Reviews for Hooked on Phonics Learning

I’m thrilled with how much my 3 year old has learned and how quickly! We have the app and recieve monthly workbooks, my little boy loves it. He will come and get me to ask me if we can “play his school.” My one interaction I’ve had with customer service was so smooth and easy, […]

My child really enjoyed the old version of this app. It was more colorful and easier to use. The new one is not saving his progress consistently which is very frustrating. It is also difficult to understand some of the words being spoken. Both my husband and I sat there for 5 minutes trying to […]

This app sucks. Tried to cancel subscription and they said to log into the dashboard. When I tried, i couldn’t log in. So I sent for a password reset and they never sent the email. So i checked the junk email and spam, and nothing. They make it difficult for you to end service. Good […]

I wish I would have looked at the reviews closer before purchasing. I’ve heard such great things about hooked on phonics but unfortunately the app doesn’t work. It won’t say the word he needs to spell, it freezes all the time (about once a min) where I need to shut the app down and restart, […]

I purchased a Hooked on Phonics subscription for my son. He has autism and we started late, he was 7. Reading has been very difficult for him. We did a year and a half of just letter sounds and he was also held back in first grade. He was struggling so much I turned to […]

I decided to try hooked on phonics for $1.00 for the first month, and I’m waiting on the work books and stuff to come in the mail. So far the app has quite a few bugs that I’ve noticed, one is the new create an avatar feature, another issue is not being able to open […]

I’ll be honest. I used to think this was one big money scheme and that it was just effort on the kids part. Then I needed some kind of reading platform, I thought we’d be doing all the work. BUT it’s fun for him. He loves doing it every day, there’s variety, he gets “trophies”. […]

Your app stinks!!!! I have had a subscription for a very long time. I finally decided to try out the app for my granddaughter. I’ve been trying to login/sign up, login/sign up, reset password, login/sign up, error, reset password, this email is already in use, reset password, sign in/error, on and on we go. There […]

The new version is awful. My daughter loved the old version and learned so quickly. She’s in first grade and can read beyond second grade level. We were still going through hooked on phonics for practice and reinforcement. She’s struggling with a lot of it because it’s confusing and boring. It makes no sense. Why […]

App keeps crashing on the math portion. Bought this for my kid to use. If we minimize the app, to try to come back to the same spot, we have to start all over unless we are working on the phonics specifically. The spelling portion does ok. It doesn’t crash but won’t stay open if […]

I love that I got a progress report on the levels completed and what needs more work. The cute animals and songs make the app fun and keeps my child interested, I am glad I signed up as part of our homeschool curriculum it is a fun and engaging app and exactly what we needed […]

I honestly may look for another app that does what I’m looking for. The pre read section needs the ability to click on letters/ pictures and hear it as many times as you want. Then once the kid feels confident they are hearing and understanding the right sound then they can drag the letter to […]

They will sign you up quickly but when you want to cancel it’s like pulling teeth. I’ve been trying to cancel since January by the they are still hitting my account even though the children no longer use the app that didn’t help them. Find something else for your children. They enjoyed the games for […]

The concept is great. My son loves the games. Some games we have to guess because the game doesn’t accept the right answer. I am a native English speaker, so I know the right answers. I don’t know if they have non English speakers helping create the games or Ai, but it is affecting my […]

I loved this app, but the new version is not good. No bright colors and my kids that need the pre reading are now bored. No Big reading show! They loved it and were telling me letters and such. Now it is just practicing letters and they are not wanting to do it. My older […]

I was super excited to try this out with my 3 1/2 year old. He was excited at first, too, but that quickly diminished. It’s the same games over and over and over. I know you need repetition, but add more games! He loved the songs but after 2-3 of the games he’s just over […]

3 stars because he was showing progress before issues started. Originally purchased the app before they changed it. Since it has changed we’ve had lots of issues of progress not being saved. I also recently have had issues with loading. It seems to get to 33% and sit there for about 5 minutes before either […]

Terrible new version, avoid!!! You would think they would make a newer better version, why would you change the whole app into something that looks old and outdated… The letters are tiny now, the colors are so opaque and the main menu is so confusing! It’s very repetitive and it no longer attracts my son’s […]

As many others have said, the app will consistently freeze on your kiddo — which is very frustrating. The program itself is wonderful when working correctly but it currently is not working well. Also frustrated their help team did not mention that it was a known-issue when I reached out. It felt as if it […]

This program was outstanding for years; however, the current problem prevents the problem from working on laptops. The larger screen of laptops makes it much easier and enjoyable to use. The customer service is no longer as robust as it once was and you can no longer reach anyone by phone but must resolve issues […]