Comparison

SDJCA vs Say the Sight Words

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

Head to head
About

SDJCA

Stay informed about school events, district updates, and cafeteria menus. Customize notifications for your student's organization and easily access staff contact information.

Highlights
  • Event calendar integration
  • Customizable notifications
  • Weekly cafeteria menus
  • Live district updates
  • Staff and department directory
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Introducing the brand new app for SDJCA. NEVER MISS AN EVENT The event section shows a list of events throughout the district. Users can add an event to their calendar to share the event with friends and family with one tap. CUSTOMIZE NOTIFICATIONS Select your student's organization within the app and make sure you never miss a message. CAFETERIA MENUS Within the dining section, you'll find an easy to navigate, weekly menu, sorted by day and meal type. DISTRICT UPDATES In the Live Feed is where you'll find updates from the administration about what's going on in the district right now. Whether that's celebrating a student's success, or reminding you about an upcoming deadline. CONTACT STAFF & DEPARTMENTS Find relevant staff and department contacts under an easy-to-navigate directory.

About

Say the Sight Words

This app uses speech recognition to help children practice reading sight words and letters. It listens as your child reads aloud and automatically advances to the next card, providing positive reinforcement. The app works offline and prioritizes privacy with no data collection.

Highlights
  • Automatic card advancement via speech recognition
  • On-device speech recognition for privacy
  • Includes decks for letters, numbers, and sight words
  • Customizable word lists for spelling practice
  • Sight Word Sprint timed game mode
  • Pocket chart visual reward system
Features
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Flash cards that listen. Your child reads the card out loud — and the deck turns itself. Sight-word practice usually needs a grown-up to hold the cards. Say the Sight Words replaces the card-holder: it listens while your child reads aloud and flips to the next card the moment they say it right. No taps, no swipes, no hovering required. Everything happens right on the iPad. Speech recognition runs entirely on-device, so the app works in airplane mode and nothing your child says ever leaves the room. HOW IT WORKS • Three decks: letters A–Z (shown big and small), numbers, and nearly 70 kindergarten sight words • Read the card aloud and it advances by itself — a pop, a gold star, and the word said back in a clear voice • Your own words: type or paste this week's spelling list and the deck reads it, up to 200 words • Shuffle the deck for a fresh order every time • Not sure of a word? Tap the card to hear it spoken • Sight Word Sprint: 15 words against the clock — race your own best time • A parental gate keeps anything meant for adults away from little fingers THE POCKET CHART It looks like the classroom: navy felt, cream sentence-strip cards ruled under the word, one crayon color per card, and a row of pockets that fills with gold stars as your child reads. PRIVACY, PLAINLY Say the Sight Words collects nothing. Not "very little" — nothing. • No ads, no tracking, no analytics, no accounts • The microphone is used only for on-device speech recognition (the open-source Vosk engine) — audio is never recorded, stored, or sent anywhere • No internet: the app makes zero network connections and works fully in airplane mode • Your word list, best times, and settings stay on the iPad, period No subscriptions, no in-app purchases. The whole app is the app. Made for early readers, made by a parent who wanted exactly this and couldn't find it.

Screenshots

SDJCA4 screens
Say the Sight Words4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Say the Sight Words at every 2 weeks against SDJCA's every 2 months. SDJCA's advantage is ratings volume (3 vs 1). On price, rating, ads and in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for SDJCA against 5.0 for Say the Sight Words. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 1 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

SDJCA ships an update every 2 months, Say the Sight Words every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 10, 2026 and October 4, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 7 level
SDJCA versus Say the Sight Words: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSDJCASay the Sight Words
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (3 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Number of ratings3 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS16.0 — better16.4
Further details — not scored
Size142 MB129 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSaints Dennis and Joseph Catholic AcademyGazzini Ventures

Customer experience

SDJCA

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Say the Sight Words

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

SDJCA

No in-app purchases

None

Say the Sight Words

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is SDJCA free?
SDJCA is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Say the Sight Words free?
Say the Sight Words is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, SDJCA or Say the Sight Words?
SDJCA and Say the Sight Words are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 3 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do SDJCA or Say the Sight Words have ads?
Neither SDJCA nor Say the Sight Words shows ads.
Which is updated more often, SDJCA or Say the Sight Words?
SDJCA ships an update every 2 months, and Say the Sight Words every 2 weeks. Most recently, SDJCA was updated on October 10, 2026 and Say the Sight Words on October 4, 2026.

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