Phonogram Sounds vs CAPIT Sound Challenge
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!
CAPIT Sound Challenge
This app helps students master English language sounds and spelling patterns through an engaging competition. It's designed for educational settings, allowing students, teachers, and colleagues to challenge each other. The program aims to build foundational reading skills.
- Learn English phonemes
- Master spelling patterns
- Engaging competition format
- Student vs. student challenges
- Teacher vs. teacher challenges
- Build reading success foundation
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Students across the country compete in the CAPIT Sound Challenge to crack the alphabetic code and learn all the sounds (phonemes) of the English Language and their basic spelling patterns. The CAPIT Sound Challenge will ensure that all students master the building blocks necessary for reading success in an engaging competition. Teachers also compete against other teachers from across the country. Challenge your students, friends, and colleagues today! The CAPIT Sound Challenge is part of the Capit Learning family of resources which include a PK-2 Phonemic Awareness and Phonics Curriculum, a Comprehensive Professional Development, and year-round coaching. The CAPIT Sound Challenge is Free to Schools, Districts, and State DOE."
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: CAPIT Sound Challenge at 5.0 against Phonogram Sounds's 4.0. CAPIT Sound Challenge also leads on update cadence (fortnightly vs every 6 months) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). Phonogram Sounds's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and ratings volume (84 vs 2). On price, 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
CAPIT Sound Challenge 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 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Phonogram Sounds ships an update every 6 months, CAPIT Sound Challenge fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 20, 2026 and October 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Phonogram Sounds | CAPIT Sound Challenge |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (84 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 69.6% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 84 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 months | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 27 MB | 39 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | All About Learning Press, Inc. | Capit Learning Inc. |
Customer experience
Phonogram Sounds
CAPIT Sound Challenge
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
CAPIT Sound Challenge
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Phonogram Sounds
No in-app purchases
CAPIT Sound Challenge
No in-app purchases
Questions
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