Comparison

Math Trainer vs Phonics for Kids

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

Head to head
About

Math Trainer

Features
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Build math confidence with practice cards, track your speed and progress after every session, and keep kids motivated with a fun and focused, kid-safe experience.

About

Phonics for Kids

This app helps children aged 4-6 learn to read through phonics and sight words. Kids sound out letters, blend words, and unlock baby animals after each story. It offers five learning levels and 100 stories, with AR creature hatching.

Highlights
  • Systematic phonics learning
  • Sight word recognition
  • Interactive word blending
  • Collectable baby animals
  • Five learning levels
  • Augmented reality creature hatching
  • Progress tracking
Features
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Your child reads out loud. ReadBorn listens and helps only when they get stuck. It starts with letter sounds and builds, one small step at a time, to reading real books. Every class your child finishes hatches a baby animal they get to keep. Made with input from kindergarten and first-grade reading teachers. Built on systematic phonics, in line with the Science of Reading. For ages 3 to 8 and up. No ads, ever. HOW IT WORKS • Your child sees a word and reads it out loud. • If they get stuck, ReadBorn sounds it out with them: "c - a - t." • Help comes in small steps, only when needed, so your child does the reading. • Finish a class, hatch a baby animal. Collect all 108 across 18 worlds. WHAT YOUR CHILD LEARNS 10 levels, from first sounds to real books: • Level 0 - First Sounds: s, a, t, p, i, n (at, sat, pin) • Level 1 - First Words: m, d, g, o, c, k and ck (mat, dog, sock) • Level 2 - Word Builders: e, u, r, h, b, f, l and ff, ll, ss (pen, sun, hill) • Level 3 - The Last Letters: j, v, w, x, y, z and qu (jet, van, queen) • Level 4 - Sound Teams: ch, sh, th, ng, tch, dge (chip, ship, catch) • Level 5 - Vowel Teams: ai, ee, igh, oa, oo (rain, tree, boat) • Level 6 - Bossy R & Friends: ar, or, ur, ow, oi, er (star, fork, coin) • Level 7 - Stretch Words: longer words, no new sounds (tent, frog, spring) • Level 8 - Magic E & New Spellings: magic e, ay, ou, oy, ea and more ways to spell long a and long o (play, snake, rain) • Level 9 - Super Reader: wh, ph, quiet letters, long e and long i, then real books (when, phone, knee) FOR PARENTS • A weekly report in plain language: the days your child read, the new words they learned, and which sounds they know or still need to practice. • Set a weekly reading goal and get simple ideas for practicing together. • No jargon and no grades. • Up to 5 children on one device, each with their own profile and progress. WHAT'S INSIDE • 108 classes, 847 short lessons and 171 illustrated stories. • Each class starts with a short video, followed by games for listening, blending sounds, speaking and writing. • Your child traces every new letter, one stroke at a time. • 102 sight words, learned as whole words. • Tap any letter or word to hear it. • New stories unlock as your child learns the sounds in them. • Baby animals can walk around your room in AR (augmented reality). SAFE AND SIMPLE • Big buttons, big text and soft colors, made for small hands. • No ads, no chat, and we never sell data. • Your child's voice is only used to help them read, and it never reaches our servers. In the books, Apple's speech recognition does the listening. SUBSCRIPTION • Monthly or yearly subscription that renews automatically. • Cancel anytime in Settings. LEGAL • Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ • Privacy Policy: https://readborn.com/privacy/

Screenshots

Math Trainer4 screens
Phonics for Kids4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Math Trainer at none against Phonics for Kids's 3. Phonics for Kids's advantage is ads (none vs shown). On price, 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

Both are free to download. Phonics for Kids sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $8.99 per month. Math Trainer asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Math Trainer versus Phonics for Kids: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMath TrainerPhonics for Kids
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (3 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—3 — better
Update frequency—Every 9 days
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
Monetization—Subscription
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS16.0 — better16.4
Further details — not scored
Size9 MB381 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperHilton LemAI Conveyor Inc.

In-app purchases

None

Math Trainer

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

Phonics for Kids

Subscriptions2
  • ReadBorn Beginners Monthly$8.991 Month
  • ReadBorn Beginners Annual7 Days trial$49.991 Year
One-time1
  • Lifetime access$149.99

Questions

Is Math Trainer free?
Math Trainer is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Phonics for Kids free?
Phonics for Kids is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Math Trainer or Phonics for Kids have ads?
Math Trainer shows ads; Phonics for Kids does not.

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