Reading Horizons At-Home
Orton-Gillingham-based reading software for home, in a version for ages 4–9 and one for 10 to adult.
ABCmouse alternatives for reading
ABCmouse is broad early learning. If reading is the goal, these structured literacy options teach letter sounds, blending and spelling in a clear order instead.
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Pick by how much time you have: an app that runs itself, or a program you teach for 20 minutes a day.
Checked October 2026 · 10 options
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Reading.com
Scripted phonics lessons you do together, with pictures hidden to stop guessing.
Phonics Hero
Synthetic phonics games covering all 44 sounds, with spelling at every level.
Lexercise Professional Therapy
One live 45-minute Orton-Gillingham therapy session a week online, plus daily practice games.
Funnix Beginning Reading
Scripted Direct Instruction reading lessons on the web that a parent runs, from first sounds to about 3rd grade.
Sweet Phonics
A K–2 phonics app with 101 lessons, decodable stories it listens to, and tile-to-typing spelling.
Jolly Phonics – Learn to Read
The UK's well-known synthetic phonics program as a lesson app for parents and teachers.
Oz Phonics
A series of cheap iPad phonics apps, with an American accent option and spelling by dictation.
Initial Code (Sounds-Write)
Sounds-Write's iPad app for its first phonics units, with handwritten spelling.
Sounds-Write parent course
A free short video course showing parents how to teach first sounds and three-letter words.
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