Hooked on Phonics Learning

In-app purchases
4.2
5.24K reviews
1M+
Downloads
Content rating
Everyone
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About this app

Turn screen time into learning for kids! Hooked on Phonics has been trusted by parents for over 35 years to provide engaging, educational content for kids. Our app uses cutting-edge research and guidance from top educators to teach essential skills and help children learn to read. Learning for kids is tailored to support preschool, kindergarten, 1st grade, and 2nd grade learners.Our adaptive program targets where each child needs practice in math skills, reading skills, or spelling skills. This gives parents real-time progress insights while children learn and play educational games! Learning for kids, gaining rewards, and strengthening early skills - all with Hooked on Phonics’ lessons and learning games.

Learn to read and strengthen math and spelling skills with our activities and educational games. Learning games and activities will set your child up for success in school and align with your family’s educational goals.

WHO HOOKED ON PHONICS IS FOR:

• Preschoolers
• Kindergarten aged children
• Early elementary ages

Learning games for kids (ages 3-8 with Hooked on Phonics) happens across reading, math, and spelling skills with:
• Preschool, kindergarten, and early grade levels can access 1000+ educational lessons and learning games
• 100+ ebook library with stories to complement every lesson as children hone their math skills or learn to read
• Multi-device compatibility – learning games and activities are consistent across devices
• Three customizable learner profiles to track individual progress

Children can:
• Spelling, reading, and math performance: Gain confidence through interactive activities and learning games
• Learning for kids is fun when they earn virtual rewards like cosmetic items for their avatar while they hone their math, reading, or spelling skills
• Our extensive e-book library helps children learn to read
• Need to pause your educational games? Pick back up where you left off on any device, any time to continue mastering their math, spelling, or reading skills

WHAT YOU GET WHEN YOU DOWNLOAD:

Hooked on Phonics is FREE TO TRY for 7 days. You’ll get access to the entire program across all subject areas. Try it before you buy it, and experience the joy of your child solving their first math problem or learning how to read!

Terms of use:
- Hooked on Phonics provides a 7-day free trial, which upon completion, becomes a monthly subscription charged to the user’s Google Play account.
- Subscriptions automatically renew unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours prior to the end of the current period.
- Subscriptions may be managed by the user by going to the “Subscriptions” section in the Play store after purchase.

https://hookedonphonics.com/terms-of-service/

Practice Packs Mailed Home:
Catapult your child's progress by purchasing Practice Packs as an add-on to your App (available on our website). The workbooks, storybooks, and celebration stickers work in tandem with the App to help children develop a deeper understanding of literacy (and mathematics!) concepts. Built by educational experts and reinforced with feedback from our customers, the Practice Pack program includes 5 Pre-reader, and 15 Learn to Read packs that include workbooks, stickers, storybooks, and in the first Pre-reader pack, flashcards that are sent to the home, monthly. Subscribers can customize how often they receive these shipments through their account dashboard to tailor the pacing to each family’s needs. Created in conjunction with the App, the Practice Packs allow children to engage in different modalities of learning, review the skills they’ve gained in the App, and practice hands-on skills—like writing and tracing—that are best mastered in a non-digital environment. The result is an immersive program of learning experiences that keeps kids highly engaged in learning to read.


Start your child on the path to becoming a confident lifelong learner, and download Hooked on Phonics now!
Updated on
Jan 23, 2026

Data safety

Safety starts with understanding how developers collect and share your data. Data privacy and security practices may vary based on your use, region, and age. The developer provided this information and may update it over time.
This app may share these data types with third parties
Device or other IDs
This app may collect these data types
Personal info, Financial info and 3 others
Data is encrypted in transit
You can request that data be deleted
Committed to follow the Play Families Policy

Ratings and reviews

4.1
3.51K reviews
Melissa Chapman
January 30, 2026
My kids can't even get through one lesson on this app using their Amazon Fire tablets without it freezing up. It isn't just a one off instance either. I have 6 kids using it on 6 different devices. It happens to all of them every single time. To make matters worse, Hooked has now increased their monthly pricing. So now I'm paying for two over-priced subscriptions for an app that doesn't even work well. I'm very close to canceling.
6 people found this review helpful
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Hooked on Phonics
January 30, 2026
Hi Melissa, Thank you very much for sharing your valuable & useful feedback. If you have other feedback or suggestions, please write to us at https://www.hookedonphonics.com/contact-us. We would love to hear from you!
Nicole O'Malley
January 23, 2026
Totally worth it. we purchased all 3, phonics, math, and spelling, plus the books. This is the best thing I have found to keep my son focused and make our homeschool lessons fun and productive. My 5 year old autistic son wasn't even speaking a few months ago, now he is a math wiz, can spell any word and can read full books. He can navigate the program easily, and the lessons in the books match right up with the ones on the program. It is an absolute joy to have in our home classroom.
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Hooked on Phonics
January 23, 2026
W-O-W! Huge congratulations to your little one! We are beyond thrilled to have been a part of his learning journey and wish him the best in his future endeavors!
Rebecca Parimalam
November 7, 2025
1. The new "map" makes it hard to "scroll" back to where we are in our review. 2. I wish there was a lot more vocab for the "review games". My daughter has memorized what picture goes to what letter b/c they use the same words over and over... instead of practicing listening for the starting sound. 3. I wish I could opt out of the mini non-learning games between learning games. Aimless-games between learning-games makes the learning games feel less fun. 4. The stories honestly... stink.
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Hooked on Phonics
November 10, 2025
Hello, could you please send us you're feedback directly? Your input is incredibly valuable, and a member of our team would love to learn more! You can contact us at https://www.hookedonphonics.com/contact-us. We'll be happy to look at this for you. Thanks!

What’s new

We've squished some bugs and made some improvements to make your learning faster, easier, and even more fun!