Comparison

Reading Adventures EBLI Space vs Touch

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

Head to head
About

Reading Adventures EBLI Space

This app offers multi-sensory learning activities and games designed to help children and adults improve reading and handwriting skills. It utilizes a proven literacy method to build confidence and proficiency in emerging readers and English language learners.

Highlights
  • Multi-sensory learning activities
  • Proven literacy and handwriting methods
  • Builds reading and writing skills
  • Helps with ADHD and attention difficulties
  • Accommodates up to six learners
  • Phonics, spelling, and vocabulary development
Features
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Kids – and adults- everywhere are becoming great at reading and handwriting with our apps! In our second app, EBLI Space, parents and teachers will find incredible multi-sensory learning activities and games that captivate learners, while helping them grow into successful readers. Kids love our apps, and it is a joy to see them turn into proud and confident readers. This app is excellent for emerging readers and English language learners. ---BENEFITS--- -- Just 20 minutes a day builds skill and confidence -- Successfully helps kids with ADHD and attention difficulties -- Proven literacy method teaches kids to read -- Proven handwriting method teaches kids to write properly -- Learning to read is easy and fun -- Children as young as 3 are learning to read with our apps -- App accommodates up to six learners THE SCIENCE BEHIND EBLI ISLAND READING ADVENTURES Reading Adventures combines important cognitive research on how children learn to read with innovative activities in an immersive learning experience. Our app develops confident readers by helping learners to progressively build necessary reading and writing skills including: • Letter sound recognition (phonics) • Proper pronunciation of letter sounds • Beginning, middle, and ending sounds • Correct handwriting • Spelling • Blending • Sight Words • Vocabulary • Fluency • Comprehension ---Skills and Concepts For Educators--- Skills - Segmenting: pulling letter sounds apart - Blending: pushing letter sounds together - Peterson Handwriting: correct letter formation - Fluency: reading smoothly with inflection Concepts - Words are made up of sounds - Teaching the most common spelling for each sound (each 1 letter spelling has a sound that it most commonly represents) - Words must be read from left to right - Letters must be written from top to bottom, and from left to right - 1, 2, 3, or 4 letters can spell 1 sound - Repetition of what was learned in order for learner to become accurate and automatic - Progressing to reading smoothly while accurately reading all the words ---The EBLI System--- EBLI: Evidence-Based Literacy Instruction was created in 2003 and is a system that teaches learners of all ages and ability levels to reach their highest potential in reading. EBLI has been implemented in over 200 schools and has been continuously refined through training and coaching thousands of classroom teachers, community tutors, and remedial reading specialists. EBLI was developed from what research has shown to be necessary to teach anyone of any ability level to reach their highest potential in reading and writing as well as from over a decade of working individually with clients of all ages and ability levels at Ounce of Prevention Reading Center in Flushing, MI. We have helped thousands of kids learn to read, and we can help yours too. Like us: https://www.facebook.com/EBLIreads

About

Touch

This app teaches touch-typing while simultaneously improving reading and spelling skills. It offers a step-by-step course with bite-sized modules, suitable for all ages and learning styles, including those with dyslexia. Track progress and build confidence in literacy.

Highlights
  • Learn touch-typing
  • Improve reading skills
  • Enhance spelling
  • Dyslexia-friendly approach
  • Step-by-step modules
  • Progress tracking
Features
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Please note in order to log in you need to have purchased a subscription to Touch-type Read and Spell. Learn to type in an easy and fun way! TTRS is an excellent touch-typing program on its own, with the added benefit of boosting reading and spelling skills. We offer a step-by-step touch-typing course that allows everyone to learn Keyboarding and enhance literacy skills at their own pace, via a series of bite-size modules and lessons. Improve spelling and reading skills in English with our dyslexia-friendly approach for children and adults. Measure progress and celebrate success as you build confidence in the workplace or classroom. The program is appropriate for children ages 6-7 through to adult learners. The TTRS iPad app is free for current course subscribers. **Important Notice** We recommend using a Bluetooth keyboard with the app. If you are having any technical issues, please email support@readandspell.com ----- TTRS enhances spelling, decoding, and sight-reading skills thanks to a multi-sensory approach grounded in phonics and based on the work of Orton-Gillingham. This makes it an appropriate solution for individuals who struggle with: dyslexia, dyspraxia, dysgraphia, attention deficit disorder (ADD), attention deficit hyperactive disorder (ADHD), autism spectrum disorder (ASD), visual impairments, hearing impairments and stroke recovery.

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Touch at Free against Reading Adventures EBLI Space's $4.99. Touch also leads on update cadence (every 8 days vs every 4 months) and ratings volume (51 vs 3). Reading Adventures EBLI Space's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 3.3) and review sentiment (100% vs 59%). On 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Touch is free to download; Reading Adventures EBLI Space costs $4.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Reading Adventures EBLI Space holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Touch has 51 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of Reading Adventures EBLI Space's written reviews are positive against 59% of Touch's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Reading Adventures EBLI Space ships an update every 4 months, Touch every 8 days. The most recent releases landed on October 20, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Reading Adventures EBLI Space versus Touch: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterReading Adventures EBLI SpaceTouch
Price$4.99Free — better
Rating5.0 (3 ratings) — better3.3 (51 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better59.2% of reviews
Number of ratings351 — better
Update frequencyEvery 4 monthsEvery 8 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaid — betterSubscription
DevicesiPadiPad
Requires iOS12.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size225 MB281 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperEBLITOUCH-TYPE READ & SPELL LTD

Customer experience

Reading Adventures EBLI Space

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Touch

All ratings50 ratings
Positive54.0%
Neutral10.0%
Negative36.0%
Written reviews49 reviews
Positive59.2%
Neutral6.1%
Negative34.7%

Bugs and requests

Reading Adventures EBLI Space

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Touch

Reported bugs

11 issues
  • Cannot log into the app
  • App closes on startup
  • Data cannot be read (missing/incorrect format)
  • Stuck on loading screen
  • App doesn't synchronize with computer
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  • Cannot switch profiles without closing
  • App crashes frequently
  • Keyboard not working with iPad
  • Progress not saved after sync issues
  • Login screen freezes
  • App bugs after updates

Requested features

6 requests
  • Add profiles for multiple students
  • Improve synchronization between app and web
  • Make subscription cost clearer upfront
  • Reduce waiting time on loading screens
  • Fix double spaces in sentences
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  • Add more variety to lessons

In-app purchases

None

Reading Adventures EBLI Space

No in-app purchases

None

Touch

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Reading Adventures EBLI Space free?
Reading Adventures EBLI Space costs $4.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Touch free?
Touch is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Reading Adventures EBLI Space or Touch?
Reading Adventures EBLI Space is rated higher. Reading Adventures EBLI Space averages 5.0 out of 5 from 3 ratings, while Touch averages 3.3 from 51 ratings.
Do Reading Adventures EBLI Space or Touch have ads?
Neither Reading Adventures EBLI Space nor Touch shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Reading Adventures EBLI Space or Touch?
Reading Adventures EBLI Space ships an update every 4 months, and Touch every 8 days. Most recently, Reading Adventures EBLI Space was updated on October 20, 2026 and Touch on October 29, 2026.

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