Phonogram Sounds vs Letter Tiles
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!
Letter Tiles
This app provides interactive letter tiles for practicing spelling and phonics. Students can manipulate both lowercase and uppercase letters, with fun animations to clear words.
- Moveable letter tiles
- Lowercase and uppercase letters
- Spelling practice
- Phonics practice
- Word clearing animations
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Moveable alphabet tiles for spelling or phonics practice with both lowercase and uppercase letters. To make it fun, the student can blow up the words or sweep them away.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Phonogram Sounds at Free against Letter Tiles's $2.99. Phonogram Sounds also leads on ratings volume (84 vs 3). Letter Tiles's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.0) and review sentiment (100% vs 70%). On update cadence, ads, in-app purchases 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
Phonogram Sounds is free to download; Letter Tiles costs $2.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Letter Tiles holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Phonogram Sounds has 84 ratings behind it against 3, 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 100% of Letter Tiles's.
Phonogram Sounds ships an update every 6 months, Letter Tiles every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 16, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Phonogram Sounds | Letter Tiles |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $2.99 |
| Rating | 4.0 (84 ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 69.6% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 84 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 months | Every 3 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 27 MB | 4 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | All About Learning Press, Inc. | Blast Off to Learning, LLC |
Customer experience
Phonogram Sounds
Letter Tiles
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
Letter Tiles
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Phonogram Sounds
No in-app purchases
Letter Tiles
No in-app purchases
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