Learning phonics is not just limited to kindergarten kids; it is a continuous process that requires reinforcement in the early elementary levels. This app teaches fluency in addition to basic letter sounds; it features over 6,000 words categorized by sounds. Language proficiency and literacy are developed by creating phonic awareness, something that Phonics Genius well. The objective of this game is to help learners learn to identify words by their sound.

Website: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/phonics-genius/id461659980

What Users Love About the App

“This app is a great companion for anyone teaching with the Abeka Phonics curriculum. There are so many fun ways to study and teach with this.”

“I had a TBI 5 yrs before. Yes, your program is some to help me closer to “normal” again. Thx!!!”

“Phonics Genius has many features that you can use to customize it for your student/child, including font size, sound, highlights, adding cards/categories, and play/learn mode. You can even record your voice or the students as they say words with whatever you are focusing on. This is a great little app to reinforce the Orton-Gillingham-based lessons that I use with my clients.”

“I am teaching my 4-year-old son to read and this app is great! He is not ready for all of it yet, but we found lots of new words for him to sound out that he had not tried before. Love the game mode and all of the customizing options.”

“This free app has just about every phoneme you can think of. It is organized in alphabetical order by phoneme and students can record themselves and then compare their pronunciation to the app speaker. It is being successfully used by our beginning readers, students with learning disabilities, and English language learners.”

What Users Dislike About the App

“The words change by touching the screen. This limits us to cover and teach the kids letter by letter. The words accidentally change by gentle screen touch. It’s very annoying and limits all the good things about this app. Adding one option to change the words by screen sliding than touching will greatly help.”

“I don’t know if it’s just my phone or what but I can hear any of the words played back. I can hear them faintly but that’s it. When I exit the app other apps are super loud and clear. I tried killing and re-launching the app. Even deleted and re-installed it. Shame because looks like it would’ve been really helpful for my son.”

“So disappointed that the playback mode stopped working. The Tech department treated me like a moron, insisting that I didn’t have the sound and mic settings right on my iPad. They stopped responding when I told them all my other apps with mics and sound worked fine. A wasted product for the intended use.”

“I cannot get this app to combine or copy lists as it advertised. It also asked me to rate the app FIVE times within my first ten minutes of use. It still continually asks for a rating.”

“Very very poor sound quality. You can not even hear in full volume. Disappointed. Not sure how to request a refund.”