Hooked on Phonics Learning

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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!
1000+ reading & math lessons for kids - fun learning games, videos & books!
Updated on
Jul 2, 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

3.65K reviews
Katherine Harrison
April 30, 2026
this is not a cheap subscription but it can cover up to 3 kids. but for me it isn't worth the money at all and I'll be cancelling it when it comes up for renewal. the math is Great the reading absolutely not. when they get so high up in the phonics. say around level 30, they become able to just guess over and over until they get the correct answer. I watch them push the options until it says "great job you did it". so at the end of the lesson the have learned absolutely nothing.
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Hooked on Phonics
May 1, 2026
Hi Katherine, thanks for your feedback—we appreciate it. We’re glad math is working well, and understand your concerns with reading at higher levels. We’ll share this with our team. For best results, we recommend guiding your child through the lessons if you observe guessing. Please reach out to support—we’d love to help.
Heather Hicks
July 29, 2026
My 3 year old jumps for joy when she gets a gold star for recognizing a letter sound. She picked her tablet up and 5 minutes in, im crying because my baby is actually learning! Id recommend this app. they are running a $1 for the first month special right now and I couldn't be happier with it! it will only be about $25/mo after the trial month. shes will get flashcards and a book and star stickers soon! 🤌🥰
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Hooked on Phonics
August 3, 2026
Heather, thank you for this amazing review! We are beyond thrilled to be a part of her reading journey and happy to hear that she is having fun while learning. If you need any assistance or support along the way, we'd love to hear from you directly.
Mariah Nesbitt
April 26, 2026
The app freezes at least four times during a 15-minute learning session. This requires me to constantly close and restart the application. I have attempted to use the application on various devices, including an Amazon Fire tablets and my cell phone. However, it consistently freezes, rendering the application unusable. Unfortunately, I have already paid for a yearly subscription, so I am unsure of the next course of action.
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Hooked on Phonics
April 27, 2026
Hi Mariah, We're so sorry to hear about this. Please try an uninstall/reinstall and message us at https://www.hookedonphonics.com/contact-us if this does not resolve your issue. A member of our team will be happy to help.

What’s new

Big update alert! 🎉 Three brand-new phonological awareness activities have landed: jump across rocks counting syllables, smash rocks to split words apart, and spin the Wheel of Rhymes to find matching sounds. Your learning pathway has also had a serious glow-up with new lesson sections, smoother navigation, sparkly progress tracking, and a celebration when you complete a course. We've also squished some bugs and made some improvements to make your learning faster, easier, and even more fun!