Comparison

Teach Your Monster to Read vs MathtasticGame

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

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About

Teach Your Monster to Read

This app offers fun, phonics-based reading games for children aged 3-6. It helps build essential literacy skills through interactive play, allowing children to create their own monster and embark on a reading adventure. Designed by experts, it's a safe and trusted tool for home and school.

Highlights
  • Interactive reading games for ages 3-6
  • Improve letter sound recognition
  • Learn to read sentences
  • Track player progress
  • Phonics games designed by experts
  • Supports UK phonics programmes
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Welcome to Teach Your Monster to Read, the award-winning app that makes learning to read fun and engaging! Our educational phonics and reading games have helped millions of children build essential literacy skills. Create your own monster and embark on a magical journey through interactive games designed for home and school use. With a safe, trusted, and highly recommended approach, Teach Your Monster to Read offers phonics-based reading games for all levels. Teaching through play is what we do best—download today and start your child’s reading adventure! TEACH YOUR MONSTER TO READ FEATURES INTERACTIVE KIDS READING GAMES • Take your custom-designed monster through educational games that are suitable for ages 3-6. • Improve letter sound recognition with reading games • Explore a world of phonics and educational games that teach your child to read sentences • Easily track their player’s progress to identify areas where their reader may need extra support PHONICS & READING GAMES DESIGNED BY EXPERTS • Designed in collaboration with Roehampton University and leading game designers • Phonics tools and educational games that complement phases 2-5 of UK Government-approved Letters and Sounds and other major systematic synthetic phonics programmes • 3 reading games designed for those in preschool, primary school, kindergarten, and first grade EDUCATIONAL PLAY AT NO ADDITIONAL COST • Teach Your Monster to Read is available on iPad and iPhone • Explore phonics and educational games without in-app purchases, hidden costs, or in-game adverts • Teach Your Monster to Read supports your child through every step of their reading journey HEAR FROM TEACHERS AND PARENTS WHO USE OUR READING GAMES "This game is the absolute best quality phonics game I have come across for educational and fun value." Marie Lewis, Rochdale “My class have reaped loads of benefits from using the programme and the difference in some of their reading skills has been dramatic." Maria Andrews, Foundation Phase Teacher "This is a fabulous game. I'm not kidding when I say that my daughter essentially learned all her letter sounds using First steps, with relatively minimal input from me! Great for parents to practise their letter sounds too." Eleanor Jones PART OF THE USBORNE FOUNDATION CHARITY Teach Your Monster to Read has been created by Teach Monster Games Ltd. which is a subsidiary of The Usborne Foundation. The Usborne Foundation is a charity founded by children’s publisher, Peter Usborne MBE. Harnessing research, design and technology, we create playful media addressing issues from literacy to health. Teach a monster today when you download our educational app! Teach Monster Games Ltd is a subsidiary of The Usborne Foundation, a registered charity in England and Wales, charity number 1121957.

About

MathtasticGame

Features
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Mathtastic Game allows the children to practice their math skills. The game includes practice for all four operators (plus, minus, multiply, and divide). The child can choose the level as well. Each level has a different set of questions. The number of questions increases with the difficulty. After each game is finished a report is shown with all answers. If the answer was incorrect, the correct version is shown as well. For each correct answer, the child is getting a score. Also, the game is keeping track of the time and shows it in the report.

Screenshots

Teach Your Monster to Read4 screens
MathtasticGame4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: MathtasticGame at $0.99 against Teach Your Monster to Read's $8.99. Teach Your Monster to Read's advantage is chart position (#5 vs unranked). 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

Teach Your Monster to Read costs $8.99 and MathtasticGame $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

Scorecard2 real differences · 9 level
Teach Your Monster to Read versus MathtasticGame: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTeach Your Monster to ReadMathtasticGame
Price$8.99$0.99 — better
Rating4.5 (31K ratings) — better—
Positive reviews76.6% of reviews—
Number of ratings31K — better—
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeks—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
Best chart rank#5 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better16.2
Further details — not scored
Size96 MB0 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTeach Your MonsterDavid Kababyan

Bugs and requests

Teach Your Monster to Read

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Loss of progress and collected items
  • Compatibility issues on certain devices

Requested features

4 requests
  • Add American English pronunciation option
  • Introduce more practice modes and customization options
  • Implement progress tracking and parental controls
  • Allow selective review of specific letter sounds/words

MathtasticGame

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Teach Your Monster to Read

No in-app purchases

None

MathtasticGame

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Teach Your Monster to Read free?
Teach Your Monster to Read costs $8.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is MathtasticGame free?
MathtasticGame costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do Teach Your Monster to Read or MathtasticGame have ads?
Neither Teach Your Monster to Read nor MathtasticGame shows ads.

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