Comparison

Endless Reader vs ABC Spelling

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

Head to head
About

Endless Reader

This app helps young children learn essential sight words through interactive puzzles and animations. Adorable monsters guide kids through word and sentence puzzles, reinforcing spelling, meaning, and usage in a fun, stress-free environment.

Highlights
  • Interactive word puzzles
  • Animated sight word reinforcement
  • Sentence puzzles for context and usage
  • Stress-free learning environment
  • 3D Touch integration for enhanced interaction
Features
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** App Store's Editor's Choice ** *From the team at ORIGINATOR - the creators of the beloved Endless Alphabet and Sesame Street's Monster at the End of This Book and Another Monster.... Originator is a team of passionate artists and engineers dedicated to the best education+entertainment apps for kids.* As a follow-up to Endless Alphabet, set the stage for early reading success with Endless Reader! This app introduces "sight words", the most commonly used words in school, library, and children's books. Kids need to recognize these words by sight in order to achieve reading fluency. Recognizing sight words is advantageous for beginning readers because many of these words have unusual spelling, cannot be sounded out using phonics knowledge, and often cannot be represented using pictures. Kids will have a blast learning sight words and their context and usage with the adorable Endless monsters. Each word features an interactive word puzzle with letters that come alive, and then a sentence puzzle with words that become what they describe. See the word "dog" as a barking dog, and the word "up" reach for the sky! ** NOTE: You must be online and have sufficient disk space while running the app to get all words in the app. ** Features: - 6 words free to try with additional word packs available for purchase. - Delightful animations reinforce sight recognition of words in a fun and interactive way. - Word puzzles reinforce spelling using lower-case letters and the sentence puzzles teach definition and usage (in addition to sight recognition). - 3D Touch on iPhone 6s and iPhone 6s Plus makes letters and words react in an extra special way! - Endless Reader was designed with your children in mind. There are no high scores, failures, limits or stress. Your children can interact with the app at their own pace.

About

ABC Spelling

This educational game helps young children learn the alphabet, sound out words, and associate letters with pictures through interactive spelling activities. It features colorful graphics, fun animations, and a report card system to track progress. Designed for parents and children to play together, it offers a free and engaging learning experience.

Highlights
  • Learn alphabet and phonics
  • Interactive spelling games
  • Associate letters with pictures
  • Track learning progress with report cards
  • Colorful graphics and animations
  • Collect achievement stickers
Features
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Discover a brand new world of education with ABC Spelling - Spell & Phonics, a fun and free game for parents and children to play together! ABC Spelling is a colorful and easy to use educational game that helps young children learn the alphabet, sound out words, and associate letters with pictures. Play anytime and anywhere, it only takes a moment to turn on your phone and help your child learn the ABCs! Featuring three games in one: Spelling: A picture is shown on the screen with letters outlined just above it. Children match the letters at the top by choosing from the tiles below, placing them in the correct order to spell out words. Fill In Blank: Kids spell out the name of the picture using letters on the screen. There’s just one catch, though: all the letters are jumbled up! Blank Spelling: Letters are placed at the bottom of the screen, but this time there’s no clue at the top! ABC Spelling was designed with both adults and children in mind. Kids will love the bright graphics, the easy to touch icons, and the fun cartoon drawings. Parents will love the report card feature that helps track learning progress. Best of all, ABC Spelling - Spell & Phonics is absolutely free, with no third party ads, paywalls, or other distractions. Features: - Fun, educational activities for toddlers, kids, and parents alike! - Colorful graphics and wonderful animations to help kids learn. - Sounds to help children learn phonics for letters and words. - Report cards show learning progress so parents can help their kids at every turn. - Parents have complete control to set options and customize game modes to make learning more effective. - Collect stickers to celebrate learning achievements! Note to Parents: ABC Spelling is a passion project for us. We want to reach kids across the world and give them an educational advantage. Children in cities, towns, even remote places where cell phones are more common than schools can benefit from a learning app like this one. There are so many kids who lack proper schooling, and that's why we want to remove as many barriers as possible to help them learn. As parents, you can do a lot to help us spread the joy of education. Share this app with friends, family, schools, daycares, non-profit organizations, or simply post about it on Facebook or Twitter. One share, one tweet, can make a huge difference. We're parents ourselves, and it's our goal to keep making free educational apps for kids. We need your help to make that happen. Every child should have a chance to learn the basics of spelling, phonics, and numbers. Together, we can give countless kids an opportunity they've never had. Thank you! - Best wishes from the parents at RV AppStudios

Screenshots

Endless Reader4 screens
ABC Spelling4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: ABC Spelling at none against Endless Reader's 10. ABC Spelling also leads on update cadence (fortnightly vs every 3 months). On price, rating, review sentiment and ratings volume 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. Endless Reader sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. ABC Spelling asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.5 for Endless Reader against 4.6 for ABC Spelling. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2.8K and 3.2K respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 82% of Endless Reader's written reviews are positive against 86% of ABC Spelling's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Endless Reader ships an update every 3 months, ABC Spelling fortnightly. Both last shipped on October 18, 2026.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Endless Reader versus ABC Spelling: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterEndless ReaderABC Spelling
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (2.8K ratings)4.6 (3.2K ratings) — better
Positive reviews81.6% of reviews85.7% of reviews — better
Number of ratings2.8K3.2K — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsFortnightly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS12.0 — better13.0
Further details — not scored
Size55 MB199 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperOriginator Inc.RV AppStudios LLC

Customer experience

Endless Reader

All ratings2,806 ratings
Positive85.8%
Neutral4.4%
Negative9.8%
Written reviews488 reviews
Positive81.6%
Neutral4.9%
Negative13.5%

ABC Spelling

All ratings3,158 ratings
Positive89.0%
Neutral5.2%
Negative5.8%
Written reviews84 reviews
Positive85.7%
Neutral4.8%
Negative9.5%

Bugs and requests

Endless Reader

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

ABC Spelling

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Sound issues
  • Compatibility problems on older devices

Requested features

3 requests
  • Add more advanced word families and blends
  • Incorporate lower case letters
  • Improve sentence structure and grammar

In-app purchases

10 purchases

Endless Reader

One-time10
  • Word Pack 1$5.99
  • Word Pack 2$5.99
  • Word Pack 3$5.99
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  • Word Pack 4$5.99
  • Word Pack 5$5.99
  • Reader Pack 1$5.99
  • Bundle of Word Packs 1-4$11.99
  • Bundle of Word Packs 5-8$11.99
  • Bundle of Word Packs 9-12$11.99
  • Bundle of ALL Word Packs 1-12$29.99
None

ABC Spelling

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Endless Reader free?
Endless Reader is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is ABC Spelling free?
ABC Spelling is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Endless Reader or ABC Spelling?
ABC Spelling is rated higher. Endless Reader averages 4.5 out of 5 from 2.8K ratings, while ABC Spelling averages 4.6 from 3.2K ratings.
Do Endless Reader or ABC Spelling have ads?
Neither Endless Reader nor ABC Spelling shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Endless Reader or ABC Spelling?
Endless Reader ships an update every 3 months, and ABC Spelling fortnightly. Most recently, Endless Reader was updated on October 18, 2026 and ABC Spelling on October 18, 2026.

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