Comparison

Phonogram Sounds vs Sight Word Mastery

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

Head to head
About

Phonogram Sounds

This interactive app provides clear audio pronunciations for letter sounds and combinations, featuring all 72 basic phonograms from a popular language arts curriculum. It's designed to support reading and spelling development for learners of all ages.

Highlights
  • Hear correct pronunciation of sounds
  • Clear enunciation of letters and combinations
  • Includes all 72 basic phonograms
  • Supports reading and spelling skills
  • Interactive learning experience
Features
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Touch a button and hear the correct pronunciation! *Check that your sound is turned on!* This interactive program features clear enunciation of the sounds of the letters and letter combinations (also known as phonograms). Contains all 72 of the basic phonograms as taught in the All About Reading and All About Spelling language arts curriculum. All About Reading is a multisensory, mastery-based program that starts with essential pre-reading skills and continues on to teach all five key components of reading. All About Spelling teaches encoding skills, spelling rules, and multisensory strategies to help your student become a proficient speller for life. Our lightly scripted “open and go” lesson plans and mastery-based approach leave no gaps and make this curriculum a favorite of homeschool families everywhere. Suitable for all ages and learning styles!

About

Sight Word Mastery

This app helps children master essential reading skills through engaging games focused on recognizing and spelling common sight words. It covers all six Dolch word lists and allows for customized learning and progress tracking.

Highlights
  • Sight word recognition games
  • Spelling and reading practice
  • Covers all Dolch word lists
  • Customizable word selection
  • Progress tracking statistics
  • User-added word lists
Features
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Reading is the most important skill a child will ever learn and Sight Word Mastery: Dolch will help your student or child master reading fluency. The Dolch word lists contain 220 service words that must be quickly recognized in order to achieve reading fluency. Sight Word Mastery includes three fun games that will the learner with sight word recognition along with spelling and reading. Each game is carefully designed to engage the learner in a fun and constructive learning environment. All six Dolch word lists are included in this game: Pre-Primer, Primer, First, Second, Third, Nouns. You have the ability to customize the game and select which sight words you want your student or child to focus on. Additionally, statistics are gathered on every action so you can measure your student or child's progress and know which areas are mastered and which need additional activity. With recent update we have redone the voice talent, user interface, graphics, colors and added the ability to add your own word lists and words!

Screenshots

Phonogram Sounds3 screens
Sight Word Mastery4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Phonogram Sounds at 70% against Sight Word Mastery's 0%. Phonogram Sounds also leads on price (Free vs $0.99) and rating (4.0 vs 3.5). On ads, in-app purchases, 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

Phonogram Sounds is free to download; Sight Word Mastery costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Phonogram Sounds holds the better App Store score, 4.0 against 3.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Phonogram Sounds has 84 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 70% of Phonogram Sounds's written reviews are positive against 0% of Sight Word Mastery's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Phonogram Sounds ships an update every 6 months, Sight Word Mastery every 77 months. The most recent releases landed on October 20, 2026 and October 8, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Phonogram Sounds versus Sight Word Mastery: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPhonogram SoundsSight Word Mastery
PriceFree — better$0.99
Rating4.0 (84 ratings) — better3.5 (2 ratings)
Positive reviews69.6% of reviews — better0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings84 — better2
Update frequencyEvery 6 months — betterEvery 77 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.014.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size27 MB22 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAll About Learning Press, Inc.I Teach Tiny Humans, LLC

Customer experience

Phonogram Sounds

All ratings84 ratings
Positive70.2%
Neutral14.3%
Negative15.5%
Written reviews46 reviews
Positive69.6%
Neutral13.0%
Negative17.4%

Sight Word Mastery

All ratings2 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

Bugs and requests

Phonogram Sounds

Reported bugs

7 issues
  • R says /er/ instead of /r/
  • Sound not working
  • App crashes
  • No sound when tapping phonograms
  • Sound only works with ringer on
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  • List of phonograms cut off on iPad
  • App is stick, no audio, no movement

Requested features

9 requests
  • Videos showing lip/tongue placement
  • Interactive game app
  • App for building words/movable tiles
  • Level-based sound availability
  • Enlarging tapped tile
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  • Adding missing phonograms (Level 6, Spalding)
  • Adding more sounds for /i/, /e/, /x/, /ou/, /ei/, /oe/, /wor/, /ear/
  • Spelling lists for review
  • All About Reading app with word reading

Sight Word Mastery

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Phonogram Sounds

No in-app purchases

None

Sight Word Mastery

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Phonogram Sounds free?
Phonogram Sounds is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Sight Word Mastery free?
Sight Word Mastery costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Phonogram Sounds or Sight Word Mastery?
Phonogram Sounds is rated higher. Phonogram Sounds averages 4.0 out of 5 from 84 ratings, while Sight Word Mastery averages 3.5 from 2 ratings.
Do Phonogram Sounds or Sight Word Mastery have ads?
Neither Phonogram Sounds nor Sight Word Mastery shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Phonogram Sounds or Sight Word Mastery?
Phonogram Sounds ships an update every 6 months, and Sight Word Mastery every 77 months. Most recently, Phonogram Sounds was updated on October 20, 2026 and Sight Word Mastery on October 8, 2026.

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