Hooked on Phonics Learning

• 1 month 7.99 — $7.99/month
• Monthly $12.99 — $7.99/month
• Monthly $12.99 — $12.99/month
• Monthly $12.99 — $14.99/month
• Monthly $12.99 — $49.99/year ($4.16/mo)
• Monthly $12.99 — $79.99/year ($6.66/mo)
• Hooked on Phonics — $6.99
• Hooked on Phonics — $7.99
• Semi-Annual $29.99 — $29.99

Last verified 30 Aug 2026

• Free to download
• In-app purchases

Last verified 29 Jul 2026

4.5 17860 ratings · App Store

1. 4/5Good tool - some flaws with design

   Overall, the Hooked On Phonics app is a really good tool for emergent readers and also pre-readers. My son gets good use out of this app and it does provide adequate feedback where your child will likely need to revisit based off of how well they do on the games. That being said, one of the issues that I believe is problematic for the learning skills of an emergent reader, is the fact that visually you cannot differentiate between a capital I and a lowercase L within this software. Establish readers don’t have difficulty with this because they’re able to gather the context clues surrounding the word to be able to interpret the information in front of them. An emergent reader is still building the decoding skills, and therefore can’t tell the difference between the two letters. It would be beneficial if software developers would adjust this, so that emergent readers did not have the confusion of trying to pronounce words with I’s that look like L’s and the readers wouldn’t be faced with the challenge of trying to pronounce words that do not exist within the English language.

   Masters Degree in Instruction · 30 Aug 2026

2. 5/5Grateful Grandparent

   My granddaughter is autistic and nonverbal. She LOVES looking at books though so I decided to give HOP a try. After 3 months - she’s taking my phone from me and doing it on her own. 6 months - she’s reading and getting everything right - 9 months - she’s still fascinated with the program and points to my phone saying “phonics” every time she sees me. Her teachers are amazed at her progress - she’s going to 2nd grade. Best of all - she STILL loves the app!!! She has an IEP (individualized education program). I am looking forward to her progress next year because SHE IS READING OUT LOUD NOW! (Smile). My son is 30 now and I STILL don’t know WHAT I would have done if it weren’t for hooked on phonics. We didn’t have cell phones back then - everything was done by computer and he FINISHED the whole program and was reading like a champ by 3rd grade. THAT was how I knew to start the program earlier with my granddaughter and was IMPRESSED to find HOOKED ON MATH too! (Smile). I’m not rich - I go at my granddaughter’s pace and if she hasn’t finished the workbook - we don’t order another until she does. The most amazing part is that it’s AFFORDABLE!!!!!

   fitness bound · 30 Aug 2026

3. 5/5It works!

   My 8 year old son has been using since kindergarten. He’s in second grade and passed his iread3 state test on the first try. I believe the foundations from hooked on phonics made that possible. I used this as a kid too and I’ve always been a strong reader. Please parents….. use this as a tool! Next year in third grade my son will not have to take the iRead3 exam since he passed it in second grade! My son demonstrated he’s reading at a fourth grade level in 2nd grade!!!! We also paid that extra fee for him to receive books in the mail with his name on it. That was fun. We allowed him to open the mail himself and it encouraged him to read. My mom is now preparing to buy hooked on phonics for all my nieces and nephews! This is not the only thing we used but this is what we started with. My son was able to read in first grade! Thank you so much HOOKED ON PHONICS I will recommend you to parents of young children for the rest of my life!

   Glam Nurse 🖤 · 30 Aug 2026

4. 5/5We have a reader!!

   We have so enjoyed watching our now almost-5 year old son become a reader during quarantine using only this App and the related practice packs mailed to us. He went from reading words like ‘cat’ and ‘mat’ in March to reading full stories from our shelf, and he is loving the freedom it gives him to explore books in a new way. We have used the program inconsistently over the last 5 months depending on our family’s bandwidth, but it has been easy to move at our own pace and review areas where my son was not quite confident by revisiting sections of the App. He loves the songs (and so does his little bro), and they like the silly animals and their antics, particularly the rhino on the bulldozer and the strange but funny meerkat. There was a period where we saw problems with the App loading, and we reached out to customer service and they told us the developer team was working on it. This most recent update fixed any issues we were having and all seems to be in order. We can’t wait to finish the program as we start homeschooling more officially in September! We’re on the beginning of first grade now, so it won’t be long!

   jamiemclev · 30 Aug 2026

5. 5/5Worth it!! Reading in 3 weeks.

   My five year old son had been in “Phonics” after school class two times a week for a few months for just 30 mins each session. I found that he was making very little progress and the activities he was doing did not hold his attention. Then after his school shut down due to COVID in April, I got him all sorts of learning books in order to prepare him for Kindergarten. He wasn’t too much interested in those. I decided to download the Hooked on Phonics app since it was just $1 for the first month. Let me tell you, I was a bit skeptical at first about the claims they were making that my son would be reading in a month. But to my amazement within three weeks he was reading. Now he’s reading everything and is definitely ready for Kindergarten and I couldn’t be happier. I must admit that some of the reviews almost made me not give the app a try, but I’m glad I did. Thank you Hooked on Phonics.

   Pimpinsan · 30 Aug 2026

4.3 5483 ratings · Google Play

1. 5/5

   granddaughter loves

   Jennifer Smith · 29 Jul 2026

2. 5/5

   super great to see that this is still available like it was when I was a kid but now even more so that there's an app added

   Morgan Campbell · 29 Jul 2026

3. 1/5

   a game you will take too long for every single one

   Courtney Smith · 29 Jul 2026

4. 1/5

   This app now is unable to accurately track a student's progress. it will skip a student around, helping to confuse them by giving things out of order. the content is good, whoever built this structure is incompetent

   Karth Noble · 29 Jul 2026

5. 5/5

   fun o learn

   Creselda Grevey · 29 Jul 2026

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