The Phonics App
Learn to read with phonics
Free · In‑App Purchases · Designed for iPad. Not verified for macOS.
This multi-award-winning phonics app can help absolutely anyone learn to read. Join thousands of people around the world learning to read with The Phonics App!
"We loved The Phonics App, as it has been specifically designed NOT to be addictive, and doesn't rely on dopamine hits for kids' rewards."
- MadeForMums Tech Awards 2025 Editor's Choice.
"A beautifully designed, calm, and research-led approach to early literacy that stands out in a market dominated by highly gamified products"
- Digital Education Awards 2025 Highly Commended
The Phonics App Features:
* Learn the a-z sounds and how to blend 2 and 3 letter words completely free.
* Subscribe to learn all the other sounds and practise with 400+ words.
* Video guidance from an expert phonics teacher every step of the way.
* Beautifully simple - just tap the words to hear the sounds they're made of.
* Learn how to pronounce all of the sounds of English (with an English accent).
* Build up your knowledge of phonics, one sound at a time.
* Learn how to read and understand common irregular (tricky) words.
* Informal checks at the end of each section to reinforce your learning.
* Learn both lower case and capital letters.
* Learn to decode nearly every English word.
* No collectibles, coins or dopamine rewards!
Why did we make this app?
Jonny is a father of two and started making this app to teach his kids to read. It worked really well, so he showed it to Miss Mabel (founder of Reading Roots, community of 750k parents and teachers learning phonics) to see if it would be useful to other people. She said yes, and had a lot of ideas how to make it better! So they spent AGES making 'The Phonics App', and now it's finally ready for you.
We hope it helps you learn to read too!
Miss Mabel & Jonny
Subscriptions in this app follow standard Apple Terms of Use (EULA) which you can read here: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Small updates and tweaks to make The Phonics App even better.
The developer, Phonics Folk Ltd, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy .
Data Not Collected
The developer does not collect any data from this app.
Accessibility
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Information
- Seller
- PHONICS FOLK LTD
- Size
- 260 MB
- Category
- Education
- Compatibility
Requires iOS 15.6 or later.
- iPhone
Requires iOS 15.6 or later. - iPad
Requires iPadOS 15.6 or later. - iPod touch
Requires iOS 15.6 or later. - Mac
Requires macOS 12.5 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later. - Apple Vision
Requires visionOS 1.0 or later.
- iPhone
- Languages
- English
- Age Rating
4+
- 4+
- In-App Purchases
Yes
- Access Everything Monthly $4.99
- Access Everything Yearly $29.99
- Access Everything Quarterly $12.99
- Copyright
- © 2026 Phonics Folk Ltd
