Comparison

Blending Stack vs Hearth

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

Head to head
About

Blending Stack

This app helps educators and parents support students with learning differences, like dyslexia, by creating customizable blending stacks. It aids in building decoding skills step-by-step through a structured phoneme progression, suitable for one-on-one or small group instruction.

Highlights
  • Customizable blending stacks
  • Supports CVC to multisyllabic words
  • Structured phoneme progression
  • Step-by-step decoding skill building
  • Ideal for one-on-one instruction
  • Suitable for small group lessons
Features
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The Blending Stack App is an essential tool for educators and parents supporting dyslexic learners or students with other learning differences. With this app, you can create fully customizable blending stacks tailored to each learner’s needs, whether working on simple CVC words or advancing to multisyllabic decoding. Designed around a structured phoneme progression, Blending Stack empowers students to build decoding skills step by step. Its flexible format makes it ideal for one-on-one instruction and small group lessons.

About

Hearth

Features
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Hearth is the quiet desk where your homeschool year becomes a record you can hand to your district. No account. No vendor cloud. Plan a lesson, log the hours, and at the end of the year fold it all into a signed transcript - all on your iPhone and iPad. - Plan lessons and assignments per subject and school year - Log daily hours and attendance with one tap - Track grades across the year - Export a parchment transcript signed with your name and a self-notarization code - Bring in a curriculum from a CSV or a paper page, then edit every row Built for parents who keep a portfolio for state review or an umbrella-school audit, and who want the year on their own device instead of a vendor login. Privacy Policy: https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vTDX9pxPOlUJl_skVUHPi99mAw0y2B2BYd_v1mJkoF3xW3rlOcW5KlYd4t93MMbbGhctSTnBTy7d_l6/pub Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Blending Stack4 screens
Hearth4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Hearth at Free against Blending Stack's $3.99. Blending Stack's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and iOS requirement (17.2 vs 26.0). 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

Hearth is free to download; Blending Stack costs $3.99 up front. Hearth sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Blending Stack asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Blending Stack versus Hearth: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBlending StackHearth
Price$3.99Free — better
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 14 months—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaid—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.2 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size3 MB8 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperKids n BooksAndrii Bashta

In-app purchases

None

Blending Stack

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Hearth

One-time1
  • Hearth Lifetime$9.99

Questions

Is Blending Stack free?
Blending Stack costs $3.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Hearth free?
Hearth is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Blending Stack or Hearth have ads?
Neither Blending Stack nor Hearth shows ads.

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