Comparison

Phonics Puzzles Premium vs Let's Build Sentences

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

Head to head
About

Phonics Puzzles Premium

This app helps young children learn phonetic sounds through engaging puzzles. It offers a variety of colorful puzzles, customizable gameplay, and accurate pronunciation, all based on the Jolly Phonics system. Designed to enhance cognitive skills in a fun, playful environment.

Highlights
  • Learn phonetic sounds, not just the alphabet
  • Over 160 original phonics puzzles
  • Play by phonics group or random selection
  • Fully voiced with correct pronunciation
  • Choice of British, American, or Australian English
  • Parental gate for safe usage
Features
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Available in British, American and Australian English. Give your children a head start by teaching them phonics at an early age! Phonics Puzzles is designed to help children understand the different phonetic sounds, rather than the alphabet. By completing puzzles and practicing the different phonics groups, Phonics Puzzles improves your child's cognitive skills in a fun and playful way. The game includes a wide selection of colourful puzzles with the option of completing puzzles within specific phonics groups or via a randomized endless selection of puzzles. Phonics Puzzles runs great on iPad, iPhone and iPod Touch devices running iOS 9.0 or higher. Features: • Choose between British, Australian and American English. • Over 160 original phonics puzzles. • Play a quick random puzzle game or play by phonics group. • Fully voiced with correct phonics pronunciation. • Voiced by B.J. Rowling, cousin of Harry Potter author, J.K.Rowling. • Choose between lower and uppercase characters. • Based on the Jolly Phonics system, published by Jolly Learning Ltd. • Parental gate to keep your child within the app. • Turn snapping of puzzles pieces on or off for easier gameplay. • Colourful graphics with support for all devices running iOS 9.0 or higher.

About

Let's Build Sentences

Features
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Let’s Build Sentences helps children learn to write real sentences with calm, guided handwriting practice designed for early learners. Choose from available natural-sounding system voices in Parent Settings to find a narrator that suits your child. Children hear letters, build words, trace shapes, and practise writing complete sentences one letter at a time using large child-friendly writing boxes and supportive feedback. Designed for home learning, phonics support, and early confidence-building, the app keeps sentence practice simple, structured, and encouraging. Whether your child is beginning to recognise letter sounds or starting to write full sentences independently, Let’s Build Sentences creates a positive daily writing routine without pressure or overwhelm. FEATURES • Guided sentence handwriting practice • Child-friendly sentence layout with large writing boxes • Helpful feedback that highlights letters needing another try • Trace letters mode for extra support • Tap letters to hear sounds while learning • Parent-led sentence creation • One-tap child-friendly sentence generation • Type mode and handwriting mode • Parent voice recordings for familiar learning support • Learning settings for spacing, capitals, and speech style • iCloud sync across devices (update every device for the latest sync improvements) • Daily goals, streaks and earned mastery stars • A grown-up check for settings and purchases • Reduce Motion support for onboarding and help • Calm encouragement and celebration after success FREE VERSION The free version includes starter sentence packs, handwriting practice, the built-in narrator, and one saved custom sentence. PREMIUM UNLOCK Unlock all sentence packs, unlimited saved custom sentences, parent voice recordings, badges and richer learning tools with a simple one-time purchase. WHY PARENTS LOVE IT • Makes sentence practice feel achievable • Supports phonics-based early learning • Builds confidence through repetition and guidance • Helps children practise independently • Creates a calm and encouraging writing routine • Flexible for different learning stages and abilities No subscriptions. No distracting ads. Just focused sentence practice designed for young learners.

Screenshots

Phonics Puzzles Premium4 screens
Let's Build Sentences4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Let's Build Sentences at Free against Phonics Puzzles Premium's $2.99. Let's Build Sentences also leads on update cadence (every 4 days vs every 2 months). Phonics Puzzles Premium's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 17.0). 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

Let's Build Sentences is free to download; Phonics Puzzles Premium costs $2.99 up front. Let's Build Sentences sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Phonics Puzzles Premium asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Phonics Puzzles Premium ships an update every 2 months, Let's Build Sentences every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and October 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Phonics Puzzles Premium versus Let's Build Sentences: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPhonics Puzzles PremiumLet's Build Sentences
Price$2.99Free — better
Rating5.0 (3 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews90.5% of reviews—
Number of ratings3 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 4 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaid—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS11.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size70 MB5 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBram Van DammeBrian Leary

In-app purchases

None

Phonics Puzzles Premium

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Let's Build Sentences

One-time1
  • Premium Unlock$4.99

Questions

Is Phonics Puzzles Premium free?
Phonics Puzzles Premium costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Let's Build Sentences free?
Let's Build Sentences is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Phonics Puzzles Premium or Let's Build Sentences have ads?
Neither Phonics Puzzles Premium nor Let's Build Sentences shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Phonics Puzzles Premium or Let's Build Sentences?
Phonics Puzzles Premium ships an update every 2 months, and Let's Build Sentences every 4 days. Most recently, Phonics Puzzles Premium was updated on October 15, 2026 and Let's Build Sentences on October 6, 2026.

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