Hooked on Phonics Learning

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4.3
5.48K reviews
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Everyone
1M+
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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!
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

4.2
3.63K reviews
Monique Camp
June 29, 2026
Right after I added my card information, the app malfunctioned. I received a message indicating that I successfully registered. However, when I login, there's a long pause, then a vague error message telling me to send an email. Meanwhile, they already have my card information and I'm missing out on my 1 week trial. I should have known it was a scam. Now I have to go through the hassle of replacing my card! Hooked on phonics didn't work me!
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Hooked on Phonics
June 29, 2026
Oh no! We sincerely apologize for the troubles you've had with the app. We'd be happy to look into this for you and offer alternative promotional offers. Please contact us at https://www.hookedonphonics.com/contact-us. Thank you.
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.
Melissa Chapman
January 30, 2026
My kids can't even get through one lesson on this app using their Amazon Fire tablets without it freezing up. It isn't just a one off instance either. I have 6 kids using it on 6 different devices. It happens to all of them every single time. To make matters worse, Hooked has now increased their monthly pricing. So now I'm paying for two over-priced subscriptions for an app that doesn't even work well. I'm very close to canceling.
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Hooked on Phonics
January 30, 2026
Hi Melissa, Thank you very much for sharing your valuable & useful feedback. If you have other feedback or suggestions, please write to us at https://www.hookedonphonics.com/contact-us. We would love to hear from you!

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!