Phonogram Sounds vs JAM Legio
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!
JAM Legio
Embark on a historical adventure learning classical Latin. This app guides you from Rome to Gaul, teaching vocabulary, verb endings, and sentence structure through interactive challenges and a journey-based curriculum. Designed for homeschool and classical education students, it offers a fun and engaging way to master first-year Latin.
- Roman legion journey from Rome to Gaul
- Henle and Vulgate vocabulary integration
- Interactive learning activities (matching, challenges)
- Progress tracking and global leaderboard
- Focus on noun declensions, verb endings, and sentences
- Ad-free and no in-app purchases
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Jam with Latin turns first-year classical Latin into an adventure. Your student joins a Roman legion and marches from Rome toward Gaul, learning real vocabulary, verb endings, and short sentences at every stop. Built for homeschool and classical-education students — approachable for younger learners, faithful to the grammar teachers actually teach. THE JOURNEY Follow thirteen stops on the march north, from Rōma through Italy to Gallia. Each city teaches one piece of the classical curriculum: • 1st through 5th declension nouns — one focus per city • Present-tense verbs and the personal endings • Adjectives, joiners (prepositions, conjunctions, adverbs), and short Latin sentences • Camp stops to train and practice verb endings HOW YOU LEARN • Vocabulary cards — match Latin to English • Case challenges — pick the correct form of a noun • Verb-ending matching — connect each ending to its person and number • Sentence reading — put grammar together into short Latin sentences • Training Camp — practice words and endings any time BUILT FOR CLASSICAL STUDENTS • Follows the classical order: declensions → verbs → sentences • Fits Henle, Classical Conversations, and similar first-year Latin • Combines Henle vocabulary with Vulgate vocabulary • Correct macrons and forms throughout • Earn XP, climb the ranks, and see a friendly global leaderboard SAFE AND SIMPLE • Sign in with a username and 6-digit PIN — no email required • No ads. No in-app purchases. No tracking for ads • Delete your account and progress any time from the app • Progress saves to your account across devices MADE BY HAND NO AI was used for images or content — 100% made by hand by the Jam with Latin team: Anastasia as artist, Thomas as app designer, and Abigail and Alexis as curriculum builders. Made with the team behind jamwithlatin.com for joyful, classical Latin learning. Salvē — your march begins in Rōma.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Phonogram Sounds at Free against JAM Legio's $19.99. Phonogram Sounds also leads on ratings volume (84 vs 4). JAM Legio's advantage is rating (4.5 vs 4.0) and review sentiment (100% vs 70%). 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
Phonogram Sounds is free to download; JAM Legio costs $19.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
JAM Legio holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Phonogram Sounds has 84 ratings behind it against 4, 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 JAM Legio's.
Phonogram Sounds ships an update every 6 months, JAM Legio weekly. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 2, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Phonogram Sounds | JAM Legio |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $19.99 |
| Rating | 4.0 (84 ratings) | 4.5 (4 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 69.6% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 84 — better | 4 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 months | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Paid |
| Best chart rank | — | #93 — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 16.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 27 MB | 64 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | All About Learning Press, Inc. | Jam with Latin |
Customer experience
Phonogram Sounds
JAM Legio
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
JAM Legio
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Phonogram Sounds
No in-app purchases
JAM Legio
No in-app purchases
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