Ollie's Handwriting & Phonics

Name: Ollie's Handwriting & Phonics
Rating: 4.4 (84 reviews)
Author: Blue Mango LLC

By: Blue Mango LLC

Education

Features & Capabilities

Ollie's Handwriting & Phonics is a kid-friendly education app that helps young learners become confident readers and writers. It blends handwriting practice with phonics and sight-word instruction, using errorless teaching, traditional handwriting lines, and multi-sensory cues (sight, sound, touch). Children trace capital and lowercase letters, read phonics words, and spell sight words, while Ollie the Owl demonstrates letter formation and provides audio reinforcement. The app features a chalkboard with colored chalk and chalk sound effects, plus on-page narration to support early reading. A free version covers letters A–M, two phonics words, two sight words, and a customizable word, and an in-app purchase ($2.99) unlocks the full set of letters, more words, and extended features.

Ollie's Handwriting & Phonics was created by a kindergarten teacher with a Master’s in Early Childhood Education. It is designed for parents, teachers, and therapists to use at home or in the classroom, and includes downloadable companion guides and resources on the Blu Mango LLC site. This tool supports foundational literacy with research-based methods while helping learners build confidence and avoid bad handwriting habits.

User Growth & Download Statistics

App Education Kids

By:

Blue Mango LLC

Rating:

4.40

(84)

Version:

2.1 Last updated: 2017-07-06

Version code:

841433455

Creation date:

2013-09-22

Compatible devices:

Size:

50.28MB

Full description:

Source:

Apple Apps Store

Data ingested on:

2026-06-29

Compare stats and ranking:

Ranking

# 164,536 ▼ 374

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Developed by:

Blue Mango LLC

Apple Apps Store

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/ollies-handwriting-phonics/id647775236

User Reviews

Users broadly praise Ollie’s Handwriting & Phonics for engaging visuals, motivating tracing, and kid-friendly design that supports handwriting and early literacy. The most recurring downside is content incompleteness: the alphabet often stops at M and some letters are blocked or missing. Overall, the app is well-liked and used in homes and learning centers, though some users report minor issues (e.g., sound or device transfer) that are less frequent. It remains a strong handwriting tool with room for expanding content.

Pros

Engaging visuals and kid-friendly design (cute owl, graphics) that appeal to children
See-then-do tracing with positive reinforcement (stars, cheering) keeps kids motivated
Flexible tracing features (outline option, ability to write with a stylus, supports pencil grip)
Generally effective for handwriting practice and early literacy
Positive reception in homes and learning settings, with easy-to-understand interface for kids

Cons

Alphabet stops at M; rest of letters are not available
Some letters appear blocked or missing, hindering practice across multiple reviews

Recent reviews

First problem noticed is that the lowercase T is not correct - this is relatively minor when we are talking early learning, but still isn’t good. Next issue is HUGE - just like the view of the app preview shows the slides sideways - this isn’t a fluke and is how it is in the app as well. The words and certain times of the larger chalk board coming up are completely sideways and it has no ability to be adjusted. Using on iPad pro