Phonics Go
Read the world around you
Free · In‑App Purchases · Designed for iPad. Not verified for macOS.
New: your child's toys, food and pets become the phonics lesson. Real-world sound hunts and a sticker book full of phonics in their own world.
Phonics Go turns real objects into reading lessons.
Your child points the camera at a cup, a teddy, a banana, a sock - and instantly, it becomes a phonics sticker. The app shows the word, breaks it into pure phonemes (with audio), and teaches the sounds inside their own world.
Your child learns to decode words into sounds through exploration of the real world.
WHY CHILDREN LOVE IT
Phonics Go makes reading a game children ask to play.
They hunt for sounds around the house, build a sticker collection of their own toys, foods and pets, and hear every word come alive sound by sound. Instead of memorising flashcards, they learn from objects they already love.
A child searching for the /sh/ sound suddenly starts spotting it everywhere.
"Shampoo."
"Brush."
"Fish."
They begin sounding words out automatically - because the game has taught them to think like readers.
BUILT ON THE PHONICS SYSTEM TAUGHT IN SCHOOLS
Phonics Go follows the approach used in Reception and Year 1 classrooms across the UK - and supports synthetic phonics curricula across the USA, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand.
Every recognised word is:
— Broken into pure phonemes
— Read aloud clearly
— Highlighted sound by sound
— Saved to a personal sticker book for replay and revision
Designed for early readers aged 3–7.
SOUND HUNTS: PHONICS THROUGH MOVEMENT
Children don't sit and watch. They move, search, think, and discover.
Each Sound Hunt challenges children to find real objects containing a target sound — /s/, /ch/, /ee/, /th/ — turning the whole house into a phonics lesson.
They see the word.
They hear the sounds.
They speak the phonemes.
They physically find the object.
That's multisensory learning. And it sticks.
THEIR OWN PHONICS STICKER BOOK
Every object photographed becomes a sticker. Children build a growing collection from their own world - sorted by sound and by category. Tap any sticker, anytime, to replay the sounds and practise blending.
It feels personal because it is.
DESIGNED WITH PARENTS AND EARLY YEARS EDUCATORS
Phonics Go was built with input from parents and EY educators to support proper phonics - not passive screen time. It complements what your child is already learning at school and makes practice at home something they look forward to.
SAFE AND CHILD-FRIENDLY
— No ads
— Photos and child data are saved only on your device
— Privacy-first design
— No distracting menus
— Built for independent exploration and parent-child play
FEATURES (a paid subscription is required)
— Turn real objects into magically created phonics stickers
— Hear individual phonemes and full-word pronunciation for any object captured
— Interactive real world Sound Hunts and phonics challenges
— Unlockable achievements and progression
— Personal sticker book sorted by sound
— Curriculum aligned
— Designed for ages 3–7
The whole world becomes a phonics lesson.
At home. In the garden. In the supermarket. On the school run.
If your child can point at it, they can learn to read it.
Download Phonics Go and make reading part of everyday life.
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A paid subscription is required to use Phonics Go, including all features described above and shown in screenshots and video.
EULA: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Minor bug fixes and improvements
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Information
- Seller
- Lemona Limited
- Size
- 31.5 MB
- Category
- Education
- Compatibility
Requires iOS 17.6 or later.
- iPhone
Requires iOS 17.6 or later. - iPad
Requires iPadOS 17.6 or later. - Mac
Requires macOS 14.6 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later. - Apple Vision
Requires visionOS 1.3 or later.
- iPhone
- Languages
- English
- Age Rating
4+
- 4+
- In-App Purchases
Yes
- Annual Unlimited $49.99
- Monthly Unlimited $8.99
- Copyright
- © Lemona Limited