The Phonics App vs ZigZu

This multi-award-winning phonics app can help absolutely anyone learn to read. Join thousands of people around the world learning to read with The Phonics App! "We loved The Phonics App, as it has been specifically designed NOT to be addictive, and doesn't rely on dopamine hits for kids' rewards." - MadeForMums Tech Awards 2025 Editor's Choice. "A beautifully designed, calm, and research-led approach to early literacy that stands out in a market dominated by highly gamified products" - Digital Education Awards 2025 Highly Commended The Phonics App Features: * Learn the a-z sounds and how to blend 2 and 3 letter words completely free. * Subscribe to learn all the other sounds and practise with 400+ words. * ⁠⁠Video guidance from an expert phonics teacher every step of the way. * Beautifully simple - just tap the words to hear the sounds they're made of. * Learn how to pronounce all of the sounds of English (with an English accent). * ⁠Build up your knowledge of phonics, one sound at a time. * ⁠Learn how to read and understand common irregular (tricky) words. * ⁠Informal checks at the end of each section to reinforce your learning. * ⁠Learn both lower case and capital letters. * Learn to decode nearly every English word. * No collectibles, coins or dopamine rewards! Why did we make this app? Jonny is a father of two and started making this app to teach his kids to read. It worked really well, so he showed it to Miss Mabel (founder of Reading Roots, community of 750k parents and teachers learning phonics) to see if it would be useful to other people. She said yes, and had a lot of ideas how to make it better! So they spent AGES making 'The Phonics App', and now it's finally ready for you. We hope it helps you learn to read too! Miss Mabel & Jonny Subscriptions in this app follow standard Apple Terms of Use (EULA) which you can read here: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

India's first AI Reading Coach for kids. Hears every word your child reads. Teaches what they miss. In Indian English. Your child reads a real storybook out loud, from a library of 100+ levelled stories. ZigZu listens to every word. The moment they get stuck, it stops, breaks the word into its sounds, and has them try again, the way their school teaches it. Built for ages 4 to 8: Pre-K, Kindergarten, 1st and 2nd grade. Free for 7 days. No payment needed to start. WHAT MAKES ZIGZU DIFFERENT Most reading apps show your child a story and hope. ZigZu actually listens. It follows every word your child says out loud, in real time, and it knows the difference between a word they read and a word they guessed. That is the part a busy parent cannot always catch, and the part a class of forty never will. HOW IT WORKS 1. Your child opens a story and starts reading aloud. 2. ZigZu listens to every word. 3. Stuck on a word? ZigZu teaches it back, sound by sound. 4. Stickers, daily streaks and progress your child can feel. PHONICS, THE WAY YOUR SCHOOL TEACHES IT The same method Indian English-medium schools use, whether your child's school follows Jolly Phonics, Letterland or its own programme. - All 42 letter sounds, with audio - Blending, c-a-t into cat - Decoding words nobody has taught them yet - Sight words, the ones that never sound out - Indian English pronunciation throughout NINE READING LEVELS, ONE STEP AT A TIME 1. Starting Reader. First sounds: s, a, t 2. Emergent Reader. Short vowels: cat, pin 3. Beginning Reader. Letter teams: sh, ch, th 4. Developing Reader. Blends: str, pl, nk 5. Transitional Reader. Vowel teams: ee, oo, ai 6. Fluent Reader. Magic-e: cake, bike 7. Skilled Reader. R-controlled vowels: car, bird 8. Expanding Reader. Gliding vowels: coin, cloud 9. Independent Reader. Longer words: rocket, jumping Your child moves up when they are ready, not when the calendar says so. WHAT YOU WILL SEE AS A PARENT The Parents section shows the words your child read cleanly, the ones they missed, the stories they finished and the sounds they are working on now. You know what to practise tonight without sitting through the whole book. If a book feels too easy or too hard, you can change the level yourself. SAFE, AD-FREE, KIDS-FIRST - No ads, ever - Nothing is ever sold to your child inside a reading session - No chat, no social features, no links out - Works on older iPhones and iPads You can hand over the phone and walk away. WHAT PARENTS ARE SAYING "Can I do ZigZu instead of YouTube today?" Kavir, age 5, Mumbai "My child has started enjoying reading" Anaya, age 6, Delhi "Practice questions under phonics section helps my child to practice each sound" Vyom, age 5, Jaipur ABOUT ZIGZU ZigZu is built in India by ANA PlayLabs Global, for Indian children, around Indian English, Indian classrooms and the way Indian parents actually parent. Questions? info@anaplaylabs.com Website: zigzu.co PRICE AND SUBSCRIPTION ZigZu is free to download, with a 7-day free trial of everything. After the trial, ZigZu Premium is an auto-renewable subscription: - Monthly, billed monthly - Yearly, billed annually Prices are shown in your local currency before you pay. You get a reminder before your free trial ends. Payment is charged to your Apple ID at confirmation of purchase. The subscription renews automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel anytime in your App Store account settings. Terms of Use (EULA): https://zigzu.co/terms Privacy Policy: https://zigzu.co/privacy