Phonogram Sounds vs Joobilo Academic Community
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- Hear correct pronunciation of sounds
- Clear enunciation of letters and combinations
- Includes all 72 basic phonograms
- Supports reading and spelling skills
- Interactive learning experience
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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!
Joobilo Academic Community
This app provides access to a homeschool organization's academic programs, including class registration, schedules, and family account management. It offers easy access to activities, facility status updates, and important announcements for students and families.
- Class registration and waitlisting
- Searchable class schedules
- Activity and event registration
- Family and student account access
- Facility status updates
- Push notifications for announcements
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Joobilo Academic Community (JAC) is a homeschool organization for grades PreK–High School that offers core and elective classes online and in person twice a week at multiple locations in Southern California. Our 28-week program is based on integrated curriculum design and gives families the opportunity to build a solid academic foundation upon the classical model of education within a supportive and vibrant community. The Joobilo app allows you to register for classes, activities, and special events at all of our locations. The Joobilo calendar, class lists, social media links, and contact information are also easily accessible from the app as well as your family and student account information. CLASS SCHEDULES - Have a class in mind? Search by subject, grade, day, and time. You can register or even put yourself on a waitlist. - Classes are live and always updated. FUN ACTIVITIES - Quick and easy access to register for all of our fun activities including field trips and holiday parties. FAMILY ACCOUNT - Want to know what your school bill is? -Want to see if your Purchase Orders have posted? - Want to stay in contact with your student's teachers? The Joobilo app keeps our program at your fingertips FACILITY STATUS - Need to know if classes are canceled due to holidays? The Joobilo app will be the first to let you know. **Receive push notifications for closings, upcoming campus events, registration openings, special announcements, and contests. The Joobilo app is an easy-to-use, on-the-go way to access everything Joobilo has to offer right from your smartphone.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Joobilo Academic Community at 4.4 against Phonogram Sounds's 4.0. Phonogram Sounds's advantage is update cadence (every 6 months vs every 23 months) and ratings volume (84 vs 17). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Joobilo Academic Community holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 4.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 84 and 17 respectively.
Phonogram Sounds ships an update every 6 months, Joobilo Academic Community every 23 months. The most recent releases landed on October 20, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Phonogram Sounds | Joobilo Academic Community |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (84 ratings) | 4.4 (17 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 69.6% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 84 — better | 17 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 months — better | Every 23 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 27 MB | 70 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | All About Learning Press, Inc. | Joobilo LLC |
Customer experience
Phonogram Sounds
Joobilo Academic Community
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
Joobilo Academic Community
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Phonogram Sounds
No in-app purchases
Joobilo Academic Community
No in-app purchases
Questions
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