Comparison

Reading Mountain vs Growing Wild Co

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

Head to head
About

Reading Mountain

This app builds foundational reading skills by focusing on phonemic awareness through interactive sound manipulation activities. It helps early and struggling readers, including those with dyslexia, to hear, segment, and blend sounds in words, creating a strong base for literacy.

Highlights
  • Break words into sounds
  • Find specific sounds
  • Blend sounds to form words
  • Swap sounds to create new words
  • Interactive sound manipulation activities
Features
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Break, Find, Blend, and Swap Sounds to Build Reading Skills! Give your student a strong foundation for reading with this engaging phonemic awareness app! Instead of focusing on letters, the app uses sound tiles to help students hear and manipulate sounds, making early reading development fun and effective. Research has shown that phonemic awareness—the ability to recognize and work with sounds in words—is an essential foundational skill for reading and spelling. This app guides learners through interactive activities designed to strengthen their ability to hear, segment, and manipulate sounds in words, laying the foundation for decoding skills. Key Features: - Break words into individual sounds - Find specific sounds in a word - Blend sounds together to form words - Swap sounds to create new words Designed for early and struggling readers and students with dyslexia of all ages, this app makes phonemic awareness engaging and effective. Start building a strong base for reading success today!

About

Growing Wild Co

This app helps homeschool families and educational co-operatives manage their communities. It allows users to create or join co-ops, organize members, and communicate seamlessly about activities and events.

Highlights
  • Create or join co-ops
  • Manage member registrations
  • Schedule classes and activities
  • Real-time messaging
  • Family and student profiles
  • Public or private co-op sharing
Features
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Transform your homeschool co-op experience with Growing Wild Co-ops—the complete community management solution designed specifically for homeschool families and educational co-operatives. **CONNECT YOUR COMMUNITY** • Join existing co-ops or create your own learning community • Connect with homeschool families in your area **ORGANIZE YOUR GROUP** • Manage member registrations and approval workflows • Maintain family and student profiles • Invite members directly or share the co-op publicly **COMMUNICATE SEAMLESSLY** • Schedule classes, field trips, and co-op activities with ease • Real-time messaging between co-op members • Admin alerts and important notifications **DESIGNED FOR HOMESCHOOL FAMILIES** Growing Wild Learning understands the unique needs of homeschool co-ops. Our intuitive interface makes it simple for busy parents to coordinate activities, manage logistics, and foster community connections that enrich their children's educational journey. --- **PRIVACY AND TERMS:** • Privacy Policy: https://growingwildlearning.com/privacy • Terms of Service (EULA): https://growingwildlearning.com/terms **SUBSCRIPTION INFORMATION:** • Premium Monthly: $4.99/month • Premium Annual: $49.99/year (Save 20%) • Payment charged to iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase • Subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period • Account charged for renewal within 24 hours prior to the end of current period • Subscriptions managed by user; auto-renewal turned off in user's iTunes Account Settings after purchase • No cancellation of current subscription allowed during active subscription period

Screenshots

Reading Mountain4 screens
Growing Wild Co4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Reading Mountain at none against Growing Wild Co's 2. Reading Mountain also leads on iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.0). Growing Wild Co's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs every 6 months). On price, rating, ratings volume and ads 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

Both are free to download. Growing Wild Co sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Reading Mountain asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Reading Mountain against 5.0 for Growing Wild Co. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 5 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Reading Mountain ships an update every 6 months, Growing Wild Co weekly. Both last shipped on October 30, 2026.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Reading Mountain versus Growing Wild Co: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterReading MountainGrowing Wild Co
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings)5.0 (5 ratings)
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings25 — better
Update frequencyEvery 6 monthsWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS12.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size40 MB66 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperLEARN MOUNTAIN LLCDavid Smith

In-app purchases

None

Reading Mountain

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Growing Wild Co

Subscriptions2
  • Growing Wild Co-ops Monthly Premium$4.991 Month
  • Growing Wild Co-ops Annual Premium$49.991 Year

Questions

Is Reading Mountain free?
Reading Mountain is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Growing Wild Co free?
Growing Wild Co is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Reading Mountain or Growing Wild Co?
Reading Mountain and Growing Wild Co are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 2 and 5 ratings respectively.
Do Reading Mountain or Growing Wild Co have ads?
Neither Reading Mountain nor Growing Wild Co shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Reading Mountain or Growing Wild Co?
Reading Mountain ships an update every 6 months, and Growing Wild Co weekly. Most recently, Reading Mountain was updated on October 30, 2026 and Growing Wild Co on October 30, 2026.

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