will enjoy imitating the characters' voices and articulating words themselves, enhancing their pronunciation and speech development in a playful and engaging manner. Fun Sounds: Every interaction in My First Sentences triggers lively and entertaining sound effects. From the sounds of a toy train (“choo choo”) to sounds of disappointment (“uh oh”). Educational Objectives: Speech & Language Development: Children learn to speak their early sentences and understand sentence patterns. Communication Skills: The sentences help kids express their thoughts and needs using different words and sentence types in daily life. Literacy Development: Because of the rich and meaningful vocabulary with respective symbols, children get to learn words and word structures by sight. Sentence Formation: First Sentences Adventure focuses on constructing simple, age-appropriate sentences to establish a strong language foundation. Vocabulary Expansion: Children encounter a diverse array of words and Sentences, broadening their vocabulary as they explore exciting landscapes. Pronunciation Improvement: Voice articulation sounds help kids refine their pronunciation and enhance communication skills.

Screenshots

Sentence Reading Magic4 screens
First Sentence Speech Therapy4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Sentence Reading Magic at 100% against First Sentence Speech Therapy's 0%. Sentence Reading Magic also leads on rating (4.4 vs 1.0) and ratings volume (12 vs 1). First Sentence Speech Therapy's advantage is price ($3.99 vs $4.99). On ads, in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement 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

Sentence Reading Magic costs $4.99 and First Sentence Speech Therapy $3.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Sentence Reading Magic holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 1.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Sentence Reading Magic has 12 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of Sentence Reading Magic's written reviews are positive against 0% of First Sentence Speech Therapy's.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Sentence Reading Magic versus First Sentence Speech Therapy: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSentence Reading MagicFirst Sentence Speech Therapy
Price$4.99$3.99 — better
Rating4.4 (12 ratings) — better1.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings12 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 2 months—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS12.0 — better13.0
Further details — not scored
Size309 MB124 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPRESCHOOL UNIVERSITYLittle Learning Lab LLP

Customer experience

Sentence Reading Magic

All ratings11 ratings
Positive81.8%
Neutral0.0%
Negative18.2%
Written reviews50 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

First Sentence Speech Therapy

Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

Bugs and requests

Sentence Reading Magic

Reported bugs

1 issue
  • Outside links are not childproofed

Requested features

3 requests
  • Tally marks or alternative to teddy bears on scorecard
  • Setting to slow down spoken words in sentence building
  • More powerful and amazing features in upcoming updates

First Sentence Speech Therapy

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Sentence Reading Magic

No in-app purchases

None

First Sentence Speech Therapy

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Sentence Reading Magic free?
Sentence Reading Magic costs $4.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is First Sentence Speech Therapy free?
First Sentence Speech Therapy costs $3.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Sentence Reading Magic or First Sentence Speech Therapy?
Sentence Reading Magic is rated higher. Sentence Reading Magic averages 4.4 out of 5 from 12 ratings, while First Sentence Speech Therapy averages 1.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Sentence Reading Magic or First Sentence Speech Therapy have ads?
Neither Sentence Reading Magic nor First Sentence Speech Therapy shows ads.

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