Reviews of Phonics Museum - Learn to Read

By: Veritas Press App

List of user reviews and ratings for Phonics Museum - Learn to Read

Total ratings

2.50 (Rating count: 10)

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Review summary

Phonics Museum provides engaging, curriculum-aligned phonics content that kids enjoy and that can reinforce lessons. However, it is plagued by frequent crashes, login and sign-up issues, billing and cancellation problems, and blockers to progression. The app also uses substantial device storage and has slow or inconsistent customer support. Despite solid content when it works, reliability problems severely limit its usefulness.

Pros

Engaging, kid-friendly phonics content with songs and activities that many kids enjoy.
Effective as a supplement to the Phonics Museum curriculum, reinforcing lessons.
Positive learning outcomes when the app works and kids show progress.
Creative and appealing presentation that helps motivate learning.

Cons

Frequent crashes and freezing; the app becomes unusable for periods.
Recurring login/sign-up issues and password reset problems.
Billing and subscription problems, including difficult cancellations and duplicate charges.
Progress blockers where certain levels won't advance due to bugs, requiring fixes and workarounds.
Very high storage usage on devices (several gigabytes) that affects performance.

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User Reviews

Recent rating average: 2.20

All time rating average: 2.50

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44% (22)

Date	Author	Comment
2026-05-05	Va*****	Had to create account 3 times, each time I would enter in my subscription and pay, then it would freeze and sign me out so I would have to sign in again but then saying I had to create account again and pay a AGAIN. Not exaggerating when I say the literal worst app
Had to create account 3 times, each time I would enter in my subscription and pay, then it would freeze and sign me out so I would have to sign in again but then saying I had to create account again and pay a AGAIN. Not exaggerating when I say the literal worst app
2025-09-08	Wo*****	I have used this app on and off for years. The app is so incredibly clunky and difficult to use. Even just at the beginning when I can't even rotate my phone to enter the login and password. Or that I can't paste my login and have to keep reentering it if I get the password wrong or need to have a password reset done. I did the password reset twice and only got one email. Then, the updating of the profile takes a very long time. Then the app itself is very difficult to navigate. The song is of utmost importance yet extremely difficult to find. This is supposed to supplement the curriculum that we use at home. Quickly and readily available. But it's not. It is easier and less complicated to use Phonograms as a free app then pay $10 a month for an app that is so antiquated it's incredibly difficult to use. I would love it if this app was updated to be more updated (not the characters but the app itself, and was more user friendly. It has always been the way it is now so I don't know that it will change but even over the last several years nothing has changed and the reviews are pretty accurate.
I have used this app on and off for years. The app is so incredibly clunky and difficult to use. Even just at the beginning when I can't even rotate my phone to enter the login and password. Or that I can't paste my login and have to keep reentering it if I get the password wrong or need to have a password reset done. I did the password reset twice and only got one email. Then, the updating of the profile takes a very long time. Then the app itself is very difficult to navigate. The song is of utmost importance yet extremely difficult to find. This is supposed to supplement the curriculum that we use at home. Quickly and readily available. But it's not. It is easier and less complicated to use Phonograms as a free app then pay $10 a month for an app that is so antiquated it's incredibly difficult to use. I would love it if this app was updated to be more updated (not the characters but the app itself, and was more user friendly. It has always been the way it is now so I don't know that it will change but even over the last several years nothing has changed and the reviews are pretty accurate.
2025-03-16	Th*****	We tried this for about ten minutes. The explanations and gimmicks are overdone, and the kid in the museum starts out saying how dumb art is and keeps it up from there. The whole tone is “we’re trying really hard to make boring learning fun” - a good app would show kids how fun real learning is just by helping them do it!
We tried this for about ten minutes. The explanations and gimmicks are overdone, and the kid in the museum starts out saying how dumb art is and keeps it up from there. The whole tone is “we’re trying really hard to make boring learning fun” - a good app would show kids how fun real learning is just by helping them do it!
2024-11-17	Te*****	We tried using this app for over a year. My child really liked it and was improving in her reading with it. But it has lots of glitches. I wrote in several times describing the glitches. They would correct them but we would be without the app for a week or 2 at a time while we waited for them to fix it. We then got to a level that 50 something. That it freezes on the same exact part every single time. The app won’t advance past that part. I wrote them and it month later it still wasn’t fixed. I even sent videos of the problem. This is an expensive app and has far to many glitches to pay a premium to not have it work. We have abandoned the app because it interrupted our daily flow to often and cost too much for me have to keep writing in about glitches. I think they have a good idea but it needs some polishing for the price. The customer service is kind and responsive but we don’t have the budget of time or money to continue helping the app reach its full potential.
We tried using this app for over a year. My child really liked it and was improving in her reading with it. But it has lots of glitches. I wrote in several times describing the glitches. They would correct them but we would be without the app for a week or 2 at a time while we waited for them to fix it. We then got to a level that 50 something. That it freezes on the same exact part every single time. The app won’t advance past that part. I wrote them and it month later it still wasn’t fixed. I even sent videos of the problem. This is an expensive app and has far to many glitches to pay a premium to not have it work. We have abandoned the app because it interrupted our daily flow to often and cost too much for me have to keep writing in about glitches. I think they have a good idea but it needs some polishing for the price. The customer service is kind and responsive but we don’t have the budget of time or money to continue helping the app reach its full potential.
2024-10-08	Co*****	I loved the content of this app, but there were glitches in the app and it would not let us log in. After erasing and redownloading this app multiple times and doing all the things, I am giving up. I wish I had not based our curriculum around this app!
I loved the content of this app, but there were glitches in the app and it would not let us log in. After erasing and redownloading this app multiple times and doing all the things, I am giving up. I wish I had not based our curriculum around this app!
2024-08-13	Cd*****	For the price you pay for this app, it is super glitchy. For example, my daughter can’t complete a lesson because one of the games asks her to click on the box if she hears the “a” sound and it only says the “r” sound over and over. It also just shuts down a lot as you playing on it.
For the price you pay for this app, it is super glitchy. For example, my daughter can’t complete a lesson because one of the games asks her to click on the box if she hears the “a” sound and it only says the “r” sound over and over. It also just shuts down a lot as you playing on it.
2024-03-21	Ci*****	We really enjoy Veritas press phonics museum curriculum for our kindergartner. She still struggled with a few concepts and staying focused. The app is a great compliment. She finds it fun and engaging. Helps reinforce the material we cover each week.
We really enjoy Veritas press phonics museum curriculum for our kindergartner. She still struggled with a few concepts and staying focused. The app is a great compliment. She finds it fun and engaging. Helps reinforce the material we cover each week.
2023-12-11	Ky*****	It’s one of the favorite parts of my girls’ day! Fun songs and activities
It’s one of the favorite parts of my girls’ day! Fun songs and activities
2023-02-22	Em*****	It won’t even let me sign up in the app and continually crashes. Get a new app developer, please. I’m sure this would be helpful to have as a resource for homeschooling. It looks promising but doesn’t deliver.
It won’t even let me sign up in the app and continually crashes. Get a new app developer, please. I’m sure this would be helpful to have as a resource for homeschooling. It looks promising but doesn’t deliver.
2022-11-04	Lg*****	I used to use this app, and liked it for my preschoolers, but haven’t been able to use it for years. It always crashes. Too bad!
I used to use this app, and liked it for my preschoolers, but haven’t been able to use it for years. It always crashes. Too bad!