# Hairy Phonics 1

> Learn Phonics with Hairies!

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/id938108978](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id938108978)

## Overview

- **ID:** `id938108978`
- **Platform:** Apple
- **Type:** Apple app
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Nessy Learning Limited
- **Category:** Education
- **Rating:** 2.70 / 5 (19 ratings)
- **Version:** 2.1.0.us
- **Last updated:** 2020-03-17
- **First published:** 2014-12-11
- **Size:** 239 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-22
- **Store listing:** [Apple App Store](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/hairy-phonics-1/id938108978)
- **Privacy policy:** [http://www.nessy.com/us/privacy-policy/](http://www.nessy.com/us/privacy-policy/)

## Description

Once you've mastered the alphabet, phonics is the next step. 
Develop phonemic awareness and learn the 9 most common consonant digraphs.

The ideal app to follow the award-winning Hairy Letters. 

Hairy Phonics develops phonemic awareness with the introduction of the 9 most common consonant digraphs. This is where two consonants join and make one sound. 

-	Learn 9 phonemes (sounds): sh, ch, th, ck, ff, ll, ss, zz, ng.
-	Guides your child through a structured sequence of learning.
-	Phonic animations link an action with the sound.
-	Trace the letters with your finger.
-	Play games to blend the phonemes into a whole word and improve understanding
-	Sound out words and understand how the phoneme changes the sound of the word
-	Save all the Hairies and see them dance.

This is a particularly important skill for those with dyslexia. 
Designed for 4-6 year olds. 
This app is strictly educational and has no in-app purchases. 

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REVIEWS
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This is a really great app my son loves it.  All the Nessy products are amazing and my son thinks it's such a funny game, so learning and laughing fab. – 100CoolCat

My kids loved the first Hairy app and were excited to play this one. It didn't disappoint as they really enjoyed it. It has a different game to the first one where you build a word for the Hairy guy to slide over.  – OJRocks

## Rankings

- #316,013 — Overall

## Review summary

Most reviews criticize Hairy Phonics 1 for sound issues, with the app described as silent or having non-functional audio across levels (especially 1–3). Users note that audio may require the device volume to be on. Isolated comments mention ads-free usage and concerns about value, repetition, and support, but the dominant theme is missing or broken audio.

### Cons

- Sound not working / no audio across the app (reports of silence or audio failing on levels 1–3)

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