Starfall It's Fun to Read vs VizZle NextGen
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Starfall It's Fun to Read
This app offers a free selection of reading activities designed to teach foundational reading skills. It features interactive games, stories, and creative exercises that make learning to read enjoyable for young children. The app requires no internet connection and can model fluent reading with an optional AutoRead feature.
- Interactive reading games
- Creative activities
- Poetry and tongue twisters
- Riddle solving
- Optional AutoRead feature
- Offline access
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Starfall® Fun to Read is the third step of Starfall’s Learn to Read phonics sequence, which teaches the foundational skills for learning to read. Step 1: ABCs Step 2: Learn to Read Step 3: It’s Fun to Read Step 4: I’m Reading! With a basic understanding of letter-sound relationships from ABCs and Learn to Read steps, children are ready to explore a variety of genres and topics that will expand their vocabulary, comprehension, and world knowledge. In Starfall Fun to Read, children can learn about famous artists, experiment with mixing colors, discover the lives of famous musicians, and engage with literary forms like poetry, tongue twisters, and riddles. By connecting these interactive experiences with written words, young readers build the confidence and curiosity necessary to become lifelong learners. Travel-ready. No internet connection required. Find Starfall It’s Fun to Read, along with 700+ additional activities and counting across reading, math, music, and more in the Starfall app. The Starfall website and applications are program services of Starfall Education Foundation, a 501(c)(3) publicly supported nonprofit organization. Starfall® and Starfall.com® are registered trademarks in the US, the European Union, and various other countries. Copyright © 2002–2026 by Starfall Education. All rights reserved. Starfall apps are inclusively designed to support all children, including English Language Learners (ELLs). Starfall also provides an Enhanced Accessible Index for children with visual, hearing, or mobility impairments. For more information, please contact Customer Service at (+1) 303-417-6414.
VizZle NextGen
This app provides interactive lessons for students with visual learning styles, including those with autism or in early education. Educators can create, assign, and track student progress, while students can engage with personalized learning experiences.
- Create and assign lessons
- Track student progress
- Customize learning experience
- Interactive instructional lessons
- Visual learning support
- Teacher and student modes
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The all-in-one version of the VizZle App is here! Teachers can find and add lessons to Student Education Plans; play lessons with Students; tag lessons to individual goals and objectives; customize the Student learning experience, and more! Students can also log in and independently play lessons in an experience tailored just for them. Furthermore, all lesson activity is recorded and tracked back to the Student and Teachers. VizZle allows educators and parents to launch interactive instructional lessons for children who learn best from visually supported materials (e.g. children with autism, in early education, or any child with a visual learning style).
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Starfall It's Fun to Read at 4.4 against VizZle NextGen's 2.9. Starfall It's Fun to Read also leads on device support (3 vs 1) and ratings volume (49 vs 14). VizZle NextGen's advantage is iOS requirement (9.1 vs 15.0). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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.
Starfall It's Fun to Read holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 2.9. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 49 and 14 respectively.
Starfall It's Fun to Read ships an update every 21 months, VizZle NextGen every 14 months. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.
| Parameter | Starfall It's Fun to Read | VizZle NextGen |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (49 ratings) — better | 2.9 (14 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 70.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 49 — better | 14 |
| Update frequency | Every 21 months | Every 14 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 9.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 74 MB | 13 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Starfall Education Foundation | Monarch Teaching Technologies, Inc. |
Customer experience
Starfall It's Fun to Read
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In-app purchases
Starfall It's Fun to Read
No in-app purchases
VizZle NextGen
No in-app purchases
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