"Need More Feedback" **

“I love the concept of this game but the V1.4 implementation leaves me wanting. There is no feedback to the child when writing the letters, no sound, no completion "reward", no nothing. It even expects the child to manually advance to the next letter. It is not fun, therefore it is NOT engaging = no Play Time. iWriteWords is much more replayable game and much more engaging (something to learn from). I hope a future update can add more game-play feedback, if this game is to succeed.”

By: working_dad) (US iTunes store, 12 August 2009)

There is definitely room to improve the writing practice area of PocketPhonics. And it’s on the to-do list. What concerned me more though was that I wondered if perhaps the reviewer had not actually seen the word game part of PocketPhonics that contains much of the elements he describes. It made me wonder therefore whether it’s prominent enough in PocketPhonics and whether other people miss it too.

Unlike nearly all its competitors (including iWriteWords), PocketPhonics is about helping children learn to read as well as write.

Let me know what you think by commenting below.